Hildon Desktop Scalability
So, as I posted some days ago, one of our goals for the future Hildon Desktop releases is scalability. We want to be able to easily configure/adapt the desktop to different displays with different resolutions. As a proof of concept, I made some very small code changes and some adaptations on the development theme (aka Plankton) - created by MDK and tigert - and made Hildon Desktop usable on a 1024×768 resolution on my laptop. It would rock even more if I had a tablet PC here to use finger for interaction. Here’s the result:
Hildon Desktop running on a 1024×768 resolution.
February 10th, 2007 at 1:57 am
What webbrowser do you use there?
February 10th, 2007 at 2:07 am
awesome!!! grats
February 10th, 2007 at 2:09 am
I really wish you good look at this, it would be great for when I connect my pc to the tv, Right now I’m using matchbox for that (and I’m thinking of buying a gyromouse or, if there ever comes out, a alternative wii controler), but I really liked Hildon when the one time I held a n770
February 10th, 2007 at 2:35 am
Yes! But where are the packages? ubuntu please! Thanx in advance! Being the next best thing after compiz/beryl, I would dump gnome-panel/metacity in an instant to get hildon instead! More Exclamation marks, Yay!
February 10th, 2007 at 2:42 am
Mhmm, very tablet PC friendly.
February 10th, 2007 at 6:08 am
Nice for small distros too ;-)
February 10th, 2007 at 7:50 am
So that is the osso-browser, with a different engine than Opera I assume? Just how much software does OSSO write and never release?!
February 11th, 2007 at 10:09 am
btw, where can I find the patches to build that thing myself and check it out?, I know it’s not stable-ready, but still…
February 12th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
People have being blogging about this on Internet Tablet Talk:
http://www.internettablettalk.com/2007/02/09/beyond-800×480/February 12th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
Anonymous, that browser uses the same Opera engine being shipped in the N800.
February 13th, 2007 at 7:01 am
Quim, thanks for the answer! The reasons I asked are,
1) There are many indications that, internally, Nokia has always had (since before the 770 shipped) and continues to have other rendering engine backends for the osso-browser frontend (Gecko and gtk-webcore, namely), and 2) Amongst the explanations and excuses for the 770 hacker edition was a note that even Nokia does not have the Opera source code, and thus could not run Opera 8.5 without the N800 hardware even if they wanted to. And yet, here it looks like it is running on a thinkpad and you claim it is the “same Opera engine being shipped in the N800″. Hows that? Recompiled? Emulated? Or does Opera provide nokia with a special x86 opera-engine that us users won’t ever be able to use? It seems like every small answer from Nokia only raises bigger questions!February 13th, 2007 at 10:19 am
Great! Looks pretty cool. Congrats Lucas.
March 14th, 2007 at 8:57 pm
great, but how to install on debian
regard