[WLANware] [GSoC 2010] About a proposal

[L. Aaron Kaplan]

On Apr 7, 2010, at 10:38 PM, Mitar wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> Hm, I could be mentor for this one because I have ideas what I would

Cool, alright with me :))

> like to see in such GUI on Android (so that it is also a portable
> diagnostic tool for OLSR deployment). And I think N900 version should
> be very similar. So it would be great if we define what all such GUI
> would have and then leave to implement it for different mobile
> platforms.
> 
> But I have an Android phone. Not N900. So maybe Nokia could sponsor me
> one so that I would be able to be mentor. :-)
> 

At metalab Nokia sponsored a couple of phones for the geeks to code and develop for.
I can try to get in contact with the Nokia person if you want.


> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:21 PM, L. Aaron Kaplan <aaron at lo-res.org> wrote:
>> And somebody have any problem if the GUI is made using EFL (Enlightenment
>> Fundation Libraries)?
> 
> I think that specific implementation could be in anything. But I do
> not know how good is EFL support on N900? Probably Nokia pushes (or
> will push) its Qt?
> 
> I would not like to hang on some library which will not be maintained
> well? Is EFL even in official N900 packages repository?
> 
> Also, if Qt would be choose then there is possibility of code reuse
> for cross-platform "main" OLSR GUI. (I do not know in what they are
> planning to write it though.)
> 
>> Hmmm... let's see . There is also a project for creating a GUI for Android.
>> I guess that will be Java based.
> 
> Yes. But it is quite specific Java. GUI part is hardly reusable
> anywhere else. It has really different concepts.
> 

ok... I see...

>> So any synergy effects between the Android GUI and an N900 GUI would be
>> great.
> 
> I could take care that there would be! ;-)
> 

:)

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