The Japan brothers are again coming up with a great app called JtdLnch ! Its available here:
http://nullmo.blog89.fc2.com/
Current version is 1.10, the application has damn good interface and it was only available in Japanese BUT finally its now translated in English !!!
check the demo video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GV-TBEDArU
For complete detailed desctiption please visit the FreewarePocketPC.net page
Here is a simple Page.ini file
Code:
[win]
S_HEX2
S_HEX2
1,iGO8,\Storage Card\iGO8\iGO8.exe,,
1,maps,\Storage Card\Program Files\GoogleMaps\GoogleMaps.exe,,
1,WiFi,\Program Files\AKToggleWifiCab\AKToggleWifi.exe,,
1,Showcase,\Program Files\e-Natives Technology\Showcase\Showcase.exe,,
1,BT,\BTOnOff.exe,,
1,Screen,\Program Files\Spb Screenshot\SpbScreenshot.exe,,
Install the .cab file, then run and exit the JtdLnchSet app from your Programs menu. Go to File explorer and find the JtdLnch installation folder, then edit the Page.ini file !
When enabled in your Today screen, it wont be shows until you click on it !
Enjoy.
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Translation and settings guide thanks to PocketNow.com:
Tab 1 (Pages):
This is the foundation of the launcher. Before adjusting anything else, you will want to create a new page. To achieve this, simply enter a title for the new page on the first line of this tab. Then, select the preferred launcher pattern. The left box is the pattern set for portrait mode, the right is for landscape. Experiment with a few until you find one you like (previews can be viewed on dev’s site). Next, click “add” and you’ll see the entry displayed in the bottom window. If you decide to change the pattern later, be sure to click edit after making the changes or they may not take.
Tab 2 (Apps):
This is where you’ll be adding the shortcuts for each page of the launcher. Select one of your pages from the drop down menu and click “add.” For some reason, the app doesn’t seem to be very efficient in auto-searching for files or shortcuts (first two choices), so I recommend adding the file path manually. First, enter the text that you want displayed for a particular shortcut and then type in the path to that program on the line labeled “PATH.”
For example, I added Opera Mobile 9.7 by entering “\Program Files\Opera Mobile\OperaL.exe”
You’re not just restricted to program shortcuts using the manual entry method. You can also add shortcuts to other file types like images. If you don’t enjoy tapping the bottom left/right corners of the launcher to switch pages, you can add shortcuts to other pages by choosing the second to last choice from the drop down menu (during the add app process). Blank placeholders can be added by using the last option in the drop down menu, which can be used to customize the pattern of the launcher. If anyone’s able to figure out a friendlier way of using the automated method, let us know in the comments.
Tab 3 (Themes):
This tab doesn’t appear to be in use at the moment, but will probably be used in the future to quickly change themes of the launcher.
Tab 4 (General Settings):
This tab has the most Japanese characters (or blocks), so I edited a screen shot of it with English translations. View it at the end of this post.
Tab 5 (Plug-in Height):
Adjust the height of the actual plug-in here. The option at the bottom adjusts the height of the page switch area.
Tab 6 (Plug-in Width):
Likewise, you can adjust the width of the plug-in here.
Tab 7 (Colors):
Here you can change different colors associated with the launcher. The first choice is for changing the frame color, the second is for the font and the last one is to adjust the launcher’s transparency.
read the whole guide on PocketNow.com http://pocketnow.com/software-1/sweet-animated-today-screen-program-launcher
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{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Here is a translated version of the options windows
Looks interesting. thanks for the info.
I guess it cannot work together with the TF3D?
looks interesting, can spb do that?
the animation look good but it is a today plugin only
thanks for your info
I'm a fan of the today screen. This is a cool app, ありがとう.
interesting plugin
Settings program is great even if I have to set in blind mode (lol )
Is it possible to change the background for the items ?
do you have a plugin to display Photos ?
EDIT : I've seen there Pages , How can I switch between diferents Pages ? , I have only the first one displayed
Found how to switch between page and how to change background icons
is it working on qvga ?
brunoisa10 said:
Found how to switch between page and how to change background icons
is it working on qvga ?
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Good idea for your rltoday theme ..... but i doubt it will work with other UI....well i'llgive it a try and let you know....
brunoisa10 said:
Found how to switch between page and how to change background icons
is it working on qvga ?
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please share your findings
for background item it is the S_HEX2 to change (Tab1 of settings)
i'll make a video this evening
a chinese guy has told me he can help
about switching between page : just tick on the the right of the screen
yep, there are couple of background motion types, in Tab1
you can setup multiple pages, which could be changed as you said by taping/sliding at right
the pages can be edited at Tab2
tab3 - dont know what it ist
tab4 - sizes and fonts, but its not very clear what is what
tab5 - not clear yet
tab6 - not clerar yet
tab7 - change the color gradients with color picker
tab8 - credits
Big thanks to Junturo !
infact he is Japanese i think.
tab3 : if you untick the first square on the left you don't see text under the items
check all others doesn't seen difference
Tab1 : the two values (S_HEX2 and so on...)
Sheet 1 is for Portrait Background
Sheet 2 is for Landscape Background
very cool program. thanks for sharing!!
Can anyone mail him and ask for english version?
I don't understand japanese.
translation is in progress
all is not finished , I have to ask more
take a look here
see 2 post after ..... (I had posted a bad link)
I'm testing till two days and probably a little video soon
brunoisa10 said:
translation is in progress
all is not finished , I have to ask more
take a look here
http://pocketnow.com/software-1/swee...ogram-launcher
I'm testing till two days and probably a little video soon
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Cool b.t.w link goes nowhere
sorry my bad
try this one http://pocketnow.com/software-1/sweet-animated-today-screen-program-launcher
been trying to read the 4th tab, this might help until an english version arrives
screen width, screen width base ( left one = half right one works for me..)
refresh rate, double speed setting (25 and 2.0 looks smooth on my polaris)
show which page upon screen tap
font, size and shadow depth
task management dropdown
tap = menu
tap = switch, hold = menu
tap = switch, hold = close
show app name, use left right key
vibrate upon tap, show redraw rate
i believe 5th and 6th tab says....
screen height
page switch area width ????
... for portrait and landscape modes respectively
7th tab
form
font
alpha (100=invisible)
awesome little program, could get to like playing with this : )
Be sure to check out the new app they made. jTSKLnch ... same core as TDlnch but runs as a standalone app. Its more usefull I think because you can have screens with 10+ icons and they will unfold over the exiting today screen or whatever app you are in.
I mapped it to the start button so it launches quickly from anywhere.
-T
hows the translation going?
Related
S2V is a stylus-free picture viewing application. It can also be used to set up the wallpapers for S2U2 (0.97 or later); assign a pic to a contact; set it as Today's wallpaper; or send it via MMS/email.
Prerequisition:
- WM5 Phone or WM6 Professional devices
- free RAM: at least 6M for QVGA
- if you cannot start S2V, delete the whole registry tree HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2V, then start S2V again.
Changes of v0.42
- fixed the occasional bug that S2V quit unexpectedly when viewing a particular folder.
- added the options to change the sorting menu symbol. It's only useful for those devices that cannot display the triangles on the sorting menu. How? Create a registry value AscendingSymbol (String) at \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2V\, set the content to whatever you want, e.g. ^, or even a word (ascending). Create another one called DescendingSymbol for the descending order.
- fixed some minor bugs.
Changes of v0.40 (20-8-2008)
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
- added sort option by time or name.
- added thumbnail pic cache (the cache folder can be custom by the registry value "CacheFolder" at \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2V\).
- added send function to send a pic via MMS/email.
- added sliding effect when zooming a pic.
- added support to RealVGA.
- reduced the chances of blank screen when a device has enough memory.
- separate CAB files for QVGA(low-res) & VGA(high-res) devices.
- changed some menu labels; for non-English translation, pls refer to the lang.ini file.
- fixed some minor bugs.
Changes of v0.38 (23-5-2008)
- added a delete function.
- added option to open a pic through the command switch (for advanced users, you can now associate pic files to be opened by S2V).
- added some shortcuts: ANSWER key to quit; END/OK key to minimize; tap the top right corner to minimize.
- reduced the RAM usage a little.
- reduced the contact pic size so as to reduce the chance of Outlook sync error (but for VGA or above devices, there is still chances that the pic will over the size that Outlook can handle).
- all system icons are live when S2U2 (v1.00 or later) is already running in the background.
- fixed the issue that some devices cannot run in Landscape mode.
- fixed some minor bugs.
Screenshots:
Thumbnail view & folder view (press the folder name to view that folder's pic; press the ARROW to view that folder's sub-folders)
Operations:
- Slide the screen to view the previous or next picture (or press the DPAD left/right);
- Slide on the left-side screen from top to bottom to rotate 90 degrees anti-clockwise; slide from bottom to top to rotate 90 degrees clockwise; when sliding on the right-side screen, the rotation will be opposite.
- Press DPAD Up to Zoom-in or Down to Zoom-out; double-tap the screen or push the DPAD-ACTION to return to the normal view.
- Slightly press the screen to call up the lower menu.
- Press the Back button at the Thumbnail screen to browse folders.
- When browsing folders, if there is an Arrow button next to a folder, it means that folder has subfolders. Press this Arrow button to view the subfolders.
- Shortcuts: ANSWER key to quit; END/OK key to minimize; tap the top right corner to minimize.
For details, as usual, please read the Readme file or the next post.
Besides, please read the README FIRST, especially the Known limitations & FAQs before posting your questions here.
If you like S2V, pls CLICK HERE to make a donation. Thanks.
README
Installation:
- Under your PC/MAC/device, extract the content of the downloaded file & copy the CAB file to your device.
- Under your device, run any File Explorer application; go to the folder where the CAB file is copied; run the CAB file.
Known limitations & FAQs:
Q. Do I have to install the old version before using this version?
A. No.
Q. How to use the .CAB file?
A. http://www.google.com/search?q=install+cab
Q. Do I have to install S2U2 before installing S2V?
A. No.
Q. Can a GIF file be assigned to a contact?
A. No.
Q. When viewing GIF file, there is no animation?!
A. Yes.
Q. After assigning a photo to a contact, the Activesync on the PC shows an error!
A. It's because the size of the assigned photo is too large for Outlook to handle. You may manually press the sync button once more to dismiss the error, but it will not be saved in Outlook.
A. Upgrade to v0.38 or later.
Q. After running S2V a while, the ZOOM function/folder browsing does not work!
A. That's because your device is running out of free memory.
Q. When browsing folders, I cannot view the subfolders?! S2V always say "no picture here"?!
A. It's because the pics are sit at the subfolders. If a folder has subfolders, an "ARROW" button will be displayed next to it. Press that "ARROW" button will show the subfolders.
Q. After assigned a pic as Today's wallpaper, then change to Landscape mode, the wallpaper does not work?!
A. You have to assign another pic as the Landscape wallpaper as well.
Q. After assigned a pic as Today's wallpaper, it does not work?!
A. Try other today theme; some themes have problem when wallpaper is altered.
Incompatible Devices
- Asus 696
- Treo 800w
Others
Q. Is S2V free?
A. Yes, but any donation is welcome (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webs...e=S2V Donations&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0), thanks.
Special Thanks
- Forum fellows at xda-developers (http://forum.xda-developers.com). Thank you for your testings, comments, supports & patience.
thanks A_C
Looks great!
I'll give it a go on my WM6 Prophet.
Thank you for your hard work!
AC I just tried to install and it asked to uninstall S2U2... is that an error??
bigguns6699 said:
AC I just tried to install and it asked to uninstall S2U2... is that an error??
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Opps... just updated the file again & redownload it pls.
That fixed it...Very nice... Great Work and Thanks
can this be installed onto the storgae card?
MrGalione973 said:
can this be installed onto the storgae card?
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Not tested. Just give it a try.
This looks great, I can't wait to test it. Its already posted over in PPCGeeks (that was fast).
I must say A_C....I just got the iTouch, and your apps (S2U2, and I think this as well) are better than what is offered on the 'original' devices. More features, better support, and smoother operation!!!!!
Keep up the good work!!!
Saying it's not a valid pocket pc app when I try running it from my phone. I have a samsung i760....
jv
Thanks for the new app, will give it a try to day!
you are the master!!!
wow.. fantastic app!! another surprise from you....it is really a fantastic app.. would like to replace it with the default picture application. you are great!!
Bella A_C,
this app looks nice and clean as S2U2 do, too.
Wishlist :
move from pic to pic like IPhone Pic-Browser.
You are a great dev
haiopei said:
Bella A_C,
this app looks nice and clean as S2U2 do, too.
Wishlist :
move from pic to pic like IPhone Pic-Browser.
You are a great dev
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as stated and known through the whole XDA forums, you are noted as one of the top 3, devs on the site... only thing i wanted to know, not sure if you are aware of this ap, but if you were in the likes of working with this dev on incorporating this into s2v http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=358049
haiopei said:
Bella A_C,
this app looks nice and clean as S2U2 do, too.
Wishlist :
move from pic to pic like IPhone Pic-Browser.
You are a great dev
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Have you tried to move pic forward/backward with your finger under S2V?
MrGalione973 said:
as stated and known through the whole XDA forums, you are noted as one of the top 3, devs on the site... only thing i wanted to know, not sure if you are aware of this ap, but if you were in the likes of working with this dev on incorporating this into s2v http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=358049
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I would like to see a screen of thumbnails rather than a line of thumbnails.
johnnyv5 said:
Saying it's not a valid pocket pc app when I try running it from my phone. I have a samsung i760....
jv
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Have you installed S2U2 as well? If yes, upgrade it to v0.97 first.
MIX all the goodies
In addition to the application mentioned in the thread in the quete below
i would like to point out the free application here
http://www.pocketcm.com/imageviewer.php
it would be nice if all three applications mix:
1 iphone display (from one pic to another) in the thread below
2 zoom and pan from the link i mentioned above
3 adding the pics to S2U2 from your application
THANKSSSSSSSSSSS
MrGalione973 said:
as stated and known through the whole XDA forums, you are noted as one of the top 3, devs on the site... only thing i wanted to know, not sure if you are aware of this ap, but if you were in the likes of working with this dev on incorporating this into s2v http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=358049
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very smooth sliding..its really cool
it would be perfect with landscape support and zoom ability
I'd like to announce my latest app, 3 months in the making: Avatar! Avatar is a photo dialer with the ultra-smooth scrolling and low memory footprint characteristics you love about iContact and iDialer.
Avatar is extremely easy to use:
Flick to scroll among your contacts. Contacts without pictures will not show up.
Tap an avatar to bring up details. This is where iContact integration kicks in: if iContact is installed, Avatar will use it. If not, it will bring up the standard contact manager.
Tap-and-hold on an avatar to call using that contact's "smart property": the one that shows up in the standard contact manager. "<m>" = mobile, "<w>" = work, "<h>" = home, etc.
That's it! Easy!
Avatar features:
low memory footprint - only around 100KB on VGA
Works on all screens: VGA, QVGA, WVGA, WQVGA, Square
AppToDate support
Ultra-smooth scrolling
Integrates with iContact and iDialer
Download from my website:
http://www.supware.net/Avatar/
Screenshot:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
WOW!
Works great on imate 9502 wm6.1!
Impressive, as always.
But, can we have a way to close the program?
However...
Fdc Task Manager show 0% cpu usage when minimized.
Am I wrong? Amazing if this is true
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I made Mortscript prg to toggle Avatat display on/off through HButton.
AT = ReadFile ("\Storage Card\My Todays\a.txt")
If (AT = 1)
AT = 0
Minimize (Avatar)
WriteFile ( "\Storage Card\My Todays\a.txt" , AT )
Exit
EndIf
Run ("Storage Card\Program Files\Avatar\Avatar.exe")
AT = 1
WriteFile ( "\Storage Card\My Todays\a.txt" , AT )
Exit
Just requires a folder named "My Todays" on the Storage Card, a simple text file in that folder named "a" containing either a "1" OR "0" to start.
Then create a shortcut to your windows start menu, then hook up with HButton.
How about the first contact icon (top left) and last icon in avatar to minimize?
Or a left to right swipe across screen to minimize?
This addition to the iContact/iDialer/GreenButton family is awesome!
nice work as always mate .
Excellent.
How about displaying a generic image/photo for contacts without custom pictures?
A.
tried to install on xperia x1a
unsuccesful. is there other files that need to be installed first.
thanks len
rampantdragon said:
unsuccesful. is there other files that need to be installed first.
thanks len
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Nope, it's a simple install.
Closing Avatar....
If you touch the top right corner of the screen it will exit the program. (It stays running in the background though).
If you want it to COMPLETELY close after you exit, point your registry editor to
HKCU/SOFTWARE/SUPWARE.NET/AVATAR/exitOnMinimize
and change the value from zero (0) to one (1).
Hope it helps!
rojaa said:
Works great on imate 9502 wm6.1!
Impressive, as always.
But, can we have a way to close the program?
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Avatar
and just to add my feedback to Doug - another great piece of software, well done and another essential add-on to my HTC Touch HD (Blackstone).
Superb!
namwollem said:
If you touch the top right corner of the screen it will exit the program. (It stays running in the background though).
If you want it to COMPLETELY close after you exit, point your registry editor to
HKCU/SOFTWARE/SUPWARE.NET/AVATAR/exitOnMinimize
and change the value from zero (0) to one (1).
Hope it helps!
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Nice tip, thanks.
thanks
namwollem said:
If you touch the top right corner of the screen it will exit the program. (It stays running in the background though).
If you want it to COMPLETELY close after you exit, point your registry editor to
HKCU/SOFTWARE/SUPWARE.NET/AVATAR/exitOnMinimize
and change the value from zero (0) to one (1).
Hope it helps!
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Thanks! I'm sure that'll be the answer
Its very, very good...
I'm thinking of using it instead of iContact even...
Atention that the link on http://www.supware.net/Avatar/ points to another thread.
Just a few thought, there could be some extra options to:
- See the default taskbar (easier to close)
- Close on action (I saw the registry tip and noticed they are both there, eheheh)
- Switch click methods (click to call, press to see info)
- See all contacts, the ones without photo would have the default avatar picture (some I just cant get a photo easily).
Thank you for another great work!
I tried it again, today, must have been my xperia, i rebooted it etc. Great app, I have been using while driving, lot easier and safer.
twolf said:
Its very, very good...
I'm thinking of using it instead of iContact even...
Atention that the link on http://www.supware.net/Avatar/ points to another thread.
Just a few thought, there could be some extra options to:
- See the default taskbar (easier to close)
- Close on action (I saw the registry tip and noticed they are both there, eheheh)
- Switch click methods (click to call, press to see info)
- See all contacts, the ones without photo would have the default avatar picture (some I just cant get a photo easily).
Thank you for another great work!
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Thanks for the feedback! (and everyone else too)
I fixed the link on my web site, thanks. For your #3, I originally had it switched, but I ended up accidentally calling people all the time. I think the way it is now is safer. For #4, I thought about that too, but my list would then look like mostly default avatars with a couple pictures every now and then. In that case, using a photo dialer is more annoying than just a text list of names like iContact. I thought perhaps if changing it to display a "category" instead of "all contacts" it would be better to display default avatars, but right now it can't display a single category. Maybe in the next version
I really love this app. Possible enhancement: being able set the contacts to match a category. This way if you want only a certain group you can set that, like an office setting and weekend setting.
andrewjb said:
I really love this app. Possible enhancement: being able set the contacts to match a category. This way if you want only a certain group you can set that, like an office setting and weekend setting.
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That's a good idea. I've been thinking how to best handle that, and how to integrate it with iContact.
Fantastic app.
On my Diamond some photo contacts appear distorced, would be nice an option to show the photos in the real proportions (cutting the top&bottom or left/right sides).
lob
great app! don't add default avatar images, the point is that only your "favourites" are showing up - the people you cared to add image for.
for that reason, it may make sense to add an extra button to the iContact app (on the bottom) which would open the Avatar! For me that would be more useful than the current iContact favourites, which is only a(n incomplete) category filter (without separation/scrolling by first letter, nor the option to chose a category different than the favoured...)
Thinking in this way - best solution would be that the favourites button is changed to open avatar button.
Edit: For the new version, see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8512590#post8512590
Hello
Welcome to my thread for my Windows Phone 7 Theme. The ultimate goal of this theme is to have a fully featured Windows Phone 7 theme that allows many similar functions as the real device.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
To use it, install the cab file below, then click on the icon in the start menu.
To exit, long-tap on the right side of the screen.
Settings is also listed in the long-tap menu.
To lock the device, click on the top of the screen, near the clock.
Current version: 1.15:
Performance greatly increased, lockscreen password, etc.
"Treats"
The real WP7 contains something called "Treats". These are little, fairly useless, but cool features.
Some of the ones included in this theme:
Text icon changes depending on amount of messages. First it is a smile, then a frown, and finally a gasping face.
Bing search background changes depending on the day's image.
Upcoming features
Pictures hub
Office hub
Games hub
Integration with Steam
Appointments tile
Smoother interface
Known issues:
Facebook does not stay logged in
...More later
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEYzUhnmRFk
Download: http://windowsphonehacker.com/wp7s.php
See website for full details and screenshots: http://windowsphonehacker.com/wp7s.php
People Hub
- Allows seeing contacts on homescreen
-Favorites list
-List of contacts. Tapping on a blue letter brings up a letter list.
-List of latest friends facebook status
Text tile
-Displays number of new messages
-Changes emoticon based on number of messages
Outlook tile
-Displays number of new mail messages
Phone tile
-Displays number of missed calls
Pictures tile
-Displays pictures, fading in and out new ones
-Takes you to default album viewer
Search
-Displays latest Bing background
-Searches Bing with custom keyboard
See website for full details: http://windowsphonehacker.com/wp7s.php
nice
is it only for WVGA screen?
chriscsh said:
nice
is it only for WVGA screen?
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VGA/WVGA. It also works (in theory) on QVGA, but it may not run well due to older devices being slower.
Looks and runs nicely on my Blackstone, have noticed a few things though:
- the blue squares shake a lot if you press and hold the screen...not sure if it's intentional but personally I feel the 'vibration' effect isn't too nice to look at.
- when scrolling on the apps screen some program names get broken. For example: 'FreeUpRam' becomes 'FreeUP' and 'pTravelAlarm' becomes 'pTravelAl'. The scrolling motion is also a bit jumpy.
- could not find a way of returning from bing search to the main screen without exiting the app and reloading it.
- pictures tab does not see images on the SD card in \Storage Card\My Documents or \Storage Card\DCIM (it would be nice if it could be set in the settings to look at 2 paths - storage and phone)
- none of my music is listed (also stored on storage card).
VERY nice start though! I'll be watching this one!
...also for some reason your website just comes up grey on my PC in IE8.
sweet, why not put it on your diamond2?
what are your thoughts on changing the faded black background to pitch black?? I am guessing you're trying to make it look like what's shown in the microsoft demos on that prototype device...? That's probably due to the display on that device though and i'm going to take a wild guess and say MS will make it black like on the zune hd when it's done. Or maybe you have a different reason for it?
cool
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Hello
I have released the BETA version of my Windows Phone 7 Series Theme, and am looking for some feedback
To use it, install the cab file below, then click on the icon in the start menu.
To exit, long-tap on the right side of the screen.
Settings is also listed in the long-tap menu.
To lock the device, click on the top of the screen, near the clock.
Current features:
People hub with recent, all contacts, and a list of contacts Facebook status updates.
Bing search with background changing depending on Bing picture of day.
Live tiles (Javascript based, set a URL in the settings to your own)
Program launcher
Lock screen
Upcoming features:
More hubs (give me ideas!)
Better animations
More social network integration
(Ideas?)
Known issues:
Facebook does not stay logged in
Facebook lags when viewing What's New
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEYzUhnmRFk
Download: http://windowsphonehacker.jaxbot.com/files/wp7s_beta.CAB
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going to go try it out its going to look good
wm7
keep gettin a error when i launch the app
are you using windows form control/user control to display items? You can't get any smoother animation with windows form controls, because everytimes the control Location changes, it repaints itself regardless and as you can see it is very resource consuming. You gotta paint individual control for better performance.
But overall, it's looking pretty nice
I trie on my ELF P3450 and runs fine but a little bit slower, understand that, older device...
Very nice app... any chance to edit menu ( the right side)???
ohhh...and tell the trick to unlock screen i spend about 2 min to find out...looool
Feedback
I tried this on opal (201mhz processor) qvga screen.
I can tell one thing its just awesome on my device i didnt expected it to be so smoothe (iam comparing this with the preview version) its much smoother just one thing on home screen while scrolling the tiles move with hands thats absolutely smoothe but for some time it leaves a trace of the tile say 1 or 2 seconds if u fix that u can officially say its compatible with qvga.
I expect more pages, more likelyness to original wp7
Hey Jaxbot,
It's getting better - the only that has disappointed me with this build (as opposed to the one I've tested for you) is the animations seem to have got slower rather than faster - especially for the people hub.
I see you have fixed some bugs - some still remain but I will not double report those.
A new one, it's nice to see you've added the contact surname, however, it is now shown underneath the next person's first name (i.e. you've not given it enough space/padding).
The same goes for the program list (the second part of the program name is cut off). good to see it's actually working now - though still not scrollable.
The live tiles still take a long time to animate out/in.
More to come...
Casey
Update: In qvga device there is no tile for images.
Plus this homescreen needs kinetic scrolling its a must coz scrolling between the left and right pages is excellent the animation is perfect but scrolling down is little hard so i am saying kinetic scrolling please add in next version.
very nice start.
theres alot of shaking around on the icons, and arent any smooth transitions. btu seeing as this is version 1, im sure that you will refine it in the coming weeks
i look forward to the more refined version. good work and thanks for the download!
很漂亮,qvga也可以用,但是提出几个问题:
1. 使用过程中,容易造成崩溃死机。
2. 上下左右滑动,速度很慢。
3. 不支持中文路径。
4. 程序图标不显示。
:d:d
This app is awfull
I'm running it on my HP614C, WM6.5 with a 520Mhz processor.
It's stille pretty slow, but it surely is an improvement over the alpha release!
Keep it coming
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- when scrolling on the apps screen some program names get broken. For example: 'FreeUpRam' becomes 'FreeUP' and 'pTravelAlarm' becomes 'pTravelAl'. The scrolling motion is also a bit jumpy.
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My guess is they are taking up more room than available, which means the auto-font size is broken. I'll look into it.
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- could not find a way of returning from bing search to the main screen without exiting the app and reloading it.
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The hardware arrow button on my device works for that, but I'll add a software button for people who don't have one.
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- pictures tab does not see images on the SD card in \Storage Card\My Documents or \Storage Card\DCIM (it would be nice if it could be set in the settings to look at 2 paths - storage and phone)
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I'll look into it, currently it only allows one picture path.
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- none of my music is listed (also stored on storage card).
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Haven't gotten around to a music+video hub yet, but it's coming.
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...also for some reason your website just comes up grey on my PC in IE8.
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Uh oh. I'll look into that.
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A new one, it's nice to see you've added the contact surname, however, it is now shown underneath the next person's first name (i.e. you've not given it enough space/padding).
The same goes for the program list (the second part of the program name is cut off). good to see it's actually working now - though still not scrollable.
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Interesting, and yes I noticed that. The problem is that most testing was on the Device Emulator at QVGA resolution, so the fonts worked perfectly on low res. I'll play with the numbers at get that fixed.
About the speed being lower, I'm confused by that, as not much was added (just fixes from the list you sent me). By chance do you have anything running in the background?
Otherwise, I'm still working on speeding up the animations, expect some changes soon
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很漂亮,qvga也可以用,但是提出几个问题:
1. 使用过程中,容易造成崩溃死机。
2. 上下左右滑动,速度很慢。
3. 不支持中文路径。
4. 程序图标不显示。
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I'm under the impression this is an English-only forum, but I'll answer your concerns as best I can.
1robably takes too much memory.
2:Obviously, since it's QVGA, it runs slow. (since the device is older)
3:I don't know what to say, because .NET CF handles all that.
4robably due to #3.
Hi guys,
Again, I made a, I think a pretty useful application for Start Menu. It's not yet done, but I want to show a preview on what this app do.
Do you agree that sometimes scrolling way down to the bottom of the start menu is a bit tiring? Though you can move those on top but .. your application shortcuts in start menu will start getting messy
So I made this this start menu app to reduce some of the hard scrolling work.
here are some screenshots
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
LETTER PAD note: available on version 1.1b
and video preview
Part 1
Part 2
I hope there's a kind person who can do a better video demo of my app.
the original idea was to have a search field at the bottom of the screen on the start menu then the start menu automatically scrolls to, what ever matched on your search. simple eh? the problem is, Start Menu can't receive key presses.. so.. discard.
Progress of the application is like: 98%
the other 2% is of course, unexpected bugs.
Requirements
- NETCF 3.5 Framework
Future Plans
1. use the WM6.5/.x style icon.
2. thinking ...
Compatibility
- All resolution (I hope)
- WM 5?, WM6/6.1, WM6.5/6.5.1
Donation
PROGRESS HISTORY:
5/30/2010
Version 1.1 beta
- added Letter Pad
5/29/2010
Version 1.0 beta
- initial release
5/28/2010
- WP7 style
- added dynamic appbar
- quick list setup
- after weeks of researching, I finally made my goal making Stuick only shows when start menu is visible.
---- thanks to @Mal Loth (MSDN - Forum)
---- I didn't know ShowWindow() API is avilable in coredll.dll
---- incomplete list in pinvoke.net!
5/16/2010
- Quick List
- Search capability
- SliderList bug fixed.
5/15/2010
- I have replaced the standard NETCF ListView Control to: SliderList Control - Thanks to @Obelix_A
---- but I'm still struggling to look for better kinetic scrolling list because the SliderList control's having an error and the developer hasn't responded yet.
---- currently trying this one Implementing a smoothly animated ListBox
- Bar can be configured to show in left or right side (via app.config)
- app.config reader
- Bar is now wider
- Recent item list
- Items are finger friendly
5/14/2010
- Background Transparency
- NETCF ListView Background
- shortcut lists
- bug fixes
- Bar now shows only when Start Menu is visible (for WM6.5 only <fornow>)
5/13/2010 - around night
- Initial Development
- kinang inang Transparent Label
- by letter navigation
Tutorial
coming soon
FAQ
Question #1
- Why the thin black bar still visible even when I closed the Start Menu.
- The thin black bar covers the Manila/Sense
Answer #1
- Some cooked ROM was not able to handle closing the start menu properly so even if you tap X, the start menu only hides(minimize) and not close.
- this also applies to every application you run in Windows Mobile (mostly in lower version of WM, 6.1 to <) that even if you tap X, the application doesn't close, it only hides(minimize) so the next time your run them, the application just restore to it's normal window state.
- read this - check X marks the spot
Suggetion #1
- If the thin black bar still stays at the top even after tapping X (from start menu)
-- 1. Tap the thin black bar and wait until it fully opens the Stuick UI and ..
-- 2. double tap the vertical letter selection bar (let's just abbreviate that to V.L.S.B.)
- you might want to try Control Your Windows 6.5.x X Button or I think this is better HTC X-Button
application icon?
and here's the download file.
Please don't forget your feedback and bug reports.
awesome app. you are great. waiting for it to be released.
ooooooo new toy to play with!
Will defo be trying this one out!
thanks guys
isn't it like zLaunchy app?
go, go, go, pare! i'll definitely use this app. looking forward to it.
Smart Start Menu v1
I can not wait to start using it!
The ridiculous TF3D Programs screen was my main reason to switch TF3D off; too often I never reached the end, due to the ridiculous time it took to get there and launching apps I did not want to launch
Hope to see a beta soon,
Senax
Maybe, you should hide the black bar and make the app appear only in the start menu, by sliding to the right ?
And is it possible to make links to apps bigger ?
For the name : Menu Classifier ?
Look very interesting ! Hope that'll be released very soon
Thanks a lot for your apps !
looks cool man.
consider to move scroll letters to the right side of screen. A lot easier to use and thumb wont cover screen.
This could be second best solution to startmenu, after the still better 6.1 grid....
You will recieve a donation from me.
@nullstring - liking the look of this so far....keep up the good work!!!
To echo a previous comment; it would be good to have a little more space between the programs/shortcuts listed.....especially for the fatter-fingered among us
As for a name.....how about "Start Quick Pick"
Thread subscribed....I'll be watching this one with interest!!
Cheers,
Mark.
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@nullstring - liking the look of this so far....keep up the good work!!!
To echo a previous comment; it would be good to have a little more space between the programs/shortcuts listed.....especially for the fatter-fingered among us
As for a name.....how about "Start Quick Pick"
Thread subscribed....I'll be watching this one with interest!!
Cheers,
Mark.
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start quick pick = Stuip
Martinhdk said:
start quick pick = Stuip
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Stuick Stuip doesn't sound good to me.. ;D
to all who gave their feedbacks! I greatly appreciate it all!
Comments and Suggestions are still welcome!
Nullstring, would you kindly consider make it an option to show the adjacent letters to significantly improve its finger friendliness and search speed. most of the time the results screen will have a lot of unused space most of the time anyway. you might as will fill it with with something useful
for example. if you are looking for the "M" apps it would also return the the "L" & "N"
idea # 2:
I recommend that you replace the full screen selected letter preview with the letter AND the applications. this way you can quickly scan through all installed applications in the phone with a single swype from top to bottom
this is one is nice kabayan..
i will be following this developtment.. name..? quickview pro or quick viewer for me
Stuick sounds nice. An app name should be unique, otherwise it will dissappear in the darkness of the empire...
I was talking about a gesture to star the bar : sliding to the right, then holding your finger and choose a letter by sliding up and down.
Maybe, skinning is a good thing on this kind of programs.
And is it possible to have a popup (showing the selected letter), like in the contact tab, when you are sliding on letter ?
These things will be great ! =D
Tydi said:
I was talking about a gesture to star the bar : sliding to the right, then holding your finger and choose a letter by sliding up and down.
Maybe, skinning is a good thing on this kind of programs.
And is it possible to have a popup (showing the selected letter), like in the contact tab, when you are sliding on letter ?
These things will be great ! =D
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have you seen the video preview?
and skinning .. thought about it.
Great Idea & Few Suggestions
Hi Nullstring,
Great Idea. Few suggestions -
1. On launching the application, the initial view can be "recently launched applications". That can be your first letter marked with '#' on top.
2. Can it made as a keyboard compatible, where in the multiple letters entry from keyboard take to the relevant search on applications.
Application Name can be - AppLauncher
Your support to the community is great and commendable.
imax98
ZoomKey SIP for Windows Mobile
ZoomKey is intended to make the keyboard easier for use with the thumbs/fingers on the smaller screens, by combining two keys together. Once you press on one of the "dual keys", it will zoom in. Whilst your finger is still on the key, slide it to the left side or the right side of the enlarged key. When you lift your finger it will enter the key your finger was on.
Warning: This is currently an Beta version
Whilst I have taken care to test it on ROMs with the Windows Mobile SDK, and also my own phone, there may still be bugs, and it's still not quite polished up yet. This software comes with no warranty.
SIP Release History
v0.4 : 2010-09-22 : Options dialog configurable through Input Settings. Clipping Zoom Key option
v0.3 : 2010-09-12 : Support of key map files (.zkm, produced with Mapper application), and settings stored in the registry. Enlarged Backspace and LineFeed keys. Key Preview popup window
v0.2 : 2010-09-09 : Fixed memory leak with GDI objects, probably caused the lock up bug
v0.1 : 2010-09-08 : Initial Alpha Release
Mapper Release History
v0.1 : 2010-09-11 : Really basic keymapper for use with Alpha 3 and above
To Do List
Multiple skin support
Multiple language/keyset support
Better support for landscape mode
Select a proper font
Options page
Polish up the graphics, and maybe animations
Tap to Zoom (2nd Tap to enter key) option
Vibrate on key rollover option (Possibly)
Optional 4th line of keys
Downloads
Download Beta v0.4
Download Key Mapper (Runs on your desktop, requires .NET framework v3.5)
Website
http://www.pmprog.co.uk/?page_id=15
Videos
Configuring
You can now configure ZoomKey through the Input settings on your device. If you want to modify it in the registry, you will find the settings here:
Root Key
Code:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B8987AAB-E594-4f97-83A5-3E27ACFFFF61}\Options
Height
In pixels, the height of the SIP panel.
PopUp
Key Preview Popup Visibility
0 = Hide the Key Preview Popup
1 = Show Key Preview Popup
ZoomSize
Size of a key when zoomed in
0 = 2x original size
1 = 3x original size
2 = Fills SIP window
MapFile
Points to a key map file created in the editor
If the file is invalid or not found, it will use a default internal keyset
ZoomOnScreen
Keeps any zoomed keys completely onscreen
0 = Allow zoomed keys to go offscreen
1 = Keep zoomed keys onscreen
Contributions
Any anybody would like to contribute their key mapping files to be packaged with the official release of ZoomKey, please let me know
Please report any bugs, glitches etc. onto this thread, or PM me
Hope you find it useful
Known Bug List
Critical : Unsure how to replicate, but it SIP panel wouldn't refresh, it also prevented any dialogs from showing on the system (Had to remove battery to power down) Pretty sure this was linked to the GDI memory leak
Medium : SIP keeps hiding whilst typing (Reported by: pmprog, Other users affected: none reported)
look promising, going to try asap
i love the idea, and need a more finger friendly imput method
(i am a bit bored of touchpal ^^)
ty
installed in device memory, seem to work
it could be more finger friendly then the ordinary two touck/ button (like compact qwerty in touchpal or htc kbd or cliquick)
but maybe we need bigger popup for the selection(slide) of the letter to chose
sorry for my explain, my english is so sad ^^
but it is really a cool idea, keep up the dev!
Thanks for giving it a play, and the feedback.
znial said:
installed in device memory, seem to work
it could be more finger friendly then the ordinary two touck/ button (like compact qwerty in touchpal or htc kbd or cliquick)
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I wanted to try and keep the "touch count" low to keep the speed of key up. I guess it could always be a configurable option.
znial said:
but maybe we need bigger popup for the selection(slide) of the letter to chose
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Originally, I planned the zoomed key to take up the whole of the SIP panel area; but I thought this would require you to move your finger too much. Again, maybe I could add a config option to let you pick a "full zoom" mode.
Nice work ... works excelent on my i900 Omnia (WQVGA) , this system is very good and easy ... only vibration feedback -have any idea ? ...only 25Kb !!! - THX
OmniaDaveH said:
Nice work ... works excelent on my i900 Omnia (WQVGA) , this system is very good and easy ... only vibration feedback -have any idea ? ...only 25Kb !!! - THX
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Thanks for the feedback. Glad you like it. I'll add vibration to the list of ToDos as a possibility.
Sneak peak at a new option coming in in Alpha 3. This popup should make it easy to tell what key you have highlighted when your thumb is on the pad.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I'm also adding an option so you can set a custom height for the SIP area. So if you have a WQVGA, you can allocate more space to the SIP making it even easier, but reducing it to save space on a normal QVGA.
What about multi-language support?
pmprog said:
I'm also adding an option so you can set a custom height for the SIP area. So if you have a WQVGA, you can allocate more space to the SIP making it even easier, but reducing it to save space on a normal QVGA.
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it is a good idea! keep up with this cool project!
ty
A1983 said:
What about multi-language support?
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Already in the ToDo list - 2nd point.
I'm thinking of moving the character set out to a file, so I/users can create different keyboard layouts including their own custom layouts, for whatever they find easy
Bump for new release - Configurable key mappings, window sizes and preview popup
I do hate to be the one to tell you this but did you know something much like this idea was made some years back. Think it was called zoomboard.
m0nkeyman said:
I do hate to be the one to tell you this but did you know something much like this idea was made some years back. Think it was called zoomboard.
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I wasn't aware of that, but it doesn't bother me. Just means people have a choice, and that's a good thing.
Great app, works very well indeed on my LG KS20.
enigma1nz said:
Great app, works very well indeed on my LG KS20.
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Thanks. Glad you like it.
A new version should be ready in a couple of days, not had much chance to work on it this week
Bump for new release (Beta v0.4). Please read the release information on the first page
Great work for beta! But please add the fourth line of symbols for pages (probably optional). Russian charset doesn't get into three lines.
Dark Amber said:
Great work for beta! But please add the fourth line of symbols for pages (probably optional). Russian charset doesn't get into three lines.
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Thanks for your feedback.I've added your request to the ToDo list. It shouldn't be too difficult to implement, although I'll need to modify my key mapping file format; no big deal though.
Does ZoomKey work alright with the Russian characters? I know it should do, but I haven't actually tested it myself.
Yes, works well and quickly! There is one more request, add, please, charset change by the button.
I'm sure I replied to this once before. Don't know where my post is though.
Dark Amber said:
Yes, works well and quickly! There is one more request, add, please, charset change by the button.
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I'm assuming you're referring to the settings window. Yeah, it was supposed to work, though I forgot to actually code that bit when I released v0,4. Will be working in v0.5