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1 Tablet UX evaluation on N900

Tablet UX evaluation on N900

Documenting the findings and evaluation of the new UX.

User evaluation

General

Rotation is in correct orientation
but rotation doesn't work usually in grid/panels
grid view is not quite working in landscape mode
applications rotate correctly, and work well in both modes
cannot get to task switcher (long press Ctrl), works in netbook
launcher framework seems to crash easily?
applications start very slowly
system indicators are not working (except for WLAN) (same as in Handset UX?)
tapping is interpreted as swipe easily (see https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14989)
VKB is missing sometimes
Exit-key works from Ctrl, but no way to use when keyboard is closed (can be mapped to power key?)

Phone calls

Dialer colours are weird (theme problem)
Receiving calls is not working due to missing dialog (saw it once though). Dialer comes up to screen from background.
Calling works with phone number of via a contact added in Contacts app
Cannot minimize application always?

SMS

SMS can be received when in SMS application, but no notifications show up
Sending SMS works
Name matching from contacts is not working (Handset app bug?)
Cannot minimize application always?

Browser/Connectivity

cellular GPRS is working, though needs to be configured manually in Settings (APN)
WLAN is working
Browser doesn't start (should try fennec?)
- Browser doesn't start because it doesn't currently compile for ARM.
  - http://build.meego.com/package/rdiff?opackage=meego-app-browser&oproject=devel%3Ameego-ux&package=meego-app-browser&project=home%3Amarko.saukko%3Abranches%3Adevel%3Ameego-ux
  - Problems:
    - tcmalloc is tried to be compile even though it should not be used on ARM.
    - proper compiler flags are not passed to the modp_b64 third_party software during compile so it doesn't compile for hardfp properly.

Other

Settings work
All apps can be at least started
Camera is not showing picture (missing backend?)
Contacts works also with Dialer and SMS (see above, name matching bug?)
Chat seems to work
Audio is not working, cannot hear music or control volume

Required Features Currently Missing

Dialer
SMS

Features Currently not Working

Lock screen
Task switcher

Handset Bugs Fixed by Tablet UX Integration

https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14755 - Wallpaper modification.
https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=8108 - Sound settings.
https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14873 - Unwanted screen unlock during landscape to portrait rotation
https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14739 - Notification area looks unfinished
Cellular data has working UI in Tablet UX.

Other Bugs Affected by Tablet UX Integration

Rotation off by 90 degrees

The initial problem here was that the QML components in MeeGo made bad assumptions about the directions provided by Qt Mobility.

This is fixed in git (not yet in the repos), however, there is an additional problem in that it 'fixed' itself before being integrated in new images.. so something may have changed in the n900 sensorfw stuff or something. Needs investigation.

Runs out of memory quickly

This is significantly eased by Robin's patch to drop GL contexts when switching applications (saves ~10mb per application), however, this causes a visual glitch at present (see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy10RPxLEn4) so this won't be submitted upstream until it is fixed. It is still usable, however, so perhaps the DE can cherry-pick this patch in for the time being.

Applications start in the wrong orientation

Thanks, Qt Mobility.

See: http://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTMOBILITY-1385

Bugs

https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15001 - "MeeGo Tablet" package group content

Files, Videos etc.

Kickstart files for tablet will be available in following gitorious tree: https://gitorious.org/meego-developer-edition-for-n900/image-configurations/blobs/master/tablet/

Some ready made images area available in http://meego.openaos.org/ -> n900

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 * Rotation is in correct orientation
 * but rotation doesn't work usually in grid/panels
-* applications rotate correctly
+* grid view is not quite working in landscape mode
+* applications rotate correctly, and work well in both modes
 * cannot get to task switcher (long press Ctrl), works in netbook
 * launcher framework seems to crash easily?
 * applications start very slowly
-* system indicators are not working (except for WLAN)(same as in Handset UX?)
+* system indicators are not working (except for WLAN) (same as in Handset UX?)
 * tapping is interpreted as swipe easily (see https://bugs.meego.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14989)
 * VKB is missing sometimes