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["Mitchell Reese" <projects@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Great to know there's so much enthusiasm for people who are new to 
programming, and perhaps Ubuntu itself, participating in these 
discussions. I'm also in a similar boat - have started learning bits of 
qml, but am far from a capable programmer. I've been using Ubuntu for a 
number of years however, and am familiar with the guts of how this 
system works. I'm also dog-fooding the phone, and am able to report bugs 
as I find them.

Is it better to report bugs on this mailing list, or report them on 
launchpad under the relevant app? For instance, last night I had issues 
with there being no sound when I made a phone call - neither end could 
hear each other. I want to test this some more before I actually report 
this as a bug, and make sure it's not something I've inadvertently done. 
Where is the best place to do this?

Great work by the way - even in its rough state, I am enjoying using 
this system more than android - very innovative navigational features 
with the edge to edge swiping, and I'm loving how easy it is to 
integrate backups & app data with my Ubuntu ultrabook. I'm looking 
forward to seeing how this evolves. A long way to go, but it will get there.

Keep up the great work!

Mitchell

On 03/08/13 00:48, Michael Zanetti wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Friday 02 August 2013 16:31:37 Psypher wrote:
> > I am wondering where to start logging bugs and issues I have found so far.
> > The challenging part is to know which parts of the interface are still in
> > production and which parts do not exist yet at all.
> Pretty much everything you see is still in production :) We're getting closer
> tho.
>
> > A small example of issues so far:
> > No navigation buttons in the browser, how do you go back to the previous
> > page?
> Pull up the toolbar from the bottom ;)
>
> > Battery drain and increased temperature (process leak?)
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/touch-preview-images/+bug/1183065
>
> > Wifi switches stopped working completely
> Very likely related to the battery drain bug.
>
> > keyboard disappears in terminal when you choose a panel and no way to get
> > the kb back
> This is a rather new bug. I've seen it myself too. Not sure if there's a bug
> report for it yet. Search Launchpad for "terminal-app" and "maliit" (the on
> screen keyboard).
>
> > So where should I begin? Should I take just one issue (battery drain and
> > heat) and just run with that or log a bug for each and every issue I have
> > found so far even if that part of the interface is non-functional at this
> > time?
> Yes, this is the way to go. Obviously search for existing bugs before logging
> new ones.
>
> > Do we have a matrix of features that exist and what their working states
> > are as well as future features?
> We're tracking tasks in so called blueprints. For example this is the one for
> unity:
>
> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/client-1303-unity-ui-converged
>
> (You can click all the bubbles to see details)
>
> Every app should have such a thing too.
>
> > Also what distinguishes "Core Apps" from core functionality and where is
> > the latter being tracked? Logging bugs on the terminal application is less
> > important to me than logging bugs about the interface/OS itself.
> Again, each app has its own launchpad project with bug tracker and blueprint.
>
> > Any guidance as to where my insight could be used would be greatly
> > appreciated. I am not a developer myself but I am learning a bit of python.
> > But I have great usability ideas and have found quite a few glaring
> > omissions in the interface but not sure if this is the right place for
> > those discussions. I feel we have a very long way to go before this OS and
> > it's core apps are usable and would like to assist in making that target.
> If you know python you can probably help with autopilot testing the core apps?
> Otherwise, keep on brainstorming on this list, spreading the word about Ubuntu
> Touch, participate in the Ubuntu Edge campain  at
> http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/ubuntu-edge and report bugs as you find them.
> Maybe also learn some QML and start hacking on your own little game :)
>
>
> > Great work so far everyone, it does look stunning, clean and crisp!
> Thanks,
> Michael