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Hi Devs,
My name is Priytosh Tripathi.
I am currently pursuing Undergraduate in Computer Science and Engineeering from APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University, India.
I want to implement ' Addition of some essential missing elements in User Experience in the Windows x86 varient ' of Kodi, under the GSoC 2018.
Your essential guidance will be a help. I'll be obliged.
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2018-03-01, 13:07
(This post was last modified: 2018-03-01, 13:08 by priytosh.)
The default skin has same issues, as I have told you. Plus, the one estouchy is better yet it is something which we need to know, install addon for and then use. Including the back button by default isn't the better way to make things easier. Please try Kodi on a touch screen device without using the hardware back button (as windows devices don't have one).
What about the Keyboard layout and or using the default system Keyboard option. Won't that be great to use and deploy.? Please comment.
I am really thankful for your valuable feedback and response.
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Sorry!
I tried keyboard in the estouchy skin and it works awesome. Thank you for your feedback.
i still want to be a Part of the Kodi Development Community and would like to contribute via, GSoC 18. Please suggest me a direction. I'll work in it. I know Java, python and JavaScript and have benn coding for almost 9 years now. Please help. I'll be obliged.
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Hey Razze,
Thank you for your valuable response and guidance. I want to pitch another idea to you. I think we must include Video calling feature to Kodi.
I have searched on the official and unofficial forums about this topic and found that till date only skype addon is available to kodi users which too is limited to Windows platform only. Furthermore we need a Microsoft account or a Skype ID to call another Skype user (who too must have a Skype account).
Video calling is one of the Prime feature of any smart TV and kodi is widely used for making any TV into a Smart TV, so we must definitely bring in the Video calling feature into Kodi.
I think the Video calling feature must be included in the core Application and used across all platforms.
If you think this is a feasible and good idea to work upon , do respond to it , I'll tell you my current idea of how to implement this.
Hoping for a positive response. Thank you for all your help. I am obliged.
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please ignore if it has been mentioned before, but a 'longpress' == back on touchscreens.