It looks like there is a lot of hype about new N900. I don't think I'll be able to afford one for myself but there are still people who will need a dictionary program while they are offline.
4 hours spent to get the first working binary. And there is a huge amount of work to do:
- read Maemo 5 HIG doc
- change the layout of potentially everything as all the buttons are HUGE now and previous useful area got shrinked.
- work around the bug "Xephyr crashes on clicking any editable area". Hate to have compiled/make_installed thing in my system.
And, of course, a screenshot:
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There are exceptions to UI design that just can't be avoided. I'd say that a dictionary may fall into this category. Use your best judgment when faced with the need to shrink "useful" areas. ;)
I'm gonna try my best ;)
here's how I solved the Xephyr problem:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=31780
Would it be more convenient if the definition of the word would be shown as a pop-up?
Replacing the whole area with the list, possibly having multiple columns with words and popping up the definition on tapping a word could be more space-efficient than the usual layout. Of course, this may require more rewriting.
2pv: Do you know any PC or iPhone application that uses this kind of UI? I'd like to see an example because my imagination doesn't go that far.
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