Hi Dan,

I actually do not mind working on improving the usability by building GUIs, but the biggest issue that I have is that I am primarily a Java developer and everything for me works from within the IDE.

Given the current stand on Java applications being included in the OS, i think i have a rather difficult time trying to get anywhere with a non-ide based project structure :-( .... None the less, I do agree with you on the front of the bluetooth apps not working great on the other OS's, but a simple device like a head-set does get connected on both of them with relatively nothing much to do... I search for devices and then pair them.

Another thing that I noticed is that the current mechanism of sending files over bluetooth does not work either... I do not know if it is an issue with just my laptop installation or a general one, but I have never been able to send files from my system to a phone. The other way around works fine. Just one of those small quirks that gets to me at times.

-Rogue

Dan Williams wrote:
On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 02:47 +0530, Rogue wrote:
  
Hi All,

A few days ago, I was trying to talk to some friends over Skype. And
was I in for a shock or what. I have FC 6 running on my Dell D810, and
I do not have an in-built mic. So i decided to connect my blue-tooth
headset to the system and use it for communicating, but I realized
that I couldn't do it easily!

Then I tried connecting an external headset (wired), and ran around a
lot of articles to figure out that I needed to turn on some settings
in the volume-controls, and though i could hear what I was screaming
into the mic (back into the earphones) I could not get it to work and
by then i had given up and decided to use the landline instead.

Now, coming back to the point, since both Windows and Mac provide an
easy to use interface when it comes to consuming external bluetooth
devices, I feel that we should also provide a similar interface.
Something that will help ease out the usability aspects of the
desktop.
    

"Easy" is relative here, the OS X interface for using a device as a
modem over Bluetooth (ie, Dial-Up Networking) still has a ways to go,
and various 3rd-party software that I've used on Windows sucks too.  I
personally think we can do somewhat better.  But you're right, basically
everything Bluetooth sucks right now from a user-experience perspective
in Linux.  I shouldn't have to touch config files to set up dialup
networking.

Dan