Suggestions for Sailfish improvements

asked 2018-01-02 11:31:08 +0300

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We all have ideas on what improvements we’d like for Sailfish. I thought it would be useful to have a list in one location that allowed fellow Sailors could vote on individual improvements and also add their own suggestions. This way our friendly developers at Jolla could get a feel for what features Sailors think would make Sailfish a better OS.

Some of the suggestions I have included are probably already in the pipeline. Some may be covered by patches but I think are better included in the base OS.

I have included each suggestion as an answer which can be voted on. If you want to add a suggestion, please add your own answer for others to vote on.

These are in no particular order they’re just as I thought of them and grouped with similar features.

Edit: I didn't realise how many pages this would be :)

Don't forget to look at all the pages, there's 22 suggestions or answers to start with.

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Why not use the already existing topic? https://together.jolla.com/question/27207/wiki-which-features-do-you-want-next/

nick75 ( 2018-01-02 15:34:44 +0300 )edit

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@AlanBreen when you do a survey, please make everything a wiki! change all your answers!

misc11 ( 2018-01-02 16:02:30 +0300 )edit

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@AlanBreen You're duplicating TJC within TJC. Why on earth would you collect ideas for improvements as answers to to this pseudo-question (and thereby repeating the same stuff all over) when the way to use TJC is to put each of them as a separate question (maybe with the tag "idea") and let people vote for these questions.

ossi1967 ( 2018-01-02 17:52:37 +0300 )edit

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sorry to say but since.the.roadmap is not maintained or.published since years a pretty useless effort

and correct: a filter for idea does the same, is easier to find ...

and according to the answers it mixes up missing xperia features, general ideas ...

i think it is a bad idea.

pawel ( 2018-01-02 18:52:29 +0300 )edit

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It may not be the correct way to handle such a polling/survey over a question, but close to 1100 views in 12 hours reveals how much consideration such a thread has for the community. If the original topic hasn't been fully updated for more than 2.5 years, then it's probably not worth much either. Rules, structure and form are certainly very important, but the content is IMO even more important, isn't it? I think the SFOS product manager should take a closer look at this subject...

JMLatJolla ( 2018-01-02 23:52:33 +0300 )edit

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answered 2018-01-02 14:52:54 +0300

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updated 2018-01-06 10:16:19 +0300

JMLatJolla
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Update QT to a newer version.

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answered 2018-01-02 15:26:34 +0300

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updated 2018-01-06 10:18:54 +0300

JMLatJolla
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Enable FM radio support.

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This suggestion should be low priority level for Jolla IMO.

Jk ( 2018-01-06 05:59:12 +0300 )edit

@Jk: What do you mean with 'low priority level'? Important or of no importance?

JMLatJolla ( 2018-01-06 10:22:14 +0300 )edit

I mean importance, because how many people use fm radio nowdays. Also internetradio is there that can replace partitially.

Jk ( 2018-01-11 11:17:40 +0300 )edit

Well, @Jk... I personally do frequently experience the following situations myself:
- My favourite barbecue and bathing place in the summer is situated in an absolute net-hole, you can't even make a call.
- Smaller but quite nice local radio stations do not necessarily always have an internet stream.
- In a football stadium with more than 80000 spectators, Internet radio is often not possible due to network capacity saturation.

Additionally, the following scenario comes to my mind:
In an emergency situation, where large parts of the network infrastructure fail, radio waves are a great way to keep the people informed.

And, last but not least, there is also a fundamental question, IMHO:
If you have burned resources/raw materials to produce something, then, just for reasons of ethics and sustainability, you should use/enable this product/functionality.

Indeed, it's not the most crucial function around, but it still feels pretty sexy and useful to me... :)

JMLatJolla ( 2018-01-11 16:20:56 +0300 )edit

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answered 2018-01-02 16:27:31 +0300

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updated 2018-01-06 10:23:22 +0300

JMLatJolla
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Integrate Swype-like virtual keyboard.

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answered 2018-01-02 11:40:07 +0300

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updated 2018-01-06 02:40:43 +0300

AlanBreen

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Allow other browsers to be set as the default browser. I believe there are much better browsers than the native one, especially Opera. It would be nice to have it (or any other browser) accessible as the default browser.

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Use Mimer from OpenRepos.

olf ( 2018-01-02 23:01:54 +0300 )edit

Thank you for the info on Mimer. I wasn't aware of Mimer though I am aware of other patches/apps that add some of the functions I suggested. While there are items in OpenRepos part of my intention was to get some of these at least included as part of the core OS.

AlanBreen ( 2018-01-03 09:45:28 +0300 )edit

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You most likely won't.
Many had such ideas before (i.e. suggestions for new features and stuff to integrate), but Jolla must focus their small resources on hardware adaptations, stability and features the few bigger licensors want. IMO this is the only viable strategy for them.

So all this (i.e. most suggestions posted as answers to this question) basically comes down to:

If you want new features: Implement them or do something for getting them implemented!
If you like things (e.g. from OpenRepos, for example Patches for Patchmanager), which you would like to see integrated: Use them unintegrated.

olf ( 2018-01-03 14:17:19 +0300 )edit

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answered 2018-01-02 14:22:24 +0300

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updated 2018-01-02 14:23:10 +0300

if a date has an address tapping on it could start navigation

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good idea, this was in Meego if I recall correctly

AlanBreen ( 2018-01-03 09:16:50 +0300 )edit

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answered 2018-01-02 14:57:30 +0300

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updated 2018-01-06 10:22:33 +0300

JMLatJolla
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Improving power management.

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answered 2018-01-02 14:58:18 +0300

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updated 2018-01-06 10:22:58 +0300

JMLatJolla
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Integrate an open source offline capable mapping, tracking and navigation solution as one of the core services of SFOS.

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OSMAnd is pretty good at this

Sebix ( 2018-01-05 21:18:06 +0300 )edit

Tx for the note, @Sebix. Is tracking supported?

JMLatJolla ( 2018-01-05 21:48:23 +0300 )edit

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Yes. It really has a lot of features.

Sebix ( 2018-01-05 21:58:26 +0300 )edit

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answered 2018-01-02 16:25:47 +0300

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updated 2018-01-06 10:49:17 +0300

JMLatJolla
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Native SIP support for Internet telephony.

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answered 2018-01-02 11:34:42 +0300

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updated 2018-01-06 02:40:18 +0300

AlanBreen

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Integrate Text to Speech into the base OS and if possible allow it to be accessed by Android apps.

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I would add with electable online/offline mode and also covering speech-to-text…

JMLatJolla ( 2018-01-02 14:45:52 +0300 )edit

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answered 2018-01-06 11:52:43 +0300

ghling

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Full device encryption. Preferably with a strong encryption password to decrypt the device on startup, 2-factor authentication (PIN / Password _and_ fingerprint) to unlock the device and the option to shut it down after X failed unlock attempts.

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And specifically file-based device encryption with different “protection classes” for different applications/functions à la Iphone:

"In the Apple system, the contents of each file is encrypted under a unique per-file key (metadata is encrypted separately). The file key is in turn encrypted with one of several “class keys”...To enable this, iOS provides an API developers can use to specify which class key to use in encrypting any given file. The available “protection classes” include:

Complete protection. Files encrypted with this class key can only be accessed when the device is powered up and unlocked. To ensure this, the class key is evicted from RAM a few seconds after the device locks.
Protected Until First User Authentication. Files encrypted with this class key are protected until the user first logs in (after a reboot), and the key remains in memory.
No protection. These files are accessible even when the device has been rebooted, and the user has not yet logged in.

By giving developers the option to individually protect different files, Apple made it possible to build applications that can work while the device is locked, while providing strong protection for files containing sensitive data. Apple even created a fourth option for apps that simply need to create new encrypted files when the class key has been evicted from RAM. This class uses public key encryption to write new files. This is why you can safely take pictures even when your device is locked."*

*https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2016/11/24/android-n-encryption/

Kehis ( 2018-02-27 01:32:28 +0300 )edit

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