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[Pat McGowan <pat.mcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/25/2013 09:19 AM, Martin Fasani wrote:
> Hello dear Ubuntu list,
>
> *1* I wanted to ask first if anyone come up with a working alarm ?
> The one that is in this release doesn't let me save. Tried to search
> for an alarm app and didn't found any. 
There are a couple of fixes landing in the next 2 images to enable this
for the clock app.
>
>
> *2* Is there any way to do an ssh tunnel or something alike to get
> internet on the phone through the USB ?
>
Not sure I understand, you mean rather than over wifi or cellular? Do
not think so.
>
> Some usability things that stand out in my first week of testing:
>
>   * Anyone knows when it's expected the phone to vibrate ( bug
>     <https://bugs.launchpad.net/telephony-service/+bug/1232350>
>     reported already )
>
The underlying support is there and enabled in the SDK. Should be
implemented within the next 2-3 weeks but don't quote me.
>
>   * Browser usability is one of the most important things. At this
>     point most of Javascript links are not usable. Standard anchor
>     navigation works, but for some reason tapping on some links (Ex.
>     twitter) does not work correctly and if the links open take an
>     inusual time to load
>
>   * After one week of using it I still don't get accustomed to the
>     unusual navigation bar on the bottom. To make it worse, when in
>     horizontal mode, the address bar collapses with the left navigation.
>
There is work needed in the display server for handling the rotation in
the shell. May take a while.
>
>   * I hope that this evolves, since there is still a long way to go,
>     and there is some option to select different ways of navigation
>     menu. I don't see this being adopted massively in a smartphone
>     without some serious usability twists.
>
>
There are usability changes in the pipe. Thanks for the feedback.

Pat
> Thanks!
> -- 
> *Martin  Fasani
> *
>
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