Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Open source Android player for Linux?

2015-11-19 Thread Michael Spencer
gt; Cheers, > Bob > > -- > b...@summerwill.net > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > -- Michael Spencer

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Still religious comments in core-apps code

2014-07-10 Thread Michael Spencer
pp since it offends people like you. I only said that I thought it is right to upload to personal projects, especially a Bible app. I'm working on a client's project right now, but I will remove that header as soon as i have time today. Sorry to have offended you! -- Michael Spencer Ubu

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] No more custom home screen backgrounds?

2014-03-26 Thread Michael Spencer
In some of the mockups, it looks like you can see a wallpaper through the header divider - maybe there's plans for a desktop of some sorts and the dash is an overlay like on the desktop? Just a wild idea. -- Michael Spencer | sonrisesoftware.com<http://sonrisesoftware.wordpress.com/&

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Ubuntu-phone[ Ubuntu App Showdown

2014-03-26 Thread Michael Spencer
Works fine for me on the desktop. I've used in just about every Ubuntu Touch app I've written, and it has worked every time. -- Michael Spencer | sonrisesoftware.com<http://sonrisesoftware.wordpress.com/> Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own under

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Question about off-topic comments in core-apps code

2014-02-03 Thread Michael Spencer
, > > Firstly, thank's Michel for raising this issue. I fully appreciate the > issue and you did the right thing raising it on this list. > > Michael, thanks for the prompt response explaining the reason the > boilerplate is there. > > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Mic

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Question about off-topic comments in core-apps code

2014-02-03 Thread Michael Spencer
gh I do not think he read the actual license header. Once again, I'm very sorry if that comment offended you in any way and I can remove that if Canonical wants. Thanks, Michael Spencer On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 6:58 AM, Michel RENON wrote: > Hi, > > I noticed a comment in a sour

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Example apps

2014-01-10 Thread Michael Spencer
find the source code helpful! Michael Spencer | sonrisesoftware.wordpress.com On Jan 10, 2014, at 8:55 AM, Sam Segers wrote: > Hi Viswaprasath > > I'd suggest to look at already made apps. The default ones for Ubuntu for > examples. > All Ubuntu code is hosted on launchpa

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Toolbars in popup sheet?

2013-11-28 Thread Michael Spencer
component. There are several apps that I know of that have tabs as the first item on the page stack, including one of the core apps, Clock. Michael Spencer On Nov 28, 2013, at 4:09 PM, Sam Bull wrote: > On Wed, 2013-11-27 at 15:32 -0600, Michael Spencer wrote: >> I was told by one of the t

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Toolbars in popup sheet?

2013-11-27 Thread Michael Spencer
attention. Michael Spencer | sonrisesoftware.wordpress.com Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. - Proverbs 3:5-6 On Nov 27, 2013, at 3:12 PM, Sam Bull wrote: > On Tue, 2013-11-26 at 18

[Ubuntu-phone] [Design] Showing audio controls for reading text in an app

2013-10-23 Thread Michael Spencer
taining the controls. 2) When the "Listen" button is pressed, the toolbar gets replaced with the audio controls. I like option 1 best, but don't know if this is follows the design guidelines or not. Any thoughts on this? [1] https://github.com/uBible/uBib

[Ubuntu-phone] [Design] Selection mode

2013-10-23 Thread Michael Spencer
ons, share, bookmark, add notes, etc. Maybe the toolbar could change colors, like in GNOME apps. What is the recommended design pattern for this? I like the "selection mode" concept, but I don't know how this would follow the design guidelines. [1] https://github.com/uBible/uBible

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Questions about debugging

2013-09-16 Thread Michael Spencer
on't know what bug that is or how he solved it though... > > -- > Jamie Strandboge http://www.ubuntu.com/ > I solved this partially by using a Timer that would fire every 5 seconds and save the app's data. The code I used was: Timer { interval: 5000 // 5

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Ubuntu-touch-coreapps] Upcoming UI Toolkit Panel/Toolbar API changes

2013-09-11 Thread Michael Spencer
page's tools, I set opened and locked based on wideAspect. Will something similar be included by default? Thank you, -- Michael Spencer | sonrisesoftware.wordpress.com Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, an

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Accessing camera via an app

2013-09-10 Thread Michael Spencer
works. > > Try taking a look at http://developer.ubuntu.com/publish/packaging-click-apps/ It looks like you'll need the camera permission to access the camera -- Michael Spencer | sonrisesoftware.wordpress.com Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine

[Ubuntu-phone] Displaying infographics in Unity 8 from 3rd party apps

2013-09-04 Thread Michael Spencer
Hello, I'm the developer of Ubuntu Tasks, an application for the Ubuntu App Showdown. I'd like to be display info graphics on the Ubuntu Phone welcome screen, such as "2 Upcoming Tasks" or "1 Overdue Task". Is that currently possible to do from a 3rd party app? T

[Ubuntu-phone] Displaying Info graphics in the Unity 8 from 3rd party apps

2013-09-04 Thread Michael Spencer
Hello, I'm the developer of Ubuntu Tasks, an application for the Ubuntu App Showdown. I'd like to be display info graphics on the Ubuntu Phone welcome screen, such as "2 Upcoming Tasks" or "1 Overdue Task". Is that currently possible to do from a 3rd party app?

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Calendar][Tasks]is a task organization planed within the calendar

2013-08-10 Thread Michael Spencer
c. The problem with individual labels is how would they work when a task with labels is in multiple categories? Thanks for all the feedback, it is very much appreciated! -- Michael Spencer - http://sonrisesoftware.wordpress.com And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Calendar][Tasks]is a task organization planed within the calendar

2013-08-10 Thread Michael Spencer
http://sonrisesoftware.wordpress.com/2013/08/08/ubuntu-tasks/ https://github.com/iBeliever/tasks-app -- Michael Spencer - http://sonrisesoftware.wordpress.com And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. - Colossians 3:17

[Ubuntu-phone] Questions regarding the App Showdown

2013-08-08 Thread Michael Spencer
, or will it be possible by the deadline? Another feature that would be nice to have is inserting notes into the Notes app. Again, is or will this be possible before the deadline? Thank you, -- Michael Spencer - http://sonrisesoftware.wordpress.com And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Ubuntu-touch-coreapps] Rss Visual Exploration

2013-07-18 Thread Michael Spencer
tion/ > > I hope you all like it ;) > > Have a good day > > Michal Nice designs! I'm looking forward to seeing them implemented. Which of the core apps are going to get visual designs? Specifically, will the File Manager get visual designs, since that is the

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Is Ubuntu Phone able to run anything else than Qt/QML apps?

2013-07-15 Thread Michael Spencer
On 07/15/2013 10:54 AM, Zisu Andrei wrote: > Is this not a bit too ambitious? Although, open soirce could benefit > from an actually usable office suite (don't get me started on > LibreOffice). > > On Monday, July 15, 2013, Michael Spencer wrote: > > On 07/15/201

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Is Ubuntu Phone able to run anything else than Qt/QML apps?

2013-07-15 Thread Michael Spencer
that /we/ don't have a good office suite for phone or > tablet yet. In my opinion, an office suite (or at least a text editor) should become one of the core apps. I wonder if that is possible? -- Michael Spencer - ibeliever.github.io Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unt

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [design] Intended usage of the page stack navigation model

2013-06-26 Thread Michael Spencer
manager using a single page and just work on improving the UI in other ways. -- Michael Spencer - ibeliever.github.io Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. - Proverbs 3:5-6 -- Mailing

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [design] Intended usage of the page stack navigation model

2013-06-26 Thread Michael Spencer
p the directory structure in the file manager page. That way, new tabs could be added, such as Bookmarks/Favorites, Shared Folders, Networked Folders, etc. Any thoughts? -- Michael Spencer - ibeliever.github.io Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [design] Intended usage of the page stack navigation model

2013-06-26 Thread Michael Spencer
ave an up button to go up a level, or use the page stack concept, and push a new page onto the stack for every directory it descends into, using the back button to go back to the last page, which goes up a directory? -- Michael Spencer - ibeliever.github.io Trust in the Lord with all thine heart

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [design] Intended usage of the page stack navigation model

2013-06-26 Thread Michael Spencer
e design FAQs, they mentioned that they are working on a better page stack back button [1], so hopefully this gets addressed. [1] http://design.ubuntu.com/apps/get-started/faqs -- Michael Spencer - ibeliever.github.io Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own u

[Ubuntu-phone] [design] Intended usage of the page stack navigation model

2013-06-26 Thread Michael Spencer
where back would mean "go up one level in the hierarchy of data"? For example, what about the File Manager? Should this use a page stack to represent the hierarchy of a file system, should it just use one page that changes to display the current directory? Thank you, -- Michael Spencer -

[Ubuntu-phone] Use cases for page stack

2013-06-26 Thread Michael Spencer
where back would mean "go up one level in the hierarchy of data"? For example, what about the File Manager? Should this use a page stack to represent the hierarchy of a file system, should it just use one page that changes to display the current directory? Thank you, -- Michael Spencer -

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Design] Page stack back gesture

2013-06-25 Thread Michael Spencer
pps/get-started/ui-model/ -- Michael Spencer - ibeliever.github.io Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. - Proverbs 3:5-6 -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Po

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Design] Page stack back gesture

2013-06-25 Thread Michael Spencer
ail program. -- Michael Spencer - ibeliever.github.io Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. - Proverbs 3:5-6 -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : u

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Design] Page stack back gesture

2013-06-25 Thread Michael Spencer
> entry. I go to the email, want to go back to calendar? In that case you'd use the right-edge swipe to go back. > > There needs to be a clear distinction between in-app back and os-level > back -- Michael Spencer - ibeliever.github.io Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; an

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Design] Page stack back gesture

2013-06-25 Thread Michael Spencer
would never even be shown, and there would be no cause for confusion. -- Michael Spencer - ibeliever.github.io Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. - Proverbs 3:5-6 -- Mailing list

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Design] Page stack back gesture

2013-06-25 Thread Michael Spencer
t; getting is old. *75 emails about a back button is just > crazy.* Especially when the back button is not going to be used like > the one in Android is. I've only been following the last couple emails, but I do think that since the page stack is one of the three main na

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Design] Page stack back gesture

2013-06-24 Thread Michael Spencer
ng it somewhere else for fullscreen mode, even though this would result in two methods, because they would be two standardized methods that always work in their corresponding modes, and would be a lot easier to use and more obvious than putting the back button in the toolbar and requiri

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Design] Page stack back gesture

2013-06-24 Thread Michael Spencer
r, I think that for applications that have a header, the back button could nicely integrate into that. This is the way Android does it, and I find it very easy to use. Also users coming from Android would find it natural. Here is a mockup: http://i.imgur.com/sJYzBGw.png -- Michael Spencer - ibelie