User:Venemo/IRC Chatter

2011-08-15T07:32:06Z

Venemo:

User:Venemo/IRC Chatter

2011-08-14T22:53:17Z

Venemo:

User:Venemo/IRC Chatter

2011-08-14T22:50:27Z

Venemo: /* Releases */

User:Venemo/HarmattanPlans

2011-08-14T22:48:58Z

Venemo: /* Porting */

= My plans for Harmattan =

I'm planning to use the device as a development tool for developing various applications and smaller games. I will list here some of the apps and ideas I currently have, and will implement more apps and list here more as more ideas come to me.

== What? Why? ==

I believe in the mission of the MeeGo project, but I don't actually own a MeeGo device so I haven't started to port my stuff to MeeGo yet. I own an N900, but I use it as my primary phone, so (unfortunately) putting an unstable OS on my N900 is not an option. This is the reason why I need an N950, it would enable me to actually contribute my apps to the Harmattan and MeeGo community.

Also, the capacitive multi-touch screen of the N950 would allow me to develop my apps in a way that allows them to use intuitive multi-touch gestures.

[http://wiki.meego.com/User:Venemo See my profile page]

== Apps ==

These are the apps I plan to implement for the N950 and MeeGo/Harmattan.

* Needless to say, all applications are (and will be) implemented as Free and Open Source

=== Puzzle Master ===

* Already working on [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=67139 Fremantle], [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=69454 Diablo], and [https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/applications/Puzzle%20Master Fedora]
* [https://gitorious.org/colorful-apps/puzzle-master Source on Gitorious]
* [https://gitorious.org/colorful-apps/pages/PuzzleMaster More details and platform availability]

First and foremost, I plan to adapt my '''Puzzle Master''' game to Harmattan. This includes adding '''multi-touch capabilities''' and various improvements to make the game more appealing to end users.

Specific ideas for improvements are:
* New game modes
** Sliding puzzle
** Mosaic
* Support for rotating the puzzle pieces with a multi-touch gesture
* Ability to move more than one piece at once
* Ability to use pinch-to-zoom into the game board
* And more.

(As I don't own a multi-touch device, these were impossible for me to implement yet. After completing the multi-touch features, I plan to release this application for Symbian's Ovi Store as well.)

=== Public transportation guide ===

* No code available yet.
* Planned to work on both MeeGo and Harmattan, and Fremantle too (if possible)

This application will be able to '''help users with public transportation'''. (Initially in my country, others will be added later through an extensible infrastructure.)

Use case:

* The user specifies where he wants to go and from where
** The app will be able to use the current location (via GPS) as a starting point
** It will be possible to show the starting point and destination on a map (via Qt Mobility's Maps feature)
* The app will download time tables from the web
* Then it will present the user with options of various transport lines (buses, trains, etc.)

Features:

* Allow the user to mark specific lines as favourites and the ones which s/he will travel with
* Platform integration
** Favourites are displayed in the Events View
** The ones which s/he chose to travel with are also added as alarms
** The upcoming one will be displayed on the lock screen as well
* The goal is to help the user get to where he wants to go, not only by helping him choose a line, but also by helping him actually reach it

Rationale:

* Web sites of railway/transport companies are usually '''too heavy for a mobile browser'''
* The interactivity of such sites is not good enough to be comfortable for most users (myself included)
* The app will integrate with the platform, adding alarms which ring when the bus departs, list them in the Events View, etc.

=== Memory game ===

* Unreleased
* [https://gitorious.org/colorful-apps/memory-game Source on Gitorious]

This is a memory game I have been developing for some time (still in its early stages).
The game hasn't been released yet, but it's '''simplicity''' and '''fluidity''' makes it already very '''addictive''' to the people who have tested it.

I plan to add more features to it to make it fully fledged, as well as some improvements in look and feel to look nicely on Harmattan.

Some of the planned features are:

* Allowing to use images on the memory cards
** Possibly allowing the user to add his/her own pictures
* Allowing adjusting the number of cards displayed (partially done)
* and more.

=== Labirynth game ===

(No code available yet.)

I'm planning to create a labirynth game (maybe 3D?) which could be operated with the accelerometer or other intuitive input methods.

''I've always wanted to create such a game (it is an interesting challenge), just never got around to begin. This summer, however, I will be able to afford the time to begin with it.''

* Still looking into more ideas and details about the implementation.

== Porting ==

There are some apps that I wish to port to Harmattan and MeeGo as well.

Two examples are:

* <del>'''Konversation''' (IRC client)</del> Deemed non-portable because QWidget-based apps look quite dumb on Harmattan. Begun work on [[User:Venemo/IRC_Chatter|a new QML-based IRC client from scratch]].
* '''KPatience''' (a card game collection)

User:Venemo/IRC Chatter

2011-08-14T22:36:58Z

Venemo:

2011-08-14T21:34:35Z

Venemo: /* Known issues, limitations */

= IRC Chatter =

IRC Chatter is a lightweight, touch-friendly IRC client aimed at MeeGo and Harmattan. IRC Chatter is based on Qt, QML, and its backend uses libircclient-qt.

Here you can find some info about IRC Chatter. If you wish for a new feature, add it to the [[User:Venemo/IRC_Chatter#Wish_list|Wish list]]!

== Introduction ==

Here is the user interface of IRC Chatter:

[[File:irc-chatter-n9.jpg|800px]]

(No, I do not own a Nokia N9, this is just a screenshot gimped over a pic from a random review site.)

=== Questions? ===

See you at '''#irc-chatter''' on [http://freenode.net/ Freenode]!

* ''About the author: see my [[User:Venemo|User page]] and my [[User:Venemo/HarmattanPlans|Plans for Harmattan]]''

=== Useful links for hacking ===

* [https://gitorious.org/colorful-apps/irc-chatter IRC Chatter repo in Gitorious]
** ''Feel free to clone it and send me merge a request if you've implemented something!''
* [https://bitbucket.org/jpnurmi/libircclient-qt/wiki/Home LibIrcClient-Qt home page]
* [http://jpnurmi.kapsi.fi/libircclient-qt/doc/latest/annotated.html LibIrcClient-Qt documentation]

== Features ==

=== Coming soon™ ===

* Ability to connect to multiple IRC servers
* Packaging, icon, .desktop file
* Autocompletion order based on last message order
* Fixing of known issues... ;)
* ...etc

=== Wish list ===

Is there a feature you want? Put it on our wishlist!

* automatic url parsing to visualise thumbnails or url clicker buttons (finger friendly) etc
* Server login password support.
* Autojoining on start-up to defined channels
* Some sort of bouncer support - perhaps using the quassel backend? Maybe another may suit better.

* ''Your feature idea here!''

=== Features already there ===

* Decent and shiny GUI
* Usable in portrait mode too (with virtual keyboard)
* Join/part channels and query/close users
* You can select text and open links
* Supported commands
** /join (or /j)
** /part (or /p)
** /quit (or /q)
** /close
** /me
** /nick
** /topic (but no topic changing)
** ''others are coming!''
* Highlighting
** Channels that have new messages are blue
** If they have new messages addressed to you, they are red

=== Known issues, limitations ===

Work is being done to eliminate these.
ETA: soon™
Issues that are striked out have been fixed.

* <del>Lacking an appropriate configuration GUI, currently the client is hardcoded to connect to the [http://freenode.net Freenode] network with the nickname "Your_Nick_Here"</del>
** ''A nice page is added that appears on applaunch and solves this.'' You can still only connect to one server at a time though.
* Settings GUI is not working at all
** ''It has been removed from v0.1, will be added to a later version.''
* Disconnections are not detected
* Can't reconnect after disconnect
* <del>Can't display CTCP actions (/me)</del>
* '''Some''' /commands don't work yet
* <del>Parting a channel or closing a query MAY result in a segfault</del>
* <del>Autoscrolling issues when opening/hiding VKB or chaning orientation</del>
* <del>Autoscrolling fails when last message is longer than 1 line</del>
* <del>No text selection</del>
* <del>Links not highlighted</del>
* <del>Topic is not displayed</del>
* <del>Autocompletion issues</del>
* Doesn't handle mode changes
* ...?