0.7.0 Release
So. Our previous development release was version 0.6.99. What version number comes after .99? We thought that 0.6.100 would be a little ugly, so we’re going to call this 0.7.0 instead. It isn’t a fully QA-verified dot-zero release, but we’re now a major step forward from 0.6.0.
Compared to 0.6.9x, we’ve done some fairly major changes to the UI code. For the more technically inclined, this means that we went back from a fullscreen QGraphicsView-based UI to a normal QWidget-based UI (with a QGraphicsView in the middle). For the rest of you, this just means good news, because the new UI looks (almost) exactly the same as the 0.6.9x UI, but it resolves a lot of our previous UI issues.
Maemo keyboard input works now. Sticky-shift, auto-caps, word completion, áccents, ümlauts, on-screen keyboard, etc.
Symbian keyboard input also works better, and a lot of other UI issues are gone.
Looking back at our original Version 0.7 – what’s going to happen post, we’ve come a long way along with those targets:
- New UI? Check.
- Better backend in terms of UI updates? Check.
- Keyboard navigation? Sorry E71 users, but we’re not quite there yet
So, this 0.7.0 release represents what we believe to finally be a working implementation of our new UI/backend concept. No doubt, however, there are still many unpolished corners, so we’re going to be pushing new 0.7.x releases to fix these at the same pace we’ve been pushing the 0.6.9x releases.
As a bonus for N900 users, we’ve also included the first version of a new Geo-location tagging feature for blog posts in the maemo build. Note, however, that this requires a supporting plugin on the wordpress side, but said plugin unfortunately isn’t yet available.
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The S60 build is availble as a self-signed SIS package, requiring Qt 4.6.3 (QtMobility 1.0.1 is already included). The maemo build is available from the extras-devel repository.
S60: WordPress_0_7_0_selfsigned.sis
An updated Smart Installer build is not yet immediately available, but will be uploaded in the immediate future.
N900: Install wordpress from extras-devel
We’re looking to promote this 0.7.0 build (or a very close relative) to extras-testing in the immediate future as well.
Edit: Symbian Smart installer build: http://nokia.trac.wordpress.org/export/446/builds/symbian/testing/WordPress_0_7_0_selfsigned_installer.sis
futubanister, 
futusaber, 
Perveraz, and 3 others are discussing. 
Micky 3:10 pm on July 7, 2010 Permalink |
Sorry I can no longer help, and assist the development of WordPress for Symbian at this time due to selling my crippled N97.
Keep up the good work, and I hope to see you again once I own a Symbian^3 or 4 handset from Nokia.
futubanister 8:27 am on July 8, 2010 Permalink |
Thanks Micky for the support so far – your feedback, comments and suggestions have been very very helpful.
CU again with N8, right?
Joao Luis 3:19 pm on July 7, 2010 Permalink |
“Keyboard navigation? Sorry E71 users, but we’re not quite there yet” Saddened to hear this, STILL! When can we expect an updated version for this OLD Nokia device? PLEASE!!!!!
futubanister 8:29 am on July 8, 2010 Permalink |
Hi Joao,
now after getting some semi-stable build for touch devices out we can again concentrate on good old E-series. I wrote some words here.
Jorge Lopez 4:09 pm on July 7, 2010 Permalink |
I have a Nokia E72, now this version is wrong for this mobile.
I canot view any post and comments because the keyboard and track on mobile dont have any action.
Only can view the principal menu and the last comment registed.
thanks for your help.
Perveraz 9:33 pm on July 7, 2010 Permalink |
Nice job again! Now caps, áccents and others work fine.
But I’m still having the same problem uploading images, I’ve never succeded since I use the app. In the blog, it only appears the image icon, but never the image.
Please, can you help me find where is the issue with me? Is it working fine for each other users?
Thanks again for your work!
futusaber 8:15 am on July 8, 2010 Permalink |
For all new users with no Qt on their phone, here is an installer build: WordPress_0_7_0_selfsigned_installer.sis
For some reason we had problems building this yesterday, but today all went ok…
futubanister 8:34 am on July 8, 2010 Permalink |
Actually it stores the longitude and latitude the same way than other clients (custom fields – geo_latitude / geo_longitude) and any WP-plugin reading these will work and make it possible to display i.e. maps etc. in your WP