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Talk:Patch Messaging Character Counter

2009-08-05T20:08:17Z

S4rs: New page: I couldn't get this patch to work. The Charcounter section failed. I get the icon on screen though. WebOS 1.1 --~~~~

I couldn't get this patch to work. The Charcounter section failed. I get the icon on screen though.
WebOS 1.1
--[[User:S4rs|S4rs]] 20:08, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Patch webOS GPS Tracking

2009-08-03T19:16:25Z

S4rs: New page: Another Idea to use this hack with would be to save your current location to a file throughout a poling period, and then using that info to geotag photos taken with a camera. (Other than t...

Another Idea to use this hack with would be to save your current location to a file throughout a poling period, and then using that info to geotag photos taken with a camera. (Other than the Pre's obviously).

Talk:Portal:Patches to webOS

2009-08-03T18:06:51Z

S4rs:

== catagories ==
we have ten catagories for webOS apps
do we need to catagorize these so that they aren't one giant long list?
[[User:Rboatright|rboatright]] 20:30, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

== separate pages ==
It may be beneficial to create separate pages for each patch. For example, the Camera Modifications & Additions page contains multiple patches, two distinct countdown timers, Shutter Sound On/Off Button. I have the Shutter Sound On/Off Button installed, and it's working on 1.1.0, but it looks like the count-downs do not (I haven't tried, so I can't say for sure).
[[User:JackieRipper|JackieRipper]]

: I agree. Each mod should be split onto it's own page. [[User:Rboatright|rboatright]] 15:39, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
: I split the pages with multiple modifications and added their links to the article. [[User:Hopspitfire|hopspitfire]] 17:41, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

== Editing and new pages ==
Users editing this page, please keep the columns organized alphabetically. [[User:Hopspitfire|hopspitfire]] 06:50, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

At the top of each new Patch page, please put:

<pre><nowiki>
{{template:patch}}
</nowiki></pre>

This will make the wiki much more cohesive. -[[User:Hopspitfire|hopspitfire]] 09:07, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

== naming ==

we need a better naming scheme for patches. "Patch blah blah" does not make sense as an article title. here are some options:
* just the name of the patch. i think this is the best option. you can still organize them using [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Categorization|categories]] or that template you seem to be fond of.
* "Patches/Name of Patch". this will give you a link back to the Patches page on each of these pages.
** you may also extend this to "Patches/Application/Name of Patch"
* "Patch: Name of Patch"
—[[user:X1011|X1011]] 10:00, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

== Quilt incorporation ==

It seems like people have abandoned quilt. Making all these modifications and then risking your pre breaking on a software update, or meticulously going in and undoing all the changes you've made before a software update seems like a wasted step in the wrong direction. There is also no way to to distinguish in Quilt, which patches are working in the current version of webOS you have, which kinda goings along with the naming topic above.
--[[User:S4rs|S4rs]] 18:06, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

Talk:Patch Phone Edit Dialer Theme

2009-07-30T19:54:53Z

S4rs: New page: Its seems like this method of "skinning" could be simplified and applied to all applications. Obviously I dont think we are at the point of changing the themes live from within the phone,...

Its seems like this method of "skinning" could be simplified and applied to all applications. Obviously I dont think we are at the point of changing the themes live from within the phone, but until then there could at least be a directory hosted that has app skins, or maybe use the quilt directory.

If the default skin was included with all the user created skins, all you would need to do is tar up the skins, and extract them into the directory overwriting the existing png files. Users could then grab the default from the site if they want to revert. essentially cuts the time, and ease down to 2 commands. copy the tar to / and extract. Done. The best part is you could apply this to files other than png's too. Say you wanted to make a skin for the mail app that changes the app colors to dark shades with a white or light colored font, you could override the existing files ( js, css, xml, etc).

The only conflict i see is if you get into the realm of multiple patches for the same app that touch the same file. Does quilt manage this/have some kind of smart merge functionality?