So I've been using QuickMenu for the longest time and I do love it,but I was wondering if there is a better Start Menu replacement that's more finger-friendly.
I have the HTC Touch, so I do realize it comes w/ the larger start menu already., but the program menu, when I choose to run a program, that program menu doesn't close automatically and I find that really annoying.
Plus, I'd like something that looks a lot slicker and utilize the finger gestures betters =D
Have you tried out ScrollLauncher? It's not a start menu replace, but it's a finger friendly program launcher. You just activate it and it lists all your programs on which you can finger flick up and down to see everything. A simple double tap launches the program. Maybe that will help a little.
FatBoyExtraordinaire said:
Have you tried out ScrollLauncher? It's not a start menu replace, but it's a finger friendly program launcher. You just activate it and it lists all your programs on which you can finger flick up and down to see everything. A simple double tap launches the program. Maybe that will help a little.
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Well, I'd like to have something to replace the start menu,so it needs to start when I hit the Start Menu icon, and have a similar structure to Quick Menu: Favorite programs, recent programs, Settings, and running programs, etc
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Try:
HTC Enlarge Start Menu [eng]
http://rapidshare.com/files/69170665..._Menu_0409.cab
posted on:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=344544
A little CAB file that enlarges your start-menu for fingerfriendly use.
Will look as on the screenshot attached (thanks to google).
bigchrizzieboy said:
Try:
HTC Enlarge Start Menu [eng]
http://rapidshare.com/files/69170665..._Menu_0409.cab
posted on:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=344544
A little CAB file that enlarges your start-menu for fingerfriendly use.
Will look as on the screenshot attached (thanks to google).
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I already said that I have the HTC Touch with that Enlarge Start Menu. What I don't like is that when I go to programs and settings folder, and the folder doesn't automatically close after I choose to run an item from it. Plus, I'd like to have something more configurable and also shows running programs that I can close from there
wisbar lite or advance?
badaas said:
wisbar lite or advance?
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They aren't finger touch friendly. I'm thinking along the lines of Schap's TouchXperience, but without all his bells and whistles, more focused on replacing the Start Menu, Programs Menu, and Settings menu. Think of what you get in Quick Menu, but more finger friendly
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=400082
http://www.touchxperience.com/
Wisbar Advance 3 has touch friendly features. You just need to turn them on.
You can use a combination of MortButtons and FTouch.
blazingwolf said:
Wisbar Advance 3 has touch friendly features. You just need to turn them on.
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Can you take a screenshot of this? I've looked around, but all the Wisbar start menu pics show a cascading menu that is not finger friendly
aydc said:
You can use a combination of MortButtons and FTouch.
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It would be nice to have one app that does this and does not require a finger gesture to launch the start menu; I just want to hit the Start Menu and have going it from there
jambaj0e said:
It would be nice to have one app that does this and does not require a finger gesture to launch the start menu; I just want to hit the Start Menu and have going it from there
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With WisBar Advance, you can start any program when you tap the start menu icon or window title. Or even different ones. E.g., I've configured it so that it shows the Today screen for the "start menu icon" and a MortButtons menu with the window title. And the default menu is invoked by tap&hold on the title, so I've got a backup if a development version of MortButtons hangs...
Mort said:
With WisBar Advance, you can start any program when you tap the start menu icon or window title. Or even different ones. E.g., I've configured it so that it shows the Today screen for the "start menu icon" and a MortButtons menu with the window title. And the default menu is invoked by tap&hold on the title, so I've got a backup if a development version of MortButtons hangs...
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Right, but Mortbuttons is not the ideal Start menu replacement. You'd have to put in everything you want to show in it, rather than it automatically showing what's under the Start Menu folder in your system. Plus, what about the Control Panel?
Imagine the Wisbar Advance cascading Start Menu but a lot more finger friendly. That's what I'm looking for
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Right, but Mortbuttons is not the ideal Start menu replacement. You'd have to put in everything you want to show in it, rather than it automatically showing what's under the Start Menu folder in your system. Plus, what about the Control Panel?
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You can add both the start menu folder and the control panel as entries (CP requires new beta). So you can do a MortButton menu with your most used apps, and include "usual" start menu and control panel as submenus.
Do you know SKMenu?
I use it for some time and I'm happy with it.
It let you customize the menus, including start menu and control panel, and create other news.
Now, in the last version, it has a full sreen mode.
Diamond oem (on this forum) has packages for smart scroling and gestures
I have noticed considerable ease scroling windows and pushing buttons with my finger.
I still use QuickMenu 2.7 Is there a newer version?
.Big Tabbed Start Menu
- When u click on menu icon a drop down big menu appear separated into 3 parts the first on containing last running Programs
Second one .. contain tabs for programmers folders when user click on any a down menu appear show Program Icons
a third part is for setting contain 3 tabs .. (Personal - System - Connection) When member click on any a menu appear contain the Icons ..somethng like this
I am also looking for something like this. I used wisbar, but since there are no nice VGA skins + it slows down the ppc a lot I am looking for an replacement. Anything new on this?
well all you guys want (as I do) is quickmenu..... with bigger font size.
Maybe someone could have a look into its dll see if something can be done.
Or email nanling (I think) to ask him to get a doubled version out ?
err I know it's been a while but if anyone's still interested, there's FdcSoft StartMenu
this menu is HUGE
Can I customize this to be identical to my start menu, or at least my action menu? Would make texting a simple "lol" much easier, haha. I spend more time sliding keyboard open and finding buttons and navigating the phone than I do texting. Suppose I could assign a hotkey, but i'd rather have icons on the start screen.
Is it possible to do that?
You can basically do whateeeeever you want for your today screen. There are literally hundreds of different plugins. The simplest (and in my opinion, the most effective) plugin is HTC Home. It's a simple tabbed interface, tap the text button, brings you to your messages. Tap the programs tab, your programs are there... etc. TouchFlo3D and TouchFlo3D2 both take the simplicity away from the today screen, and I think they both suck because of it. You should also try out a WinMo 6.5 rom, they have a revamped start menu (finger friendly!!!) and an all-new today screen plugin that I think brings back some of the simplicity of HTC Home. I see you're using EnergyROM. He released version 3.0, which is 6.5. I like Mystic Series, it's the fastest and smoothest rom I have ever used. (there's supposed to be a new version out today, too!)
Just search for Windows Mobile Today Plugin in google and you will freak out with all the options!
I have 6.5 and am using the traditional today screen. I have Spb Pocket Plus for my home screen as my launcher.
Is there any way to add the Lock option that is normally found after you press start in the lower left hand side? I can add any file or program to the launcher, so I just need to know what the name of the lock file is. I'd also like a shortcut to Settings so if you know that name, that'd be great too. I have found running the traditional today screen gives me about 50 free mb's as opposed to barely 10 with TF3d.
heres a cab i made that will use the 6.5 lock and set the LSK for Lock...turn titanium off, install, turn back on...good to go...cant figure out the settings part...im not able to get it to work...hope this helps!!
I went to Settings/Manage Applications/Remove Programs and removed several listed items, which I thought just related to unused colour schemes, in order to free up some storage memory. However, I now find that two unintended changes have resulted.
1. The main one is that I seem to have lost the enlarged scroll button that previously appeared when I tapped the right-hand side of long windows. All I have now is the default grey slider bar.
2. The other, less important, is that after the screen display times out and I press a button to restore the display with the 'slide padlock', the background has changed from the original Sense colours to a plain 'gradient blue' background. This is not inconveniencing me at all, but it would be nice to restore the original background.
TIA.
i think both problems, especially the FIRST one, can be fixed by simply going to Windows Mobile Settings->Home and choosing a different theme...click OK...and then repeat the same steps and NOW choose the stock HTC theme (don't know what its called! sorry!).
after all of the above, set a wallpaper from Windows Mobile Settings->Home, check the box at the bottom that says "Use this picture as the background" and select a file. after this step, set a home screen and lock screen wallpaper from Sense. if you use CHT (cookie's home tab), you will get even more options and control over your wallpaper.
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i think both problems, especially the FIRST one, can be fixed by simply going to Windows Mobile Settings->Home and choosing a different theme...click OK...and then repeat the same steps and NOW choose the stock HTC theme (don't know what its called! sorry!).
after all of the above, set a wallpaper from Windows Mobile Settings->Home, check the box at the bottom that says "Use this picture as the background" and select a file. after this step, set a home screen and lock screen wallpaper from Sense. if you use CHT (cookie's home tab), you will get even more options and control over your wallpaper.
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Many thanks for your reply. Your advice got me on the right track to resolve both problems.
I went to Settings->Menu->All Settings->Today and changed the theme, then repeated the sequence and changed it back to 'HTC Black'. I then chose the 'Items' tab and changed the checkbox from 'HTC Sense' to 'Windows Default' (ignoring a warning not to move away from Sense). Then I repeated the sequence and changed the 'Items' checkbox back to 'HTC Sense'. This seems to have restored both the Sense wallpaper and the enlarged scroll button.
Thanks again.
Hi guys
I've got an HD2 Stock ROM 1.66 WWE. I'm trying to find an app which allows me to enable kinetic scrolling for a number of windows mobile apps, rather than applying text selection and having to use the scroll bar on the side (apps like Epocrates, Skyscape and UptoDate). I find using the scroll bar painfully slow to be frank
I've found a solution of sorts in FtouchSL (using v2.10). Unfortunately this program has a default setting in that it automatically applies its own settings for all apps, and you need to manually enter any "exceptions". I've tried this out, but there are literally hundreds of exceptions I would have to add, and there are some things that don't seem to work at all (e.g. scrolling through favourites in the Internet Tab of HTC Sense after clicking the favourites soft-key on the bottom left, or trying to pick a lock screen tab wallpaper in the "settings" menu).
I know these are relative small things, but I was wondering if anyone was familiar with an app which would allow me to enable kinetic scrolling for only select apps, rather than for all of them with me having to add "exceptions"
epocrates
hi holdup,
epocrates and all other windows mobile apps run on ultrashot because he created and added a finger friendly scroll in his windows mobile 6.5 rom for htc hd2. try it out. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1233056