From: Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_haxx.se>
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 12:31:25 +0200 (MET DST)

On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Chris Houghten wrote:

> Downloaded 1.1 for recorder and installed. already better than archos,
> guys. way to go.

I'd say we have one or two vital features left before I can feel comfortable
with using Rockbox-only (I've done the switch completely now and I ain't
going back, but I do miss a few things).

> Anywar, what features are there?

Mainly simple single-song playing, playlist playing and all-dir playing. We
have the Tetris and Sokoban games.

> i cannot fast forward while playing in a playlist.

We don't yet have a "while-playing-screen" so we lack a bunch of things you
wanna do while a song is playing. I already pointed out some of these here:

  http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/mail/rockbox-archive-2002-06/0152.shtml

(I think Linus brought some code yesterday to CVS that solves a few of these
items.)

> Assuming that because the middle btn isnt recognized yet it is using a
> player button layout, but I don't know what the player button layout looks
> like.

The not using PLAY but instead relying on RIGHT only is mostly a mistake.

> Got anyone doing documentation yet?

The only docs there is, is what you can read on the web site and there's a
miniature file named firmware/API that documents some of the low-level APIs.
This document is in fact a bit "behind" already.

Most people seem to join the #rockbox IRC channel and ask questions to find
out about the details, but I understand that not all people can do this and
that time zones might make it hard for some to catch the developers online
while they're present.

> If not, I could fill that position.

I think I can speak for everybody when I say that it would be *GREAT*.

> It would be nico to even have a web page that shows what it does and does
> not do and how to get to the various features and why some things are
> there(boxes? hehe).

I can only agree wholeheartedly.

You up to starting on this?

-- 
  Daniel Stenberg -- Rocking the box => http://bjorn.haxx.se/rockbox/

Received on 2002-06-21