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[Roman Shchekin <mrqtros@xxxxxxxxx>]

We ("Shorts" team) also add reading options :)


2014-02-25 2:27 GMT+04:00 Alan Pope <alan.pope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi all,
>
> Update from last week.
>
> Much of this week was spent testing apps in landscape mode on Nexus 10
> (manta) and Nexus 7 (flo). Nexus 7 found especially problematic in
> landscape due to the vertical space being less than that on our
> initial target device - Nexus 4. Some apps need a little redesign to
> work when when ran on these form factors. On the positive side this
> was a great way for us to throw some of the convergence ideas around
> and resolve those issues.
>
> Kunal is working on much needed performance improvements to Calendar
> after some simple profiling in QtCreator. I'd recommend all Core Apps
> developers to profile all aspects of their applications as there are
> some things to learn and real gains to be made here.
>
> Many apps received a new icon - not all have landed in store yet, but
> all are in-flight. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1281781
>
> We also had a not insignificant amount of pain from moving to cmake.
> Mising icons, missing plugins, plain broken apps. Lessons have been
> learned!
>
> One ongoing alarms issue with EDS has prevented Clock and Calendar
> updates from landing.
>
> == Reminders ==
>
> * Lots of work to get Reminders working well on a tablet / landscape
> interface. Iterated through a few options but ultimately identified a
> gap in the SDK where multi-pane apps are concerned. Worked around for
> now so as to deliver a robust experience for MWC demos. Further work
> required to make better use of space.
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1281604 - "Add a workaround to get
> back to the home view"
> * Implement sorting
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1279779 - "Reminders tab needs
> sorting by date and time"
> * Allow attaching of images to notes
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1277557 - "Adding images with the
> content hub does not work"
> * Font Improvements
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1273111 - "Font size in notes must be
> bigger"
>
> == Music ==
>
> * Added search functionality!
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/music-app/+bug/1269037 - "Provide search
> functionality"
> * Fix issues caused by the cmake transition
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1284025 - "Music app 356 on mako
> image 206 doesn't play music launched from dash 1st time"
> * Bug fixes resulting from testing on Nexus 7 and Nexus 10
>
> == Calendar ==
>
> * Added reminder support
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1240539 - "Reminder doesn't work"
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1270241 - "Add the ability to set
> the reminder time"
> * Removed the sidestage hint so calendar now runs in main stage on Nexus
> 7/10
> * We had an issue
> * Performance improvements to year view underway after profiling
>
> == Clock ==
>
> * Alarms have landed!
> * Some bugs found in Alarms functionality ;)
> * Additonal autopilot tests.
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-clock-app/+bug/1188809 -
> "Autopilot Testcase needed: Add alarm"
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-clock-app/+bug/1188810 -
> "Autopilot Testcase needed: Remove alarms"
> * UI improvements
> * Performance improvments under idle conditions
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1199073 - "clock app on galaxy nexus
> generates ~2500 context switches a second"
> * First cut at converged view of clock
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-clock-app/+bug/1174575 - "Clock
> app does not adapt well to landscape view"
>
> == Weather ==
>
> * Finally landed The Weather Channel backend!
> * Went through many iterations of testing working on implementing
> community designed converged view for tablets, which landed in time or
> MWC
>
> == Terminal ==
>
> * Finally fixed the long standing bug thanks to dandrader, vthompson
> and sil2100!
>  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-terminal-app/+bug/1257791 "Enter
> and backspace broken in terminal
> * Moved settings from tab to panel
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1257871 - "Settings should be an
> icon on the toolbar instead of a tab"
>
> == RSS Reader ==
>
> * Updated converged grid view for tablets
> * App renamed to "Shorts"
>
> == File Manager ==
>
> * Add desktop oriented features
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1195042 "Add ability to open multiple
> tabs"
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1255643 "Allow bookmarks/places bar
> to be collapsed"
> * Remove deprecated properties
>   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1275061 "ListItems.Standard.icon and
> ListItems.Base.icon are deprecated"
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Alan Pope
> Engineering Manager
>
> Canonical - Product Strategy
> +44 (0) 7973 620 164
> alan.pope@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://ubuntu.com/
>
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