Comments for Symbian Blog http://blog.symbian.org Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:52:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Wikipedia on your Symbian device by ivanlitovski http://blog.symbian.org/2010/03/04/wikipedia-on-your-symbian-device/#comment-8253 ivanlitovski Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:52:31 +0000 http://blog.symbian.org/?p=6216#comment-8253 Hi Gregory, thanks for your comment. I don't personally know neither Jimmy Wales or Larry Sanger. That being the case, I can only refer to their bios ( <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales" rel="nofollow">Jimmy</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Sanger" rel="nofollow">Larry</a>) which credit both as co-founders. Hi Gregory, thanks for your comment.

I don’t personally know neither Jimmy Wales or Larry Sanger. That being the case, I can only refer to their bios ( Jimmy, Larry) which credit both as co-founders.

]]> Comment on Symbian Values by stichbury http://blog.symbian.org/2010/03/10/symbian-values/#comment-8242 stichbury Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:52:14 +0000 http://blog.symbian.org/?p=6498#comment-8242 I don't think the old Symbian values were that bad either actually - I don't remember them being ridiculed much. Except when the handles fell off the mugs... I don’t think the old Symbian values were that bad either actually – I don’t remember them being ridiculed much. Except when the handles fell off the mugs…

]]> Comment on Symbian Values by annabelcooke http://blog.symbian.org/2010/03/10/symbian-values/#comment-8229 annabelcooke Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:03:46 +0000 http://blog.symbian.org/?p=6498#comment-8229 We've all had a chance to feed into the process and participate right from day 1 of this initiative. It's been a company-wide collaborative effort. For this reason the values ring true and they feel a natural part of my day-to-day work life. They do seem radically different to the old Symbian style. We’ve all had a chance to feed into the process and participate right from day 1 of this initiative. It’s been a company-wide collaborative effort. For this reason the values ring true and they feel a natural part of my day-to-day work life.
They do seem radically different to the old Symbian style.

]]> Comment on Symbian Japan Forum by Haley http://blog.symbian.org/2010/01/20/after-symbian-japan-forum/#comment-8228 Haley Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:45:12 +0000 http://blog.symbian.org/?p=4374#comment-8228 blog.symbina.org, how do you do it? http://yuichiburlesquer.blogspot.com/ blog.symbina.org, how do you do it?

http://yuichiburlesquer.blogspot.com/

]]> Comment on Symbian Values by AnonymousCoder http://blog.symbian.org/2010/03/10/symbian-values/#comment-8227 AnonymousCoder Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:52:55 +0000 http://blog.symbian.org/?p=6498#comment-8227 Inept ignorant "Company values" announcements such as the one above are one of the most ridiculed mismanagement initiatives in companies everywhere. Hot air, self importance, outright wrong facts (if any at all) and lots of pump and circumstance. And no, Symbian is not breaking new ground here at all, the long standing open source projects have all done this before with varying levels of success, occasional team splits ("forks"), "holy wars" etc. etc. That Mr. Warner could not find a good book on the subject is just his own ineptitude. One place to look for relevant books is http://catb.org/~esr/writings/ Inept ignorant “Company values” announcements such as the one above are one of the most ridiculed mismanagement initiatives in companies everywhere. Hot air, self importance, outright wrong facts (if any at all) and lots of pump and circumstance.

And no, Symbian is not breaking new ground here at all, the long standing open source projects have all done this before with varying levels of success, occasional team splits (“forks”), “holy wars” etc. etc. That Mr. Warner could not find a good book on the subject is just his own ineptitude. One place to look for relevant books is http://catb.org/~esr/writings/

]]> Comment on The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Symbian Runtime Space by ivanlitovski http://blog.symbian.org/2010/03/09/the-hitch-hikers-guide-to-the-symbian-runtime-space/#comment-8226 ivanlitovski Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:32:32 +0000 http://blog.symbian.org/?p=6442#comment-8226 Yep, that's been made clear in the presentation. Regarding mono, add your vote to <a href="http://ideas.symbian.org/Idea/View?ideaid=1529" rel="nofollow">this idea</a>. Yep, that’s been made clear in the presentation. Regarding mono, add your vote to this idea.

]]> Comment on Symbian Values by Michael Aubert http://blog.symbian.org/2010/03/10/symbian-values/#comment-8223 Michael Aubert Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:44:16 +0000 http://blog.symbian.org/?p=6498#comment-8223 Damn. Values were one of the most ridiculed managerial initiatives when Symbian Ltd was still a company. I just hope this Foundation initiative is radically different. Damn. Values were one of the most ridiculed managerial initiatives when Symbian Ltd was still a company. I just hope this Foundation initiative is radically different.

]]> Comment on The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Symbian Runtime Space by Michael Aubert http://blog.symbian.org/2010/03/09/the-hitch-hikers-guide-to-the-symbian-runtime-space/#comment-8222 Michael Aubert Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:33:32 +0000 http://blog.symbian.org/?p=6442#comment-8222 Time to remove any reference to .Net and red 5 Labs since they stopped activity as of January 18th. The foundation might want to try and find a volunteer or a sponsor company to port Mono on Symbian or something like that. Time to remove any reference to .Net and red 5 Labs since they stopped activity as of January 18th.

The foundation might want to try and find a volunteer or a sponsor company to port Mono on Symbian or something like that.

]]> Comment on The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Symbian Runtime Space by ivanlitovski http://blog.symbian.org/2010/03/09/the-hitch-hikers-guide-to-the-symbian-runtime-space/#comment-8221 ivanlitovski Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:26:43 +0000 http://blog.symbian.org/?p=6442#comment-8221 The presentation went really well - thanks very much to the good and interested audience. We gave out some books and developer bootcamp USB sticks. Those interested in following up, you can find the presentation <a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/28197208/UCEXPO-Hitch-Hiker-s-Guide-to-Symbian-Runtimes-IvanL" rel="nofollow">here</a> (Scribd has issues with fonts, I'm working on sorting this out). A great place to start is Symbian Developer <a href="http://developer.symbian.org" rel="nofollow">web site</a> and our <a href="http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">Wiki</a> where you can find all the content present on the USB stick and much, much more. The original "Hitch Hiker's Guide" booklet can be found <a href="http://developer.symbian.org/wiki/index.php/The_Hitch_Hikers_Guide_to_the_Runtime_Space" rel="nofollow">here</a>. BTW, you are right as usual, Michael... The presentation went really well – thanks very much to the good and interested audience. We gave out some books and developer bootcamp USB sticks.

Those interested in following up, you can find the presentation here (Scribd has issues with fonts, I’m working on sorting this out). A great place to start is Symbian Developer web site and our Wiki where you can find all the content present on the USB stick and much, much more. The original “Hitch Hiker’s Guide” booklet can be found here.

BTW, you are right as usual, Michael…

]]> Comment on Very very Qt by Hamish Willee http://blog.symbian.org/2010/02/22/very-very-qt/#comment-8215 Hamish Willee Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:40:47 +0000 http://blog.symbian.org/?p=5997#comment-8215 @John Yes, the first time you install a Qt application that uses the smart installer it will need to download the Qt binaries. However this is a one off cost - for subsequent applications the binaries are already on the phone and don't need to be downloaded again. Contrast this with the alternative, which is embedding the Qt binaries in your application - in that case the cost is paid every time you download an application, whether or not Qt is already present. 11Mb is 2-3 Mp3 songs. Research (and my experience) shows that people are quite happy to download this sort of amount of data. If they have expensive contracts they will tend to do so through a wifi or via their PC connection rather than through the contract. What the smart installer does is ensure that this is a one off cost. In future, even this will be less necessary, because Qt will be in ROM. Regards H @John
Yes, the first time you install a Qt application that uses the smart installer it will need to download the Qt binaries. However this is a one off cost – for subsequent applications the binaries are already on the phone and don’t need to be downloaded again.

Contrast this with the alternative, which is embedding the Qt binaries in your application – in that case the cost is paid every time you download an application, whether or not Qt is already present.

11Mb is 2-3 Mp3 songs. Research (and my experience) shows that people are quite happy to download this sort of amount of data. If they have expensive contracts they will tend to do so through a wifi or via their PC connection rather than through the contract. What the smart installer does is ensure that this is a one off cost.

In future, even this will be less necessary, because Qt will be in ROM.

Regards
H

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