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375+ Users *10 Dec 07* XDA-Developers Toolbar ADDED xdaCHAT

Here's a toolbar that is a must for every xda-developer lover.
Features:
[HOT]Chat with fellow XDAins
Browse through this site more quickly.
View RSS Feeds in the toolbar.
Scrolling New Posts in the toolbar.
Search from within the toolbar
Links to more than 50+ pocket pc related websites.
20+ Gadgets.
Get Instant access to your mails.
Get localized weather forecasts.
Listen to Radio with the included Player
Scrrenshot:
Old users no need to download again, changes will be affected in the installed
toolbar automatically.
UPDATED [27 Nov 07]
ADDED: Chat feature to chat with fellow XDAins.
REMOVED: Tab for HowardsForums
UPDATED [10 Oct 07]
ADDED: RSS Feeds.
ADDED: Scroller with New Posts.
REMOVED: Tab of Dotsis.com, site currently offline.
UPDATED [04 Oct 07]
ADDED: 50+ links to pocket pc related websites. Will be adding more
UPDATED [28 Sep 07]
ADDED: Support for HowardForums.com
ADDED: 20+ Gadgets including You Tube Top 10, Sudoko, Calculator, Labpixies TV, Unit Converter, ToDo, Wikipedia Search, Show My IP, FlodIt and many more.
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UPDATED [26 Sep 07]:
ADDED: Support for DotSiS.com
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Do let me know about your opinions & suggestions.

i hope, that my humble WOW will tell you what i think(weather module is nice too )
this is awesome.
could you make such toolbar as widget or panel for opera? please
(i cannot imagine using iexplorer).
little advice: make screenshot with all menus opened, it will help to realize what is this post about.
worth to see.

Very Cool and functional! Thanks!

Great Work!
Hey guys,
this toolbar is great....i'm trying to use it from now on!
For the first impression - awesome! Will add it to my signature...
Cheers!

Good work!
a Vista sidebar app would be cool too.
Damn I wish I could program still...
-Mc

Thanks guys for your response.
I'll keep on updating it. So, keep a check on it.

UPDATED the Toolbar, check it out

Thanks for dis great response.

Very Cool and functional! Thanks!

Guys, I have added the NEW: Xda-Dev Store Tab to the toolbar.

I Would like to add more related sites to the toolbar, so, please let me know
which other site would u guys like me to add to it.
Keep your suggestion coming.

great toolbar
Thanks a lot for this. Good job

Added support for Howardforums.com
Screenshot:

Thankx a lot, this is the only additional toolbar allowed on my firefox
yet to discover dotsis

UPDATED [04/10/07] ADDED: Links to 50+ Websites
ADDED: A tab Links with 50+ pocket pc related websites. Will be adding more.

UPDATED With RSS Feeds & Scrolling New Posts.
I have removed tab for Dotsis.com because the site is currently offline. I have added RSS feeds & will be adding more. Added a scroller that scrolls New Posts.

Guys,
For those of you who succesfully installed this what steps did you take to do so? I have extracted the contents of the .xpi file for Firefox into a folder.
What happens next? How do I get this into Firefox. Appreciate the help.
WB

Have u tried wat I pm u. Press Shift and then right click the .xpi file keeping shift pressed. From the menu select "Open with..." . If a sub menu opens on "Open with..", choose "Choose program". From the dialog that appears select Firefox, if it isnt there Browse for the firefox & click ok.

mushipkw said:
Have u tried wat I pm u. Press Shift and then right click the .xpi file keeping shift pressed. From the menu select "Open with..." . If a sub menu opens on "Open with..", choose "Choose program". From the dialog that appears select Firefox, if it isnt there Browse for the firefox & click ok.
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Mush,
Tried the above, didn't work. However if you use the other option, which is....Open Firefox, click File --> Open File, then browse to the .xpi file, and open it, then that appears to work.
Thanks for your help. Just off to test it now.
Cheers
WB
PS Just tested it, works fine. Once again many thanks.

Thanks Mush!
Regards,
KOR!

cannot download with skyfire

is anyone having this issue or it's a new feature coming up for beta 3?
I tried downloading sum stuff nd i just zooms out.
I hve beta 2, the one where i have to put cnet 100 for the beta code or i just dont know how to use skyfire (lol) but I have tried everything nd I cant even find the page inforation so i can go to opera nd do the downloading.
I tried going to the program files section nd found nothing

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QUOTE (dw1234 @ Jun 11 2008, 04:50 PM)
I have been trying and either the feature is not currently there but it would be nice to have the option to download pictures from the web to the phone.
Downloading and uploading to/from your mobile phone is not currently supported in Skyfire 0.6. This functionality is in our feature matrix and we are looking at where we can add it in our roadmap. At this time, we would like to see how you and your fellow beta users are rating the various features to see which ones will take priority.

oh ok thanks

Just copy the link and paste into PIE or Opera.

Well if it's in the matrix AND on the roadmap then definitely results should be soon to follow.

how many time to wait?
How I receive my password?

Yea....as of now Skyfire doesn't support it but I'm sure they'll add it

where can i download skyfire? i've been wondering for a long time.

(Q) Windows phone 7 secrets by Paul Thurrott

I managed to get hold of a book on Amazon called Windows phone 7 secrets by Paul Thurrott. I was just interested to see if anyone else has read it? I found it to be a good read and it has taught me quite a few things about WP7 that i didn't know. Best of all it tells you why Windows phones are MILES better than the Iphone 4!! You should all have a read if your into WP7. Its a good book (and i usually don't read books)

adamlayzell69 said:
I managed to get hold of a book on Amazon called Windows phone 7 secrets by Paul Thurrott. I was just interested to see if anyone else has read it? I found it to be a good read and it has taught me quite a few things about WP7 that i didn't know. Best of all it tells you why Windows phones are MILES better than the Iphone 4!! You should all have a read if your into WP7. Its a good book (and i usually don't read books)
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Could you please make a summary of that book?
Most of us know why it's going to be equal or better from android and iOS, it's because of the tools the sdk the programming language and the ease of converting or modifying existing windows applications to run on wp7 with little effort, plus the fact that there are tons of developers that they already know the programming language.

Contents.
telas said:
Could you please make a summary of that book?
Most of us know why it's going to be equal or better from android and iOS, it's because of the tools the sdk the programming language and the ease of converting or modifying existing windows applications to run on wp7 with little effort, plus the fact that there are tons of developers that they already know the programming language.
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Here are a summary of the contents if it helps??!
Contents
Introduction xvii
Chapter 1 3 Pre-Flight Checklist: What to Do Before You Get Your
Windows Phone.
Windows Live ID: One Online ID to Rule Them All 2
Using Windows Live ID to Access Your Social
Networks and Other Services 11
Picking a Phone 25
Summary 32
Chapter 2 3 Unboxing and Getting Started 33
Unboxing Your Windows Phone 34
Windows Phone Usage 52
Summary 64
Chapter 3 3 Understanding the Windows Phone User Interface 65
The Way We Were: How Microsoft Screwed Up
Mobile So Bad It Had to Start Over from Scratch 66
A New Beginning: Metro 69
Real-World Metro: A Whirlwind Tour of the UI 82
Hubs and Applications 86
Summary 100
Chapter 4 3 You and Your Friends: How to Connect with Others,
Connect to the World103
Managing Your Digital Persona 104
Being a People Person: Managing Your Family,
Friends, and Other Contacts 108
Configuring the People Hub 120
xiv Contents
Chapter 5 3 Digital Memories: Using the Pictures Hub and Camera123
Using the Pictures Hub 124
Taking Pictures and Videos with the Camera 127
Moving Photos Between the Phone and Your PC 136
Sharing Photos and Customizing Your Phone 143
Configuring Pictures Hub Options 148
Summary 149
Chapter 6 3 Zune to Go: Music + Videos 151
Using the Zune PC Software with Windows Phone 152
Enjoying Music and Video Content on Windows Phone 165
Why Zune Is Different 182
More Music: Pandora and Other Services 186
Summary 187
Chapter 7 3 Having Fun: Windows Phone and Games 189
Windows Phone: Great Mobile Gaming Platform 190
Understanding Xbox Live 194
Xbox Live on Windows Phone: Not the Full Meal Deal 200
Using the Games Hub 202
Playing a Game 206
Finding More Games in the Marketplace 207
Summary 209
Chapter 8 3 Browsing the Web 211
A (Short) History of the Mobile Web 212
Using Internet Explorer on Windows Phone 214
Configuring Internet Explorer 232
Summary 235
Chapter 9 3 Searching on the Go with Bing 237
Bing: A Different Way to Search 238
Using Bing 244
Configuring Bing 265
Summary 265
Contents xv
Chapter 10 3 Managing E‑mail on the Go 267
Push It: A Look at Mobile E‑mail 268
Understanding Accounts and E‑mail 269
Using Mail 273
Configuring Mail and E‑mail Accounts 292
Summary 294
Chapter 11 3 Tracking Your Schedule with Calendar 295
Connected Calendars 296
Glancing at Your Schedule on the Go 303
Using Calendar 305
Working with Appointments and Reminders 309
Configuring Calendar 315
Summary 316
Chapter 12 3 Getting Work Done on the Go with Office Mobile 317
Introducing the Tiniest Member of the Office Family 318
What You Can—and Can’t Do—with Office Mobile 320
Using the Office Hub 322
Accessing Online Documents 341
Configuring Office Mobile 351
Summary 352
Chapter 13 3 Making Calls and Using Voicemail 353
Configuring Contacts Accounts 354
Making and Receiving Phone Calls 355
Using Voicemail 367
Working with Bluetooth 368
Configuring Phone and Voicemail 370
Summary 375
Chapter 14 3 Text and Multimedia Messaging 377
Understanding Mobile Messaging 378
Messaging on Windows Phone 380
xvi Contents
Configuring Messaging 389
Beyond Messaging 390
Summary 391
Chapter 15 3 Digging Deeper into Phone Configuration 393
Configuring What Happens When the Phone Is Locked 394
Configuring Sounds 397
Using Windows Phone on an Airplane 399
Configuring Accounts 400
Making Region and Language Configuration Changes 404
Wi-Fi Sync 405
Nuke It from Space and Start Over 407
Summary 409
Chapter 16 3 PC and Web Integration 411
You Can’t Get There from Here 412
Browsing and Buying in the Marketplace 412
Windows Phone on the Web 420
Updating Windows Phone 430
Summary 431
Index 433

400+ pages on the WP7
im impressed, think i might take a gander i sure as hell couldnt write 400+ pages on it so there must be something i dont know about it in there!
Cheers

...Damn...
There's a lot of reading there!

If you go to Google Books http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...s by Paul Thurrott&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false you can view it there. There are a couple of pages missing though.

http://windowsphonesecrets.com/

neilarmes said:
If you go to Google Books http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=...s by Paul Thurrott&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false you can view it there. There are a couple of pages missing though.
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I did have a look but there is over half the book missing.

[Q] Windows with Aero-Look

[Redaktion, can you please integrate the Attached Bitmap here? THX A Lot!]
Windows-CE Phone with Aero Glass Surface
Windows should look out more clear and attractive, serious. The Handling should be better.
1. For what do you need colored Icons, simple Elegance with Glass-Effect, like “professional” Windows-Desktop would look more professional. Tiles should be all the same Size and with common-Look of Glass and additional the Picture of your Choice, that you view in Standby-Complete, just with A Clock upside.
- Do you need -> Symbol? There is enough Place for 3 Raws of glazed Tiles.
- Do somehow miss Symbols of Tiles Function? Everyone can read Words.
When you beginn Minimum-Design, why not finish IT? There should be some Alternative for Business-People, that gives Difference to all the coloured
Phone-Toys!
2. There should be some
Taskmanager with _ [] X Symbols at the opened Windows-Tiles when you click on two Times.
3. Animated Icons help to overview running Applications. Some Flash-out-Effect should be there when you hold the Finger on A Tile filling the Screen, with the Preview of the Tiles Function. Example: opened Websessions, like this 1 from Windows-Desktop.
4. Also, i miss the original Fileexplorer - there should be additional some Upload-Client for Skydrive, FTP-Uploader and A physical Share-Function, with Bluetooth and via Mail. The Media-Explorer ignores all my File-Structure, Names, Formats. There is not Copy and Paste.
5. Tiles & Functions
A >>Pager<< could collect every Social-Networks together and RSS. There should be Updates for additional Headlines, Networks and for Developers Plugins. At the Market (-place) you can buy.
Library, is the classic Study-Tool I’m searching for! Please look at the Tiles on the Preview-Bitmap. This integrates A Function for re-viewing Bookmarks – also from Web-Sessions, view PDFs, also for Music-Playlists. Library should help to load Sessions fast.
More i put together:
- Calls/ Contact-Managing, take Photo, Video-Call
- Chat/ for “on-Phone” Contact-Managing, that is opposite to Social-Networks, because this Fun-Stuff steals much Business-Time, it’s sourced up to the Pager with all the other Headlines.
- Camera
- Calendar/ Appointments, take Pictures+ Barcode-Scanner, Notes
- collect and draw Ideas/ ---> #8, the Creativity-Studio (downside).
- Office is classic MS-Tools/ with Calculator, Countdown-Function, Light on Device,
- Navigation
- Browser
- Music
- File-Explorer
- Programs/ Applications, Tools, Entertainment (like TV, Gambling, Videos on Line)
6. There should be the Stylus again by exactly working Ballpoint-Top that is Pressure-sensible.&
7. Hand script-Recognition should be re-integrated. Modes of Recognition_
- 1 Script-Mode
- 2 geometric drawing
- 3 Symbols (search for Clipart online)
- 4 Math-Formula-Recognition.
R-M should switch automated.
- There should be Updates.
 
8. CREATIVITY - STUDIO
There, the best Ideas are on my Way, what i like most on Microsoft-Products is Completeness.
There should be some Design-Mode (look, Ideas-Tile), that unites
- MS-Paint, adds Geometric-Drawing-Mode, combined with
- MS Word and Excel, auto-recognizing Text-Boxs, Tables and
- organizes all Pages together MS-Powerpoint ready
- also with Youtube-Output, by adding Audio-Comments, that you reccord later.
9. No Borders, while-Brainstorming, when you collect Ideas!
Just the raw-Idea (on a virtual Sheet of Paper) should count. Idea, that you can simply start with
and the Device works like Content-Manager; it recognizes, asks and re-arranges your Draw and puts Ideas out later, in option-able Multi-Format of your Choice (Bitmap-Collection, Powerpoit, Email, Powerpoint and Video-Presentations, also raw-Web-Presentation with Photocollections).
You can edit all the raw-Stuff later, on your Desktop, (that’s for Homework).
10. Updates and Panel-Programs can be bought at the Market (-place, ---> Tile),
Example: with CAD-App.

Good point, but what is the sense of this ?

evas08 said:
Good point, but what is the sense of this ?
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damned if I know.
I found that very hard to understand, however from some of the bits you mention id like to point you to WM 6.5... that pretty much sums up what your looking for, course its crap at games but it nails everything else you want and can be modded to within a inch of its life
RIP WM

movie game app idea

I have an idea for a game called six 'degrees of separation'
basically you pick 2 actors/actress with a connection of 4 other actors or actresses between them
for example
if the challenge is Tom Cruise to Dan Akroid
(1) Tom Cruise->(2) Morgan Freeman in Oblivion, Morgan Freeman -> (3)Jim Carrey in Bruce Almighty, Jim Carrey -> (4)Cameron Diaz in The Mask
Cameron Diaz->(5) Eddie Murphy in Shrek, Eddie Murphy->(6)Dan Akroid in Trading Places
rules:
not repeating of films or actors and no tv shows JUST FILMS!!, everything else
is this possible to make if so how? I am a completely new to Android App programming.
A way I thought might work if all possible (and let me know if not) was to somehow grab the data from say IMDB picks the (1) and (6) and then the user types in the (2),(3),(4),(6) and the films there in and there is a check to see if its correct and if so great in not guess again.
Pseudo code
if (actor 2 and film 2 = film 1 and actor 1) // or something to that effect.
{
//continue
}
else
{
//try again
}
thanks in advance

Your idea is playing around with Six Degrees of Kevin Baco (see here) -you probably already knew this, this is just for future readers! (hello future readers!-.
There are many services similar to what you offer (example, example 2, example 3, ...) Btw, I just saw that the last example has an Android app as well.
Once said that, your question is kind of vague, isn't it? It is shocking to read "So, guys, I have this idea in mind, how can I do it?". Do what?
The idea is reasonable and you can perfectly implement it. The 'how' is up to you, but that is not part of Android coding.
I'd suggest you to start here, it is an open movie database and they tell you how to gather information from it. Take a look also here and google a little.
You'll learn a lot, good luck :good:

-movie game
I was aware of that game, this is something me and mates play but we have to think of the 6 people
-Basically i want to have 6 image holders (1 and 6) populated with 2 random actors and 2-4 empty and then the user types in answer and then there is a check to see if it is correct.
I am not new to programming just programming for android, I wanted to know the sytanx

tfellas said:
I was aware of that game, this is something me and mates play but we have to think of the 6 people
-Basically i want to have 6 image holders (1 and 6) populated with 2 random actors and 2-4 empty and then the user types in answer and then there is a check to see if it is correct.
I am not new to programming just programming for android, I wanted to know the sytanx
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Have a look at some tutorials. Those by vogella (Google it) are very good.

connecting to a database
for the purpose of development I downloaded 6 images from IMDB and put them in my 'drawable-hdpi' folder along with a generic place holder image. I want to things to happen. I have 6 ImageView's. 1 and 6 are two actors picked at random and placed the other 4 are the placeholder image how do I:
1. on a button press, change pictures 1 and 6 at random from the 6 six images i uploaded with no repeat error such as will ferrel -> will ferrel. can I create a database with them in?
2. when the user presses the place holder image they can choose or search (from the same database) for an actor and then that image is replaced with the actor picture
thanks in advance