Where might I find Qmenu? I have searched the forum and googled the world with no luck other than references to it being included in some PDA's
Thanks
motrid
motrid said:
Where might I find Qmenu? I have searched the forum and googled the world with no luck other than references to it being included in some PDA's
Thanks
motrid
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http://www.freewareppc.com/utilities/quickmenu.shtml
digiblur,
I am humbled... I must have spent 90 minutes searching and you resond immediately.
Thanks much
motrid
Great app! I still use Wktask for the task bar like a windows pc though. The new version of Wktask has an option that takes the place of the vista hide battery gauge or whatever it is called.
yeah but wktask takes up too much screen real estate for some of us. And now it does that vista hide bar thing too... ugh, stuff that takes over the screen makes me angry. I HATE CLUTTER!
Personally can't stand wktask.
What's nice about Qmenu, besides the minimal memory footprint, is that you can bring up the "task manager" when needed, instead of it being up on top all the time like wktask, or only on the home screen like X-button. Just press the start button (or windows key on an equipped device).
Its really easy to end tasks too (scroll to the task, press the dpad to the right). So when closing multiple apps at once, this is awesome (scroll, right, scroll, right, skip one you want open, scroll, right...). And the best part is that ITS NOT THERE WHEN U DON'T WANT/NEED IT!
The only thing is that sometimes I like my old start menu programs because I use ftouchflo to scroll through all the icons.
so, I use qmenu mostly as a task manager mapped to the windows key, and have it set now that when I press the start menu on screen, the old start menu appears. This seems like the best combo for me.
Also, it has a battery meter that sits on the home screen in the top right corner. When you click it, it will also tell you how much memory is free. You can configure this to show battery in graphic (verbose), percent, with the free memory amount, or just show free memory. Makes managing the device a cinch, and, as I said before, all without hostilely taking over your interface!
This is a great app. I was thinking of installing SPB Pocket Plus only to use the close "ok" button feature but with Qmenu extremely less memory consumption, I saved so much space that spb pocket plus would have taken. Excellent app
I don't find it as clutter...but I guess everyone has their opinions. I feel lost without WkTask as I like to see in a glance what I have open and the same goes for the battery. I can't see how the battery meter gets in the way.
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read the entire thread here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=330855
the english translated version of this software is available for the terminally lazy..
http://soft.photoracer.net/docs/wktask_en.html <-- here
works ok
Pretty neat indeed, love the way you can drag and change width of the program buttons. Doesn't seem to be memory hungry orslowing down the system (contrary to others as e.g. Magic Button). Only add ons I would like to see are a battery bar (like in Magic Button) and a home button (again like in Magic Button).
Just my 2 cents...
wow, what a fantastic find! I've been looking for this for a long long time since upgrading to wm6 where magic button no longer is acceptable. I've been using pBar, but this lets me switch programs more easily, since running applications are nicely displayed on the task bar. And the color blends in so well.
I absolutely love this. Bye bye pBar.
Thank you fards, for this 'post of the day'!
fantastic good program pbar is poor ... tank
Nice find. Thanks
Seems to be very stable
Given up magic button for it. Very nice and very stable so far. High degree of control over what the x button does on apps is great.
I agree, may be it is the final taskmanager
Using Opera, after download when you tap on X it will close opera, even if you sat up OPERA "do not close tapping on X", because the download window isn't seen as part of Opera. The solution is to use personalized settings ALSO for download window
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I agree, may be it is the final taskmanager
Using Opera, after download when you tap on X it will close opera, even if you sat up OPERA "do not close tapping on X", because the download window isn't seen as part of Opera. The solution is to use personalized settings ALSO for download window
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While downloading, you can use "Menu" in right lower corner. Then you have "Cose: which actualy closes the download window and returns to Opera.
the best i've ever see
Works well and looks cool! pBar had some features I missed, I'm wondering if I can possibly use both or if they'll collide...
wgary said:
Works well and looks cool! pBar had some features I missed, I'm wondering if I can possibly use both or if they'll collide...
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I could use both at the same time but I'm not going to. You want to use the comm manager features? Or is it the battery meter?
VistaHide Battery Gauge
I have now added the VistaHide Battery Gauge and am one happy person!
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=281891
bins said:
Pretty neat indeed, love the way you can drag and change width of the program buttons. Doesn't seem to be memory hungry orslowing down the system (contrary to others as e.g. Magic Button). Only add ons I would like to see are a battery bar (like in Magic Button) and a home button (again like in Magic Button).
Just my 2 cents...
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The battery bar is available in the latest version 1.1.7.0.
By now, you must have figured out that the horizontal drag bring you to the home screen, and vertical drag allows you to minimise the current application. In 1.1.7.0, you define what will happen in vertical and horizontal drag. The default setting is to launch the favorite applicatios with the vertical drag, which is a good setting I think.
You can also choose to show the active applications as just an icon, or the old way, which occupies most of the taskbar.
Check out the latest version here http://soft.photoracer.net/docs/wktask_en.html
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Try this one: it supports VGA as well:
Ariel battery monitor
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=364278
Thanks for the link, this task manager is absolutely perfect.
I will probably send some euros to his father !
Small update to ver.2.33
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Source Code Release
Click here to download =>> [View attachment xTask_2.3_EVC_Source.rar].
Program summary
A task manager for Windows Mobile PDA phone. It does, not only the most wanted job of cleaning system RAM by closing unused tasks, but with many more features. For example, it can correct the overlay problem of the WM6.5.x buttom bar for any programs such as Resco Explorer, also automaticlly set button-X to Close instead of minimizing a window.
Compatibilities
Support all WM versions (WM2003, WM5, WM6.1, WM6.5, WM6.5.x).
Support all screen resolutions (QVGA, SQVGA, VGA, SVGA, WVGA).
Support multi functions (process management, task management, document management, control panel, etc.).
Main features and functions
Switch windows or close tasks or system process.
Rotate screen orientation.
Automatic fix the buttom tool bar overlay in WM6.5.x.
Automatic change X-botton to close.
Automatic terminate ActiveSync.
manage files with XTask.
Access the control panel items.
Place icon, or show freeRAM on the title bar.
Hold the XTask icon and drag on the screen to perform quick function.
fully customisable XTask function items, program tools bar for fix under WM6.5.x, icon position on the title bar, etc.
Create shotcut buttons in start menu for Restart, Toggle Wifi or bluetooth, screen-off, etc.
To install
UnRAR and copy the 2 files (XHook.exe, XTask.exe) into any folder in the system memory, such as [\Program Files\XTask\]. Running the program from external storage memory is not advised since when connected to PC the external card could be unrecognizable by the system.
Click on XTask.exe to run the program. Check "AutoRun Xtask" for automatic startup.
XHook.exe shows the task icons on the title bar. It can serves a stand alone light varsion for simple switching and closing tasks.
XTASK.exe is the main program for setup, task lists, control panels, process management, etc.
To uninstall
Quit the XTask process.
Delete the 2 program files and the folder.
Delete the registry [\HKLM\SOFTWARE\XTASK\] and all values.
Delete file XT.REB under the root.
XT.REB is an automatic generated signature file for restoration of all XTask settings after a hard reset or flashing ROM.
Credit to the author
cgb1981(at)126.com
Original post with the chinese version:
http://bbs.xbeta.cn/thread-30497-1-1.html
Bug reports, suggestions, and advices are highly appreciated by the author!
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Your screenshots don't do this app justice! Wow, it is seriously cool. I need to figure out how to keep it alive, but I really like it. It does a lot of things, like show open windows, running services and devices. It also has a nice file explorer.
By the way, it is the very first contribution of a XDA member- Chinagb. Better programs from the author will come.
I may not know what I'm doing, but xtask closes every time I switch out of it. Also, it's kind of weird that the history is stored on the storage card. I guess I'd rather have it go to \windows or \application data. Otherwise, it works really well, and looks amazing. Xhook is really nice, I like having a working taskbar. It's like magic button, but works well with 6.5.3.
Farmer Ted said:
I may not know what I'm doing, but xtask closes every time I switch out of it. Also, it's kind of weird that the history is stored on the storage card. I guess I'd rather have it go to \windows or \application data. Otherwise, it works really well, and looks amazing. Xhook is really nice, I like having a working taskbar. It's like magic button, but works well with 6.5.3.
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The idea to store the history on the storage card is that when hard reset or flashing rom the file won't get lost.
Indeed weird it closes all the time. Perhaps you can check "Digital Memory" in the setting in order to show something on the title bar.
Excellent tiny program, will give this a whirl and see if i find any quirks..thx for sharing...
thank you i tray
soma900 said:
The idea to store the history on the storage card is that when hard reset or flashing rom the file won't get lost.
Indeed weird it closes all the time. Perhaps you can check "Digital Memory" in the setting in order to show something on the title bar.
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I tried checking dgital memory, but xtask keeps closing. Not a big deal, xhook works well. If I'm in a program, clicking on the start icon opens xtask (I have replace start menu selected). If I'm on the Today screen, though, the start icon opens up the regular 6.5 start menu (which I prefer anyway). It's kind of quirky, but I really like it.
Is there an easy way to load window classes into the fix list? I have a couple apps I'd like re-positioned. I guess I need xtask running in the background for that, though.
Edit: about the history storage location, I personally have a lot of trouble with corrupting my sd card, and have found that it's better for me not to have log or temp files or similar things on the card. I think it would be better to have a reg key where you could choose the path for the xt.reb file. Any, I love this task manager-it's really cool. Here are some screen shots:
how to add apps to 'exceptions'?
XHook shows an icon for manila on the taskbar. It shows 2 items in the taskman list also. How can I get these to not show. I tried to add it to the "exceptions" bos under settings, but could not figure how to enter anything into the box.
Any suggestions?
This is a great app!
Go to Taskman, long press on the app and add to exceptions in the pop-up menu.
Click the icon on the left is equal to long press project
Good job :d:d
支持,太支持了!!!!!!!!
Well, this looks promising but from my personal testing I can say that this is still alpha stage... Thumbs up and good continuation, I'll keep checking ...
I've already got it cooked into my rom. I actually like the fact that xtask closes down every time it's minimized. Xhook does a great job of closing apps, so it's not needed all the time. I used to have a button assigned to dotfred's task manager, but I switched it to Xtask, and it loads much faster than dotfred's and is a bit quicker to use (don't get me wrong, I still love dotfreds).
Georgeous2008 said:
Well, this looks promising but from my personal testing I can say that this is still alpha stage... Thumbs up and good continuation, I'll keep checking ...
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Agree! It is still in the alpha stage. A lot of improvement could be done.
Farmer Ted said:
I've already got it cooked into my rom. I actually like the fact that xtask closes down every time it's minimized. Xhook does a great job of closing apps, so it's not needed all the time. I used to have a button assigned to dotfred's task manager, but I switched it to Xtask, and it loads much faster than dotfred's and is a bit quicker to use (don't get me wrong, I still love dotfreds).
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any chance to add this as background servis? btw great app
is this better than WKTask?
JaCoL_JcL said:
any chance to add this as background servis? btw great app
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Check "AutoRun XTask" in the setup menu it will start whenever the phone is on.
TheRem said:
is this better than WKTask?
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It has some features which WKTask doesn't have.
it freezes my Opal.
anyway thanks soma900!
There are 3 buttons at the bottom left, back,home, and recent app.
Is it possible to change the recent app button to open the task manager.
Pressing the home button for few seconds just feels too slow.
I'm rooted and on overcome rom.
I heard android is all about customization, hope this is possible.
No reply,not possible at all?
Quite a good idea
I'll have a look
It may be easy may be hard
BroBot175 said:
Quite a good idea
I'll have a look
It may be easy may be hard
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Yeah, thank you!
I really dislike the recent app button. Its so useless n slow.
The task manager is the best way to switch app n close app.
Dear brobot 175
The main request is to have a instant access to the task manager.
which makes closing and switching task very fast and easy.
Eg. Playing angry birds, if wana exit, need to press back, tap the in game menu, exit, exit, a pop up appear, tap yes. Different app will have different method to exit. Very troublesome.
Press and hold the home button to fire up task manager and press the x is much faster and easier.
But its slow to wait, hope there is a faster way for it rather then touch and hold home button.
Pressing the mini tray is even slower so that's not an option.
Able to replace the recent app to task manager is great.
If that's not possible, I have another suggestion.
Is it possible to add a shortcut next to the screen shot button?
As far as i know, the screenshot button is not on stock honeycomb, its and added feature.
Seeing there's space for about 4 more shortcuts, adding a task manager will be super sweet.
What do you think?
i have had a play around a bit but i think the shortcuts for the miniapps are actually embedded in a java file
i cant understand much java so im kinda stuffed
i did however get the wifi on/off buttons to go in the taskbar but thats not really what you were asking i know :L
just on writing this i have just had an idea and i shall have another look at this tonight
cheerrs
BroBot175 said:
i have had a play around a bit but i think the shortcuts for the miniapps are actually embedded in a java file
i cant understand much java so im kinda stuffed
i did however get the wifi on/off buttons to go in the taskbar but thats not really what you were asking i know :L
just on writing this i have just had an idea and i shall have another look at this tonight
cheerrs
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you manage to put a button on a taskbar to toggle wifi?
thats amazing!!
good luck with your research.
if you can make it an app, that can put shortcuts on the taskbar, it would be amazing, and make it an app in the market.
after closer observation, the taskbar can have at most 6 icons on the bottom left. since when in portrait, the space becomes small and only can accomodate 6.
right now 4 are permanently there. (back,home,recent app,screenshot)
if can add 2 more would be nice, a task manager, and one more say...volume control? (like the one in desktop window, click once and a bar appear for volume control)
ahahaha, i am already dreaming too much.
Aha yeah you are!
Well as I've said before in have no idea how to make a shortcut to taskmanager but the volume may be possible
I have tried making an app imitate the mini calculator so you can launch it from the miniapps bar but it hasn't worked so far :L overall nothing really works right now
What is the fastest and easiest way way to switch between four apps in the car. For example Google Nav, Poweramp, Trapster, and a speedometer app. A wave of the hand would be nice. I have looked at several and used a few. Smart Task Switcher, a reviewer said “Was warned about this app due to access to contacts permissions which dev says is used in China for advertising”. AppSwipe only does two ( the last opened). The “car apps” say nothing about task switching or is it shown in the Youtube videos. It would be nicer if an app would isolate and load these four programs from one key push then allow fast switching. A snap of the fingers would be another way to switch between these four apps. Also, a slideshow type thing of these four apps with the option to stay on the current one showing might be an idea. Or, one app that puts to the front the needed app, like the media player about the first and last 5 seconds of a song, trapster like app that would popup during notifications, navigation about 10 seconds before and after turns, and the speedometer the rest of the time. I'm just thinking out loud. Holding down the home key is not a good fit. Bottom line is I need a better task switcher (not killer) for the auto. An app that would allow me to map a steering wheel button in my 2011 Ford Fusion SEL for task switching would be golden! A friend's suggestion was to get four phones, so that one is already out there.
I tried Car Dock Home v3. It works by using a launcher that uses the back key to return to it's home screen, then another task can be selected via a shortcut. Unfortunately it cancels Google Navigation when the back key is hit to go to CDHv3 home screen. This would have been a better solution as it takes two key presses. It would be the best solution to perform one action to cycle through the desired programs. I installed Smart Task Switcher and that was good in theory but I could not find how to configure correctly and the floating button is far too small and often requires several taps, and that is sitting at the desk. There is a paid version where some of this is supposedly settable but from my experience with this app I don't think this is a solution.
The car was the first place that came to mind. But the need to quickly and efficiently switch task is useful in several environments.
I have hit a dead end and any suggestions would be appreciated.
Hey man,Im surprised you expect a phone to act as a tomtom,mp3 player and christ knows what else simultaneously.
theunderling said:
Hey man,Im surprised you expect a phone to act as a tomtom,mp3 player and christ knows what else simultaneously.
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The S2 runs everything just fine, there is just not an efficient way to switch between them.
...and I don't mean 'minmize' like what pressing the home or back button does. (which merely puts it in the multitasker menu list, still open.)
I mean closing it like when you swipe it out of the menu list. (which are far as I can tell, seems to close it off enough to stop what it's doing and free up the memory it was using!)
Sometimes I want to just close an app since I know I won't be using it for a while and I want to conserve cpu/memory/battery - or merely manage the list of things in my multitask list. kinda like on Desktop. (you don't want every app on your pc open all at once, do you, do you?!) and I just want a simple way like on the desktop to close that app when I want to close it.
SO: Is there some app that can assign a custom screen gesture (like the lovely letter C for 'close') to perform 'fully exit current app' or some solution like that? I started to research, but couldn't seem to find one very quickly, so thought I'd ask here, at THE place to ask.
also I apologise for using things like Windows terms ('minimize'), i know that's not how it works in android. But you do know what I mean.
Thanks
This is a question that a lot of people ask when moving to Android and the answer simply is, forget about it.
Android handles processes and memory in a completely different way to Windows. When an app is "minimized" it obviously leaves a footprint in the memory, but it uses no CPU (unless it's a polling app or something that keeps alive for a specific purpose).
Just trust Android to handle memory management - it does a very good job of it.
If you really, really MUST do something about it then the best thing you can do is get something like Juice Defender (there's tons of similar apps) and make it kill apps periodically. Most apps that people use for this type of purpose are merely placebo, but if it makes you feel better then I guess it's serving a purpose.
Archer said:
This is a question that a lot of people ask when moving to Android and the answer simply is, forget about it.
Android handles processes and memory in a completely different way to Windows. When an app is "minimized" it obviously leaves a footprint in the memory, but it uses no CPU (unless it's a polling app or something that keeps alive for a specific purpose).
Just trust Android to handle memory management - it does a very good job of it.
If you really, really MUST do something about it then the best thing you can do is get something like Juice Defender (there's tons of similar apps) and make it kill apps periodically.
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Thanks for your answer. I can sense you have wisdom and experience in your words there, but I want to probe a little further.
surely there can be an almost macro-like (again, windows terminology, sorry) functionality, that can be assigned to a gesture swipe that can emulate pressing home button, then swiping the bottom item away from the multitask menu? (which is always the one you just 'minimized')? Could an app like Tasker even do it?
i agree that good memory management is a beautiful thing, but there really should be manual control of closing apps, my reasons above are stated.
i wouldn't touch automatic time-based closing, i sometimes have saved states in apps and wouldn't want them closed when i don't want them closed.
Most apps that people use for this type of purpose are merely placebo, but if it makes you feel better then I guess it's serving a purpose.
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you really think it's all placebo, and that say, running 50 apps in android with finite set amount of ram on the device is all fine simply due to memory management?
is me experiencing lag in some android apps (or battery draining faster than I'd like), then closing off several running apps in the multitask list, then noticing the problem go away, all placebo????? what about google maps, say?! I'd love a one-step swipe action to CLOSE google maps when I'm done with it, not having to press home button, then multitask button, then swipe away google maps. (I know when minimized it consumes nothing like it does when open, but I think still it consumes more than if it were fully closed...)
it's not just about memory. edit: and I already stated in addition, I often want to simply manage what I have open. this is a basic function in desktop OSes, I think it's time it came to mobile. if not officially, there surely must be some hack/tool to do it. :S
download a task killer app with a widget.
press home button and press the widget and you're done
If you're using AOKP based ROM then there is hold back to kill in Settings > ROM control > general UI
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Hold homesçern key
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jman2131 said:
download a task killer app with a widget.
press home button and press the widget and you're done
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that's about 2/3 the way towards the current 3-step solution though :/.
Am I to be amazed that a function to put this simple task into a single gesture hasn't been done? or isn't possible? it HAS to be possible. Otherwise I'd be flabbergasted.
I have googled further and just can't seem to find something :|.
WAIT! I think I have! here. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.goodmooddroid.gesturecontroldemo&hl=en it has a "kill task" function that you can set up a custom gesture for. it's a start.
however I'm getting a "ERROR! No ROOT permissions?" error despite being rooted with supersu and successfully using other root apps etc, so I've emailed the dev and hope I can get it working :S.
But still, it seems a little clunky the offering of custom gesture types. I can't set a nice curvy gesture defined by tracing it on the screen. oh well - it's a start.....
jootanen said:
If you're using AOKP based ROM then there is hold back to kill in Settings > ROM control > general UI
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That seems the holy grail! too bad I'm on stock jb with plans for upgrading to CM .....