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[Peter Bittner <peter.bittner@xxxxxxx>]

The circle unlock screen concept has been postponed in 2013. And,
let's face it, there will always be "more important things" to do than
this.

Postponed 2013:
- https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg14884.html
More links: initial concept, final concept, Android unlock app w/ air gestures
- https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg14913.html
More ideas: home screen w/ access to common scopes, spell unlock phrase swypish
- https://lists.launchpad.net/ubuntu-phone/msg15131.html

Is there any hooks that an app can use to hook into the lock screen?
At least, if not shipped by default, you could give users a choice to
set a different lock screen with an app. What is the documentation
appropriate for this topic? (Can this be done im Python?)

Similar for the SIP and XMPP integration: The platform must provide
easy hooks to integrate any voice and video calling, as well as
texting and instant messaging, for any service on the phone. That may
make the phone (platform) really distinct on the market: Finally
native integration instead of zillions of apps for practically one and
the same purpose. Contacts and communication.

Is there an official roadmap for the major "feature blocks" planned
in, say, 2016? Something like this should then be on it. Otherwise
we're just dreaming of things that will never happen.

Peter


2015-12-15 12:57 GMT+01:00 Alan Bell <alanbell@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> most of these are platform features that can't be third party things I
> think, especially suggesting disruptive sales models like selling it with
> Asterisk. I have always been rather sad at the feature chasing, and lack of
> defining a distinct market for the phone. The priority has always been
> things that you can do on other platforms and not things you can't do on
> other platforms. The circle isn't the most awesome feature, but it is
> distinctive, which means it is important. I am not seeing anything saying
> they have abandoned the lock screen circle, where did you see that?