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Full screen app?

Anyone know if there is a small app to allow you to toggle from a display with menu and task bars to full screen in any app?
TIA
Ed

You might want to take a look at this... VJ's contribution of the toggle tool for today.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=42038

I'm working on a new interface and possibly combined version of Fullscreen anything and VJToggleToday II. Hopefully this will allow fullscreen anything...
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I'm working on a new interface and possibly combined version of Fullscreen anything and VJToggleToday II. Hopefully this will allow fullscreen anything...
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thanks mate!
but what is "fullscreen anything" - i couldnt find it!!!
ed

"Fullscreen anything" isn't a program I've released (for now).
I was asked in another thread if I can make an app like VJToggleToday II but for all apps. I said that I made such an app once, but didn't release it because the OS sometimes doesn't know how to deal with "enlarged" apps.
However, since the code for VJToggleToday is nearly finished, but I now need to put an interface around it, I had the idea to combine it with that old unreleased app, to make a combined version.
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I spent a bit of time this weekend working on a new idea for this.
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Lovely job!
I can't wait!
it'll be very good if it helps me have more screen space for apps like flexmail and pocketinformant! I tried the VGA method but it hurts my eyes to much!!!

Hopefully, and this is theoretical right now because I don't use Pocket Informant, it should work on just about any app. Good thing I wasted so many gazillions of hours writing VJSmallIcons II! Some apps need some "jiggery pokery" (that's a technical expression) to make them fullscreen. However, some apps just don't like to go fullscreen, although the worst that'll happen is you may get some graphical glitches (which is why I didn't release before). I like NewsReader in fullscreen mode, which it doesn't natively offer.
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cheers vijay.
I looked at buttonmax but there is no wm5 version yet. Im sure your job will be smaller, slicker & better anyway. (schlurp schlurp, sucking up!!!)
Ed

VNC options for trinity (have searched)

hi all
Recently got an M700 and am loving it. Since discovering this place I've been amazed at what customisations you can do, and with flashing to WM6 using AX3L's fantastic ROM, getting TomTom6 working, and a few choice other apps to allow FTP etc., i've now got a device that does pretty much everything I could ask of it anywhere! (Probably matter of time till I brick it though...).
What I am missing though, is a decent VNC client (although I've used the RDP client semi-successfully).
I've searched for 'VNC' but no joy - surely that can't be the case when there's so much other stuff available? or is the search function not liking the term...?
thanks for a great forum & resource

Did you see the posts re zoomVNC on PocketPC Thoughts? Looks nice!
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http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=440789&sid=3c02eeaea509b9f859136237f11fbb17
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i have now
thanks - looks excellent
i guess there's others out there i couldn't search for too!

For me the best is PTPocketOffice.
It was recommended by Menneisyys:
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/index.php?blog=3&p=1572&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1
It consumes a lot less data than the others VNC.
It's fast.
It has fullscreen.
It can be used one handed.
The server side can resample the pictures to make it smaller (less data and better image than if it was done by client side).
The only minor thing I'd like to see improved is their proprietary softkeyboard. why not using the system keyboard? I don't want to use a new keyboard with each of my apps...

that's a great article
i hadn't thought to even try logmein until reading it there, i'd assumed that with their remote screens always being slightly fuzzy and smaller it mightn't be great - wow, was i wrong!
just tried logging onto a client's SBS server and the screen scaling and rotation together make it nearly as useable as a standard desktop! the screen scrolling at the side of the screen is a great interface! there'll be occasions where i need VNC, but for know i think I've got a favoured solution

Has anyone else seen this UI?

http://pavanpodila.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!9C9E888164859398!480.entry
The enabling UI technology was Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). With WPF we could rapidly build something that looks a lot like iPhone in a very short time. I was playing the dual role of a Designer + Developer and tools like Blend and Design greatly helped in skinning the app. Below you can see a bunch of screenshots and a short video of accepting a call.
Notification received. You can talk, IM or just ignore.
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In an audio chat (call)

Contact list
Video of accepting a notification (via Talk)
How was it built?
* Blend and Design were used for creating the skin of the app. The XAML UI was created in Blend and the graphics were developed in Design. I had made a post earlier about how the icons for the app were created in Design.
* The GlassWindow control was used for creating the window chrome.
* Although you cannot see in the screenshots above, the Drag 'n' Drop library was also used
* I missed out using the ElementFlow, but that can be easily added. I only need to find a business case for that
This example only goes to show how powerful WPF can be. With greater tool support from Blend + Design, lot can be achieved in a far lesser time. Now until I get my own iPhone, I will continue to use the WPF version

Didnt know you could get WPF on win mobile, would be nice to see it used to do something other than clone the iPhone though

iPhone is overrated. It was a fad, we dressed our pdas up for a while, but its tiring. I feel for iPhone owners who actually have to deal with it everyday.

If you look on the link you provided in your first post, you'll see a video that shows this is not running on a mobile but on a desktop. WPF is a component of Vista, and the app probably runs in an emulator of some kind (you can see a mouse cursor in the vid).

some crazy thoughts about my HD

few days ago, i had a chance to play around with the vodafone blackberry 9500 also known as 9530 from US verizon. i was very impressed with the blackberry UI and its OS too comparing with buggy WM6.1 on the HD i have.
After testing the blackberry, I almost traded in my HD for the blackberry; yet, I still wanted some feedbacks here if the current problems can be solved.
two things impressed me the most from blackberry
1. the feedback mechanism on the blackberry 9500, it makes you feel like you are actually pressing on a keyboard
2. the landscape mode is much responsive and precise comparing with either too laggy or sensitive on the HD..
my question is:
has anyone ever thought about installilng blackberry OS on the HD? the other is, is there a possibility to change the feedback mechanism when press on HD just the same feeling as on the blackberry?
any feedback is appreciated

As for the feedback on the Blackberry Storm (9500), that is achieved by the display unit actually floating on a button at the middle.
This image will clarify...
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Thus, it is impossible to create that type of feedback on any device without the same design.
In other news, I've tried that device myself and it didn't do much for me at all... Pushing in on the screen itself was just...weird and unnatural.
And if buggy is what you're looking for, try out the Blackberry OS 4.7 that is currently on the Storm. I have to admit that winmo can be...iffy at times, but at least the issues can be resolved by either using other software or actually making changes to the OS. Blackberry OS 4.7 has be a nightmare and users can do nothing but wait for RIM to put out an update to fix the problems.

1. install touch response and the phone can vibrate every time you press the screen making it feel like your hitting a something.
2. the storm has had terrible reviews with buggy software. altho yes will agree with the bold is probably faster than the HD, but you can't put your onw rom on the bold.

storm has no wi fi ^^ that's enough for me to prefer the HD

[Q] Chrome fonts are different sizes when zooming in.

Hi,
Since the last Chrome update I've noticed that when zooming in on a website (these forums for example) that one post will be in a large font and another post will have a tiny font.
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I've gone back to the older version and everything works fine. I was just wondering if anyone else had this problem and if there was a solution other than downgrading?

I've noticed the same thing since the new update. I've also noticed that when you click on something. It doesn't flash blue anymore to indicate that it was pressed. Plus, when you first enter a website and start scrolling around before it's fully loaded. The page will automatically scroll back to the top when it's done rendering. My Nexus S used to do that and it drove me crazy. Hope they send out a quick fix for all this stuff. On another note, how does Google not notice these glitches before an update is released?.. Boggles my mind sometimes.

I've also noticed that when zoomed out the display is no where as crisp as it used to be. For example reading xda full screen in portrait it was quite easy to read, now it is quite blurred and the letters run into each other.

Chrome is a disaster, I really wish Google would sort it out, as I love the desktop version.
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Is that what we are leaving it at? That it's a disaster? Firefox does this too. After searching, I haven't found a solution. Has anybody?

tylernol said:
Is that what we are leaving it at? That it's a disaster? Firefox does this too. After searching, I haven't found a solution. Has anybody?
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Aosp browser.

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Aosp browser.
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I think this is a good feature. Yes, it doesnt look like real page but i am reading texts more comfortable with this feature. Anyway, its not a disaster..
Sent from my Nexus 4

My workaround to still using chrome/chrome beta on xda, is to scroll down to the 'quick style chooser' and change it from 'xda 2013 beta' to 'xda 2010' that seems to totally sort out the wonky formatting on my nexus 4.

The feature is called Font Boosting in Chrome, or Font Inflation in Firefox for Android.
I don't think it can be disabled.