[SailfishDevel] A new Jolla phone user - after 2 days of use

Tue Dec 17 10:27:46 UTC 2013

Hi,

On 17/12/13 10:11, Nils Jeisecke wrote:
> Hi,
>
> - Fonts look generally pretty bad (most obvious in the launcher)
> - Scrolling makes pixels look "jaggy". Open Terminal, type ls, go to
> app switcher and drag a little bit => pixels in the minimized terminal
> app start to dance around
> - Android Tasks must be handled by the Sailfish Taskswitcher. BB10
> does this right.
> - Pinning would be useful
> - email Push over Exchange does not work for me (using Google)

is that a payed account ? (google apps for business for e.g).
If not, access will stop working at the end of the year, does not make 
sense to invest time and resource in a service that will stop working in 
a few more days(unless google extent the support again). Google suggests 
these alternatives: https://support.google.com/a/answer/2716936

Best regards,

Valério
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Kari Pihkala <kari.pihkala at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 2. There should be a way to go straight from Lock Screen to Launcher
>>>> (instead of needing to go through Home)
>>> i don't agree, for multi-processing this is better, plus there's a pulley
>>> menu on lock for the relevant apps... i suppose this is configurable
>> I also have difficulties with the Home screen and I would rather use the
>> Launcher screen to switch between apps. I think the reason is that
>>
>> in Home screen:
>>
>>   * Covers move around so I have to go through them one by one to find the
>> app I need. Only if I continuously swap between two apps, I might trust that
>> the app is the first or second one in the grid.
>>   * Cover texts/images change, so I have to read/decypher images to
>> understand which app they relate to. This is slow.
>>
>> in Launcher screen:
>>
>>   * App icons don't move around. I can rely on my spatial memory and find the
>> app always at the same spot. Often, I have already moved my finger over the
>> app before the screen has stopped scrolling.
>>   * App icons don't change. Recognizing a familiar icon is faster than
>> reading/decyphering images.
>>
>> Perhaps the number of covers displayed on Home could be customizable? I
>> would limit it to three small ones (or remove all). The app icons could move
>> up to occupy the free space.
>>
>> Also pinning the covers would help (I would pin most of them).
>>
>> I never close apps, so I have all the time nine small covers on the Home
>> screen. Am I doing it wrong?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kari
>>
>>
>>
>> 2013/12/14 AL13N <alien at rmail.be>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Moving from N9/Meego two days ago, I find Jolla/Sailfish very easy to
>>>> use,
>>>> and have some feedback (wishlist?). I hope this is the right place for
>>>> this feedback, otherwise please point me to the correct place.
>>> i'm not a jolla dev, nor do i have a jolla, but i'll reply and give my
>>> thoughts...
>>>
>>>> Current version: 1.0.1.10 (notification for version upgrade came almost
>>>> immediate I got online)
>>>>
>>>> Sailfish/Platform specific:
>>>> 1. From Lock Screen, swiping-up should bring me to Home screen, but it
>>>> often brings up the Events screen even if there is no
>>>> notifications/events. A friend's N9 community edition Sailfish allows
>>>> swiping from the left/right side on Lock screen - the same doesn’t work
>>>> on
>>>> my Jolla.
>>> if you swipe up from the bottom, it brings event screen, if you swipe up
>>> from the middle, it brings home screen. takes some getting used to...
>>>
>>> maybe swiping left/right doens't work if you don't have a TOH?
>>>
>>>> 2. There should be a way to go straight from Lock Screen to Launcher
>>>> (instead of needing to go through Home)
>>> i don't agree, for multi-processing this is better, plus there's a pulley
>>> menu on lock for the relevant apps... i suppose this is configurable
>>>
>>>> 3. Easier (less taps) accessible configuration (eg WLAN, Bluetooth) from
>>>> any screen (not just "Settings")
>>> wasn't there some kind of cover where you could do this? there's been a
>>> request for pinning covers, i would like this in combination...
>>>
>>>> 4. Need easier way view the current connection (All the connection
>>>> related
>>>> icons on Lock Screen are hard to decode at least initially - in
>>>> particular
>>>> for the Mobile Network Data icon, but WLAN icon also hard to decode)
>>>> 5. More configurable settings (colour selection for text/notification
>>>> icons/etc, background picture, additional items to be displayed on Lock
>>>> screen)
>>> this is done via ambience iinm, but i agree that this Abience should
>>> really be allowed to be tuned/configured a bit...
>>>
>>>> 6. Icon's Text on Launcher screen feels a bit hard to read (doesn’t look
>>>> very solid)
>>> Ambience?
>>>
>>>> 7. Add ability to have different colours to different inbuilt apps (eg.
>>>> Phone, messaging/SMS, etc) - they currently all look very similar on the
>>>> Home screen and colour differentiation would help usability greatly.
>>> i think this would have issues with different Ambiences
>>>
>>>> 8. Auto-correct while typing (maybe as a configurable option)
>>>> 9. Please bring Swype to Sailfish!
>>>> 10. Chinese writing input (find the button = with extra -, that should
>>> allow configuration) i heard this on #jollamobile at freenode IRC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Jolla Applications:
>>>> 1. Sometimes Email's connection frequency setting does not appear to be
>>>> observed - email isnt checked every 30 minutes as I had configured, and
>>>> Exchange email isnt "pushed" to me
>>>> 2. Clock: configurable snooze time? ;-)
>>>>
>>>> Android Support:
>>>> 1. Whatsapp address book does not work - currently all my Whatsapp
>>>> Contacts are empty. Understand this is due to Whatsapp on Android cannot
>>>> reach Jolla's phone book - can this be fixed?
>>>> 2. Would be great if Android apps can appear as individual/independent
>>>> apps instead of a single "Virtual Machine" which all Android apps live
>>>> inside.
>>>>
>>>> Jolla Store:
>>>> 1. Jolla App store feels a bit confusing - dont really know what apps
>>>> are
>>>> there as the only clear "catalog" available is the list of apps built by
>>>> Jolla - all other Apps are scattered
>>>>
>>>> Apps that I look forward to:
>>>> 1. Public Transport (eg. Meego's "My Routes", Nokia Public Transport)
>>>> 2. Turn-by-turn navigation with pre-loadable maps (Nokia Drive)
>>>> 3. WiFi sharing
>>>> 4. Camera flash as torch
>>>> 5. Net Radio
>>> Some of us on the community are trying to gather thoughts on
>>> http://elinux.org/Jolla .
>>>
>>>> Generic:
>>>> 1. There will be more users wanting to provide feedback - there will
>>>> need
>>>> to be an easier way to submit feedback (even from inside the phone -
>>>> maybe
>>>> an App?) which is publicly viewable so others would know it has been
>>>> submitted (and can vote on it).
>>> afaik apps can be reviewed even on the phone...
>>>
>>>> 2. The phone did "crash" once (it slowed so much I had to force it to
>>>> turn
>>>> off to restart) - maybe a good thing to have is inbuilt debugging
>>>> functionality.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to the version upgrades :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Henry
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