S60 Open to new features

Google's custom search engines make locating information on the web a lot easier; this was reminded to me this morning as I spoke with folks from Macrobug and Quickoffice about how they use documentation, and it seems Google searches are a common way to learn first principles of a given topic (e.g. google for 'SMS send S60 3rd"). Having a targeted search engine should create even more accureate results.

I've only found two so far, but only from a lack of looking. If you know of others, please post and I'll add it to the list to create a more complete reference.

www.mobiledevsearch.com
www.symbiansearch.com

A cool feature of Symbian Search (and Google Co-op searches if the feature is enabled) is the ability to contribute to the engine. Hopefully this will lead to more relevant results.

Also, this brings me to a question -- Does anyone have experiences of not being able to find Forum Nokia content correctly?

(Thanks to Maximiliano on Forum Nokia for the link).

Here's an interesting one... http://www.whythefuckwontmysisfileinstall.com/

Yes, you read the URL right.

Agreed, platsec stuff really is a pain the rear, and the various SIS creation mechanisms make it even harder. We're trying to ease some of the steps here, by introducing the certificate manager and platform security scanner -- and hopefully also the basic build system features of auto-signing and auto-generation of SIS files help here.

I wonder what WTFWMSFI would say of Carbide.c++'s SIS creation features? Anything missing?

Anyway, I plugged in an autogenerated SIS file of our basic apps and it seemed to behave well enough, as did TRK and the Performance Investigator agent...

Last week's Symbian Expo had a number of vendors with new tools being presented... I took notes on Macrobug, TestQuest, SysOpen Digia, Lauterbach, and Perforce tools. It was good to see some solid (re)investment into Symbian tools, especially concidering the quote from a venture capitalist that I cherish: "We in the VC community have this saying: 'Never invest in tools.'" It seems that there's enough potential that tool vendors are now targeting the market with some interest.

Read on for the full report...

Finally, back in business... I'll tackle the quick stuff first...

For your reading enjoyment: a step-by-step tutorial of on-device debugging with Carbide.c++, courtesy of Eric Bustarret of NewLC.

Thanks Eric!

It's about 4 weeks from a post on this blog... For good reason, I suppose. Travel and post-launch activities have taken a lion's share of my time, and increasingly we're spending time on defining our next release (Carbide.c++ 1.2, which will also include stop-mode JTAG debugging of hardware). More of this to follow in November/December timeframe.

In the meantime, next week is Symbian Expo. We'll be demoing the new product and its features, so if you happen to be in London, it's a great opportunity to meet the crew and get more information -- or, provide feedback.