Task:Remarkable community projects

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==Proposals==
==Proposals==
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Add your comments supporting/against the candidates listed below.
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Add your comments supporting/against the candidates listed below. Please provide links to their pages at http://maemo.org/downloads to get more information, see screenshots and try them out.
; Abiword : Abiword's another desktop application which has a really nice port to maemo. A document editor which is very powerful and lightweight.
; Abiword : Abiword's another desktop application which has a really nice port to maemo. A document editor which is very powerful and lightweight.
; Camera : This is the first 3rd party application I installed on my tablet.
; Camera : This is the first 3rd party application I installed on my tablet.

Revision as of 20:27, 27 June 2008

This is a subtask of Task:Defining maemo and is looking for volunteers

There are hundreds of community projects around Maemo, but some are especially remarkable, providing a unique contribution to the project.

Getting a list of these projects would help to

  • Improve their quality and promote them as ready to primetime.
  • Highlight to externals some of the amazing stuff the Maemo platform can offer.
  • Bring attention, testing, contributions, new users to them.
  • Indicate to Nokia what is really worth promoting in their Maemo related activities.
  • Cheer up the ego of promoters and contributors.  :)

Criteria

Propose criteria to select projects.

  • Alive: Maintained regularly and available in the last stabe release.
  • Open: community feedback and contributions are part of the project - open source is a very good factor but not a must.
  • Stable: feature set complete, installs flawlessly, works, doesn't harm the system, secure.
  • Finger/thumb UI: stylus to be required only in exceptional and evident cases (e.g. drawing apps).
  • Decent design: visually attractive and/or simple interface that works just as expected.
  • maemo.org active: available in extras, complete information page in Downloads.
  • Non commercial: Not developed by Nokia or commercial partners.

Proposals

Add your comments supporting/against the candidates listed below. Please provide links to their pages at http://maemo.org/downloads to get more information, see screenshots and try them out.

Abiword 
Abiword's another desktop application which has a really nice port to maemo. A document editor which is very powerful and lightweight.
Camera 
This is the first 3rd party application I installed on my tablet.
Erminig 
Allows a two-way sync between Google Calendars and the GPE calendar on the N810.
Dates & Contacts 
Both part of the Pimlico suite of applications, these allow me to use the N810 as a personal calendar and address book, with desktop synchronisation to boot.
FBReader 
The best free e-book reader.
Gnumeric 
Gnumeric is a great spreadsheet application, and the maemo port has been very nicely done.
GPE Suite 
Calendar, Contacts and To-Do List are quite useful. Use Erminig to sync Calendar with Google Calendars.
GPXView 
A complete geocaching solution including GPS navigation.
Gourmet Recipe Manager 
A neat way to plan meals.
GrandCentral Dialer 
A simple GUI allows use of the N810 as an ip phone.
Labyrinth 
An idea-mapping tool with a lot of potential.
Maemo Mapper 
The best map application for the N810 that I'm aware of. Can interact with lots of different mapping sites, including OpenStreetmap.
Maemo Recorder 
Turn your N8X0 into a dictaphone. Very useful.
Maemo WordPy
Blogging software that hooks to WordPress and Blogger accounts, allows image uploads, post creating and editing, tagging. Especially notable for its finger-friendly menu.
MaemoPad+ 
Tree-based notes and sketching application
MLB Viewer 
For baseball fans, simple UI, subscription to mlb.com required for video, audio is 'free'.
Numpty Physics 
This game is educational, hard, fun. Made for the stylus.
Pidgin for Maemo 
Instant messaging application, ported from the desktop.
PhoneLink
Send SMS using GPE Contacts and a bluetooth-enable mobile phone.
Vagalume 
Last.fm is my favourite music site, and Vagalume is my favourite Last.fm client.
VCURLs72 
Major US TV channels on your tablet. Best Edutament without monthly fee
Weightjinni 
A simple way to track food consumption, weight loss/gain (still in alpha).
WorldTV99 
TVs around the world on your tablet. Best Edutament without montly fee
XChat 
IRC on your tablet. Nice port.
Xournal 
A great notes/sketch utility. One of few apps that utilize the pressure sensitivity of the screen! Invaluable to create and annotate PDF documents on a pocket computer.