On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Arie Skliarouk <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > I have used Android on Freerunner for about two months and decided to test > latests SHR, as I needed working navit and there were couple bugs in Android > that allegedly were fixed in SHR, and here are my impressions (and > disappointments): > > Impressions: > * numpty game is very addictive (albeit crashes from time to time). I would > love to see the game on Android. > I know, this sucks :( Wastes too much time. > * The SHR picked up the time (either from GPS or GSM) automatically > Yeah, that's cool. > * Full image contains several useful apps out-of-the-box: calc, mokomaze, > pidgin, sketch, numpty > I prefer using the lite version and installing what I want, but the defaults are fine :P > > Disappointments: > * By default the phone suspends even when charged > That's not true, it's a bug in fsodeviced if you boot with usb in. To "fix" it, just take out and reinsert the usb. Rule of thumb: if the led is orange/blue it should work. > * The suspend begins from immediate blanking of the LCD, whereas I like > android's slowly dimming approach more > We changed the dimming way in new unstable. > * Default suspend time is very short - mere 15 seconds > You can change that in config, the default is *not* 15 seconds though. it's more like 60 (which is too long in my pov) you probably consider screen blanking as suspend. > * The AUX(Back) and Power(Menu) buttons are *very* intuitive on android. > They are almost not used in SHR: > That's what you get when you use specifically designed software, we use mostly regular linux apps, which means we don't have apps that respect special keys for menus. > - Wakeup from suspend using Power button. (The iPhone-like swiper is just > ugly on SHR) > I don't think I quite get you, we DO wakeup from suspend using power button, and unlock the phone using the "iPhone swiper" which is nice in my pov. > - It is still not clear to me how to invoke Menu in applications > If the app has a menu, you'll see a button. > * The whole interface of SHR is hard to use without a stylus. Android's > interface poses almost no problem for finger-only usage. > I disagree, the phone stack is more than usable without a stylus, and we made proper themes for GTK+ and elementary in genera. The only app I find it hard to use without a stylus is xboard which is written in Xlib so it's nothing I know how to theme to make the buttons bigger. (if even possible). Please state specific applications you had issues with (except for the keyboard which is somehow annoying). > * Applications take much longer to start (I know it is apples and oranges, > it just my impression), the phone looks less responsive > We are working on that. > * numpty once locked up hard, so I could not kill it. Software power off > did not work either... Had to remove the battery. > kill -9 ? > * Boot image is overlapped with text messages during boot > Yes, there are 3-5 lines we haven't gotten rid of yet. :| > > To be continued... > > -- > Arie > > > _______________________________________________ > -- Tom.
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