"Nevertheless, all long the software development for the tablet, we are making sure that the new UI features work on both phone and tablet. "

1. What we will experience (additional to our earlier post)

NOTE:

We have now moved our codebase to use new API version, thus disabling Facebook instant messaging capability on SailfishOS

It also limits the contact synchronization to only provide contact info of people using the same app; in our case this would mean that one could obtain contacts only if his/her Facebook friends are also Jolla phone users. We agreed internally that such a limited contact sync is pretty much useless to our users and hence the contact sync has also be disabled

We have initiated talks with Facebook in an attempt to find a way forward

"...memory handling on the OS still needs improvements, we have not put this aside"

2. What we might experience - Jolla's plans, ongoing iteration

NOTE:

Kernel update to latest linux-stable version 3.4.106 for Jolla Phone

Tablet adaptation work

recovery mode/factory reset operation



device identifiers supporting tablet OS upgrade

Preparations for Bluetooth certification qualification

Security fixes for gnutls vulnerabilities (CVE-2015-0282, CVE-2015-0294), libgcrypt vulnerabilities CVE-2014-3591, CVE-2015-0837 and openssl vulnerability notified here

Implement parts of voicecall-manager for SIP and other VoIP protocols

Finalize the new UI framework features demonstrated during MWC

Tablet-optimized apps and landscape layouts

Refresh visuals for Sailfish Silica components

Virtual/HW keyboard opening policy

Email Search

Improve folders list in Mail app

Continue with the following from last iteration

Camera adaptation work on Tablet



File system layout implementation for Tablet



Android runtime support Tablet



Continue working on landscape modes for apps



Settings pane to display disk usage



Allow factory reset operation to reset the OS to the latest available public version instead of the age old factory image



Upgrade to Pulseaudio 6.0



Private browsing



SIP integration into accounts. test IM capabilities in messaging

The following tasks unfortunately did not progress during the last iteration, we hope to catch up on them now

Review certification middleware code



USB tethering UI



Enable open VPN support on the OS

3. What we might experience later

Lockscreen with time, day and date information

Media player controls in lock screen for native Media app

Persistent status area in homescreen and lockscreen

Richer eventsview with widgets such as

displaying weather info (ed.note, already introduced)



upcoming calendar events



shortcuts to toggle commonly used settings such as bluetooth, airplane mode, wlan and location



shortcuts to perform quick actions , e.g search on web, take a picture, make a note etc



improved notification handling, grouping, secondary actions

Power key menu

Carousel transition to access home, open apps and events view

New swipe animations and transitions

Presence settings moved from events view to settings app

Landscape mode and layout updates for apps for tablet:

Work in progress for Settings, Startup wizard, Calculator, Media player, Calendar and Gallery apps

Drop upower in favour of statefs:

Implementation work is now complete, now working towards gracefully handling the removal of obsolete packages. This task depends updating Mer Core OS to use newer version of libsolv, libzypp, zypper libraries

GStreamer update to 1.x:

More work on cleaning up the code for gst-droid encoders and decoders. The code is now more robust



Viewfinder and captured images should have the correct orientation



Hunting down issues with writing the correct orientation for the recorded videos



Porting the thumbnailer to a more recent libav



Making sure qtmultimedia can be used with GStreamer 1.x by building it, rebasing nemo patches on top of it and fixing any issues



PHONE ONLY: jolla camera more or less works with some issues remaining. Gallery video playback with some issues remaining

Toolchain upgrade to gcc4.8:

Moved to a later OS upgrade to give us time to complete the implementation of BTRFS balancing operation before performing OS upgrade





Disclaimer: What you read above, excluding the subtopic 1, are PLANNED features which might or might not make it for the next or following updates. This iteration might reach some of these features finished, some left under work, and some postponed or even dropped. In overall, the next Sailfosh OS release might include more or less new features than mentioned above

Facebook disables their XMPP chat API used on Jolla, and due to this both FB messaging and FB contact sync will be disabled on Jolla starting from the next system update.How I understand what is shared below, is that users who want to use FB instant messaging with the user interface on Sailfish OS until April 30 should not install the next Sailfish OS update before that time. After updating, or after April 30, we are left with Facebook's mobile web access. Quote:Facebook account has been updated to use API version 2.2, which has unfortunately lead to extreme reduction in functionality, i.e no instant messaging nor contacts sync. Facebook has notified that the XMPP chat API will no longer be available after April 30, 2015Also adding another important quote, regarding memory handling:Part of the features below might get ready for the next release. Quotes:Features not planned to be released yet on Sailfish OS 1.1.4.x Äijänpäivänjärvi. According to Soumya Bijjal, the development is still in progress for features mentioned below. Bijjal also shared that this