Category: Free/Open-Source software
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Various performance and usability improvements in PiTiVi
I have been attending the Desktop Summit since the opening on Saturday, and it’s been a great experience reconnecting with familiar faces and meeting new ones. Tomorrow, the PiTiVi and GES hackfest officially begins, in room “1.308/2” (the building is at 24 Dorotheen Straße). Come join us at any time of the day (and since…
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I really want to show icons
Okay, so GNOME/GTK+ doesn’t show icons on buttons anymore unless they are part of a toolbar or you specifically request that they show up. The problem is that because of this, PiTiVi’s play/pause button would end up not showing anything at all. Thus, back then Alessandro inserted this piece of code to force displaying icons on all buttons…
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Dissent on Novacut
On Planet Ubuntu today, I’ve seen an interesting take on the Novacut project. You don’t often get to see someone have the guts to stand up and say these things.
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The glorious history of FLOSS video editors
In case you have been living under a rock and have not seen my talk at LGM this year, you have probably missed this important piece of information: This image is now published in the contributing section of PiTiVi’s website (as if you did not have enough arguments already! What are you waiting for? Come here…
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PiTiVi and GES hackfest
The pitivi project will be having a hackfest at the Desktop Summit this year. Planning details should appear on this page (the exact time and location are still to be determined). Have a really cool feature you’d like to add but would like some help with? A complex UX/design issue you’d like to discuss? Want…
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Evolution's calendar: looking for love
It just occured to me that since I’m on Planet GNOME, I can shamelessly bribe people into fixing bugs in exchange for beer and cheese and whatnot. Wanna get drunk at the Desktop Summit this year? Then please fix these trivial-yet-infuriating usability issues that have been preventing me from using Evolution‘s calendar for years: Drag…
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Don't make me scroll
Let me tell you about a small usability improvement in Pitivi that might provide some inspiration to others. See, I hate scrolling. Unless it’s absolutely necessary and the dialog is bigger than my screen’s height or you expect to tile windows vertically, as an application developer you should avoid scrolling when possible. 2024 edit: a…
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Specto 0.4 released
I’ve been holding off a Specto release for way too long. See my previous post on the matter for some insights into why Specto 0.4 was released after Duke Nukem Forever. This development hell streak ends today. If there are still people out there using this piece of software, go grab the new tarball. Distro…
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Post LGM 2011
This is a late flashback of what happened last month when I attended Libre Graphics Meeting. Yes, that was weeks ago (procrastination, work and pitivi ate all my time) so I’ll keep this short. Hung around with great, passionate people. Had a couple of them “couch surf” at my place. Great conversations ensued. The LGM…
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Sipdroid et le Samsung Galaxy i7500
Cet été, j’ai un emploi qui exige que je puisse prendre des appels téléphoniques en tout temps en provenance de quinze personnes que je supervise (il m’est arrivé de recevoir trois appels simultanément!). Comme je veux pouvoir travailler dans le jardin, je ne peux donc pas rester attaché en laisse à mon téléphone VoIP filaire.…