Comments on: WidSets graduates!! http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/ shaping the future together Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:03:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: rasha http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-19545 rasha Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:47:46 +0000 http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-19545 are widsets site down? I cant open it are widsets site down? I cant open it

]]> By: Geek Ant http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-15359 Geek Ant Tue, 13 May 2008 23:19:37 +0000 http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-15359 <strong>Mobile WidSets - Mobilize Your Web</strong> Mobile widgets allow access to online information without the need to browse, this gives an overview of WidSets. ... Mobile WidSets - Mobilize Your Web

Mobile widgets allow access to online information without the need to browse, this gives an overview of WidSets.
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]]> By: Sami Ronkainen http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-5091 Sami Ronkainen Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:12:14 +0000 http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-5091 Continuing on the keeping-widsets-running-in-the-background idea: I just spent a considerable amount of time reading the Widsets FAQ, trying to figure out how to make my RSS feeds update whenever my phone is connected to the Internet for whatever reason. Or to even have a convenient way to keep Widsets running in the background so that I wouldn't have to restart it every time I boot the device. Apparently you just can't do either, and the FAQ assumes that everybody just knows that. So - I was wondering whether it'd be possible to have a piece of SW resident in the memory, waiting for the phone to connect to the Internet and then, if there is idle time with the connection, make it run Widsets and update everything that needs updating. Obviously there'd have to be a mechanism for not slowing down the main task that the user connects to the Internet for (typically WWW browsing, I'd presume) - but as said, the system could look for idle times in the connection. This is not a foolproof solution (Widsets could start launching, followed by the user selecting a link on a WWW page, which would be slowed down by the Widsets launch), but still. It would be oh so cool to have all the widgets up-to-date pretty much every time the user launches Widsets. Also the widget alerts would start making more sense when the widgets would really update in the background. If I'm not mistaken, they nowadays make little sense since the alert only gets played once the user has already actively launched Widsets (keeping in mind the problem described by Jasmo that Widsets cannot be running all the time in the background) Continuing on the keeping-widsets-running-in-the-background idea: I just spent a considerable amount of time reading the Widsets FAQ, trying to figure out how to make my RSS feeds update whenever my phone is connected to the Internet for whatever reason. Or to even have a convenient way to keep Widsets running in the background so that I wouldn’t have to restart it every time I boot the device. Apparently you just can’t do either, and the FAQ assumes that everybody just knows that.

So - I was wondering whether it’d be possible to have a piece of SW resident in the memory, waiting for the phone to connect to the Internet and then, if there is idle time with the connection, make it run Widsets and update everything that needs updating. Obviously there’d have to be a mechanism for not slowing down the main task that the user connects to the Internet for (typically WWW browsing, I’d presume) - but as said, the system could look for idle times in the connection. This is not a foolproof solution (Widsets could start launching, followed by the user selecting a link on a WWW page, which would be slowed down by the Widsets launch), but still. It would be oh so cool to have all the widgets up-to-date pretty much every time the user launches Widsets.

Also the widget alerts would start making more sense when the widgets would really update in the background. If I’m not mistaken, they nowadays make little sense since the alert only gets played once the user has already actively launched Widsets (keeping in mind the problem described by Jasmo that Widsets cannot be running all the time in the background)

]]> By: Steven http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-1720 Steven Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:54:45 +0000 http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-1720 "widsets 1.07 not open nokia n95" The same problem, can you fix it in the shortest possible time? “widsets 1.07 not open nokia n95″
The same problem, can you fix it in the shortest possible time?

]]> By: Stephane Gauvin http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-1636 Stephane Gauvin Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:15:24 +0000 http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-1636 Can't get widsets to work. N6300/Fido. Says I am not connected to the Internet (?). exact error message: java.io.IOException: Eror in Http operation If someone watches this stream -- any suggestion? Can’t get widsets to work. N6300/Fido. Says I am not connected to the Internet (?).

exact error message: java.io.IOException: Eror in Http operation

If someone watches this stream — any suggestion?

]]> By: costa854 http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-1253 costa854 Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:24:46 +0000 http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-1253 widsets 1.07 not open nokia n95 widsets 1.07 not open nokia n95

]]> By: The Doctor http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-898 The Doctor Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:55:25 +0000 http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-898 Widsets is a good concept poorly executed. Why do these need to run in their own environment? Most S60 phones run slowly enough as it is; Widsets turns this trifling sluggishness into aggravating sloth. It'd be far better if each widget ran natively in S60, in the background, like the Widgets in Apple's OS X. Widsets is a good concept poorly executed. Why do these need to run in their own environment? Most S60 phones run slowly enough as it is; Widsets turns this trifling sluggishness into aggravating sloth.

It’d be far better if each widget ran natively in S60, in the background, like the Widgets in Apple’s OS X.

]]> By: Bogdan Galiceanu http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-897 Bogdan Galiceanu Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:19:17 +0000 http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-897 A small suggestion: you could add the ability to change the background color. As the default (and only one) is blue, having the option for green, red, yellow etc would be nice. A small suggestion: you could add the ability to change the background color. As the default (and only one) is blue, having the option for green, red, yellow etc would be nice.

]]> By: Tommi Vilkamo http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-896 Tommi Vilkamo Thu, 25 Oct 2007 07:06:55 +0000 http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-896 Jasmo: good point. When I wrote the "Secret sauce for designing mobile web apps" post: <a href="http://blogs.s60.com/tommi/2007/04/secret_sauce_for_designing_mob.html" rel="nofollow">http://blogs.s60.com/tommi/2007/04/secret_sauce_for_designing_mob.html</a> ...I didn't see the battery life problem. Have to add it to the list. Jasmo: good point.

When I wrote the “Secret sauce for designing mobile web apps” post:
http://blogs.s60.com/tommi/2007/04/secret_sauce_for_designing_mob.html

…I didn’t see the battery life problem.

Have to add it to the list.

]]> By: Jasmo http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-895 Jasmo Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:07:48 +0000 http://betalabs.nokia.com/blog/2007/10/24/widsets-graduates/#comment-895 Is there already an option for polling widset servers? I explain: Usually I read weather forecasts and news feeds from widset. I like those to be fresh but they don't need to be in realtime. I'd suggest that devices poll widsets server within some interval to retrieve new data (like email application does) and then disconnect only to connect again user defined time later. This way we could maybe limit data transfer and -this is more important - boost battery life! We all know how fast 3G data connection eats your battery.. Because of that, i can't keep widsets running background all the time. Data is not a problem, i have flat rate. Comments? Is there already an option for polling widset servers? I explain:

Usually I read weather forecasts and news feeds from widset. I like those to be fresh but they don’t need to be in realtime. I’d suggest that devices poll widsets server within some interval to retrieve new data (like email application does) and then disconnect only to connect again user defined time later.

This way we could maybe limit data transfer and -this is more important - boost battery life! We all know how fast 3G data connection eats your battery.. Because of that, i can’t keep widsets running background all the time. Data is not a problem, i have flat rate.

Comments?

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