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FULL SCREEN mode all the time ...

I am looking for advice here, somewhat of a newbie.
I want to run all of WM6 with the top start menu hidden and the bottom menu bar hidden (like full screen mode in IE). When you press a button these bars re-appear.
Does and application or hack like this exist ?

dubroz said:
I am looking for advice here, somewhat of a newbie.
I want to run all of WM6 with the top start menu hidden and the bottom menu bar hidden (like full screen mode in IE). When you press a button these bars re-appear.
Does and application or hack like this exist ?
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This is an easy one. In IE, tap menu/view/full screen. The top & bottom bars are gone. Tap/hold/full screen on the touch screen to go back.

hotdog53 said:
This is an easy one. In IE, tap menu/view/full screen. The top & bottom bars are gone. Tap/hold/full screen on the touch screen to go back.
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I dont reckon he needs to do it with IE.. he states WM6 in general.

dzign-it said:
I dont reckon he needs to do it with IE.. he states WM6 in general.
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Oooops, sorry I mis-read the thread. Good ?

Yeah, I am hoping to do this with all of WM6 in general.
I checked into Wisbar but am unconvinced this is the right app.

I'm in the same boat, did you end up figuring something out?

look up vijay555, he has a full screen mod. basically changes the top and bottom bar size. but to go back , you have to go into the program and change the values again. i don't have the know how, but i would think that someone could write a mortscript to run specific values, one for full screen and regular,.

Somebody asked me about this and I've reposted some new screenshots a couple of times today. Have a look here, regarding whether it was possible to make Word and Excel full screen.
I've written VJToggleToday II Alpha, which it surprises me that people are still using as it is so crippled. However, that app will hide the Start Bar and softkeys for most purposes. However, unless you intend to replace the start bar with an alternative, as I've done here:
{
"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"
}
​
this can be more of a pain in the butt then just living with the normal start bar (as you have difficulty accessing the start bar, when you remove the start bar, although see VJKeyPress for an alternative route)
In any event, VJToggleToday has been written from the ground up as VJToggleToday IV, but this is unreleased right now. Version IV will not have the above problem - the bars will reappear when you want them to, automatically.
For a more effective solution, VJSihaya is where I'm really going, but that's not released yet [if ever!]. These are some screenshots for that:
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And screenshots in Pooh-QVGA on my HTC Touch. I can't wait until VGA is available across the board, VJSihaya looks a damn sight better in VGA and beyond.
And just one more because I love this girl!​
V
PS It might not be apparent, but those are native screenshots. VJSihaya will remove the soft keys and relocate their functionality to a menu available when clicking the icon (top left of each window). VJToggleToday IV Redux is being used to hide the native start bar (at the top). The start menu continues to be accessible from VJSihaya's icons when it is otherwise hidden.
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Have you thought of a bar like the Mac has at the bottom that reappears when you move closer to the bottom of the screen? I know we don't have a mouse movement but what if we run the stylus near the bottom of the screen?

Entirely possible, but for what purpose? For the soft keys or the start bar?
VJToggleToday IV hides the star bar completely or almost completely, optionally, but only on the Today screen. When you click away to another app, the start bar is there in its ugly ass normal position, optionally. I generally keep it hidden and replaced, as in my screen shot above.
The soft keys are typically intergral to use of most apps, so in the current incarnation of Windows Mobile, you shouldn't really hide them completely, so VJToggleToday IV gives you the option to do so, but it's generally not advised, except on the Today screen.
However, future versions of something like VJToggleToday will have a much more invasive cosmetic re-jigging of the standard Windows Mobile interface, to get rid of start bars and soft keys for a much better integrated solution.
V

vijay555 said:
Entirely possible, but for what purpose? For the soft keys or the start bar?
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For me it would be for all the shortcuts to applications, instead of cubes turning, and once it is visible, it could scroll sideways with arrows on each end. (an animated start bar I guess...)

Changing Start menu nav bar size?

Hi everyone,
I am wondering if it is possible to change the height of the top and bottom navigation bars in WM5. All I managed to find was ways of changing font size/color - either through SK Tools or directly in the registry, but nothing on the size of these two bars.
These bars are so awkwardly thick for a VGA resolution and waste so much screen space (especially when browsing the internet and I don't want to go in full screen mode).
I noticed that OzVGA does make these bars much thinner, but I am guessing it is because it shrinks all screen items.
If these is a way to do this, please just give me the registry items I need to change, I think I will manage.
{
"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"
}

you can change them using vjtoggletodayiialpha.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=243211
you can search it up in the registry after running it and change its parameters..
it's not too useful tho.

Thank you, but this doesn't really work for me.
1. Does not toggle Start / Menu bar - first click hides it, second click does not show it etc.
2. It hides the nav bars, does not make them thinner.
3. Played with the registry and tried changing the values of the classes - nothing...
4. Read (on, skimmed through) all the pages of the thread - no useful info on how to do this myself, without an external application.
So, I assume there is nothing editable in the original registry that does the trick and it takes adding new registry bits to achieve anything. Since, however, I have no idea how to write completely new stuff (changing is OK, that I can do), is it then a desperate situation?
I will appreciate any further ideas (and keep reading the thread to see if anything lies hidden in it...)

cheeseus said:
Thank you, but this doesn't really work for me.
1. Does not toggle Start / Menu bar - first click hides it, second click does not show it etc.
2. It hides the nav bars, does not make them thinner.
3. Played with the registry and tried changing the values of the classes - nothing...
4. Read (on, skimmed through) all the pages of the thread - no useful info on how to do this myself, without an external application.
So, I assume there is nothing editable in the original registry that does the trick and it takes adding new registry bits to achieve anything. Since, however, I have no idea how to write completely new stuff (changing is OK, that I can do), is it then a desperate situation?
I will appreciate any further ideas (and keep reading the thread to see if anything lies hidden in it...)
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Hi,
These bars are files in the *.png format. Only way to have 'm smaller is replace them, but then you'll need to edit other files too...
Dirk

Hi dirlan2001,
I don't think these are .png files. In SK Tools I have Colors Settings and it's all colors, even the gradients, given in number codes.
Also, in:
HKLM¥Software¥Microsoft¥Color
there are only numeric values for colors, no files.
And then, there are no such images in the Windows folder

I use MvRTrueVGA which is a package I put together ages ago for the Dell Axim.
It reduces the top and bottom bars down to only 26 pixels which is the perfect size for me.
It doesn't work perfectly on WM6.1 and WM6.5. But the things that it messes up are only some settings screens and the comm manager app. Which I can live without. Also some apps that are programmed specifically for the QVGA screen sometimes only show in the top right corner of the screen.
Give it a try if you like. The link is in my sig.

hmm, it's half of the original size. nice.

nir36 said:
hmm, it's half of the original size. nice.
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Sorry, what? Do you mean the screenshot? I decreased it slightly (from the original 640x480) because it looked huge, but further decreasing made text blurred and unreadable.
> markvan: Thanks! I tried the MvRTrueVGA ... Makes stuff way too small and I was unable to find a way (in registry?) to increase font size and icon size so that they are clickable (or tap-able). Also, my software keyboard disappeared I could not be started. Also, on screen rotate sometimes the screen went black and fuzzy (like in a TV that's lost signal).
Maybe you can share some knowledge about how to control just the width of the bars, if possible, without any further adjustments?

I was looking for a way to do this on the Treo Pro - I just need a couple of pixels to make all my stuff fit on my today screen....
I will try your software.

[APP] NClip (Notifications /w clipboard integration)

Updated and nicer
I once had an idea for this app, so i started learning Java to make it happen.
I had a need to keep important information from my clipboard at the front of my attention (e.g text message,email etc) so I added some features and the result is NClip
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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"
}
Create custom notifications using the clipboard contents or a custom message. Ongoing notifications and customizable icons.
•Fast and efficient
•Clipboard integration
•Over 25 icons
•Ongoing notifications
•Compatible with all resolution screens
•and more coming soon!
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Search nclip in market
Desktop market - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.havmedia.nclip
AppBrain - http://www.appbrain.com/app/nclip-clipboard-notifications/com.havmedia.nclip

Updated to 2.0 (sorry for the massive images)
Changelog:
What's in this version:
Updated interface
Updated icon
Speed increase
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I'll be reviewing this app on the BoB Only show for XDATV. Look forward to it for Tuesday or Thursday!
xoxo

OMG, this is exactly the app i was looking for.
I had the idea of such an app for months!
Thanks for it!

the cat ran across the road?!
wow! m already starting to like this app,
xD

pretty cool,i've been looking for somthing like this.

Suggestions
This is a great great app and a really good idea.. but I wanna give you some suggestions. The GUI is messy and doesn't properly use space.
On the very top is the Clipboard entry area (this should be at the bottom as its not usually used) it occupies immediately 1/2 of the screen with a large area that is totally wasted. Then, if there are contents on the clipboard they are not displayed nicely in the window (really ugly).
Then because of large unused area for the clipboard, now the Custom entry are is hidden when the keyboard is pulled-up (which by the way should pop-up immediately and it doesn't). Then if I want to add an icon, that menu selection is at the very bottom, so I have to close the keyboard to get there and, that menu doesn't have icon previews, just bullets (it needs icon previews as like the PICK ICON menu item). Finally the NOTE CUSTOM MESSAGE is at the very bottom (worse place), needs to be at the top.
All this makes a single entry an endless effort of way too many clicks to get anything done. I'm on a 7" Galaxy Tab. Look at the screenshots and get inspired
Finally, for this app to make ANY SENSE, it needs to be AS EASY TO ACCESS AS THE NOTES IT CREATES!!!!!!!!!! So, make it run as a hidden notification so it can be pulled down from the taskbar and activated (like the app Clipper - Clipboard manager for example.. you can check it out on the market if you are not sure what I mean)
Really nice app though. I want to love it.. you just need to make it right now

I've already added some features to the program, including the short cut you suggested, just my keystore is 100+ miles away on my desktop so I cant yet publish the update (its been sitting around for over a month).
I have also updated the gui, it shows only what is relevant at a given moment and keyboard no longer poses an issue on my nexus s, literally the app has everything you want (its just not published), i'm working on it

havok123 said:
I've already added some features to the program, including the short cut you suggested, just my keystore is 100+ miles away on my desktop so I cant yet publish the update (its been sitting around for over a month).
I have also updated the gui, it shows only what is relevant at a given moment and keyboard no longer poses an issue on my nexus s, literally the app has everything you want (its just not published), i'm working on it
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havok123, thanks for the feedback, this is great news! I didn't mean at all to be harsh or overly criticizing.. think your app is truly fantastic and therefor I just would like it you to get it perfect! I'm happy you decided to learn Java just to program this... totally worth it!
When you have an update for the or if you want me to help you beta test/trouble shoot an updated version, post the info here on the thread or PM me. Id love to help you if I can.
Keep up the great work and when its perfect make a paid version. It will be worth it and I think many people would buy it. You can definitely count me in and your work should be rewarded!

Just uploaded update finally.
Updated to 3.0
Changelog:
What's in this version:
N Clip Shortcut
Edit notifications on click
Updated GUI
Bug fixes

Great update, interface much more workable & cleaner.
One suggestion that immediately comes 2mind is, get rid of the sticky app icon that shows up on taskbar when selecting the enable shortcut option. No ned & cluttery. IfU add a note without chooding custom icon, now there are DOUBLE app icons on the taskbar being displayed one of which is NOT a note.. very confusing and unecessary.
If the enable shortcut opion is chosen, we know its there in the pulldown menu already, thats enough &keeps taskbar cleaner for actual notifications only

going to get on it over christmas break xD

How hard would it be to build this ROM design

This ROM features a spinning radial app wheel, with 7-8 primary user apps
The central (hub) area would be the number one used app (probably the phone or browser).
The user can choose what app to put on the wheel and where.
The notification bar is on the side
Time, date and day is transparent / opacity in the background of the wallpaper.
At least what do you think of the layout?
I transitioned from a blackberry to an Infuse so I had some preferences stick to me I suppose.

Just an idea for the spinning part
Both for fun and how the radial app manager functions, one could theoretically (as it hasn't been made yet ) spin the wheel when bored, and the wheel would spin maybe 3 times in circles depending on the speed of the swiping motion.
I was thinking about how this could possibly function, when scrolling through a list, one can sort of pull on the list as it were a rubber band, the list seems to bounce off of the borders of the phone (if you're looking through Gmail try this).
Could this be a way that the radial app manager would be built? Based on this property/effect from the digitzer?

Shoot a pm to our 2 best dev in this forum gtg and mikymike, if anyone they are the two can help you with your idea. I like your design though.
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I don't think either of them have done any launcher app development... And that's what you're probably going to need to do.
You might want to see if any open-source launcher apps exist. Looks like ADW is open source:
http://code.google.com/p/adw-launcher-android/

Well alright, perhaps let me ask this instead.
To graphically and functionally design a 'look' of a phone, what does that fall under?
I mean positioning the notifications bar on the left side (right handed people) and pulling some of the notification icons from the main notification window and placing them elsewhere (in my case under the wheel) what is the level of difficulty to do something like that?
I had this program once to shift around the icons on a black berry (battery icon, signal icon etc...)
Is that theme designing?
The whole wheel idea isn't exactly this.
How the wheel functions:
Has an imaginary axis that this circle of radius r (not sure how big yet) spins on.
The wheel can spin in either direction and the spinning speed varies on the swipe speed of the user's finger.
The user can assign which 7-8 apps are placed on the slots on the wheel (equally divided say 45 degrees apart for 8 apps).
Also to put the clock stuff sort of dissolved in the background of the home screen, how hard is that to do? (Optional but I'd prefer it to be fixed).
I don't know who the top 2 developers are (no offense to those guys) I just see a lot of different developing software out there.
As always thank you guys for your replies.

Didn't someone post something that had been done along these lines a few weeks back?
not sure where I had seen it originally...but here is what I believe I had previously seen..it's the "chariot effect" in GO launcher EX
http://androidforums.com/android-th...r-ex-how-do-you-select-app-wheel-feature.html
{
"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 are some more
http://androidheadlines.com/2010/10...-launcher-for-android-check-out-slick-ui.html
can't find it in the market tho
and this one is an app
https://market.android.com/details?id=de.dbware.circlelauncher.light&hl=en
not sure what this guy was working on but here
http://code.google.com/p/android-wheel/
http://code.google.com/p/android-wheel/source/browse/trunk/wheel-demo/AndroidManifest.xml?r=18
more launchers
http://android.appstorm.net/how-to/customization/six-best-android-home-screen-launchers/
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Could very well be man.
There's 7 billion people so lots of mind.
This is just for myself sure I'd share but I am highly an aesthetics guy (ie going to school for industrial design/engineering).

Seems like an awesome idea to me .. as far as I can tell though it would need some rom development as well as an entire launcher. I dont think you can just move the status bar. I could very well be wrong though. the rest im pretty sure could just be done with a launcher though. I'd help if I could but I wouldnt know where to start :/

well it is possible for apps to hide the stock notification bar and then you could in theory get access to the notification and status interfaces and do that with just a launcher app. but it wouldn't be as efficient as a framework mod but it wouldn't be easy either way.

A food for thought
I'd also like to not have the stupid giant time in the top portion of the screen
I was thinking that a see through calendar appointment / list would be there instead (business)
I also (space optimization) would place the notification as a concentric outer circle on the outside of the app wheel with a small tab with the time on it.
See image:
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I bet you would get more responses in the android development section.
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But would posting a ROM made by a mere mortal be allowed or would I be sent back to Haiti's?

Idea for futuristic all inclusive android launcher

I was looking through different android launcher apps, and I realised that none of them really were futuristic enough for what I was looking for haha
so I'm posting on here with some very basic designs and explanations in the hopes that someone who is good with app developing will pick up the project.
please note that these are very basic designs so I apologise if I don't explain it well enough, please feel free to ask questions.
I reference Next Launcher 3D in this quite a bit when explaining animations or graphics as that is the launcher that has come close enough to what I'm looking for, but not quite.
Basically this is a simplistic, minimalistic yet futuristic launcher
open onto a screen with 4 Buttons; apps, Phone, SMS and Widgets
{
"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"
}
(if that didnt work then the sharing URL is drive.google.com/file/d/0B8rTbu0kCCptMFNJUlNFR0o3Nkk/edit?usp=sharing I'm using google drive to store the pics, Ill post the link after the image from now on just in case
this will be very simplistic, but effects preferable as I'm going for the futuristic look
upon double tapping the big empty space on the right of the screen, a smaller screen will slide in from the right:
(drive.google.com/file/d/0B8rTbu0kCCptaTVMVHJiRVc4ckU/edit?usp=sharing)
this contains notification bubbles for social networks, a quick post option (without opening a new window) and quick access to media apps
swipe to the right to get rid of it and return to the first screen.
Upon clicking the apps icon, the other 3 icons shrink to the right (but remain clickable) and the apps 'shoot' out of the apps icon into the app drawer (like the folder shoot effect in next launcher 3d)
(drive.google.com/file/d/0B8rTbu0kCCptX0Q5YVNXUFFRT1E/edit?usp=sharing)
click the apps icon again to close it and the other icons return to normal size
upon clicking the phone icon the other icons disappear, the icon moves to the top of the screen, a back button appears next to the icon and an integrated dialler 'shoots' from the phone icon
(drive.google.com/file/d/0B8rTbu0kCCptUUJ6VDhRdXhzbUE/edit?usp=sharing)
I realise it's very different to have an integrated dialler but I like the idea of it and I'm surprised it hasnt been done much before
upon clicking the back icon, the dialer goes back into the phone icon and the other icons return
upon clicking the sms icon, the other icons disappear, the icon moves to the top of the screen, a back button appears next to the icon and an integrated sms inbox 'unfolds' from the sms icon (think window blinds)
(drive.google.com/file/d/0B8rTbu0kCCptTGxmV2o4emZBVTQ/edit?usp=sharing)
upon clicking the back button it folds up again
upon clicking on a sms thread it opens and allows you to message people
clicking back returns you to the main screen
upon clicking on the widget icon, the screen slides to the left, revealing a standard customisable widget grid (default 4X4) and you click the home button on your device to go back.
I Hope I've explained this well enough and I hope someone picks up the project as I would love to have this launcher

That sounds pretty cool. I'd test it out for sure.

Nice ideas
I hope some developer takes on thins, looks nice.
I think the icons shrinking to the left can be replaced with a slide menu like the one from the play store.

come on people
come on developers please haha this is a good idea, the end product could end up making money on the app store, im not even selling an idea here I just want it done haha anyone?

First of all, you should add ok Google now bar. Your ideas are really cool and something I would try out. Also, for users running cm, you should also make you re launcher compatible with cyanogenmods theme engine. That way people can have a futuristic look their own way . and use moonshine icon pack

Futuristic is kinda modern Space...which I prefer!

themer beta best
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The concept looks ideal but it still needs some work. Any developers you have contacted regarding this project @JayBlayk?