Customizing the Carrier Line - Palm Treo 750

I don't want to hide my Carrier Line, but I would like to customize it to make better use of the space it occupies.
Firstly, I would like to be able to show the date (in a shortened form, although not necessarily the short date format) so I can disable the usual Date plugin.
See the following Photoshopped mock ups:-
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Please note I have specifically placed the date where it is so that it doesn't overlap any of the different carrier or phone status messages that appear on the left.
I have yet to see a short date format that shows the abbreviated day (eg Fri or Wed) then dd-MMM-yy, but that is what I would like to see on my Today screen.
I would then like to use the space between the date and bluetooth icon to add some other icons. One icon that could be handy is one that shows that the hardware ringer switch is set to off (ie on mute). See Photoshopped mock ups below.
Ideally, if the Treo ever includes some sort of phone profiles app in the future (ie different device settings for home, car, work, meeting etc) then another useful icon that could be displayed here is an icon showing the currently selected profile.
Is it possible for any of the above to be developed in a 3rd party app ??
Or do I need to send my suggestions to Palm and hope they put it in a future ROM ?
What is the best way to contact Palm with this sort of request ?

Zelig said:
I don't want to hide my Carrier Line, but I would like to customize it to make better use of the space it occupies.
Firstly, I would like to be able to show the date (in a shortened form, although not necessarily the short date format) so I can disable the usual Date plugin.
See the following Photoshopped mock ups:-
Please note I have specifically placed the date where it is so that it doesn't overlap any of the different carrier or phone status messages that appear on the left.
I have yet to see a short date format that shows the abbreviated day (eg Fri or Wed) then dd-MMM-yy, but that is what I would like to see on my Today screen.
I would then like to use the space between the date and bluetooth icon to add some other icons. One icon that could be handy is one that shows that the hardware ringer switch is set to off (ie on mute). See Photoshopped mock ups below.
Ideally, if the Treo ever includes some sort of phone profiles app in the future (ie different device settings for home, car, work, meeting etc) then another useful icon that could be displayed here is an icon showing the currently selected profile.
Is it possible for any of the above to be developed in a 3rd party app ??
Or do I need to send my suggestions to Palm and hope they put it in a future ROM ?
What is the best way to contact Palm with this sort of request ?
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Count Palm out on adding that to the carrier plugin.Im sure it could be added in.How?Im not sure but what a great view.It would save screen space filling that major void within the pluging.

The only way this could be done is to replace the original plugin. I doubt it can be hacked to add all that. I'm sure there are some clevers devs out there (and on this forum) that could whip up a replacement in an hour.

The icon for the ringer switch was more a "nice to have".
All I really want is the DATE in the Carrier Line so that I can remove the standard WM date plugin.
Perhaps I need to have another look at Wisbar Advance 2 and put the date up there somewhere.

I actually like the carrier/bt plug as well, I haven't used WA2 in awhile and decided to try again. Here is how I have it setup for the moment [might get your creative/setup juices flowing ]

Hey what is that cool plugin with the analog clock and calendar?
Cheers,
Sealos

it's r|Today by Rotlaus [it's been posted here at xda-dev forgot where] but here is link to the website. ==> CLICK HERE

bnycastro said:
I actually like the carrier/bt plug as well, I haven't used WA2 in awhile and decided to try again. Here is how I have it setup for the moment [might get your creative/setup juices flowing ]
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I gave WA2 a quick try yesterday for the first time although I wasn't really sure how to use it.
I did manage to get it to display the date and time together, in my preferred format of "Sun 04-Feb", which was good.
However, the other thing I really want on my Taskbar is a decent Battery Meter that shows the % remaining.
My current Today screen looks as follows:-
The app I am using the for the Battery Meter (and clock) is KBattery.
I don't particularly need the battery meter so wide..... I am just running KBattery that way so that it is wide enough to cover the standard battery meter and clock that normally appear side by side.
Can WA2 do a Battery Meter with % remaining figure? If so, then I could ditch KBattery.
I tried running KBattery with WA2, however, KBattery does not give the option to display just the Batter meter without the time..... thus I had two clocks!
I guess the alternative would be to keep using KBattery for the Time and Battery meter, but then use WA2 to display the DATE only - although I couldn't see how to do that in the WA2 configuration settings I was playing with.

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MY|PHONE™ FREEWARE

MY|PHONE™
I made this small freeware.
It shows on your Today Screen, your last phone call and SMS details.
Additionally it can show the phone signal level.
Works on Pocket PC 2002 Phone Edition and Windows Mobile 2003.
Just look screenshots.
You can show/hide details (these additional smaller lines) permanently or under the tapping for around 10 seconds.
Icons change the look, to indicate what kind of phone call or SMS message was the last one.
If you have missed last phone call or unread SMS message the title line could be in red to get your attention. Tap the line to view the details and turn off the red color.
To access the menu: tap-and-hold.
To uninstall: open the Start\Settings\Today\Items dialog and uncheck this item, then make soft-reset and uninstall.
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This software is freeware. No support, no warranty. It was not tested with all available hardware. If you got problems, let me know and I will try to fix up.
nice, and freeware is always welcomed
BUT
-i'm using Snoopsoft Dashboard 2.0.47 and it crashes my xda2 everytime when i select/deselect it as today module within dashboard (this happens with your Phone Profile software too).
-directly after installation it displays 'Last Phone Call' time from: unkown nr 14m16s. i never received a call at this time and the last call i had was from a known number and lastet only 2 min.
-when receiving a new sms it's telling me 'No SMS received'
looks like going back to the drawing board again...
EDIT:
the problem with dashboard is still here, but a softreset and some new calls fixed the other problems...
but what i noticed: the callers name is displayed correct in the missed call display but not in the last unread sms. it only shows the phone number (without +) and not the contacts name...
dashboard
I'm using dashboard too. Latest version.
I think the problem is with dashboard. because it crashed my machine with other plug-ins too.(in the moment when it is selected/diselected)
When I do not use dashboard there is no crashes with MY|PHONE
as the standard plug-in.
MY|PHONE checks the SMS message "on the fly" (not the SMS outlook storage) only when it's running as TOday Screen item.
Sorry about SMS sender name: yes, it is not working now, only SMS number.
dashboard and pocketfacelift
this is a screenshot where you can see I use both dashboard (none skin) and pocketfacelift together with my programs: MY|PHONE and Phone Profiles (upcoming new version).
I used pocketfacelift (still it is not compatibility with WM2003) just to: skin traybar's background and hide today screen's separate lines. this way: because I do not want to skin taskbar, due problems with dynamic notification icons.
Thx a lot for this app. Really nice one
Where did U get this nice PPS skin? That's best one I've ever seen and I want it badly
PS. Will be nice if clicking on SMS icon leads directly to inbox....
thanks for this app
regards kevin
I want that background too. Cool!
If you don't have the actual picture file, can you zip up the theme, and share it with us?
Nice one mate!
hi jgui,
thanks again. sofar it's working fine... would be cool if you could add the caller display support for received SMS and the possibility to select that a click on the Missed Phoncalls goes to the Callers Log and a click on SMS received to the SMS aplication... what i really like is the red flashing text if you received a new SMS or missed a call... nice
JGUI/guys,
Is it just me, or when you uninstall it, does it leave your today screen section separator bars double the normal width, 2 pixels wide instead of one?
It's driving me mad, and no amount of soft resets will get rid of it. I've tried re-installing then uninstalling, but to no avail.
Anyone else getting this, or moreover, does anyone know how to get my bars back to the normal one pixel width?
the program runs correctly on my QTEK but displays no phone number, just "Missed Phone Call 00:19"
this does not give me more info than the standard warning sign in the taskbar except the time of the call.
tde said:
the program runs correctly on my QTEK but displays no phone number, just "Missed Phone Call 00:19"
this does not give me more info than the standard warning sign in the taskbar except the time of the call.
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Try tapping and HOLDING, in the area of the today screen where the plugin is located.
Then from the pop up menu, choose to tick the extra options to show this, and sms info.
Assuming you haven't already.
As for my last problem - sorted it by turning of ALL Today screen items so that no separator bars showed, then turning them back on.
At least it looks like its back to normal I think.
I'd second a request for that today skin ;-)
not only
you're more than second, tekguru
sorry, I have no rights to this (original) image.
MY Phone
..Super Software , Thanks
Congratulation, nice program.
I have a little problem, after I receive a call or an SMS, Today scrren do not refresh. I need to tap on today sreen, go to setting and clik save to refresh the today screen to show new calls or SMS
same here.
Also, I'd like the plugin to stop displaying that I missed a phone call when I acknowledge it on the taskbar icon.
Is it possible to have the contact name displayed instead of the phone number if it is present ?
nice tool anyway
tde said:
Is it possible to have the contact name displayed instead of the phone number if it is present ?
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Is necessary that in setting, you flag "Dissplay Caller's name if recognized"
ok thanks m8, I missed that!
The "settings" option is not very intuitive, I thought it was just the name of the displayed action-menu.
If you can also provide a fix for the refresh, I take it
thanks JGUI
such a great contribution, well done for a small & very usefull sw, thanks again
Hullo,
I have the MY PHONE working in Dashboard no problem. Just remember that after installation, to remove it from the standard today settings and then just tick it on in dashboard. Doing this causes a soft reset but then it will be fine.
I thought that the following changes might make the program much more accessible or maybe you can use these suggestions with some others to allow you to create a 'pro' version :lol:
1. Size of the font could be selectable by user.
2. Use bigger icons and position them side by side, (Similar to Battery pack style), when a user taps the icon the text would appear briefly (2 seconds).
3. The signal meter on my XDA II reports 113%, which should not occur.
Cheerio
Howard

MY|WEATHER animated icons contest

I'm glad I can announce that I just realized my new Today Screen's plugin: MY|WEATHER.
Read below: you can get it for free.
My program shows you:
- current weather conditions for any point on the Earth (thx to weather.com service of course)
- forecast prognoze for the upcoming week
- histograms of changes, temperatures, winds, humidities
- satellite preview of clouds moving in the animated sequence of the last 10 pictures (thx to bbc.co.uk service) Europe or USA views only
In many styles and display types. To change display content tap-and-move down or up over the plugin's screen. Or only tap to switch to another screen. More: you can turn on/off borders, backgrounds, bars.
You can even use "one-line" mimized style, to save the space of your Today Screen. In this line you will see only temperature, humidity, wind speed and a small icon to open satellite preview on the top of the screen for a moment.
On any Pocket PC Phone Edition, where you set GPRS or BT connection to the Internet, all weather data update automatically in the specified period. You decide how often you want to update (and how much pay for connection). A full update requests around 5kB for weather conditions and 15-25kB for every sat.image - but you can decide how many sat.images you want to use: from 1 (last available image) up to 10.
Some screenshots:
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www.jgui.net/todays/
I open the contest to authors of animated icons. I give the fully-features licence of MY|WEATHER and all next updates for free,
to everyone who makes and provides a set of animated weather icons.
The set should cover all 51 icons for weather conditions (as it is know from weather.com service) and, at least! 10 animated icons inside.
Descriptions:
MY|WEATHER uses as animated icons the following files:
- image in .png format
- any number of colours
- any size of frame (but 50x50 is preffered because optimization)
- all 10 frames should be put in one row
- all frames have to be in the same size
- eventually transparent color is 255,0,255
- the name should be compared to one of static icon
- alpha blendiong is not supported now, but will be in the future
- used images must be copyrights free
questions about this topic:
[email protected] with a subject: weather icons
Whether it works with PDA2K? Any of your programs does not work with PDA2K correctly.
specialy, MY|PHONE PROFILES (Lite) i bought it but it coz doing hardrest WTF. do u name this a software or Virus?? :evil:
befor u release any **** make sure that **** is work fine in ur XDA2 in addition dont say that **** works at -Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition- (LandScape Version) while u develope it in dummy rotate screen BASE.
i'm angry coz of ur ****s MY|**** MY|**** MY|**** :evil:
if u feel sorry of what u'v done go and make UPGRADE (FIXES) ASAP
or ReBack Our Money
No working
I just try this software for my MDA II OS WM 2003 SE and have some comments as the followings
1. To slow restart device
2. Bug- hanging when search local place
3. Incompatible, I have to remove late on
:twisted:
JGUI's software ideas are actually quite good, it's just that in practice they aren't very good when made into the final program.
Very often I've installed various JGUI today plugins only to find they cause soft resets and then when I try to uninstall them, it says it cannot find such and such a file...and this is just in Windows, never mind Pocket PC.
I have WeatherPanel on my today screen and never had an issue with it, bought it for that very reason.
Cheers
Anthony
hey, JGUI, I would still love if you merged the current MY|CALENDAR with MY|PHONE and instead of Zodiac sign and population of earth (which I don't really care about) found in the MY|CALENDAR plugin, add signal strength and Network, as found in MY|PHONE. If you were to do that that would make one convenient and very useful plugin. I like the big display of the time and the calendar of MY|CALENDAR, but if you remove the zodiac and the earth population option, makes a empty space, that on the today screen is very vital.
Something like this (of course add shadows to the cellulat part also)
Still all this would work
sure
Yorch,
Finally it should be!
Right after I will finish MY|PLANS and MY|ACTIONS.
Still I wonder how to use the small size of screen to get all requested information at once. and the size will smaller... in the upcoming newest HP6500
Many/multiplied screens for today view, like spb plus or dashboard are not solution. Personally I don't want to make any action to change the view because I have to see something another. I want to view all at once. In just one blink of eye.
I play with many ideas.
BTW: the version with satellites previews is almost finished, just let me 2-3 more days for deeper tests.
I personally love My|SMS Messages.
However, i keep having problem auto refreshing when i receive message.
Sometimes, it does not refresh when i need to open certain programs to over write Today Screen, then My|SMS Messages will display.
Probably is my device got problem, however, very long ago, i did try out your older version on my older PDA, it still have the refreshing error.
FYI only.
NOTE:
your MY|Phone Profile Lite still not upgrade it yet (v1.0). all peoples tried it said that it suck because it hang the device when thay do softreset, so thay need to do hardreset to fix the problem. however, thay think your (MY|Phone Profile Lite) need to upgrade it. and thay need a support from jgui company. thay are human thay have a feel thay have paid.
not quite
I'm sorry but this is not a true what you said.
I have customers with XDAII, they use MY|PHONE PROFILES LITE without problems.
Alhought I understand I have to make more fixes to be compatible with this device more.
I'm very sorry about you problems. Maybe you use another program which touch settings of phone features. Maybe you should try to not use some specified features: like services on/off. Or maybe do not use ring sounds from external card? The Lite version hac no notification on-fly features. It just change resitry settings when you change Profile. Nothing more until you change it again.
I hope the next version will be more stable in XDAII.
Will be soon.
Cant get this to function
I really like the idea this of this plug-in. :lol:
but I cannot get it to work on my XDA II,
it will not complete the localisation even with PIE running in the background. :?
Is this my fault or is there some way I can get this to function.
:?
I spend a lot of time outside and some forewarning would be very very useful.
Davy,
You might want to check this out: http://www.sbsh.net/products/pocketweather/
Cheers
Neil

Today plugin at BOTTOM of screen?

Is it possible to force a today screen plugin to the bottom of the screen without needing some sort of spacer plugin in between it and other today screen items? I want to have an icon bar across the bottom (easy button access with one hand) but still use things like the calendar that will change size above it on the screen...
Thanks!
No, you can't force a plugin there but you can use an app like VJTrayLaunch to place shortcuts in the tray that is already at the bottom.
Actually you can. There is a free plugin floating around called SPACER. Its actually a today plugin that allows you to put "X" amount of empty space on the today screen. So it may take a few tries to get it perfect, but basically you will just have to configure it one pixel short of it making scrollbars on your today screen to get whatever the desired plugin is to the bottom.
andycormier - I think you missed the point of his question. He specifically asked not for a spacer...
V
Thanks for the thoughts guys. I'm after something as lite as possible and skinning everything with WA2/WAD probably isn't what i'm after. The tray unfortunately is utterly useless for using a thumb (holding it one handed) to press buttons, and you can't force large icons there!
Anyone know how things like the HTC tray and FHMTray (i think it's something like that) use the tray area and if it might be possible to modify the tray area to accommodate large icons (or better yet has anyone actually tried to make the tray area useable for a today plugin so you could put anything there - i think there may be a lot of people who'd love something like that!).
Thanks again for the feedback guys.
mikechannon: I've never used Wisbar, it's just not what I need. It's too much. It's perhaps some of the most advanced coding I've seen, but too much for most purposes.
I actually don't recommend VJTrayLaunch for reasons of resource usage - for a few icons, it's fine. For more then 3 icons, I suggest using PHM Tray Launch.
There are other ways to relocate Today plugins - see SideX.
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Here relocating the keyboard, but it can relocate today plugins too. Great app!
I know it's not required, but I've also written VJTodaySpacer that does some special voodoo. Unreleased, although one day when VJToggleToday is finished I'll release it.
V
Thanks for the input VJ. I like the concept of sidex - tried it but it's too clunky to use. I'm after something to free us as much usable space as possible with the exception of a nice menu bar. Ideally if i could i'd loose the tray and bottom bar (i know what my softkeys do from the today screen!), and have an iLauncher bar across the very bottom with a set of large icons that would be perfect for thumb presses. Any app that is in use can then have the menu bar back when it's loaded as i won't need the icons there when using something other than the today screen. That way i can have something usable for thumbs and also have a lot of information on the today screen.
I've tried freeing up space with your tool to remove all menu bars too, but it isn't yet a clean interface! Great idea, but i've ended up with things like the top part of the today screen showing while in other programs. If it could be active while on the today screen and nonactive while in programs it'd probably serve the exact function i want - low overhead and clears the useless junk from the today screen.
If i knew how to, i'd attempt it myself but i wouldn't know where to start!
Thanks again.
VJ: I'm just wondering, how difficult is it to get cLaunch to 'move' to the bottom of the screen? cLaunch is a Today plugin and it may not be possible to get a Today plugin to move to the bottom of the screen. While the 'tray' thing is a program itself, hence it is possible for it to move to the bottom of the screen, right? I had the source code downloaded and prepare to be messing with it, once I got the hang of this embedded VC.
Hanmin, moving the plugin is easy enough, but unfortunately the Today screen is compiled from sequentially drawing each Today plugin one after the other. The height of the Today window is calculated from the (reported) height of each Today plugin. So merely moving the Plugin in Win32 won't necessarily allow it to be displayed. It'll just confuse Today.
Using a Today spacer is an easy alternative IMHO.
jdl1306: good idea about only hiding the start bar on the Today screen. It's something that was suggested a long time ago, but I've not worked on the app for quite some time, one or two things to finish first (I've also been unable to program for several months, work)
For the time being, why not hide the tray (dcinobar) and hide just the soft keys using VJToggleToday II? Then, you have a clean interface, just the Start bar showing?
V
i didnt understend how to make aenather shortcuts .
help (-: (-: (-:

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.
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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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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
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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

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