Wishlist For Hf5

[jonlad1]

Haha :lol: I think you need a special kind of head on your shoulders to do the coding thing, which sadly I do not have.

I can provide as much feedback as you like and can donate a generous amount to the relentless dev's we have.

Jonlad1 - non coder - at your service!

 

[Bosbeetle]

Helping with the time and date bugs just upped my love for the pandora by 9000%, very nice seeing something I contribute to even if it was very minor make a HF just makes you feel involved. I'll definetly be around for more bug hunting

 

[Caine]

It was my understanding that upgrading to a new kernel was not really possible because the graphics card drivers are rather picky (i.e. they fail miserably with newer kernels). Has this problem been solved or am I just misinformed?

 

[EvilDragon]

It was my understanding that upgrading to a new kernel was not really possible because the graphics card drivers are rather picky (i.e. they fail miserably with newer kernels). Has this problem been solved or am I just misinformed?

The latest drivers from TI ARE for a more recent kernel.

 

[Caine]

Awesome! Big thanks to TI for that. From what I've read, drivers for this graphics chipset have truly been a pain in the ass on Linux.

 

[xopher]

Is it possible to attempt ad-hoc wifi support next hotfix? I would be so happy.

Well, we're thinking about sending a Pandora to the developer of the Nokia N900 WiFi driver. Maybe he wants to pickup and can help us a bit

That would be sweet. Hope he bites and runs with it. Wonder if requesting packet injection would be asking too much. Thanks for the news.

 

[Qwertyuiop]

As for RC2, have we got a name yet? Hope you stick with the classic arcade theme, however there are not to many Y's that spring to mind, in fact the only one I can think of is Yie Ar Kung Fu. Now that is a geeky name for the OS.

Oh, there is also Yars Revenge, Ys (even if it's not an arcade game), or Yamato

There's also Yoshi's Island, or simply Yoshi. (If we're allowing non-arcade games)

 

[Grench]

We have a keyboard, why rely on bizarre and ridiculously complex nub movements?

Because in the same time it takes you to type 2 letters (1:900) I could input a 1:4,000,000 'password' by using nub positions. Once you've done it a few times, muscle memory would make inputting via nubs fairly close to instant.

With an always on device, security often takes a back seat to convenience. Not many people are going to use an 8 digit upper/lower with number or special character pass phrase. They'll use something short - if anything at all.

We don't have a fingerprint reader on the device. However, with the nubs, we have something that could come darn close if we set it up right.

Of course, I would also like to see us use the nubs for radial menu navigation - but that is too foreign of a concept for a world stuck on mac/windows iron grid of icons.

 

[sebt3]

With an always on device, security often takes a back seat to convenience. Not many people are going to use an 8 digit upper/lower with number or special character pass phrase. They'll use something short - if anything at all.

Sure I'm using no password at all. About security, try to use my pandora without my consent (I'm 2m tall, or 2'6"), you'll know it is pretty much secured (hoo and network login are only permited with the right ssh key. So good luck wih that too.

 

[Grench]

With an always on device, security often takes a back seat to convenience. Not many people are going to use an 8 digit upper/lower with number or special character pass phrase. They'll use something short - if anything at all.

Sure I'm using no password at all. About security, try to use my pandora without my consent (I'm 2m tall, or 2'6"), you'll know it is pretty much secured (hoo and network login are only permited with the right ssh key. So good luck wih that too.

Yeah... OK tough guy. You'll clearly never leave it on your desk charging while you slip off to use the facilities. You'll use the wrist strap notch to connect a braided wire cable connected to a handcuff on your wrist.

Wouldn't it be a lot easier - and convenient - if we had an easy to use, quick and effective log in setup? We have the hardware to do it.

I think that 'obtained goods' are much more likely to become 'returned goods' if they are protected in such a way that the 'obtainee' gets the idea that they can not do anything with them.

Picture this: Flipping open the lid reveals a log in screen with a user name selector and a pair of cross hairs. Moving the nubs moves single pixel pointers around on the cross hairs. It looks like some sort of calibration setup - but can in fact be used to log into the device.

I think it is a cool idea - but I'm also aware that there would be a fair amount of programming and integration to Angstrom to do it right.

 

[Kazuki]

With an always on device, security often takes a back seat to convenience. Not many people are going to use an 8 digit upper/lower with number or special character pass phrase. They'll use something short - if anything at all.

Sure I'm using no password at all. About security, try to use my pandora without my consent (I'm 2m tall, or 2'6"), you'll know it is pretty much secured (hoo and network login are only permited with the right ssh key. So good luck wih that too.

Yeah... OK tough guy. You'll clearly never leave it on your desk charging while you slip off to use the facilities. You'll use the wrist strap notch to connect a braided wire cable connected to a handcuff on your wrist.

Wouldn't it be a lot easier - and convenient - if we had an easy to use, quick and effective log in setup? We have the hardware to do it.

I think that 'obtained goods' are much more likely to become 'returned goods' if they are protected in such a way that the 'obtainee' gets the idea that they can not do anything with them.

Picture this: Flipping open the lid reveals a log in screen with a user name selector and a pair of cross hairs. Moving the nubs moves single pixel pointers around on the cross hairs. It looks like some sort of calibration setup - but can in fact be used to log into the device.

I think it is a cool idea - but I'm also aware that there would be a fair amount of programming and integration to Angstrom to do it right.

I don't see how it would make the Pandora more secure.
If someone wanted to steal your Pandora all they would need is the Pandora Firmware Flash Kit on SD and then power off and reflash the firmware.

 

[jonlad1]

Yeah... OK tough guy. You'll clearly never leave it on your desk charging while you slip off to use the facilities. You'll use the wrist strap notch to connect a braided wire cable connected to a handcuff on your wrist.

Wouldn't it be a lot easier - and convenient - if we had an easy to use, quick and effective log in setup? We have the hardware to do it.

I think that 'obtained goods' are much more likely to become 'returned goods' if they are protected in such a way that the 'obtainee' gets the idea that they can not do anything with them.

Picture this: Flipping open the lid reveals a log in screen with a user name selector and a pair of cross hairs. Moving the nubs moves single pixel pointers around on the cross hairs. It looks like some sort of calibration setup - but can in fact be used to log into the device.

I think it is a cool idea - but I'm also aware that there would be a fair amount of programming and integration to Angstrom to do it right.

I could be wrong, but I suspect there may be 8,000,001 other more important things (OS/FW/kernel/Wifi) that the devs want to complete before adding something like this.

I agree with Cool Dude also, how would this make the Pandy more secure? If you had a 10 character password, is there really much chance of anyone cracking it? A little overkill methinks.

Nice idea though. I dont think one nubbers (myself included) would be able to make use of this.

 

[doublebeta]

I'd personally love to see the nub/shoulder button thing combined with an encrypted home directory. Then nobody can get into your confidential data PORN!
However, I think that really can wait until HF10.
For now basic security is important so simple auth would be good for a nearby release.

 

[Pleng]

Porn in your Home directory? I wouldn't even know where to begin when it comes to trying to scale my collection down that far!

 

[WizardStan]

Then nobody can get into your confidential data PORN!

You got an encrypted file system to go with that major security? Because unless you're saving everything to the nand, someone can just pop out the SD card and read your "confidential data" on a regular PC.

 

[Grench]

I'd personally love to see the nub/shoulder button thing combined with an encrypted home directory. Then nobody can get into your confidential data PORN!
However, I think that really can wait until HF10.
For now basic security is important so simple auth would be good for a nearby release.

You're right - it can wait. However some of these novel 'polish' ideas are the types of things that can set the console apart from what may start to become a more crowded marketplace. OPL isn't the only company with a Linux based game platform in the works or out - so far they have the best one though. Ruling out hardware changes for the mid-term, it is the polish on the UI and ease of use that is going to make the difference.

Typing in a 10 digit password - yeah, everyone is going to do that... Um... OK.

Using an encrypted home directory becomes feasible if you're booting from the first SD card or configure to have your home directory on the first SD card and leave it in. It shouldn't be that hard to set up.

 

[WizardStan]

However some of these novel 'polish' ideas are the types of things that can set the console apart from what may start to become a more crowded marketplace.

I disagree, adding unjustified features that very few people are ever likely to consider let alone use will not set it apart. What already sets it apart is not only the ability for you as an end user to write this functionality yourself, but also that the developers are basically right here willing to help you do exactly that.

 

[jonlad1]

Typing in a 10 digit password - yeah, everyone is going to do that... Um... OK.

HAHA, yeah ok mate, your idea is better. I'm sorry.

I'll be the first to try it after you've written the code for it.

 

[Nation.A.List]

Sure I'm using no password at all. About security, try to use my pandora without my consent (I'm 2m tall, or 2'6"), you'll know it is pretty much secured (hoo and network login are only permited with the right ssh key. So good luck wih that too.

I wouldn't brag about being a 2' 6" hunk as that puts you in the dwarf category (0.762M)
I'm guessing you meant 6'2" which would be altogether different.

 

[sebt3]

Sure I'm using no password at all. About security, try to use my pandora without my consent (I'm 2m tall, or 2'6"), you'll know it is pretty much secured (hoo and network login are only permited with the right ssh key. So good luck wih that too.

I wouldn't brag about being a 2' 6" hunk as that puts you in the dwarf category (0.762M)
I'm guessing you meant 6'2" which would be altogether different.

Imperial mesurement isn't my main ability let's say 6'5"