Re: [boinc_dev] [boinc-android-testing] Problems with BOINC 7.4.14 on android

2014-10-01 Thread Eric J Korpela
The most common route in the apps I use seems to be not using the menu/three dots button at all. The second most common seems to be to duplicating the function of the menu/three dots button with a three dots or other button in the menu bar at the top of the app display. On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 2:5

Re: [boinc_dev] [boinc-android-testing] Problems with BOINC 7.4.14 on android

2014-10-01 Thread Jord van der Elst
Okay, but then really: if the buttons are going away, shouldn't we make BOINC behave the same on all devices, be it those still with the buttons and those without the buttons? Or is that not possible due to programming language idiosyncrasies between Android versions? Functions not being available

Re: [boinc_dev] [boinc-android-testing] Problems with BOINC 7.4.14 on android

2014-10-01 Thread Eric J Korpela
Unfortunately, no. The menu button has been deprecated on new devices, having been replaced by the "three dots" "button" for compatibility with older apps. Most new phones are 3 button (back,home,recent apps), one button, or zero button (3 buttons emulated on the touch screen with the "three dots

Re: [boinc_dev] [boinc-android-testing] Problems with BOINC 7.4.14 on android

2014-10-01 Thread Jord van der Elst
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:19 PM, Joachim Fritzsch wrote: >>> > 3. There's no obvious way to attach to a project by URL. >>> Also by intention. That is not standard use-case. The location is >>> unchanged to the previous versions, the three dots in the projects >>> tab. >> >> >> There are no "thr

Re: [boinc_dev] [boinc-android-testing] Problems with BOINC 7.4.14 on android

2014-10-01 Thread Jord van der Elst
Answers in-line. -- Jord van der Elst. On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 10:22 PM, Joachim Fritzsch wrote: > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Eric J Korpela > wrote: >> 3. There's no obvious way to attach to a project by URL. > Also by intention. That is not standard use-case. The location is > unchange

Re: [boinc_dev] [boinc-android-testing] Problems with BOINC 7.4.14 on android

2014-10-01 Thread Joachim Fritzsch
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 10:33 PM, Eric J Korpela wrote: > > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Joachim Fritzsch > wrote: >> >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Eric J Korpela >> wrote: >> > Don't know if all of these are known problems. >> > >> > 1. When attaching a project, the project menu alwa

Re: [boinc_dev] [boinc-android-testing] Problems with BOINC 7.4.14 on android

2014-10-01 Thread Eric J Korpela
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Joachim Fritzsch wrote: > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Eric J Korpela > wrote: > > Don't know if all of these are known problems. > > > > 1. When attaching a project, the project menu always displays in > portrait > > mode. > That is by intention, it makes th

Re: [boinc_dev] [boinc-android-testing] Problems with BOINC 7.4.14 on android

2014-10-01 Thread Joachim Fritzsch
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 10:08 PM, Eric J Korpela wrote: > Don't know if all of these are known problems. > > 1. When attaching a project, the project menu always displays in portrait > mode. That is by intention, it makes the layout much easier. > > 2. When attaching a project, there doesn't see

[boinc_dev] Problems with BOINC 7.4.14 on android

2014-10-01 Thread Eric J Korpela
Don't know if all of these are known problems. 1. When attaching a project, the project menu always displays in portrait mode. 2. When attaching a project, there doesn't seem to be a way to attach using an existing account. 3. There's no obvious way to attach to a project by URL. 4. There's