Postings by Michael in October 2009
Wt - a Qt-ish web toolkit written in C++
First of all, C++ for web apps doesn't necessarily make it easier to write them. Compared to other solutions (let's say Django) you'll end up writing a lot more code. And you have to be very very careful with memory leaks.
But that isn't the point. The main advantage of this framework is how close it is to desktop applications. Porting your Qt desktop application to the web is certainly easier with Wt than with any other solution, as you keep most of the widget API and also the signal and slots paradigm (which should allow to port the ...
Show me your home screen!
To me the empty home screen* of the N900 looked like an invitation, so I tried to fill it up with useless stuff as quickly as possible. The home screen configuration menu offers app launchers (shortcuts), bookmarks, widgets and contacts. Let's go through all four options in detail:
- Shortcuts: I almost always have some tasks running in the background so launching an application would usually take three to four finger touches. Therefore the app launchers are extremely helpful to ...
Computer chess and the N900
My first chess computer
Years ago, when I was thoroughly fascinated by chess, I always wanted a portable chess computer. When I finally got one (a Novag Piccolo, for the odd chance someone else had the same device) I'd take it with me whenever possible. It got worn out quickly, moving the small plastic figures required more and more pressure to make the computer acknowledge my moves. For each move you first had to "touch" the figure you wanted to move. The computer would beep ...
Who wants my feedback for the Maemo6-Qt tech preview?
During the Maemo Summit there were several talks about the upcoming Maemo 6 platform and also about the transition from GTK+/Hildon to Qt. One of them - the "(Introduction to the) Harmattan UI framework" also mentioned where to get the code for the Maemo 6 UI Framework from. So I went there and cloned the two available repos (tech preview of the framework ...
