Even though multiple desktops provide a way or organising shortcuts and widgets, it would also help to create movable and resizable seprators, the main S60 homescreen for example.
I've attached a quick mock up to illustrate.
Brainstorm
Brainstorms, category Desktop
(IDEA) Desktop Separators
Posted on 2010-02-25 10:26 UTC by DarkGUNMAN .. Status: Under consideration, Categories: Desktop.
see the 1 solution or propose a solution
MeeGo - Improve the Desktop
Posted on 2010-02-28 21:26 UTC by Helmuth M.. Status: Under consideration, Categories: Desktop.
You can see in this Presentation on Page 9 and 10, the MeeGo (Maemo 6 / Harmattan) Desktop will get one big homescreen you can scroll and flick totally free. When you rotate the Device the Desktop will rotate the same way, without much widget rearrangements.
It's a good Idea, and I like it. But it could get even better with some Ideas from us. :-)
Here the Presentation: Maemo 6 Technology Highlights
Talk here: LINK
Using N900 as a car video recorder for traffic incidents
Posted on 2010-03-05 13:39 UTC by Silviu Marin-Caea. Status: Under consideration, Categories: Desktop.
N900 could be used as a car video recorder to have proof in case of trafic incidents (like proof you didn't run a red light etc). Also, the camera software needs to run in the background so other applications like Ovi maps can run in the foreground.
Requirements:
1. A car holder that does not obstruct the camera lens
2. The camera software needs an option to keep recording when not running in the foreground
3. The camera software needs options to be able to record in smaller resolutions. Or, easier to implement and preferable, a wrap-around feature: record 30 minutes (user configurable duration) in file1, then record the next 30 min in file2, then overwrite file1 with the next 30 min and so on. This way you would have a record of the last 30+ minutes at all times.
Out of focus "power saving" and task switcher window contents
Posted on 2010-03-08 20:09 UTC by Javier S. Pedro. Status: Under consideration, Categories: Desktop.
Some applications (including base ones, like the Clock application, or the Media Player application) save power by not refreshing the display when they're not the topmost active application on the system. This works well enough right until you hit the task switcher key, and you see outdated thumbnails in the task switcher grid.
Modest and Mailing Lists Commands
Posted on 2010-03-31 21:08 UTC by Matthew Wronka. Status: Under consideration, Categories: Desktop, Internet & Networking, User Experience.
RFC 2369 describes various headers that are designed to facilitate manipulation with mailing lists. Currently, the modest e-mail client doesn't recognize any of them or treat them specially.
In desktop mail clients, at the very least, usually the List-Post command is used to provide a "reply to list" option in addition to the regular "reply" and "reply-all" options. Often List-Unsubscribe or List-Help are also presented to the user.
Screen real-estate is precious for modest, which presents a question of how this information should be surfaced to the user (if at all).