"Panels I Would Like to See..."

Posted by WhyBe
Give your panel ideas here and be descriptive.

Here's a few panel ideas I have. If I were an advanced programmer, I would make these and charge you guys dearly for them

The "Go to the movies" panel:
1) Search closest movie theaters based on your GPS location. Give the standard movie info such as showtimes, synopsis, reviews, ratings etc.
2) A specialized calculator for adding up the cost of all that expensive concession stand food.
3) While I'm holding an onscreen button, the photo light turns on so I can see when I walk across the rows in a dark theater. The video camera also gives a "high-gain" shot so I can see people in the dark.
4) The phone is automatically put on vibrate/silent.
5) A countdown timer letting you know how long before the movie ends.
6) Automated SMS replies to all texters and callers.

The "Go to bed" panel
An alarm clock with advanced functionality.
1) Go to sleep/wake with music or radio.
2) Elaborate alarm/snooze setting and countdown timer functionality.
3) Touching the screen, before the alarm goes off, starts a nightlight (the screen goes white and the photolight comes on).

The "Driving" panel
1) Phone and texting operations totally voice driven.
2) "Plays fairly" with GPS applications.
3) Timed photolight for getting your keys into the door to the house.

Yes, there are individual apps that do all of these functions, but, having them all condensed into a panel makes them more pratical and useful.

[ This Message was edited by: WhyBe on 2008-12-02 20:53 ]

Posted by hydro-
A Youtube Panel that streams good quality videos.

A connection panel- Where yo connect your phone up to the computer and then you get to see what files and docs that you want to transfer onto your phone by a tap of the screen.

I would also like to see a software that you can easily make your own panels.

Posted by WhyBe
Not too much imagination around here...huh?

How about a Cooking Panel:
Voice driven, step by step recipes with all the necessary timers built into the instructions.
Nutritious values of the foods.
Custom recipes and downloadable recipes.

Posted by C905

On 2008-12-10 05:49:30, WhyBe wrote:
Not too much imagination around here...huh?

How about a Cooking Panel:
Voice driven, step by step recipes with all the necessary timers built into the instructions.
Nutritious values of the foods.
Custom recipes and downloadable recipes.

A good idea, indeed

Posted by JiSm
Media Studio panel

Play, record, mix, warp and save audio/video on your X1!

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[ This Message was edited by: JiSm on 2008-12-10 23:48 ]

Posted by WhyBe
^^^ Good one! I should've thought of that

Posted by mobman
what about a playstation 3 panel? where you could brows the contents of your ps3 hard drive from anywhere in the world - like you can from a psp? or at least over wifi directly?

Posted by Astral1
Having only just experienced Winamp remote on my PC, i would like a Winamp panel.
It could go head to head with SE's media panel! hehe.

Posted by JiSm

On 2008-12-11 16:19:20, mobman wrote:
what about a playstation 3 panel? where you could brows the contents of your ps3 hard drive from anywhere in the world - like you can from a psp? or at least over wifi directly?

A Remote Desktop Panel in general would be nice. Stare at your PC desktop all day from wherever you are!

Posted by Swag
I would love a Opera Mini panel.

Posted by mrmilo69
I'd like a news and sport panel, but perhaps because the panels aren't always active, they decided against it, shame though.

eBay would be another great panel

[ This Message was edited by: mrmilo69 on 2008-12-15 23:18 ]

Posted by WhyBe
A Bush dodging shoe panel would be fun...

You could choose to be the dodger or the thrower or one of the blockers.

The more points you get, the faster the blockers become.

Posted by Swag
A panel like this would be soooo cool!

Posted by WhyBe
What's wrong, SPB not good enough? It look similar to what you posted.

Posted by Swag
Yeah, sure. I like SPB, but I miss those good old SE icons. So, all I really need is a SPB theme with those icons and I would be happy.

Posted by Jabe
It's UIQ-like interface. I guess there would be quite a few nostalgic users using that panel

Posted by lakeside01
i would soo like to see a yahoo go panel..u kno with the messenger, email nd all that

Posted by jkthewarrior
id like the playnow arena panel as promised lol!

Posted by lsbeller
Camera panel that let's me choose what I want to do with the picture or video i take before I take the first one each time...for example:

Press the Panel button
Choose the camera panel
choose facebook button and then the camera starts
I take a picture and it gets uploaded to my facebook account
Hit "ok" and it takes me back to the camera selection today screen

Other ideas include

save to SD card
email
SMS
Evernote
Flickr
Shozu
etc.

Steve

Posted by number2
A small collection of panels, that were some bloody use would be a great start!

Posted by nevermore.1
when does SE release their software to making own panels ? (or is it something out there)

Posted by WhyBe
Panels are nothing but Windows Mobile code or HTML. There is already an SDK available that includes an X1 emulator.

The Sony Ericsson Panel is also user-designable.

[ This Message was edited by: WhyBe on 2009-04-19 04:38 ]

Posted by Supa_Fly

On 2009-04-19 05:37:49, WhyBe wrote:
Panels are nothing but Windows Mobile code or HTML. There is already an SDK available that includes an X1 emulator.

The Sony Ericsson Panel is also user-designable.

[ This Message was edited by: WhyBe on 2009-04-19 04:38 ]

So panels are Widgets [HTML] code. Also by WM code do you mean the underlying base code being WinCE based or C+ code? Can it use Python, Ruby, C+ and Open C, along with Flash code?! This is possible on S60's WRT (WebRunTime) and soon on Symbian^2 but I'm feeling the design of X1.

Posted by WhyBe

On 2009-05-04 05:32:18, Prom1 wrote:

[ This Message was edited by: WhyBe on 2009-04-19 04:38 ]

By WM code, I mean whatever code is used to create WM programs would work also as a panel. Once code is compiled, I don't see how it matters what language it is written in.

Posted by Supa_Fly

On 2009-05-05 07:13:41, WhyBe wrote:

On 2009-05-04 05:32:18, Prom1 wrote:

[ This Message was edited by: WhyBe on 2009-04-19 04:38 ]

By WM code, I mean whatever code is used to create WM programs would work also as a panel. Once code is compiled, I don't see how it matters what language it is written in.

You cannot compile code if its not supported in the compiler and thus cannot be used.
C# or .Net is what Microsoft loves to use these days and I'm sure its supported. Python with a runtime installable is possibly capable on WM but for the Panels and the SDK its not supported nor will it compile it. Think of a compiler as a language translator or understanding of languages in your hand. You travel to a country where you don't know the language - you have no way of compiling/understanding that langauge if you A) don't speak it natively, and B) don't have a thesaurus/dictionary to translate it and thus put it to use. Nor can you communicate in that language. Same goes for computer coding, n'est pas?

Ruby, Python give us more power to use than the standard C++/C# or HTML Flash languages. From what I've read the speed of making a useable program using these languages is VERY fast to delivery so I'm hoping down the road its possible.

Posted by WhyBe
I've never known consumer devices to have compilers built-in. Seems pretty pointless as a matter of fact. C-code is compiled in the PC (in Visual Studio for example) and the resulting binary is installed into the device. .NET is not a language. Languages that use intermediate bytecode such as Java and Python are less efficient than C. In other words, languages that have to be translated at runtime are inherently less efficient than C. Ultimately, all devices speak only machine-code/assembly--everything else is foreign.

High-level languages such as Python, Ruby or Flash allow quick development at the expense of being very inefficient CPU-wise. Low/Mid level languages such as C are very efficient CPU-wise, but have longer development times. That's just an inherent trade-off.

Posted by Supa_Fly

On 2009-05-19 13:36:38, WhyBe wrote:
I've never known consumer devices to have compilers built-in. Seems pretty pointless as a matter of fact. C-code is compiled in the PC (in Visual Studio for example) and the resulting binary is installed into the device. .NET is not a language. Languages that use intermediate bytecode such as Java and Python are less efficient than C. In other words, languages that have to be translated at runtime are inherently less efficient than C. Ultimately, all devices speak only machine-code/assembly--everything else is foreign.

High-level languages such as Python, Ruby or Flash allow quick development at the expense of being very inefficient CPU-wise. Low/Mid level languages such as C are very efficient CPU-wise, but have longer development times. That's just an inherent trade-off.

Thanks for the information. I'm beginning to understand more now.

Oh and I stand corrected as Windows Mobile does support Python - Visual Studio 2005/8 supports it.
I'm saddened that Visual Studio 10 will not support coding for Windows Mobile devices based on WinCE.

On another note ... that rumored design of the ZuneHD looks incredible!

Posted by WhyBe
I haven't followed the whole Zune thing, but it may have hints at what's to come for future WM devices. No WinCE in Visual Studio 10? Maybe it has something to do with it being obsoleted by the new WM7?

Posted by mobman

I notice on the SE website that the Aino can do this - why cant we! Give us the panel!!!

Posted by WhyBe
I guess SE doesn't have access to everything Sony.