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class="publish-info"><abbr class="published" title="2011-03-01T04:36:44+0000">2011-03-01 04:36 UTC</abbr> <span style="float: left"> by </span> <a href="http://maemo.org/profile/view/nelsonrn" class="url fn" style="clear:none;">nelsonrn</a> <div class="fav"> <div id="net_nemein_favourites_for_82b9a46443bd11e0a478cdf4dc1914c214c2" class='net_nemein_favourites {"favs":1,"buries":7,"has_faved":false,"can_fav":true,"has_buried":false,"can_bury":true,"fav_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/fav\/midgard_article\/82b9a46443bd11e0a478cdf4dc1914c214c2\/","bury_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/bury\/midgard_article\/82b9a46443bd11e0a478cdf4dc1914c214c2\/"}'> <div class="fav_btn"><span class="favs_count">0</span></div> <div class="bury_btn"><span class="bury_count">0</span></div> <div class="net_nemein_favourites_clearfix"></div> </div> <noscript> <span class="net_nemein_favourites">1 <a 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Since they're all separately fixable, I'll give each one its own paragraph.</p> <p>When I want to go online away from home, I frankly couldn't give a darn which access point I associate with. Thus, I want to have an option in the "Select connection" dialog which says "Any working connection". It should go through the available connections, one by one, until it finds one which returns DHCP information that successfully lets it ping the default router, and resolve some standard name like "testconnection.nokia.com".</p> <p>The previous paragraph's issue, if fixed, would make this one go away, but I'm treating them independently. When I select a connection, if it isn't listed in the Connections, I am immediately offered the opportunity to save the connection. Well, what if it doesn't work? That's an extra interaction with <em>negative</em> value to me. Put "Save connection" on the menu for the "World" icon.</p> <p>The speaker volume is immediately apprehensible from the number of bars. The backlight intensity is immediately apprehensible from the number of bars. A Nokia cellphone gives me the signal strength in the number of bars right on the main screen, all the time. So why is the wifi signal strength not visible in the icon?? It's nice in IT2007 that it's there underneath the menu, as well as the AP name. But that's not half good enough.</p> <p>The Connections dialog has a sillyness which is endemic to Internet Tablet dialogs. If you pick a connection, and then Delete it, it <em>asks</em> you if you want to delete it! Stupid computer! I just told you <em>exactly</em> what I want you to do! Weren't you paying attention?? Yes, I know that this is an attempt to save people from deleting connections that they actually wanted. So the UI designers put a two-step process to protect people from accidents. That's what's wrong. Next paragraph explains the fix.</p> <p>The Connections dialog problem should be fixed. When you click on "Delete", it marks that connection for deletion by drawing its name with strikeout. It's not deleted until you click "Done". That's the two-step needed to actually delete. If you select a deleted connection, the Edit button is greyed-out, and the Delete button becomes "Undelete". Or maybe that's wrong, and the Edit button causes undelete?</p> </div> <div class="tags"> </div> </div> <div class="planet-entry hentry counter_1 "> <img class="picture" src="http://static.maemo.org:81/style_maemo2009/img/hackergotchi-notfound.png" alt="nelsonrn" /> <div class="author-vcard"> <h1><a href="http://blog.russnelson.com/2007/01/30#N800-ordering" rel="bookmark">N800 ordering from NokiaUSA.com</a></h1> <div class="publish-info"><abbr class="published" title="2011-03-01T04:36:42+0000">2011-03-01 04:36 UTC</abbr> <span style="float: left"> by </span> <a href="http://maemo.org/profile/view/nelsonrn" class="url fn" style="clear:none;">nelsonrn</a> <div class="fav"> <div id="net_nemein_favourites_for_8187eb9643bd11e0a478cdf4dc1914c214c2" class='net_nemein_favourites {"favs":1,"buries":7,"has_faved":false,"can_fav":true,"has_buried":false,"can_bury":true,"fav_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/fav\/midgard_article\/8187eb9643bd11e0a478cdf4dc1914c214c2\/","bury_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/bury\/midgard_article\/8187eb9643bd11e0a478cdf4dc1914c214c2\/"}'> <div class="fav_btn"><span class="favs_count">0</span></div> <div class="bury_btn"><span class="bury_count">0</span></div> <div class="net_nemein_favourites_clearfix"></div> </div> <noscript> <span class="net_nemein_favourites">1 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/create/midgard_article/8187eb9643bd11e0a478cdf4dc1914c214c2/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-favorite.png" style="border: none;" alt="Add to favourites" title="Add to favourites" /></a>7 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/bury/midgard_article/8187eb9643bd11e0a478cdf4dc1914c214c2/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-buried.png" style="border: none;" alt="Bury" title="Bury" /></a></span> </noscript> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Got my discount code (thanks, Nokia!) and immediately ordered it from <a href="http://NokiaUSA.com">Nokia USA</a>. I gather that some people had trouble entering the discount code, but I didn't. Order went through, credit card got charged, everything looked fine. However, on the trackit page they gave me in the confirmation email, I had "Order status:" followed by whitespace. I was patient, but to no avail. The order got stuck somewhere in the process. I had to call NokiaUSA at 1-866-596-6542 option 5. The call center staff gave it a "kill -HUP" and now it's been shipped. Just FYI in case this happens to you.</p> </div> <div class="tags"> </div> </div> <div class="planet-entry hentry counter_2 "> <img class="picture" src="http://static.maemo.org:81/style_maemo2009/img/hackergotchi-notfound.png" alt="nelsonrn" /> <div class="author-vcard"> <h1><a href="http://blog.russnelson.com/2007/01/21#hireling-priests" rel="bookmark">Hireling priests</a></h1> <div class="publish-info"><abbr class="published" title="2011-03-01T04:36:40+0000">2011-03-01 04:36 UTC</abbr> <span style="float: left"> by </span> <a href="http://maemo.org/profile/view/nelsonrn" class="url fn" style="clear:none;">nelsonrn</a> <div class="fav"> <div id="net_nemein_favourites_for_80dc368443bd11e0a478cdf4dc1914c214c2" class='net_nemein_favourites {"favs":1,"buries":7,"has_faved":false,"can_fav":true,"has_buried":false,"can_bury":true,"fav_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/fav\/midgard_article\/80dc368443bd11e0a478cdf4dc1914c214c2\/","bury_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/bury\/midgard_article\/80dc368443bd11e0a478cdf4dc1914c214c2\/"}'> <div class="fav_btn"><span class="favs_count">0</span></div> <div class="bury_btn"><span class="bury_count">0</span></div> <div class="net_nemein_favourites_clearfix"></div> </div> <noscript> <span class="net_nemein_favourites">1 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/create/midgard_article/80dc368443bd11e0a478cdf4dc1914c214c2/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-favorite.png" style="border: none;" alt="Add to favourites" title="Add to favourites" /></a>7 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/bury/midgard_article/80dc368443bd11e0a478cdf4dc1914c214c2/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-buried.png" style="border: none;" alt="Bury" title="Bury" /></a></span> </noscript> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>In my religion (Quakerism), we have no hired professional priests. The problem with hired priests is that their job gets mutated from one of helping the flock struggle with the burden of discerning Gods will, into one of keeping their job. The fire gets lost.</p> <p>I think that Nokia has a similar problem with the 770. When you have a large full-time staff, they lose their fire. And yet, what else is Nokia to do? If they are going to build hardware, it needs software, and they surely cannot rely on the goodness of strangers for their software, can they? And that is exactly what they are already doing, by using the Linux kernel.</p> <p>So lets explore this fantasy, wherein Nokia builds hardware and the rest of us write the software. I am firmly of the opinion that open source solves some problems poorly. The work that Tigert does (art and design) is not done well by the ordinary developer. If left to their own devices, they will also neglect usability.</p> <p>There is definitely room for a paid staff. But I think that if you want to write the best software, most of it has to be written by the people who will be using it. Of course, that leaves Nokia with a chicken and egg problem. With a new product like the 770, how do they have users without any initial software?</p> <p>Like all open source projects, you need to prime the pump. That is best done through contractors. Pay them to write the initial build, and then get out of the way. If the spec that they build to is fux0red in the usual way that most software designs are, it will get fixed. But in the meantime, users will at least have something which is minimally usable.</p> <p>Nokia can get developer attention just as they did -- through subsidised hardware. They would also have gotten developers involved sooner, just as the OLPC has done. If you are building a really cool product, people will be lining up for early hardware. And, if they do not, then maybe the product is not as wonderful as initially conceived?</p> <p>Nokia will probably not take this advice, but if they do not, I fear that they will continue to publish software that sucks.</p> </div> <div class="tags"> </div> </div> <div class="planet-entry hentry counter_3 "> <img class="picture" src="http://static.maemo.org:81/style_maemo2009/img/hackergotchi-notfound.png" alt="nelsonrn" /> <div class="author-vcard"> <h1><a href="http://blog.russnelson.com/2011/01/28#N800-external-battery" rel="bookmark">N800 External Battery</a></h1> <div class="publish-info"><abbr class="published" title="2011-01-28T21:36:12+0000">2011-01-28 21:36 UTC</abbr> <span style="float: left"> by </span> <a href="http://maemo.org/profile/view/nelsonrn" class="url fn" style="clear:none;">nelsonrn</a> <div class="fav"> <div id="net_nemein_favourites_for_a06e1d8c2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece" class='net_nemein_favourites {"favs":3,"buries":0,"has_faved":false,"can_fav":true,"has_buried":false,"can_bury":true,"fav_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/fav\/midgard_article\/a06e1d8c2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/","bury_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/bury\/midgard_article\/a06e1d8c2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/"}'> <div class="fav_btn"><span class="favs_count">0</span></div> <div class="bury_btn"><span class="bury_count">0</span></div> <div class="net_nemein_favourites_clearfix"></div> </div> <noscript> <span class="net_nemein_favourites">3 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/create/midgard_article/a06e1d8c2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-favorite.png" style="border: none;" alt="Add to favourites" title="Add to favourites" /></a>0 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/bury/midgard_article/a06e1d8c2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-buried.png" style="border: none;" alt="Bury" title="Bury" /></a></span> </noscript> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>The internal N800 battery is pretty studly, but there are contexts in which I don't want to have to swap out the battery for a spare. Have to reboot the machine to do that and if you're trying to run a program for a long time or continuously, that's not acceptable. Plus you have to notice that the battery has run low and replace it.<div class='entry-truncated'><a href='http://blog.russnelson.com/2011/01/28#N800-external-battery'>Click to read 1002 more words</a></div> </div> <div class="tags"> <br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/battery" rel="tag">battery</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/external" rel="tag">external</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tag/n800" rel="tag">n800</a> </div> </div> <div class="planet-entry hentry counter_4 "> <img class="picture" src="http://static.maemo.org:81/style_maemo2009/img/hackergotchi-notfound.png" alt="nelsonrn" /> <div class="author-vcard"> <h1><a href="http://blog.russnelson.com/2011/01/28#why-unibutton" rel="bookmark">Why a unibutton?</a></h1> <div class="publish-info"><abbr class="published" title="2011-01-28T21:36:11+0000">2011-01-28 21:36 UTC</abbr> <span style="float: left"> by </span> <a href="http://maemo.org/profile/view/nelsonrn" class="url fn" style="clear:none;">nelsonrn</a> <div class="fav"> <div id="net_nemein_favourites_for_9fc92cbe2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece" class='net_nemein_favourites {"favs":0,"buries":3,"has_faved":false,"can_fav":true,"has_buried":false,"can_bury":true,"fav_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/fav\/midgard_article\/9fc92cbe2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/","bury_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/bury\/midgard_article\/9fc92cbe2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/"}'> <div class="fav_btn"><span class="favs_count">0</span></div> <div class="bury_btn"><span class="bury_count">0</span></div> <div class="net_nemein_favourites_clearfix"></div> </div> <noscript> <span class="net_nemein_favourites">0 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/create/midgard_article/9fc92cbe2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-favorite.png" style="border: none;" alt="Add to favourites" title="Add to favourites" /></a>3 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/bury/midgard_article/9fc92cbe2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-buried.png" style="border: none;" alt="Bury" title="Bury" /></a></span> </noscript> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Why does the N800 have a unibutton and a hidden button on the top? The 770 had three separate buttons on the top. The left button is now in the middle on the N800. The rocker switch (press left, press right) is now split into two buttons, on left and right. The power menu button on the 770 was arguably too easy to press, so I count the hidden button on the N800 an improvement.</p> <p>But to merge the two buttons into one unibutton which is practically impossible to distinguish?? Why? The only way to distinguish between the buttons is to slide your finger back and forth a few times, trying to feel the subtle slope from the left to the middle and back down on the right. Only then can you take a guess at which button your finger is on.</p> <p>Going back to the 770's buttons would be an improvement. Let's hope that the N830 (or whatever) makes that change.</p> </div> <div class="tags"> </div> </div> <div class="planet-entry hentry counter_5 "> <img class="picture" src="http://static.maemo.org:81/style_maemo2009/img/hackergotchi-notfound.png" alt="nelsonrn" /> <div class="author-vcard"> <h1><a href="http://blog.russnelson.com/2011/01/28#free-chordite-2" rel="bookmark">Free Chordite status</a></h1> <div class="publish-info"><abbr class="published" title="2011-01-28T21:36:09+0000">2011-01-28 21:36 UTC</abbr> <span style="float: left"> by </span> <a href="http://maemo.org/profile/view/nelsonrn" class="url fn" style="clear:none;">nelsonrn</a> <div class="fav"> <div id="net_nemein_favourites_for_9f0440662b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece" class='net_nemein_favourites {"favs":0,"buries":2,"has_faved":false,"can_fav":true,"has_buried":false,"can_bury":true,"fav_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/fav\/midgard_article\/9f0440662b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/","bury_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/bury\/midgard_article\/9f0440662b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/"}'> <div class="fav_btn"><span class="favs_count">0</span></div> <div class="bury_btn"><span class="bury_count">0</span></div> <div class="net_nemein_favourites_clearfix"></div> </div> <noscript> <span class="net_nemein_favourites">0 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/create/midgard_article/9f0440662b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-favorite.png" style="border: none;" alt="Add to favourites" title="Add to favourites" /></a>2 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/bury/midgard_article/9f0440662b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-buried.png" style="border: none;" alt="Bury" title="Bury" /></a></span> </noscript> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>I thought I'd report on the status of my <a href="http://blog.russnelson.com/770/free-chordites.html">offer of two free keyboards</a>. Curiously, I only received three keyboard requests. I meant to impose a barrier to entry, but maybe not that high a barrier!</p> <p>I decided not to choose, but instead to make three keyboards. I have ordered and received the electronic parts. I've decided that while I <em>might</em> be able to produce keyboards from the hand photocopies the winners sent in, it's too uncertain a process. Still tinkering with the design, but I think I've settled more on a "kit" for a keyboard.</p> <p>The trouble with the <a href="http://blog.russnelson.com/chordite">Chordite</a> is that it <em>really</em> needs to fit your hand. And yet, as a portable device, it needs to be sturdy. Adjustable yet fixed. Malleable yet unchanging. This is not a new problem for people to have faced. Screws, nuts and bolts, glue, clay, plaster, wood, plastic, metal, and rock are all substances which can be changed and yet which are sturdy.</p> <p>Hands are variable in two ways that matter: in finger length and spacing and in palm width. The chordite needs to be stretchy in both those dimensions, and yet, if you drop it, it shouldn't fall into pieces. It needs to be lightweight so that you can carry it. In order to make all this work, I think that I'll put the switches on little PC boards interconnected with 18 gauge copper wires, covered with a layer of polycapralone. The copper for stiffness, and the polycapralone for sturdiness.</p> <p>I've done some testing, and an ordinary hair dryer puts out enough heat to soften a fairly thick layer of polycapralone. Once softened, the keys can be moved around, with the copper wire keeping the keys in position while the polycapralone is soft.</p> <p>Once I've made the PC board with the bluetooth module at the heart of this keyboard, I'll ship these to the lucky winners. We'll see what they have to say. If it's not good, then back to the drawing board.</p> [Tags <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/bluetooth" rel="tag">bluetooth</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/chording" rel="tag">chording</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/keyboard" rel="tag">keyboard</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/chordite" rel="tag">chordite</a> ] </div> <div class="tags"> <br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/chordite" rel="tag">chordite</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/keyboard" rel="tag">keyboard</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/chording" rel="tag">chording</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/bluetooth" rel="tag">bluetooth</a> </div> </div> <div class="planet-entry hentry counter_6 "> <img class="picture" src="http://static.maemo.org:81/style_maemo2009/img/hackergotchi-notfound.png" alt="nelsonrn" /> <div class="author-vcard"> <h1><a href="http://blog.russnelson.com/2011/01/28#why-no-ip-on-connectivity-menu" rel="bookmark">Why is there no IP address on the connection menu?</a></h1> <div class="publish-info"><abbr class="published" title="2011-01-28T21:36:08+0000">2011-01-28 21:36 UTC</abbr> <span style="float: left"> by </span> <a href="http://maemo.org/profile/view/nelsonrn" class="url fn" style="clear:none;">nelsonrn</a> <div class="fav"> <div id="net_nemein_favourites_for_9e3b3f0e2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece" class='net_nemein_favourites {"favs":0,"buries":2,"has_faved":false,"can_fav":true,"has_buried":false,"can_bury":true,"fav_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/fav\/midgard_article\/9e3b3f0e2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/","bury_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/bury\/midgard_article\/9e3b3f0e2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/"}'> <div class="fav_btn"><span class="favs_count">0</span></div> <div class="bury_btn"><span class="bury_count">0</span></div> <div class="net_nemein_favourites_clearfix"></div> </div> <noscript> <span class="net_nemein_favourites">0 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/create/midgard_article/9e3b3f0e2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-favorite.png" style="border: none;" alt="Add to favourites" title="Add to favourites" /></a>2 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/bury/midgard_article/9e3b3f0e2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-buried.png" style="border: none;" alt="Bury" title="Bury" /></a></span> </noscript> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>IT2007 has added the signal strength to the connection menu (underneath the 'world' icon on the applets). Yay! But why isn't the IP address listed there as well? Why do I need to bring up the Connection Manager, and then use its "IP Address" entry to tell me the IP address? It's not like the connection menu is full or anything. It's not even a variable-length menu. </div> <div class="tags"> </div> </div> <div class="planet-entry hentry counter_7 "> <img class="picture" src="http://static.maemo.org:81/style_maemo2009/img/hackergotchi-notfound.png" alt="nelsonrn" /> <div class="author-vcard"> <h1><a href="http://blog.russnelson.com/2011/01/28#never-use-a-warning" rel="bookmark">Never use a warning</a></h1> <div class="publish-info"><abbr class="published" title="2011-01-28T21:36:07+0000">2011-01-28 21:36 UTC</abbr> <span style="float: left"> by </span> <a href="http://maemo.org/profile/view/nelsonrn" class="url fn" style="clear:none;">nelsonrn</a> <div class="fav"> <div id="net_nemein_favourites_for_9d8efa1e2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece" class='net_nemein_favourites {"favs":0,"buries":2,"has_faved":false,"can_fav":true,"has_buried":false,"can_bury":true,"fav_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/fav\/midgard_article\/9d8efa1e2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/","bury_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/bury\/midgard_article\/9d8efa1e2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/"}'> <div class="fav_btn"><span class="favs_count">0</span></div> <div class="bury_btn"><span class="bury_count">0</span></div> <div class="net_nemein_favourites_clearfix"></div> </div> <noscript> <span class="net_nemein_favourites">0 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/create/midgard_article/9d8efa1e2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-favorite.png" style="border: none;" alt="Add to favourites" title="Add to favourites" /></a>2 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/bury/midgard_article/9d8efa1e2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-buried.png" style="border: none;" alt="Bury" title="Bury" /></a></span> </noscript> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Aza Raskin writes <a href="http://alistapart.com/articles/neveruseawarning">Never Use a Warning</a>, in which I count him as agreeing with my assessment of the <a href="http://blog.russnelson.com/770/connection-manager.html">Connection Manager</a>'s warnings. </div> <div class="tags"> </div> </div> <div class="planet-entry hentry counter_8 "> <img class="picture" src="http://static.maemo.org:81/style_maemo2009/img/hackergotchi-notfound.png" alt="nelsonrn" /> <div class="author-vcard"> <h1><a href="http://blog.russnelson.com/2011/01/28#free-chordites" rel="bookmark">Free Chordites!</a></h1> <div class="publish-info"><abbr class="published" title="2011-01-28T21:36:02+0000">2011-01-28 21:36 UTC</abbr> <span style="float: left"> by </span> <a href="http://maemo.org/profile/view/nelsonrn" class="url fn" style="clear:none;">nelsonrn</a> <div class="fav"> <div id="net_nemein_favourites_for_9ae196282b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece" class='net_nemein_favourites {"favs":0,"buries":2,"has_faved":false,"can_fav":true,"has_buried":false,"can_bury":true,"fav_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/fav\/midgard_article\/9ae196282b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/","bury_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/bury\/midgard_article\/9ae196282b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/"}'> <div class="fav_btn"><span class="favs_count">0</span></div> <div class="bury_btn"><span class="bury_count">0</span></div> <div class="net_nemein_favourites_clearfix"></div> </div> <noscript> <span class="net_nemein_favourites">0 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/create/midgard_article/9ae196282b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-favorite.png" style="border: none;" alt="Add to favourites" title="Add to favourites" /></a>2 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/bury/midgard_article/9ae196282b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-buried.png" style="border: none;" alt="Bury" title="Bury" /></a></span> </noscript> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>I need more experience building my <a href="http://blog.russnelson.com/chordite">Chordite</a> keyboard. So, I will build two custom keyboards for two Nokia Internet Tablet users who send me a letter with a photocopy of their hand along with an explanation of why they should get a free keyboard. Note that this keyboard only supports Linux, and it's only been tested for the Nokia N800. Send the letter to:</p> <p> Free Chordite Offer Crynwr Software 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. Potsdam, NY 13676</p> <p>Include your return shipping address, and email address so that I may notify you of your acceptance. This offer closes September 10th, so if your letter may take that long to get to me, send it <em>now</em>. I considered doing this on a time priority basis, but I want to get the keyboard to the people who want it the most, not the people who happen to read it first. Plus, I need the hand scan no matter what.</p> [Tags <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/bluetooth" rel="tag">bluetooth</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/chording" rel="tag">chording</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/keyboard" rel="tag">keyboard</a> ] </div> <div class="tags"> <br />Tags: <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/keyboard" rel="tag">keyboard</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/chording" rel="tag">chording</a>, <a href="http://technorati.com/tags/bluetooth" rel="tag">bluetooth</a> </div> </div> <div class="planet-entry hentry counter_9 "> <img class="picture" src="http://static.maemo.org:81/style_maemo2009/img/hackergotchi-notfound.png" alt="nelsonrn" /> <div class="author-vcard"> <h1><a href="http://blog.russnelson.com/2011/01/28#N800-ordering" rel="bookmark">N800 ordering from NokiaUSA.com</a></h1> <div class="publish-info"><abbr class="published" title="2011-01-28T21:36:01+0000">2011-01-28 21:36 UTC</abbr> <span style="float: left"> by </span> <a href="http://maemo.org/profile/view/nelsonrn" class="url fn" style="clear:none;">nelsonrn</a> <div class="fav"> <div id="net_nemein_favourites_for_9a3d4a782b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece" class='net_nemein_favourites {"favs":2,"buries":0,"has_faved":false,"can_fav":true,"has_buried":false,"can_bury":true,"fav_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/fav\/midgard_article\/9a3d4a782b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/","bury_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/bury\/midgard_article\/9a3d4a782b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/"}'> <div class="fav_btn"><span class="favs_count">0</span></div> <div class="bury_btn"><span class="bury_count">0</span></div> <div class="net_nemein_favourites_clearfix"></div> </div> <noscript> <span class="net_nemein_favourites">2 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/create/midgard_article/9a3d4a782b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-favorite.png" style="border: none;" alt="Add to favourites" title="Add to favourites" /></a>0 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/bury/midgard_article/9a3d4a782b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-buried.png" style="border: none;" alt="Bury" title="Bury" /></a></span> </noscript> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>Got my discount code (thanks, Nokia!) and immediately ordered it from <a href="http://NokiaUSA.com">Nokia USA</a>. I gather that some people had trouble entering the discount code, but I didn't. Order went through, credit card got charged, everything looked fine. However, on the trackit page they gave me in the confirmation email, I had "Order status:" followed by whitespace. I was patient, but to no avail. The order got stuck somewhere in the process. I had to call NokiaUSA at 1-866-596-6542 option 5. The call center staff gave it a "kill -HUP" and now it's been shipped. Just FYI in case this happens to you.</p> </div> <div class="tags"> </div> </div> <div class="planet-entry hentry counter_10 "> <img class="picture" src="http://static.maemo.org:81/style_maemo2009/img/hackergotchi-notfound.png" alt="nelsonrn" /> <div class="author-vcard"> <h1><a href="http://blog.russnelson.com/2011/01/28#connection-manager" rel="bookmark">Connection Manager UI issues</a></h1> <div class="publish-info"><abbr class="published" title="2011-01-28T21:36:00+0000">2011-01-28 21:36 UTC</abbr> <span style="float: left"> by </span> <a href="http://maemo.org/profile/view/nelsonrn" class="url fn" style="clear:none;">nelsonrn</a> <div class="fav"> <div id="net_nemein_favourites_for_99942ccc2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece" class='net_nemein_favourites {"favs":1,"buries":1,"has_faved":false,"can_fav":true,"has_buried":false,"can_bury":true,"fav_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/fav\/midgard_article\/99942ccc2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/","bury_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/bury\/midgard_article\/99942ccc2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/"}'> <div class="fav_btn"><span class="favs_count">0</span></div> <div class="bury_btn"><span class="bury_count">0</span></div> <div class="net_nemein_favourites_clearfix"></div> </div> <noscript> <span class="net_nemein_favourites">1 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/create/midgard_article/99942ccc2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-favorite.png" style="border: none;" alt="Add to favourites" title="Add to favourites" /></a>1 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/bury/midgard_article/99942ccc2b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-buried.png" style="border: none;" alt="Bury" title="Bury" /></a></span> </noscript> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>The Nokia Internet Tablet Connection Manager has UI issues. Since they're all separately fixable, I'll give each one its own paragraph.</p> <p>When I want to go online away from home, I frankly couldn't give a darn which access point I associate with. Thus, I want to have an option in the "Select connection" dialog which says "Any working connection". It should go through the available connections, one by one, until it finds one which returns DHCP information that successfully lets it ping the default router, and resolve some standard name like "testconnection.nokia.com".</p> <p>The previous paragraph's issue, if fixed, would make this one go away, but I'm treating them independently. When I select a connection, if it isn't listed in the Connections, I am immediately offered the opportunity to save the connection. Well, what if it doesn't work? That's an extra interaction with <em>negative</em> value to me. Put "Save connection" on the menu for the "World" icon.</p> <p>The speaker volume is immediately apprehensible from the number of bars. The backlight intensity is immediately apprehensible from the number of bars. A Nokia cellphone gives me the signal strength in the number of bars right on the main screen, all the time. So why is the wifi signal strength not visible in the icon?? It's nice in IT2007 that it's there underneath the menu, as well as the AP name. But that's not half good enough.</p> <p>The Connections dialog has a sillyness which is endemic to Internet Tablet dialogs. If you pick a connection, and then Delete it, it <em>asks</em> you if you want to delete it! Stupid computer! I just told you <em>exactly</em> what I want you to do! Weren't you paying attention?? Yes, I know that this is an attempt to save people from deleting connections that they actually wanted. So the UI designers put a two-step process to protect people from accidents. That's what's wrong. Next paragraph explains the fix.</p> <p>The Connections dialog problem should be fixed. When you click on "Delete", it marks that connection for deletion by drawing its name with strikeout. It's not deleted until you click "Done". That's the two-step needed to actually delete. If you select a deleted connection, the Edit button is greyed-out, and the Delete button becomes "Undelete". Or maybe that's wrong, and the Edit button causes undelete?</p> </div> <div class="tags"> </div> </div> <div class="planet-entry hentry counter_11 last"> <img class="picture" src="http://static.maemo.org:81/style_maemo2009/img/hackergotchi-notfound.png" alt="nelsonrn" /> <div class="author-vcard"> <h1><a href="http://blog.russnelson.com/2011/01/28#N800-speakers" rel="bookmark">N800 Speakers</a></h1> <div class="publish-info"><abbr class="published" title="2011-01-28T21:35:59+0000">2011-01-28 21:35 UTC</abbr> <span style="float: left"> by </span> <a href="http://maemo.org/profile/view/nelsonrn" class="url fn" style="clear:none;">nelsonrn</a> <div class="fav"> <div id="net_nemein_favourites_for_98dc42f62b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece" class='net_nemein_favourites {"favs":1,"buries":1,"has_faved":false,"can_fav":true,"has_buried":false,"can_bury":true,"fav_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/fav\/midgard_article\/98dc42f62b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/","bury_url":"\/news\/favorites\/json\/bury\/midgard_article\/98dc42f62b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece\/"}'> <div class="fav_btn"><span class="favs_count">0</span></div> <div class="bury_btn"><span class="bury_count">0</span></div> <div class="net_nemein_favourites_clearfix"></div> </div> <noscript> <span class="net_nemein_favourites">1 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/create/midgard_article/98dc42f62b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-favorite.png" style="border: none;" alt="Add to favourites" title="Add to favourites" /></a>1 <a href="https://maemo.org/news/favorites/bury/midgard_article/98dc42f62b2611e093cc291e67650ece0ece/?return=%2Fnews%2F%2Fplanet-maemo%2Fcategory%2Ffeed%3A2133405c1335fdbfab16abed5e4d7b9c%2F" class="net_nemein_favourites_create"><img src="http://static.maemo.org:81/net.nemein.favourites/not-buried.png" style="border: none;" alt="Bury" title="Bury" /></a></span> </noscript> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-content"> <p>The N800 has stereo speakers, in comparison to the N770's mono speaker. That alone should make them sound better. But Nokia has done something even more clever. If you look at the position of the speakers, you can see that they're at the bottom of the device, unlike the N770's speaker at the top. A speaker works by moving air. If you can reduce the amount of air that needs to be moved, you'll get better bass response from your speakers. With the integral stand on the N800, and speakers at the bottom, when you place it on any hard surface, you reduce the amount of air by half, and double the bass response.</p> <p>You can see this for yourself now if you have a N770. Play some music and hold the 770 in free space with the button end down. Now lower it until it's sitting on your desk. Instant big-boy speakers! 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