OK - so the cube is nice and all.. but I think using that same interface in a slightly different way would be so much better...
Here's my perfect version of the cube (coming from a non-programmer..)
slide-up, bring up task manager with first item start menu or list of frequently run programs, rest of the items what you're running so that you can quickly select a different app.
Slide-down, close that..
slide-down while in another app - minimize that app and show the today screen
slide-left, select last app
slide-right, select next app
Does something like this exist? I think it'd be so much more useful then what the cube/cube hacks are offerring at this point..
-mark
i was meaning to give the same thoughts...
or instead of a thinking of it as a cube.. why not explore and expand.. we dont have to limit the launcher just as a cube..
i think the problem is PEOPLE ARE BEING CONFINED BY JUST THE IDEA OF A CUBE.. with 3 or 4 sides.. 2x3 launcher, 1x3 multimedia and 3x3 contacts.
why can't it be 4 sides of scrolling list? why remain as 3 or 4 sides of nxm shortcut/contact blocks?
i mean, having a list instead, of cells or blocks, the entries could be infinite...
not just a favorite Programs (like that offered by the cube) but a complete application launcher itself.. much like the programs list of PointUI..
OR like this..
swipe up from any screen (maybe done by FTouchFLO gesture) = call up CUBE launcher face
from CUBE launcher face, swipe up = call up another face.. the Task manager face.. where running programs are listed
from Task manager face, swipe up = you get a Start Menu launcher.. it has all the programs/shortcuts listed inside the Start Menu\Programs
now there would be the problem of recognizing swipe up from finger panning/flicking scroll.. but that problem has been solved already by the gesture delays employed by FTouchFLO.. so, no questions there..
the question now is.. who is willing to do the task..
i think i'm talking in gibberish now, so i'll stop..
PS: anyway dude, the slide gestures of minimizing and application switching can be achieved by FTouchFLO.. there is a little config tool developed called "FTouchFLO Config" that enables you to assign gestures to commands easily.. though you need 3rd party apps to make the Minimize and Task Switch.. but those are not hard to find..
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There is a way to put all runnings programs icons at system tray (left comm manager and battery indicator)?
Some programs is there (like TomTom) but others is running but don't show!
I use SPB pocket plus to show and switch running programs (alt-tab function), but if I can show all at system tray think is usefull.
Thanks
There is a small software called "xbar" making it possible to gather all the programs chosen in a bubble accessible by a simple button from the phone.
Look at here
http://xetranet.free.fr/xbar2/?lang=eng&project=xBar 2&page=Presentation
there's a ton of apps that do that type of thing - I use MagicButton myself.
I don't think any of them put the icons in the 'tray', though. I'm not sure how useful that would be either, as the 'tray' is only visible on the Today screen.
I think is usefull because if you don't close apps don't know "in a flash" what is running! You will see today many times, don't?
I use SPB alt-tab funtion assign to a botton, but if don't enter on it I don't know how many apps are running... anm memory slow down (I use too close app button)!
vbar is a great application with low memory usage.
I tried Ultimate Launch and Slither's. They both work, but it's not for me. I want a simple laucher that it's not a today's plugin.
UltimateLauch is a today's plugin which does its purpose to lauch apps, but you can't slide your fingers back and forth to change tab. You need to click on a tab to change...sometime i can slide my fingers, and it goes to the next tab, but it get stuck and I have to press the previous tab to go back. I know i'm being picky, but when i'm driving, it's hard to focus on the tab...I wish it can scroll thru a list of programs that you assign. Also, I found some great icons but you can't assign them to the indiviual program themselves. I think the icons are in .ico and the program icon are in .lnk
Slither's is a great app that it's not a plugin, but it offers too less of programs that can be loaded.
GSmart Touch, scrolling is soo horriable, I can't scroll with my fingers. I think it works well with a stylus.
If it can be like s2p like, just scroll until I find what I want and click and launch program. If it can see .png, .ico and any other formats that is out there for icon makers, that would be great.
slyaii said:
I tried Ultimate Launch and Slither's. They both work, but it's not for me. I want a simple laucher that it's not a today's plugin.
UltimateLauch is a today's plugin which does its purpose to lauch apps, but you can't slide your fingers back and forth to change tab. You need to click on a tab to change...sometime i can slide my fingers, and it goes to the next tab, but it get stuck and I have to press the previous tab to go back. I know i'm being picky, but when i'm driving, it's hard to focus on the tab...I wish it can scroll thru a list of programs that you assign. Also, I found some great icons but you can't assign them to the indiviual program themselves. I think the icons are in .ico and the program icon are in .lnk
Slither's is a great app that it's not a plugin, but it offers too less of programs that can be loaded.
GSmart Touch, scrolling is soo horriable, I can't scroll with my fingers. I think it works well with a stylus.
If it can be like s2p like, just scroll until I find what I want and click and launch program. If it can see .png, .ico and any other formats that is out there for icon makers, that would be great.
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you're wrong about UL ,we can use fingers to change tabs from right to left and left to right and you can use the gestures from up to down and from down to up to run applis
Try PointUI or IFonez though I prefer the former.
If you just need sliding + Ultimate Launch then use FTouchFLO with Ultimate Launch. It works
HandyLauncher.....very small launcher, can be assigned to any button so u dont have to go back to Today.
I'm not understanding your problem with UL, just make sure your screen gesture % is lower if it's not working for you. I use it and it always works, and quite smooth I may add.
Have you tried SPB Mobile Shell?
One of the main purposes of UL (aside from the launcher part) is the fact that you can slide from screen to screen. It is, simply put, the best program to do this with period.
I came up with this idea due to mbvarian's landscape fix for manila using mortscript. However, that thread is nearly dead and im hoping my problem can get resolved and we can see a cool app out of this.
Concept: Choose which program launches and closes when opening/closing your keyboard, with exceptions for specific applications (like lock orientation, minimize, close, etc)...
Why im requesting:
Im using spb mobile shell and love my custom portrait layout, id love to open the keyboard from the today screen and launch my secondtoday layout... when I close the keyboard, minimize secondtoday, and if i open it again it unhides secondtoday... the benefit here is a lightning fast switch between layouts, especially if you can lock the programs orientation in memory individually.
Other examples of how this might be useful:
1) From the dialer screen, you could set a mortbutton menu to pop up when you open the screen to give you a add number, contacts, recent calls, call voicemail, etc.
2) From calendar, opening keyboard could automatically switch to create a new appointment
3) From file explore, you could set mortbuttons to display your favorite folders, i.e. start up, storage card, windows, start menu, pictures
4) From text messages, it could launch a new text message, close it and sends and closes...
Im sure you all get the idea... I just think it would be cool to take a little bit more control of our phones by adding some additional control over a keyboard that is taken for granted a bit. I mean ftouchsl and ftouchflo are great, but if the touchscreen has that level of in-depth control, i think the keyboard could too...
Feedback is greatly appreciated... and if anyone can help on my spb problem, please message me the modded mortscript... the spbwatcher i think is whats affecting my results.
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I would love something like this, but im not sure how easy it would be, a mortscript might be able to do it.
A cool app would be, when the phone is suspended, if you turn it on by sliding the keyboard it opens a new textmessage, or some other app you use with keyboard open. But if you slide it when the phone is already on, it doesnt do anything, so as not to disrupt the app you are currently using.
Like I mentioned in the title..I'm looking for a good task switcher that should be touch friendly and as close to windows alt tab and also a start menu replacement touch optimized like the one on diamond2. Please write your suggestions, it can be paid software too
i use this for my task switcher. I just mapped it to my long press key. it switches easily between apps, is skinnable, and you can easily close programs by just keeping your finger on a window (you can close as many windows at one time like this). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=420220&highlight=gpslover
I use WkTASK, you can google it. It simulates the taskbar on windows desktop versions, which displays the running programs, and let you switch among them just by tapping on the icon.
And it's free.
Cmon man, search the threads and posts, the two best apps in my opinion are:
1. WKtask (I use it)
2. QuickTask (New release 2.8 just came out)
I would post the links, but yes, I''m an ass, search, your title of thread would have gave you an answer.
wktask is not too finger friendly and quicktask i cannot find anywhere...only solution for now seems task facade
Someone has ripped diamond2 start menu?
I think, it's not quicktask.
Quick menu 2.8:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=471861
Hi There,
If you ever used the "Close Button" plug-in from Spb Mobile Plus you prolly know what I mean...
The HTC Taskmanager looks all nice, I like it, but its only accessible on the Today Screen. Is there a way to make it accessible even when you're not on the today screen?
Sometimes when you're doing stuff you want to "alt-tab" to another program and this is an easy way to do it, or when you want to close another/all other programs.
I hope there's a solution because it really is an improvement to the taskmanager.
me too
sorry, no help here. I can only say "me too". I was actually just thinking about this today. I've had this phone for a few months, and it just today occurred to mr today that you can't close other open programs without going back to the today screen, only option is to "x" button back to today screen or hope that what you seek to close is in your start menu under 'recent items'.
any help or development would be super appreciated, thanks all.
There is a shortcut in the Settings folder in the Systems tab. However, I expect you don't want to go through all of that when you want to use it. As an alternative, you could use file explorer and go into the Windows folder, find the Task Manager program in there, copy it and past a shortcut in the Windows/Start Menu folder. Then it would be on your Start Menu. You would need to remove one other item if you were then over the allowed maximum number of items in there.
Is that accessible enough?
I'd rather not put it in my start menu cus there are other "important" shortcuts in there...
I'd rather have it in the upper right corner...
You could use WkTask
the best free taskmanager there is (not working on wm6.5)
whiskeybro said:
You could use WkTask
the best free taskmanager there is (not working on wm6.5)
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I tried it and I like it, Is there a way to make a backup of my settings?
It seems the program doesnt work as i wished it would. I worked with it for a while and I like the concept alot, but there's a major flaw. Sometimes when I make adjustments to, lets say, my alarm settings (winmo clock/alarms setings), and when I press [ok] the window minimizes (I set the one click to minimize), there's no way you can apply the changes because it will keep on running on the background. If I choose to close it then the changes wont apply. This occurs to many other programs I use in simular occasions when you need to press [ok] to apply settings.
I would still have a solution to the HTC taskbar though. I think I would prefer it over the WkTask taskmanager.