[maemo-developers] Notes, sketches, paintings... (was Re: Projects Nokia should support (yours?))

[From: Aniello Del Sorbo]

Actually the Xournal developer was working on adding on-line collaboration to
Xournal and I was planning to try to help him as soon as I would have a stable
Diablo version with full Hildon integration.

I am more than welcome to join other Maemo developers on trying to make a
union of all the features in one (or more) note taking-like applications.

Main issue is: the code base. Which one we choose ?
Many of us throw lot of love in their own project, and I am sure not many of us
would be happy to drop it and join another project.

What I see in the future, is to come up with some commond underlying code
that would benefit all of our projects.
For example a common framework for on-line collaboration that would be
independent of the application.

Thus a Xournal user could collaborate in real-time with a Maemodpad+ user
for example.

We could also agree on a common format to save the notes.
Stuff like that so that the user is free to switch applications to
take advantage of
the specific feature that Application may provide.

Aniello


On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:19 AM, Quim Gil <quim.gil at nokia.com> wrote:
>
> gary liquid wrote:
>> I obviously think Nokia can support my project.
>
> ext Aniello Del Sorbo wrote:
>> Xournal has already been inserted in the list of proposed Fremantle apps.
>
> In an ideal world, a team of excellent developers would collaborate
> bringing to Maemo the definitive sketching app thought for a portable
> touchscreen always connected.
>
> Ignoring philosophies and underlying technologies, all the elements are
> there in good open source and community mood:
>
> Liqbase: http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/liqbase/
>
> MaemoPad+: http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/maemopadplus/
>
> My paint:
> http://www.internettablettalk.com/2008/04/04/transformative-apps-for-the-internet-tablet/
>
> Xournal: http://maemo.org/downloads/product/OS2008/xournal/
>
> And few days ago there were these screenshots of some kind of Inkscape
> lite (couldn't find the link).
>
> More?
>
> Add real time online collaboration (like Inkscape has) and something to
> blur the borders with pictures (like Xournal blurs borders with PDFs)
> and you would have the ultimate creative tool in your pocket.
>
> Is this technically insane? Probably, but users don't care.  :)
>
> If a team would come up with such love story we would do our best
> getting the additional support needed to make it happen. The alternative
> scenario of having to choose 1-2 of these projects to get half way is
> less enticing.
>
> --
> Quim Gil
> marketing manager, open source
> Maemo Software @ Nokia
>



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anidel