Re: [Ubuntu-phone] "Can I use the internet?"

2013-08-15 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tony Espy wrote on 01/08/13 16:05: > ... > > As I mentioned earlier, AFAIK, the only automatic provisioning of > time zone information comes from a NITZ message which includes the > following data: > > "yy/mm/dd,hh:mm:ss(+/-)tz,dt" > > Furthermore,

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Ringer profiles

2013-08-28 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aleksey Zapparov wrote on 21/08/13 23:50: > ... > > Would be awesome if we would have kind of ringtone profiles out of > the box as part of core. What I mean is an app that allows to > define ringtone/sound profiles which might be enabled/disabled > b

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Device phone number

2013-11-27 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jason Felice wrote on 15/11/13 23:40: > > Is there any way to get the device's phone number? It would be > nice to have it in "About This Phone >" in settings, for example. > > ... - -- mpt -BEGIN PGP SIGNA

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] A small patch on path matching in android_bootable_recovery

2013-12-18 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 YC Cheng wrote on 13/12/13 07:45: > > Hi, the patch attached is a again path matching for file > system-image-upgrader. > > in git://phablet.ubuntu.com/CyanogenMod/android_bootable_recovery >

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] New Landing Plan format!

2013-12-18 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert Park wrote on 18/12/13 00:47: > > On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 4:03 PM, Chris Wayne > wrote: >> >> Not to be 'that guy', but wouldn't this work better as a Kanban >> board? > > No. The goal, as decided at the sprint, is to use launchpad bugs, >

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Error in cellular settings

2014-01-20 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sebastian Gomu?ka wrote on 17/01/14 18:00: > ... > > I selected option "Choose the carrier Manually" and now I have no > option to set it back for Automatic selection. > > ... Please report System Settings bugs in Launchpad.

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] system-image updates, and LP: #1277589

2014-02-21 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Loïc Minier wrote on 20/02/14 15:11: > > Should we build some kind of "remote recovery channel" to remotely > fix any screwups in the system-image updates stack? There was a > workaround this time, but it could happen that we lock production > use

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Sharing dynamic informations between the user session and the greeter

2014-03-07 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sebastien Bacher wrote on 06/03/14 18:08: > > Le 06/03/2014 19:02, Marc Deslauriers a écrit : >> >> Wouldn't a better design be to have the lock screen in the >> user's session? That way each user can have their own lock >> screen, and it can access

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Avoiding spying via the microphone and camera [Was: Sharing dynamic informations between the user session and the greeter]

2014-03-10 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jamie Strandboge wrote on 07/03/14 16:09: > ... > > This reminded me about how we are going to deal with an application > recording audio and video. (I don't want to get into a situation > where an app can be uploaded to the store to eavesdrop or spy

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Sharing dynamic informations between the user session and the greeter

2014-03-10 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Terry wrote on 07/03/14 14:39: > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 5:39 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas > mailto:m...@canonical.com>> wrote: >> >> But they behave very differently: music should keep playing at >> the loc

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Avoiding spying via the microphone and camera [Was: Sharing dynamic informations between the user session and the greeter]

2014-03-10 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Voß wrote on 10/03/14 09:34: > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas >> ... >> >> Jamie Strandboge wrote on 07/03/14 16:09: >>> ... >>> >>> Matthew, by your comments in thi

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Avoiding spying via the microphone and camera [Was: Sharing dynamic informations between the user session and the greeter]

2014-03-11 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Voß wrote on 10/03/14 12:36: > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas > > ... >> That would result in you getting cut off a Skype call, for >> example, when the person you're talking to gets you to

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Sharing dynamic informations between the user session and the greeter

2014-03-12 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Terry wrote on 10/03/14 13:48: > > On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas ... >> Sorry, I was using "greeter" too loosely as a synonym for "login >> screen", i.e. the screen that lets yo

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Avoiding spying via the microphone and camera [Was: Sharing dynamic informations between the user session and the greeter]

2014-03-12 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas Voß wrote on 12/03/14 10:21: > > On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 10:05 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas > > ... >> Thomas Voß wrote on 10/03/14 12:36: >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas >

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Design] New back button placement, are we serious ?!?

2014-03-28 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mathijs Veen wrote on 26/03/14 14:45: > ... > >> It's also unpleasant watching newcomers walk up to a booth at >> MWC and struggle to discover basic usability aspects of the >> phone, like how to navigate back. > > I really hope that people at the ca

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Congratulations & Contribution

2014-05-12 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi David David Peter wrote on 09/05/14 22:29: > > ?Congratulation to all of you guys, > > Ubuntu Touch improvements are stuning. > > Is there something in particular more useful that I could > contribute to? > > ... You didn't mention what partic

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] how to use a proxy in ubuntu phone?

2014-05-23 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Shuduo Sang wrote on 16/05/14 15:05: > > When I meet network problem to access couples of web site in China > I can use a proxy to workaround on PC. How I can use proxy in > Ubuntu Phone? Is this feature still under development or not on > list? > >

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] how to use a proxy in ubuntu phone?

2014-05-30 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Shuduo Sang wrote on 26/05/14 09:40: > > On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas > > ... >> As far as I know, nobody is currently working on proxy >> connections for Ubuntu Touch. >> >> If you are in

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Cellular Fail

2014-06-13 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sam Bull wrote on 07/06/14 22:57: > ... > > So, in my house I have really bad signal, so it looked normal that > the network indicator showed the 0 bars icon, for a really weak > signal. But, when I tried to send a text message, it became > apparen

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Background services: a problem that we need to face

2014-06-24 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Fabio Colella wrote on 23/06/14 10:32: > > 2014-06-23 9:12 GMT+02:00 Thomas Voß ... >> On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Fabio Colella >> ... >>> Torrent apps(Transmission) >> >> The download service should be a good starting point here, with >> b

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Proposal: implement a way to change dinamically desktop icons

2015-09-06 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tom Moulton wrote on 15/08/15 19:43: > > ... >> On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 8:28 AM, Riccardo Padovani > ... >>> Other than bugs and usual considerations, my dad was surprised >>> that the calendar's icon has '28' on it instead of the actual >>> data. I

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Fixing Volume Controls

2015-09-22 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Zanetti wrote on 21/09/15 09:30: > > ... > > If you go through launchpad bugs, you'll find lots of bugs related > to volume control [1][2][3][4]. Let me summarize it up here: > > The biggest issue is that the volume buttons are completely

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Fixing Volume Controls

2015-09-29 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Zanetti wrote on 24/09/15 10:04: > > ... > > Well, this is not really a bug in an implementation itself, but > rather in the way we use the buttons. I press volume down a couple > of times wanting to adjust the game value, but instead it ac

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Fixing Volume Controls

2015-09-29 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Oliver Grawert wrote on 23/09/15 09:16: > > Am Dienstag, den 22.09.2015, 17:36 +0100 schrieb Matthew Paul > Thomas: >> >> Michael Zanetti wrote on 21/09/15 09:30: >>> >>> But one never controls that role w

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Fixing Volume Controls

2015-10-01 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Grawert wrote: >>>> >>>> Am Dienstag, den 29.09.2015, 18:07 +0100 schrieb Matthew >>>> Paul Thomas: >>>>> >>>>> As far as I know, nothing is preventing developers from >>>>> putting a role-specific slider in th

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Fixing Volume Controls

2015-10-01 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Zanetti wrote on 30/09/15 10:42: > > On 29.09.2015 20:54, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: >> >> Michael Zanetti wrote on 24/09/15 10:04: >> >>> ... >>> >>> Well, this is not really a bug in an

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] The problem with "no background processing for apps"

2015-10-02 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Bell wrote on 01/10/15 12:25: > > I quite agree, even if it is a user preference it would be fine, Making background processing a user preference would be the worst possible approach. It would mean sometimes having to choose between battery life

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] The problem with "no background processing for apps"

2015-10-09 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Olivier Tilloy wrote on 02/10/15 11:55: > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 12:10 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas > wrote: > > ... >> A better solution, perhaps, would be to expand the Download >> Manager service. >> <https

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] The problem with "no background processing for apps"

2015-10-26 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Olivier Tilloy wrote on 09/10/15 16:46: > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas > wrote: > > ... >> >> Even if we wanted to, the browser can't easily limit its use of >> the download service

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] GPS not working on Nexus 7

2015-11-29 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ashwin Sewambar wrote on 29/11/15 00:15: > ... > > I'm quite new to this, so I just want to ask a question before I > file this bug. I logged in to launchpad.net using my Ubuntu one > account and just used the search version to see if there weren't

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Find out if running on a phone

2016-01-12 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Zanetti wrote on 12/01/16 11:19: > ... > > IMO the app should not switch anything (with some *very* rare > exceptions I guess). It gets a surface assigned where it can render > to, and it will get input from different devices. Those input > d

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Find out if running on a phone

2016-01-18 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Zanetti wrote on 14/01/16 11:07: > > On 12.01.2016 18:36, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: ... >> You can't just make some on-screen elements bigger for >> touchability and assume that there will be no tradeoff. Other >&

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] When is a ubuntu phone not a ubuntu phone?

2016-01-28 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gareth France wrote on 28/01/16 10:10: > > Is anyone aware that when searching for 'BQ phone' in google and > selecting the ubuntu.com page relating to these the links > contained are directed to the standard android editions on the bq > page? > > I

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] .com buttons on the keyboard

2016-02-01 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dominik Wnęk wrote, way back on 22/08/15 14:09: > ... > > I have a habit (one I should shake, I admit, but still), when > entering a web address, to tap the dot button, remember there's a > button for it and then tap the .com button. > > iOS realis

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Only 5% remains on internal storage

2016-02-22 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gareth France wrote on 17/02/16 20:37: > > I'm getting the above error message but tapping on it takes me to > 'external storage' or SD card management and the only options seem > to be formate or safely remove. How do I go about cleaning up the > i

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Adjusting camera settings in a Web app

2016-03-07 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Peter Bittner wrote on 05/03/16 11:37: > ... > > No, there is no prompt for microphone access in the web app. In > the plain browser there is a prompt which says, "Allow this domain > access the camera and microphone" (the final part even cut off in >

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Interruptions. When?

2016-03-14 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Randall Ross  wrote on 10/03/16 19:21: > ... > > "Notify the owner only in the way s/he wishes to be notified. > Default to being respectful." > > Some examples: > > * Never notify me > > * Notify me when I have the time to read and respond > >

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] E5 OOB exerience

2016-03-22 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michi Henning wrote on 21/03/16 05:49: > ... > > On my first attempt to set up Wifi access, I selected my network, > tapped “Show password”. Then, every time I hit a key on the OSK, I > ended up with three or four random characters. It was impossibl

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Is there a bug logged for extra dots added to text messages?

2016-05-06 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 royden yates wrote on 26/04/16 21:37: > … > > Bob Summerwill wrote: > > … >> For example, I would type "Hello there. How are you?" >> >> And get "Hello there.. How are you?" >> >> Is that a known issue? If not, where in the issue tracking >> s

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Printing ?

2016-05-08 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pat McGowan wrote on 07/05/16 19:14: > > It is in progress, the core parts are working but we are waiting > for UI design and implementation so still a ways out. > > ... The UI design for printing has been done since February 2014, with changes only

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Sound settings

2014-07-04 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Marco F wrote on 02/07/14 19:30: > ... > > is it already possible (or planned) to have a sound setting that > makes the phone silent? I know there is a global volume slider but > this one also mutes the alarm... > > ... As far as I know, nobody is

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Landing team 29.07.14

2014-07-31 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nathan Haines wrote on 30/07/14 14:06: > > On 07/30/2014 05:38 AM, Alejandro J. Cura wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 2:29 AM, Selene Scriven >>> >>> - "Departments" is an awkward way to say "Categories" in the >>> app scope. >> >> Perhaps thi

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] ownCloud app.

2014-08-20 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alberto Mardegan wrote on 19/08/14 08:17: > > On 08/18/2014 10:36 PM, Rodney Dawes wrote: >> >> We could, but I think we should try to work in the opposite >> direction. Moving them into the base system means more strict >> requirements on what cha

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] ownCloud app.

2014-08-22 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mitchell Reese wrote on 20/08/14 11:34: > > I disagree about an account setup in the 'Online Accounts' area > being harder to use. Actually, that's the first place I'd expect to > look for integration with online accounts. That's because by saying "i

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Manually setting WIFI connection

2014-10-01 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Roman Shchekin wrote on 26/09/14 18:24: > ... > > Little bit offtop, but - as far as I know, it isn't possible to > change DNS settings via GUI in Ubuntu Phone. Is this functionality > in the plans? > > ... Not yet. If you'd like to add plans for it

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Feedback and Bug App

2014-12-15 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Alexander Alexander Langanke wrote on 12/12/14 22:22: > ... > > I recently installed the Windows 10 technical preview on my > windows machine and have played around with OS X Betas in the past > and really liked the feedback apps they both have an

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Reviews and bug reports

2014-12-19 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert Schroll wrote on 18/12/14 19:03: > > ... > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 12:13 PM, Dave Morley > wrote: >> >> That wouldn't work, most commercial vendors won't know anything >> about LP won't care about LP and certainly won't use it. > > From

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Reviews and bug reports

2015-01-05 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert Schroll wrote on 20/12/14 02:59: > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Victor Thompson > wrote: >> >> This requires more 2 way communication and the ability to respond >> to ratings. Or maybe just simply obsoleting things regarding >> older p

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Reviews and bug reports

2015-01-12 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Robert Schroll wrote on 07/01/15 03:39: > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Matthew Paul Thomas > > ... > >> A reviewer usually can't predict, ahead of time, whether a >> particular developer will be like that. S

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Where to file bugs

2015-04-13 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Guneet Narula wrote on 10/04/15 06:30: > ... There are a couple of issues that I wanted to report as bugs. > All of these show up after long periods of use, and a restart fixes > them: The best place I know of, to find out where to report bugs, is the

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Ubuntu Store – application order

2015-04-13 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
to Ubuntu! Matthew > Paul Thomas spent some time thinking about this years ago and put > together a great wiki page[1]. Which points to a great post on how > to avoid the most common problems: > http://www.evanmiller.org/how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.html > > ... The

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Reading data usage Ubuntu Phone

2015-04-14 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jonas Drange wrote on 13/04/15 15:58: > > On 13 April 2015 at 16:29, Johan Velthuizen > ... >> Thought Ubuntu was opensource, but when we want to write >> software for this Ubuntu Phone we can't due security. > > It is open source, but you can't wr

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] enable bluetooth when charging

2015-05-18 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Carl carl verstraete wrote on 17/05/15 08:28: > > Is it possible to automatically enable bluetooth when the phone is > charging? And disable bluetooth when not charging anymore. This is > useful with a car kit > > ... Can you be more specific?

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Translations

2015-05-19 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Marcin Marcin GTriderXC.tk wrote on 29/04/15 15:58: > > I was translating and approving translation suggestions from here: > http://projects.davidplanella.org/stats/vivid/pl > > As soon as strings are translated, they disappear. Now I need badly

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] RFC: Help app design

2015-06-14 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Daniel Holbach wrote on 20/05/15 08:45: > ... > > great work as always. I just wrote a blog entry to summarise the > feedback we received so far: > > https://daniel.holba.ch/blog/2015/05/more-help-app-design-ponderings/ > > Does anyone have more id

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 released

2015-06-16 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Łukasz 'sil2100' Zemczak wrote on 15/06/15 18:17: > ... > > We have just released a big Ubuntu Touch update to the stable > channel marked as OTA-4. > > ... > > * Short human-readable changelog: > http://people.canonical.com/~lzemczak/landing-team

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] BQ4.5 damage, first report.

2015-06-16 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Brendan Donegan wrote on 11/06/15 11:42: > > Yes, all modern phone UIs (that I know of) use a slide mechanism > when answering calls. Just tapping seems nice, until you take into > account real world usage where the phone is in your pocket and you > c

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Grid system's question

2015-06-21 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Alan Bell wrote on 18/06/15 13:06: > … > The better way of doing it is to show the user a bunch of options and > get them to touch the row that looks about right for them: > About right for what? The answer will be different depending on whether the screen is displaying, for example, a grid of freq

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Search in contacts

2015-06-21 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Simos Xenitellis wrote on 19/06/15 18:52: > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 2:06 AM, Roman Shchekin > >> >> It's quite easier to check if text contains only digits and (or) >> other symbols which are available in a phone number. But which >> symbols ar

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Design] Improvement to the Screen Border Gestures and Widgets

2015-07-02 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 ubuntuphon...@fantasymail.de wrote on 02/07/15 01:10: > ... > > I am aware that the info center has mutliple swipe-down spots and > that it's even possible to correct inaccurate gestures by swiping > left/right while still holding the finger on the

[Ubuntu-phone] Identifying image versions easily

2015-07-06 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi folks I am currently working on a design to fix these two bugs: "System settings version information lacks indication of writeable image" "The system-image based phone does not display a channel in its version

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Firewall: feature request for settings and volunteering to write a Firewall app

2015-07-22 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Timo Jyrinki wrote on 06/07/15 08:36: > ... > > The way to include something like it in Ubuntu by default would be > to design some new security feature that includes that and > probably other security features in something that would make sense > fo

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] wifi connecting to unauthenticated hotspots in preference to authenticated known hotspots

2015-07-22 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Bell wrote on 21/07/15 16:08: > ... > > I am finding that the phone has a tendency to connect to open > hotspots, which is a bit of a pain because they are normally > captive portals that I don't want to connect to, it means that > mobile data s

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] HERE, Cut the Rope, Launcher

2015-07-22 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Davide Alberelli wrote on 21/07/15 09:06: > ... > > 2015-07-21 9:33 GMT+02:00 Krzysztof Tataradziński > > ... >> What does that button do (Reset Launcher) >> https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu-system-settings/trunk/+pots/ubuntu-system-setting

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] HERE, Cut the Rope, Launcher

2015-07-23 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Christian Dywan wrote on 22/07/15 21:52: > ... > > Please stick to the translation team's guidelines. Taking > suggestions from other teams will not work, even if the language is > the same. This is what got Ubuntu a bad reputation for poor > locali

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] RFC- Having a bluetooth service to handle pairing

2015-08-03 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Zanetti wrote on 28/07/15 18:12: > ... > > The incoming call and the wifi password entry are handled through > the notification system. Seems like the Bluetooth case would be > just the same, no? > > ... That incoming calls and wi-fi passw

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] RFC- Having a bluetooth service to handle pairing

2015-08-04 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Simon Busch wrote on 03/08/15 10:45: > > On 03.08.2015 11:30, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: ... >> >> That incoming calls and wi-fi password entry are handled through >> the notification system is a mistake. It means that

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Prevent app from closing by swaping up/down

2015-08-06 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris wrote on 03/08/15 22:40: > > ... > > I am not a coder, but adding option to white-list apps (so everyone > can choose set of favourite apps to white-list) seems like a good > idea. It looks similar to scopes - you select scopes that you > alway

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Uninstall app's

2015-08-09 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 chg 1 wrote on 24/07/15 10:59: > > I think you have to be connected by wifi or data to uninstall an > app. It was not previously required and may be a problem. Cheers, > Cesar I thought, "This can't possibly be true", but I tried it, and you're righ

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Prevent app from closing by swaping up/down

2015-08-09 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Oliver Grawert wrote on 06/08/15 16:35: > > Am Donnerstag, den 06.08.2015, 14:33 +0100 schrieb Matthew Paul > Thomas: > >> Many people do not understand this. Even worse, they think the >> opposite -- that closing apps will

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] RFC- Having a bluetooth service to handle pairing

2015-08-13 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Zanetti wrote on 13/08/15 13:07: > > On 03.08.2015 11:30, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote: > > ... >> >> That incoming calls and wi-fi password entry are handled through >> the notification system is a mistake. It m

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] A very open thank you.

2016-06-16 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Mitchell Reese wrote on 14/06/16 09:02: > > Only an issue on the mobile site... desktop version in browser > doesn't have this issue - fine on my M10. But yeah, what a sucky > thing to do... >… I may have missed it, but I don’t see that anyone in this thread has reported a bug. If you can access

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] A very open thank you.

2016-06-17 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Olivier Tilloy wrote on 16/06/16 16:12: > > On Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 4:39 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas > wrote: >… >> If you can access Facebook messages on an M10 but not on other devices, >> that suggests Browser might work around the problem by using a >> particular

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Development] Wifi controls

2013-05-29 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ricky Chan wrote on 27/05/13 09:49: > ... > > Now that the phone finction is working, I'm going to use it as my > daily 2nd phone so I could test it out. Problem being not that I'm > traveling around in the city during the day and there're so many >

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

2013-06-13 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Scott May wrote on 12/06/13 12:33: > > Yeah I'm a "me too" on the concern that the "back" button is too > hidden given it's frequent use. Perhaps we won't need "back" so > much in this new environment? The System Settings design uses deep page stac

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] Recent powerd developments - display requests, auto dimming, and more!

2013-06-21 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Seth Forshee wrote on 14/06/13 22:05: > ... > > 1. By popular request, the default inactivity timeout for turning > off the screen has been increased to 60 seconds. However, for > existing installs the timeout must be changed manually. This can be > d

Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Design] The "Don't Bug Me Unless You Have a Super Reason" Use Case. Anticipated?

2013-06-26 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Randall Ross wrote on 26/06/13 03:23: > ... > > With the Ubuntu Phone coming soon(ish), perhaps we have the > opportunity to do something to address this blight. From my > unscientific market scan, no competitor seems interested in giving > phone "