Depends on what you mean;) Nothing in the software makes it not run outside of Europe. It is the case however that we ourselves live in Europe, so some of the preferences in the software right now are slanted towards Europe (use of PAL, local channel listings). The reason for this is that it's impossible for us to test it for other settings. So as soon as we get some interested American developers on board, it would be easy to abstract the locale settings and tailor it to other locales as well.
So if you had wanted to try it out but were put off by it because of this reason, drop us a line and we'll get something going !
Well, the main problem is that it's hard to find cool ideas to implement. All of the standard desktop stuff seems to have been done.
That said, I have a cool idea I would like to suggest and work on with other people. The problem is : what place can I go to to talk with *all* of the window manager crowd ? There doesn't seem to be a single gathering point where window manager issues (ideas, comparisons,...) are discussed.
Now on to my idea : for a project I'm working on I'd like to discuss the possibility of integrating support for joysticks/joypads/remote controls into the window manager, and making sure the window manager works well on a TV screen. This is a wholly different approach from the standard PC desktop window manager needs.
I am not talking about the physical side, I know you can fake your mouse using any of these devices.I am talking about using large fonts, doing more full-screen stuff, starting/stopping applications, and so on. I have worked out a sample user interface using Perl on top of Gnome for my project, but I think that it would be better served using a dedicated window manager.
Anyone wanting to discuss this further can mail me at thomas@apestaart.org
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So if you had wanted to try it out but were put off by it because of this reason, drop us a line and we'll get something going !
That said, I have a cool idea I would like to suggest and work on with other people. The problem is : what place can I go to to talk with *all* of the window manager crowd ? There doesn't seem to be a single gathering point where window manager issues (ideas, comparisons, ...) are discussed.
Now on to my idea : for a project I'm working on I'd like to discuss the possibility of integrating support for joysticks/joypads/remote controls into the window manager, and making sure the window manager works well on a TV screen. This is a wholly different approach from the standard PC desktop window manager needs.
I am not talking about the physical side, I know you can fake your mouse using any of these devices.I am talking about using large fonts, doing more full-screen stuff, starting/stopping applications, and so on. I have worked out a sample user interface using Perl on top of Gnome for my project, but I think that it would be better served using a dedicated window manager.
Anyone wanting to discuss this further can mail me at thomas@apestaart.org