Google Code-in Ideas
This was the brainstorm page for the Google Code-In.
Developers, translators and documenters: All new tasks should be added right into melange.
Perspective Students: This page should give you an idea of what tasks may be available for Haiku.
| Verify if all the steps mentioned in the "Welcome to Haiku" document are accurate, and suggest improvements. | easy
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| Write an article for Haiku web site on how to use HaikuPorter | medium
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| Write a guide with tips to set up and run under VMWare | easy
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| Write a guide with tips to set up and run under VirtualBox | easy
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| Update the Haiku User Manual pages for Mail, including screenshots | easy
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| Update the Haiku User Manual pages for ShowImage, including screenshots | easy
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| Update the Haiku User Manual pages for MediaPlayer, including screenshots | easy
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| Update the Haiku User Manual pages for MidiPlayer, including screenshots | easy
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| Update the Haiku User Manual pages for PackageInstaller, including screenshots | easy
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| Update the Haiku User Manual pages for SoundRecorder, including screenshots | easy
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| Update the Haiku User Manual pages for TV, including screenshots, (may require video capture card) | easy
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| Update the Haiku User Manual pages for Web+, including screenshots | easy
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| Update the Haiku User Manual pages for PowerStatus applet, including screenshots | easy
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| Update the Haiku User Manual pages for Locale preferences, including screenshots | easy
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| Write an introduction for one of Haiku's kits for http://api.haiku-os.org | medium
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| Write documentation for one class in API reference manual | difficult
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| Present Haiku at a local Linux User Group or similar interested group. | medium
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| Create a more gripping screenshot slideshow for the website. | easy
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| Create a flyer and poster to hand out at conferences | easy
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| Summarize past mailing list discussions on patch management issues. | medium
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| Research the various virtualization programs and recommended settings to get Haiku to run on them. Installing Haiku to new and larger virtual-disk images, figure out which settings to use for which VM software and how to add the VMware add-ons, common issues and work-arounds | medium
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| Make a video showing off queries (see #2119) | medium
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| Make a video showing off Stack and Tile | medium
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| Add translations for Czech | medium
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| Add translations for Norwegian Nynorsk | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Belarusian | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Bulgarian | medium
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| Add a translation for Tracker in Danish | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Dutch | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Esperanto | medium
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| Add a translation for Tracker in Estonian | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Finnish | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Hungarian | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Indonesian | medium
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| Add a translation for Tracker in Italian | medium
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| Add a translation for Tracker in Lithuanian | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Norwegian Bokmål | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Polish | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Romanian | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Scottish (Gaelic) | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Swedish | medium
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| Add a translation for Tracker in Spanish | medium
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| Add a translation for Tracker in Tagalog | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Ukrainian | medium
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| Finish the translation for German | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Arabic | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Catalan | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Hindi | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Low German/Saxon | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Malay | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Modern Hebrew | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Persian | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Serbian | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Swiss German | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Thai | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Traditional Chinese | medium
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| Add a translation for Deskbar and Tracker in Turkish | medium
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| Check over the various apps included in Haiku, both with the fonts set to size 12 and set to size 18. Check the apps for text alignment report any issues you find. Keep a list of the apps that you checked over. | easy
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| Check over the various apps include in Haiku, checking it with various languages set. Note any text alignment problems and report any issues you find. Keep a list of the apps that you checked over, and languages checked. | easy
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| Create some mock-ups of a possible package manager for Haiku, research past mailing list discussion on the subject | medium
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| Create some mock-ups of a possible wireless network preferences app (related to #5697) | medium
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