Hi there, > A first DE release recommended to power users with a blog post, screenshots, > video and link to the project wiki pages will solve most of this confusion > around the DE, though.
Understood, but I'd like to stay humble. We just got started. New target, new people, new operational model, new environment. It'll take some time before the output becomes tangible. I appreciate your patience. > Right, so when it comes to technology decisions DE is basically a challenger > of the official MeeGo Handset UX. I'd rather put more emphasis on the "improvement proposal" part. And apart from the potential technology contribution, there's one more thing I wanted to note. In a way, DE is simulating how the product development is going to take place on MeeGo. All of our findings - the benefits and probably the pain points - are open to anybody, real-time. I do believe that this feedback mechanism is a great contribution to MeeGo.com. > In addition to the 3 use cases + usability, I propose 2 more essential pieces > of the project: Yes, we selected the very minimum to start with, step-by-step. > - An application manager to allow users to install additional apps without > having to tinker with the command line. Integration with the upcoming > apps.meego.com is all what is needed now. No objection. Any volunteer's welcome. > - A light process to allow developers to push apps/features to the DE > maintained by themselves and playing by the same rules: open source, MeeGo > Core compliance, QA tests, open communication. This way the DE has a > potential to become more usable for N900 power users without requiring Nokia > to increase the resources currently dedicated. Yes. This is the reason why the meetings & discussions are taking place in public. The use of community OBS (see the Stskeep's proposal) supports this idea too. > With Makoto's team concentrating on the 3 core uses cases, the usability and > the project day to day and a door open to install more apps and have more > apps becoming 'pre-installed', this Developer Edition might become the first > genuine Handset distro. An exciting project! We're trying to rebuild after the shock. The progress may not be as fast as you expect, but it will be transparent. All the best, Makoto _______________________________________________ MeeGo-handset mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-handset
