An Unofficial Guide to Creating a Most Excellent maemo User Interface http://samoff.com/maemoui by Tim Samoff Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:43:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en Welcome! http://samoff.com/maemoui/2008/01/31/we/ http://samoff.com/maemoui/2008/01/31/we/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:43:33 +0000 admin http://samoff.com/maemoui/2008/01/31/we/ Maemo UI Guide CoverThank you for visiting the development site for “An Unofficial Guide to Creating a Most Excellent maemo User Interface” — especially if you’re a developer. This guide is intended to be both a starting point and a reference manual for developing applications for the maemo development platform. My main goal for writing this document is so that maemo applications will not only be enjoyable and easy-to-use for Internet Tablet users, but also so that maemo applications will reflect well on Nokia Internet Tablets in general.

Keep in mind that this guide is “unofficial.” This means that the content contained within is primarily a well-educated opinion, written by a designer who thinks that there could be some improvement in the execution, presentation, and consistency within third-party maemo applications. Likewise, this is a living document. That means that it is continually being scrutinized and revised so that the information imparted is both easy-to-read and accurate.

View the most up-to-date version here:

Important links pertaining to this guide:

Again, thank you for taking the time to visit and read this documentation. I hope that it is helpful. Please use the Bug Tracker if there are any issues or if you think that something in missing or inaccurate.

Happy developing!

]]> http://samoff.com/maemoui/2008/01/31/we/feed/ January 2008 update… http://samoff.com/maemoui/2008/01/31/january-2008-update/ http://samoff.com/maemoui/2008/01/31/january-2008-update/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:41:33 +0000 admin http://samoff.com/maemoui/2008/01/31/january-2008-update/ Just as we’re leaving January 2008, I’ve realized that I’ve been neglecting updates for this project. I had planned on doing a major update/redesign to this document before the end of last year, but things go so hectic (you know if you keep up with my blog) that I wasn’t able to get to it.

Now, I have my N810 (which was key in completing some updates) and I’m ready to get back into the editing process. So, the plan is to look everything over and rewrite a few of the sections with some additions (e.g., keyboard bindings and shortcuts) and some subtractions (think Application Menu logic).

I still haven’t made the final decision to convert the Google Document into a Google Presentation, but I am still leaning that way. I’ll do some tests to see how that works.

Consider this a very minor prelude to the major update that’s coming.

]]> http://samoff.com/maemoui/2008/01/31/january-2008-update/feed/ Minor update… http://samoff.com/maemoui/2007/09/05/minor-update/ http://samoff.com/maemoui/2007/09/05/minor-update/#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:55:33 +0000 admin http://samoff.com/maemoui/2007/09/05/minor-update/ I’ve uploaded some edited graphics files that better represent consistent button placement (according to Gnome UI guidlines).

I’m in the process of reorganizing/editing some of the content pertaining to Notification Dialogs, etc., so expect some more significant changes soon.

View the latest version of the doc here.

]]> http://samoff.com/maemoui/2007/09/05/minor-update/feed/ Unofficial Maemo UI guide is now available… http://samoff.com/maemoui/2007/08/27/unofficial-maemo-ui-guide-is-now-available/ http://samoff.com/maemoui/2007/08/27/unofficial-maemo-ui-guide-is-now-available/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:36:35 +0000 admin http://samoff.com/maemoui/2007/08/27/unofficial-maemo-ui-guide-is-now-available/ “An Unofficial Guide to Creating a Most Excellent Maemo User Interface” is a hands-on description of concepts that developers should consider while creating user interfaces for their applications.

Read the full description here:
http://sense-datum.org/tim/archive/2007/08/24/Maemo_UI_design/tim_samoff__weblog

This document is still in “beta” and will most likely change a little in the next few days.

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