From: Heli Hyvättinen Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:36:32 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Updated the web pages due to 0.2.0 being released X-Git-Tag: v0.4.0~24 X-Git-Url: https://vcs.maemo.org/git/?p=kitchenalert;a=commitdiff_plain;h=28400e55cab49a31f05a941165f6acf32e3bfa40 Updated the web pages due to 0.2.0 being released --- diff --git a/www/Screenshot-20110325-152215.png b/www/Screenshot-20110325-152215.png new file mode 100755 index 0000000..8bd2e24 Binary files /dev/null and b/www/Screenshot-20110325-152215.png differ diff --git a/www/Screenshot-20110325-171831.png b/www/Screenshot-20110325-171831.png new file mode 100755 index 0000000..393b98d Binary files /dev/null and b/www/Screenshot-20110325-171831.png differ diff --git a/www/index.html b/www/index.html index 6c3591c..c88d272 100644 --- a/www/index.html +++ b/www/index.html @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ + KitchenAlert @@ -22,20 +23,17 @@ - + + + +

KitchenAlert is a timer application for maemo5 (in practise Nokia's N900 device), -designed to suite especially cooking and baking purposes. An early -version (0.1) is available.
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Playing -music overrides the alert, and the alert sound is not played. -KitchenAlert obeys the volume setting of the device. It is highly +designed to suite especially cooking and baking purposes. A new  +version (0.2.0) is  now available.
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KitchenAlert obeys the volume setting of the device. It is highly recommended to test whether you can hear the alert from where you will be keeping your phone before actually using it to alert you of -something. Even more so if using the default sound, which is not really -as loud or clear as it should be.
+something. During phone calls all alerts are omitted.
@@ -43,18 +41,11 @@ as loud or clear as it should be.

Features and bugs

- The -alert will not be played if the device is playing another sound thatr -overrides it, e.g. when playing music with mediaplayer.
+ Multiple +timers can be run simultaneously. 
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-Multiple -timers can be run simultaneously. However, if  timers alert very -close to each other, the alert sound can be jammed (silences) and won't -recover. So no sound for alerts after that until you restart the -application. Also, running several timers for several hours may drain -your battery.
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- + The alarm sound can @@ -67,13 +58,47 @@ use its audio stripe.

A default alarm sound is also provided. The current one is modified from a -public domain birdssound from U.S. -Fish and Wildlife Service.
+ public domain doorbell ring. The loudness of +the default sound is chosen on basis of not hurting your ears if using +headphones at high volume. On noisy situations a louder sound may be needed.
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+ The +alert sound +is treated as belonging to the group "alarm" by the system. Actual +behavior will depend on the settings for this group. With a freshly +installed PR 1.3 global image, the alarm is played even if the silent +mode is on. Also, it  plays at lower volume on top of music +when mediaplayer is playing. With loud music, the alarm may not be +audible.
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+ The +application sometimes auto-minimizes itself when the device is +unlocked. Sometimes the "stop" button needs to be pressed twice to +silence an alert (the first one stops it, but the sound keeps playing).
+Running several timers for several hours risks draining +your battery.
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New in version 0.2.0

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  • improved and finger-friendlier user interface
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  • removing alerts from the list is now possible
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  • the alert sound is now played also when MediaPlayer is playing. (Loud alert sound may be needed for hearing it over the music, though.)
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  • alert sound no longer jams when several timers alert close to each other
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  • stopping one alert no longer silences all alerts
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  • zero second alerts alert now
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  • a new default sound and a new desktop icon
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Download

You can @@ -81,7 +106,7 @@ install KitchenAlert on your N900 from the extras-devel repository.  However, as usual for  -this repositories, it's not necessarily safe: keep  in mind the above cautions on volume settings, losing alert sound and battery drain. Remember to close the repository after installing to +this repositories, it's not necessarily safe: keep  in mind the above cautions on volume and battery drain. Remember to close the repository after installing to avoid unwanted updating of your applications to development versions.

Bug reports and feature requests are welcome on the application's garage project