I have been compiling a list of links for how to use, design, and develop for the Nokia N9 / N950. The first section tips and tricks is for anyone with a Nokia N9, the second section is links for Nokia N9/N950 designers and developers, and the third is Nokia N950 specific.
Tomorrow, I will publish a list of blogs and podcasts that I have found to be a font of information on the Nokia N9/N950, Harmattan, creating N9 apps in Qt.
If you have any tips and tricks links for the Nokia N9 or N950, be it for users or designers & developers, tell us about it the comments.
Nokia N9 and Nokia N950 general interest topics for everyone:
The Nokia N9 Swipe site:
http://swipe.nokia.com/
Nokia N9 UX Gestures – click on DEMOS (I found the gesture demos invaluable in the first hour of using the N950):
https://www.developer.nokia.com/swipe/ux/pages/getting_started.html
Nokia N9 MeeGo/Harmattan Swipe UI Tips and Tricks
http://blog.wapreview.com/15554/
Nokia N950 Close Apps:
http://my-meego.com/faq/showquestion.php?fldAuto=5&faq=1
Using Firefox Mobile on the Nokia N9 (I have been using a version of mobile FF from Sept on the Nokia N950 and it is great)
http://blog.wapreview.com/15780/
N9 Swipe undocumented feature; activate sane behavior (How to set the Swipe behavior to the gestures you want)
http://felipec.wordpress.com/2011/08/14/n9-swipe-undocumented-feature-activate-sane-behavior/
How to Take Screenshots on Nokia N9 with ScreenshotMee
http://thenokiablog.com/2011/10/13/how-to-take-screenshots-nokia-n9/
FM Radio App
http://my-meego.com/software/applications.php?name=FM_Radio&fldAuto=488&faq=2
Nokia N9 and Nokia N950 Developer and Designer topics:
Nokia N9 UX Guidelines (Designers & Developers, start here):
https://www.developer.nokia.com/swipe/ux/pages/getting_started.html
Harmattan Icon Generator:
http://depot.javispedro.com/nit/hicg/
Develop for the Nokia N9
https://www.developer.nokia.com/Devices/MeeGo/
Meego 1.2 Harmattan Developer Library
http://harmattan-dev.nokia.com/docs/library/html/guide/html/Developer_Library_MeeGo_1.2_Harmattan_Developer_Library.html
Gain Root: devel-su | rootme
http://my-meego.com/faq/showquestion.php?fldAuto=2&faq=2
Intro to Nokia MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan Qt Quick components
http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Blogs/blog/kate-alholas-forum-nokia-blog/2011/06/23/nokia-meego-1.2-harmattan-qt-quick-components
Qt Quick Components – Define a baseline Item set as common API between different component style implementations
https://bugreports.qt.nokia.com//browse/QTCOMPONENTS-200
QtInfo Project – Download the Harmattan deb for Qtinfo
http://projects.developer.nokia.com/qtinfo
Ariya’s Qt Code Samples
http://ariya.ofilabs.com/code
How To Enable Developer Mode, Become Root and Install Opera Mobile 11 on the Nokia N9
http://blog.wapreview.com/15748/
Connecting MeeGo Harmattan Devices to Qt (The first time, I had to re-do the steps a few times to get my Mac OS X machine and the N950 to talk properly)
http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qtcreator-2.3/creator-developing-meego.html
Using Maemo or MeeGo Harmattan Emulator (Sometimes the emulator will run for me on Mac OS X and sometimes it will crash, easier to deploy to N950 than use the emulator as of Oct 2011)
http://doc.qt.nokia.com/qtcreator-2.3/creator-maemo-emulator.html
Nokia N950 specific topics (some may be deprecated in Beta 2):
Migrating from N900 to N950
http://wiki.meego.com/Migrating_from_N900_to_N950
Nokia N950 – How To Remove Developer Edition Branding
http://www.meegoexperts.com/2011/08/n950-remove-developer-edition-branding/
Nokia N950 – How to Set Homescreen Landscape
http://my-meego.com/faq/showquestion.php?fldAuto=5&faq=1
Nokia N950 Keyboard Shortcuts:
http://my-meego.com/faq/showquestion.php?fldAuto=10&faq=1
The N950 supports some useful hardware keyboard shortcuts, including:
Ctrl + Q – close the current application
Ctrl + Shift + P – take a screenshot (this only works for some applications, see here for more details)
Ctrl + Shift + F – show / hide FPS (frames per second) indication
Ctrl + Shift + L – cycle through enabled languages
Fn (lower leftmost key with arrow) + Backspace – switches from to the previous screen (usually task switcher or app launcher view)
start typing in any of the home screens – launches Search application with the text you typed.
Additionally, there as some shortcuts useful for software developers:
Ctrl + Shift + T – shows/hides positions of some UI elements
Ctrl + Shift + S – shows/hides dimensions of some UI elements
Ctrl + Shift + B – show/hide borders
Ctrl + Shift + M – show/hide margins
Ctrl + Shift + N – show/hide names of some UI elements.
Nokia N950 OneClickFlasher for Firmware Version 39-5
http://harmattan-dev.nokia.com/release/N950-39-5/