Liqbase Info and contributors
Liqbase changes everything. It's a ground up rethink of how Touch UIs should work.
I like to draw and sketch things which make me smile. I try to build things in Liqbase to bring those sketches to life. It is a playground for all my ideas.
Ever since I was a boy, I have been fascinated with touch screens, from using a light pen on the ZX Spectrum through my Amiga and onwards into Windows until finally diving into Maemo Linux and implementing and coalescing the ideas within what became Liqbase. I wanted design to account for touching. I have written and drawn my ideas of in-numerous notepads and wished all along to bring them to life and touch them. There are hundreds of similar simpler projects written in every language I ever learn to program inside of!
Combined with a dedication and desire to optimize and make the best of things to hand Liqbase ends up behaving like the computer I always dreamt of. It is quick, simple and personal.
Liqbase is licensed under version 2 of the GPL. This is an Open Source license which encourages participation and teamwork.
Alone, I can offer only what my hands can code, I can offer and implement new technology. Together, We can build the future.
notes on this: Liqbase.I_Vs_We.txt
List of contributors who have assisted with this Open Source Liqbase implementation.
These people have offered input in numerous areas of Liqbase. Usually in the form of advice and discussions then I plough in and try to code it. My code is poor and I do not have enough fingers, therefore implementations are usually streamlined and bare bones. These are mainly linked to implementation specifics on topics I know nothing about.
- kot c low levelness, Linux tutoring, x86 consideration
- seb tag cloud
- zack textbox mon
- w00t c++guard
- qwerty install and hildon
- stskeeps late night chats
- johnx ditto
- daniels xvideo mode which liqbase uses
- simon gst cam,detection talks
- jaffa bright buttons prototype
- spyro mic
- kath sheep,confidence
- lbt git
- tammy supercoder
- rm_you sleep technician
- jott advice, rotated thinking
- kees debian package advice
- jeremiah debian package advice
- qole cheerleader
- x-fade builder
- wazd art critique!
- robot101 url link history, team building
- adele UX advice
- timeless its vs it's and language
- vlad live bg support for liqflow!
- ciroip clock
- alban alban art
- ryan web layout
- timsamoff chats and meegon
- jussi driving to hospital
- quim devices and conf
- danielw all sorts of help
- timoph importance of testing
- frals mms, walking through a non trivial app with me :)
- vdvsx chats
- vgrade doc formatting
- alterego qml/widget considerations
- dawn devices and conf
- Digia icons and layouts
- Forum Nokia UX advice
- WK OneDotZero linkup!
- onedotzero OneDotZero of course!
- karsten OneDotZero
- cosmohill MeeGo OBS symlink issue
- Kaadlajk MeeGo OBS symlink issue
As well as a load of other people from Maemo and MeeGo. :) I have spoken with literally hundreds of people and discussed how things could be achieved. If I have omitted your name from this list, please get in contact.
Different widgets in Liqbase have been inspired based on drawing a sketch whilst talking to someone. For instance, the clock widget was first drawn when talking with ciroip. This clock still retains his name to this day even though he has never actively touched Liqbase code.
Whilst there have been many contributors to different parts of Liqbase, the driving force behind it has been my love for sketching and fluid motion. The cell and sketches have been implemented by myself in numerous languages. It is like birdsong to me; when I think of code, I know those sorts of items will not be far behind.
Gary Birkett, Smile Architect.