Topic: Please make chumby reliable
Please please put some effort into making chumby more reliable.
I suggest :
Add a reboot to the custom alarm screen. only shutdown is there now.
Add a check network to the custom alarm screen. The device should check the network and try existing connections if the alarm action goes off and its not connected.
Add a offline control panel which loads if the device cant find the network. This should be the LAST control panel loaded by chumby from a usb key if present.
Add a offline widget system. All widgets should be run offline from a usb key if the network is not found and usb key is present.
Add a backup all widget/control panel option so widgets/control panels can be saved on a USB key automatically for all channels. This should be a 1 click button on control panel.
This reliance on a flaky network system is causing most of the problems on the chumby. It should run without a network .... its not an appliance, just a clock. treat it like one. network should be optional but not mandatory as the architecture is currently. I see it also being a problem on future chumby models. If chumby.com dies every single chumby/dash/oem unit out there will be a piece of scrap metal. do you really want that to happen ?