Canola (software)

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Canola

Canola 1.0 browsing music
Developer:	Instituto Nokia de Tecnologia
Initial release:	November 29, 2006
Latest release:	1.0 beta / November 29, 2006
OS:	Maemo embedded Linux
Use:	Media Center
License:	Proprietary
Website:	garage.maemo.org

Canola is a software application that acts as a full-screen media center for the Maemo Embedded Linux platform. Canola is able to play media stored locally on the device, and also find media from remote servers using the DAAP and UPnP protocols. Canola is also able to subscribe to Podcasts and Photocast like Flickr.

The Canola user interface (2TTS - two thumbs on touchscreen UI) was designed to be used with two thumbs instead of the conventional stylus. Canola is also usable for users used to the four-way rocket and other hardware keys. The 2TTS UI has been strongly influenced by MediaStage Software for the Mac, Apple's Front Row (the default theme), Sony's PSP XMB user interface, and a lot of other media related software. The difference lies in the fact that users are able to touch icons, drag bars and also use key sequences to execute hidden commands (home and end keys on long list).