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SPB GPRS Monitor Icon looks odd with Wisbar

DO you guys also have this, that when you run GPRS Monitor & Wisbar, that you if you have the connect icon from GPRS on at the top of the strat menu, it doesn't take the same theme as what you have for Wisbar.
Now you can disable this icon or move it around, but I don't want to disable it, and I now have this funny looking icon standing out from the other icons.

Got the same issue with it, still not sure whether I'll keep WisBar. It's slowing down my magician too much. Probably sticking with SPB plus 3.1 beta.
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What does SPB Plus 3.1 Beta do other than what 3.0.4 offers? Are you saying it is now also doing what Wisbar does?

Absolutely not, but it seems more stable now. Nicer icons & better integration with PIE.
I'm happy enough with the multiple SPB tabs.
WisBar is indeed much better looking, etc etc. I totally agree with that.
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I value functionality rather than looks
Sunny

kdskamal said:
I value functionality rather than looks
Sunny
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So what's your today-plugin?

i love the look of wisbar.. but yes, i get a lot of lockups now.. and soemtimes my theme disapears! and yes, i get that gprs icon error also.. itll change back to the default icon ad not use the wisbar theme i have.
spb is great, but im not too big on having a bunch of stuff on my today screen... i looked into having shortcuts in my task tray, and i was linked to that .cab someone made called "phm tasktray only.cab" or something..
what sucks about that is, when you go to ADD, you have to manually TYPE OUT the shortcut path.. no way to browse to the program itself.. big hassle ;d
i really dont want to get rid of wisbar, but if it continues to act up.. i have no choice =[
im hoping when i do my firmware upgrade, itl lhelp somewhat.. maybe

I must say Wisbar 2.5.0.1 is working very nicely on my Jam. Haven't had it lock up, or quit to give the normal windows look, it is not slow, starts up properly when I restart. Also had no problems with Pocket Plus 3.0.4, haven't tried 3.1 beta yet.
Me again, the more my today screen shows, the better.

[Idea] - LensLauncher

Maybe superfluous, but this is an idea I had for a launcher. This is inspired by the lens-eye feature from the excellent Comic Reader Mobile found on this forum.
- First picture shows standard launcher screen with lots and lots of really small icons. Small enough that hopefully all your programs fit on this screen.
- Second picture shows screen-area that is pressed.
- Third picture shows a lens that enlarges the icons close to where has been pressed.
This way any program in this launcher is 2 quick presses away. No more scrolling, no more having to leave icons out of a category because of space constraints.
Is this worthwhile?

If you want my opinion I think your idea is fast to launch items but slow to find them. I know that after some time playing with it, if you already know where it is you will launch it fast but....
I have another proposal for you . For my app I've done a couple of widgets that I call Bubbles (see attachment). The "flower" is initially closed and if you hold your finger in the middle it opens showing the icons surrounding, then draging your finger and releasing it over the desired icon you launch the app. thsi way if you are capable of grouping the apps into categories (grames, programs, comm, profiles, etc) you can access all those options with only one tap & hold .

I liked it, maybe a round lens with an animation will be more attractive

..sure, with dx 10 effects for your htc phones.
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nice idea, sunra, but menus seems generally better, than today launchers...like quickmenu i.e...

Th3Hunter said:
I liked it, maybe a round lens with an animation will be more attractive
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Haha, it is certainly not meant to look like this! I had the look and feeling of the lens system of Comic Reader in mind.
APBilbo, your system is really nice. Our systems look alike. I want to ask you if you have any programs where you're not sure in what category you like to place them?
Nothin, could you explain why menu's seem better to you?

it is hard to explain - quick menu revised my today plugins, so i do not need to waste today space, menu is fast method with small mem usage.
i know, htc is promoting its ****ty stuff and many users got it, but there are other options, luckily....
i like claunch, tho(tap on empty space shuffles to next hm, tab"..).

claunch is nice but...
a programm launcher like the scrollbar in manila would be nice... as homeplugin...
it would be nice ... because you can insert lot of programs

8x8 icons with claunch(as line with 18 px height) is not enough?
i said, that i am using many tabs in that 1 line - tap on EMPTY space moves to another one, do i need to see ALL icons at once?
nope.
my rom contains ~60-70 applications i've added to rom, besides system ones, you know
end of OT.
keep loving your manila's, guys...
ehhh.

It's called a ZUI my friend, a Zooming User Interface
To be honest, I like it, but I think only one level of zoom should be required. Too many clicks otherwise.
Chuck in some decent kinetic scrolling for if there were too many items to fit on the screen, and you're on to a winner!
Might have a look-see to see how hard she'll be to whip up a prototype...

Rl Today
here iz my rl today setup hope u like it

Rl today
heres more

Ultimate Launch

Ulitmate Launch is a Today Screen launcher that works in a similar fashion to iLauncher or SBP Pocket Plus except it is much better. I have been using it for about a week and i am sold. It is far and away the most useful today screen app and it uses very little memory. You can also set it to not load tabs until they are activated saving even more memory.
Ultimate launch allows you unlimited tabs that can either be placed at the top or at the bottom of the launcher. The tabs can be switched with finger or stylus gestures or by touching the tab you would like directly. The animation for switching between tabs is customizable and offers a cube like spinning which will no doubt keep you playing with your phone more than you already do.
Ultimate launch is also able to nest other today screen plug-ins so you can have HTC home on one tab, Weather Panel on another.
www.ultimatelaunch.de is the website to go get this fantastic application.
You can use standard XP Icons to further customize your tabs and programs.
To find Icons-
Google of course
Deviant Art - www.deviantart.com Awesome site all the way around but many artists on here sharing thier works for free.
CrystalXP - www.crystalxp.net Similart to deviant art.
This is my current set up-
http://img29.picoodle.com/img/img29/4/2/27/f_ULm_bb15642.gif
I have 7 tabs I have it set to spin as you can see I have it set to show all of the icons but blur the inactive icons.
Added some icons http://www.megafileupload.com/en/file/111588/Ultimate-launch-icons-zip.html for you to use if you choose.

this was a good application too bad it has not been updated over a year now ... but i think spb mobile shell had used this idea to make it more useful IMHO

I loved this program on my Mogul...
Too bad he didn't take the next step and try to make it into what second today or TF-Detacher is...
Probably impossible to anyway...

I like it very, very much. Is one of the best ever.

Nice Post
Couldnt find anything newer to plagiarize?
Welcome to the begining of 2008.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=195798
masrawy96 said:
Ulitmate Launch is a Today Screen launcher that works in a similar fashion to iLauncher or SBP Pocket Plus except it is much better. I have been using it for about a week and i am sold. It is far and away the most useful today screen app and it uses very little memory. You can also set it to not load tabs until they are activated saving even more memory.
Ultimate launch allows you unlimited tabs that can either be placed at the top or at the bottom of the launcher. The tabs can be switched with finger or stylus gestures or by touching the tab you would like directly. The animation for switching between tabs is customizable and offers a cube like spinning which will no doubt keep you playing with your phone more than you already do.
Ultimate launch is also able to nest other today screen plug-ins so you can have HTC home on one tab, Weather Panel on another.
www.ultimatelaunch.de is the website to go get this fantastic application.
You can use standard XP Icons to further customize your tabs and programs.
To find Icons-
Google of course
Deviant Art - www.deviantart.com Awesome site all the way around but many artists on here sharing thier works for free.
CrystalXP - www.crystalxp.net Similart to deviant art.
This is my current set up-
http://img29.picoodle.com/img/img29/4/2/27/f_ULm_bb15642.gif
I have 7 tabs I have it set to spin as you can see I have it set to show all of the icons but blur the inactive icons.
Added some icons http://www.megafileupload.com/en/file/111588/Ultimate-launch-icons-zip.html for you to use if you choose.
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Nice Post
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eehrhard said:
Couldnt find anything newer to plagiarize?
Welcome to the begining of 2008.
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=195798
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LOL. That's pretty funny.
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he was just trying to spread the word on a (at one time) great program

Sense 2.1 App Drawer

Hey, for those running or who've tried a Sense 2.1 rom - you know the app drawer, that slides in increments and has the 3 tabs at the bottom for "all, frequent, and downloaded"?
Well can someone please help me figure out how to customize the tabs. When you long-press one of the tabs, it says you can rearrange them, or drag/drop them to choose which ones to use. So I'm able to rearrange the 3 tabs easy enough, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to add different tabs??? When you pull one of the 3 tabs up into the upper screen, it says it can't be removed, but I can't figure out how to use anything other than those 3 tabs, and if it has the whole drag/drop system set up - you MUST be able to do more than just rearrange those 3...
Anyone?

sunsean said:
Hey, for those running or who've tried a Sense 2.1 rom - you know the app drawer, that slides in increments and has the 3 tabs at the bottom for "all, frequent, and downloaded"?
Well can someone please help me figure out how to customize the tabs. When you long-press one of the tabs, it says you can rearrange them, or drag/drop them to choose which ones to use. So I'm able to rearrange the 3 tabs easy enough, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to add different tabs??? When you pull one of the 3 tabs up into the upper screen, it says it can't be removed, but I can't figure out how to use anything other than those 3 tabs, and if it has the whole drag/drop system set up - you MUST be able to do more than just rearrange those 3...
Anyone?
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Hmm, guess either it's a dumb question or nobody knows...seems like a glitch to me, as obviously you're supposed to be able to customize them but can't do so - shame, I'd love to have a couple customized tabs, i.e. "games" and "tools"
Oh well

Just checked. It definitely seems like there's more functionality planned behind it, but this specific functionality isn't implemented in Apps tray.
Try doing the same in People tabs, and you'll see what it is.

Jack_R1 said:
Just checked. It definitely seems like there's more functionality planned behind it, but this specific functionality isn't implemented in Apps tray.
Try doing the same in People tabs, and you'll see what it is.
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Thanks for replying - it's nice to know it's not just me
Yeah, in the contacts/people tabs, it's the same thing - it allows you to rearrange the 3 tabs, but nothing else, even though it seems like it's designed to be more customizable than just rearranging what's already there...seems weird that HTC would half-ass something like that and release something that wasn't fully functional.

You didn't try dropping off the tabs
In People, you can remove and restore the tabs, and once removed - they show up on the black screen above and are available for adding.
In Apps tray this isn't possible. I guess they just didn't think deeper

Hmm, good call - I missed it the first time because (at least on my phone) you can only remove one of the 3 tabs (the group one) and I didn't try them all initially...still, yeah lol - seems like it should be a little deeper.

[ZOOPER] Now Cards for Zooper

Please have a look at my new app Now Cards for Zooper. I've used tsasker integration to make some of the widgets more unique - there's auto updating news widgets (more feeds will be made on request) and one which shows you your latest text message.
They're alongside calendar, weather, clock, etc. widgets. Take a look and make sure you read the description before you download. If you've got any problems, just post and let me know.
EDIT: The free version now contains a facebook widget too! (post 10 for pictures). This will stay as 4x1, but this, alongside a 4x2 and 4x3 will be coming to the paid version in the next few days
Paid version - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.est1994.zwskin.nowcards
Free version - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.est1994.zwskin.nowcards

Very cool idea, few questions.
Is this a "Google Now" replacement?
Its almost identical to "Goolge now" , whats the advantages of using Zooper and Tasker?
Could you add other buttons and functionality to the cards aswell?
- like say the incoming text card, can you add a reply button? that would pop up a reply text box etc?
- Or a card that has the ability to show current sound volumes? or the ability to change them from card?
- If you could add other app info like facebook (probably insane to get configured) it would be an awesome "Launcher" type of app etc.
Are you allowed to post links to paid apps on xda? Cant remember the rules (Current)
other than those, looking great! good luck.

Thanks for the support! Its kind of intended as a Now replacement, I love having Google now built into the Google launcher, but can't deal without any customizations, son its really intended for people with similar ideas.
Using Tasker gives a lot more options in terms of what can be displayed! Many things from the internet and almost any stat from your device can be displayed oince you combine the two - tasked is a lot more powerful than Zooper.
Unfortunately some if what what you're asking is still a little out of range. Things which involve interaction such as volume sliders or a functional reply box are not do-able from my app, however, you could create your own tasked scene and launch it as an OnTap action on the widget. I'd love to bundle this with the app my pself but I've found that Tasked scenes do not translate well across changes in screen size. I could definitely add one for current volumes though if you wanted? And anything else you might like? I will look into Facebook tomorrow, but its late here so I need some sleep!
And I'm not sure about posting paid links, I meant to double check the rules before posting but totally forgot! I didn't hear anything last time I did it though so fingers crossed
EDIT: I couldn't resist having a quick look - Facebook notifications can (and will) be made as a widget, but actual feeds cannot

These look great! But I am unclear as to when these show onscreen...are they always on widgets or just popup when info arrives? Thanks

They are all always on. Everything always has information to display! Are you asking more specifically about the Tasker widgets? If so, tasker collects information every 2 hours by default, with each collection gaining 5-7 stories (depending on provider). Only one story is 'given' to Zooper at a time, with the displayed story changing every 30 minutes.
I hope that answers your question?

I know this may not be exactly what you had in mind, but here's a Facebook widget I knocked up. There's also a 4x2, but that's just a shorter version of the large one. What do you think?

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I know this may not be exactly what you had in mind, but here's a Facebook widget I knocked up. There's also a 4x2, but that's just a shorter version of the large one. What do you think?
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Looks great. Upon pressing it. Takes you right to Facebook?
To me flip book is annoying. But . I'm looking for a "sense" type of home page. You ever seen HTC sense home pages? If you could make the boxes a transparent black etc. Lol I love the Google now aspect, but their new material colors are... Not what I like. Lol but that's a great start. Smaller font perhaps.

Thanks for the feedback I thought about smaller fonts, but I wanted it wall to be readable at a glance and to follow Google as much as possible, but yes, clicking on the FB widget could take you straight to Facebook, but I've left all the shortcuts blank so you can pick where you want it to take you, possibly the notifications page directly?
If you send some HTC sense pics, maybe I'll think about making some wpof their widgets at some point too?

I decided to do a free version of this too - its got all the 4x1 widgets, but with none of the tasker integration or 4x2 widgets, so you can still get a good effect. Follow the link to grab it! Lasker
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.est1994.zwskin.nowcardsfree

Here's the new facebook widget, submitted to the free version already and coming to the paid version soon!