Developers' experience: porting DreamConnect to UIQ 3
29 December 2006
For developers, the changes introduced in UIQ 3 offer both challenges and opportunities. This is particularly true when bringing a successful UIQ 2 application to the updated UIQ platform. Richard Bloor, of SymbianOne.com, looks at how early-adopter DreamSpring took advantage of the changes when porting its innovative contact manager DreamConnect.
The initial port took DreamSpring a few weeks, working part time; only a small number of changes were required to get the application working. However, as the DreamSpring team explored the changes implemented in UIQ 3 they identified a number of areas where the application could be improved, using new UIQ 3 features. While DreamSpring could have released DreamConnect 3 after their basic port from UIQ 2, Malcolm Lithgow, managing director and chief dreamer, believes the extra effort in taking advantage of the new UIQ 3 features was worthwhile.
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