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The much awaited windows mobile 7 interface and all other info below
Microsoft is currently developing Windows Mobile 7, the first revolutionary change to its mobile device operating system. Recently, I was given a document by a source inside Microsoft that details the touch and gesture plans for Mobile 7.
Below, you’ll find over 3,000 words detailing my notes from the document. I can’t publish the document here, at least not until after the product is announced, to protect my sources. I will provide the document to trusted journalists in order to share and show proof of this information. If there is anything I leave out, please don’t hesitate to ask and I will try to provide a screenshot or answer.
Windows Mobile 7 will dramatically change the way we use mobile devices. It will emphasize the use of touch on the device, as well as motion gestures created by using the device. It is, absolutely, Microsoft’s effort to beat back the iPhone, and the iPhone is referenced several times in the document.
Windows Mobile 7 will use touch gestures, similar to how the iPhone does. You will be able to flick through lists, pan, swipe sideway, draw on the screen. A lot of emphasis has been put on making navigation easier and doing away with scrollbars, including a new scroll handle that allows for multiple ways of finding items extremely fast.
Windows Mobile 7 will use motion gestures, something the iPhone does not. It will not use an intricate and complicated series of gyroscopes and accelerometers. Instead, it will use the camera on the phone to detect motions and create appropriate actions. You will be able to shake, twist and otherwise manipulate the phone and get things done. The phone will be able to perform actions when placed face down on a surface, and it will know when it is in your pocket or bag.
Windows Mobile 7 will have an exciting locking screen, that will allow you to play around with it, draw on it, shake it and completely otherwise mess with it.
Windows Mobile 7 will have dramatically improved visuals, different from the iPhone and much more similar to the dark and futuristic visuals of Windows Vista. It will feature graphical transitions, subtle effects, and other things to make it more interesting to look at. This is not detailed in the document, but featured in the multitude of screenshots.
Windows Mobile 7 is designed to use the finger, not the stylus, though many devices will be required to include a stylus. It is designed to be easy to use with the hand, including one-handed, and to be fun to use and easy to understand. It is designed to be used on devices with no buttons, few buttons, lots of buttons, full keyboards, and devices without touch screens.
Windows Mobile 7 is clearly designed for better media playback, with screenshots indicating a much-improved Media Player and photo gallery application. There is talk in the document of a games mode. Mobile Internet Explorer runs full-screen web pages in a minimalistic interface, and has “tabbed” browsing, except you can switch tabs by shaking the phone.
The keyboard has been improved, but plans for a full touch keyboard, a la the iPhone, have been shelved until a future version of Windows Mobile.
Below are my detailed notes. Some of it is raw, some of it is very detailed. It is accompanied by screenshots direct from the document which show off other features planned for Windows Mobile 7.
Goals of the New User Interface.
Touch, gestures, scrolling, and direct manipulation. Also, animations, transitions, motion gestures, and codenames “Phosphur” and “Starburst”.
Goal: Finger optimized, best in class touch experience that users are comfortable with everywhere.
Requirements: simple, memorable and fun; consistent, predictable and interesting; natural movements, natural animations and transitions; and enhance the mobile experience, not degrade it.
Goal is to support hardware with buttons, hardware with buttons and touch screens, and touch screen-only devices. The Touch-only devices are specifically referenced as “iPhone compete”.
User experience requirements: consistent UI interaction across the device (up and down should always scroll up and down lists, not something else), should not be overloaded. The new UI will not be opt-in for applications, but required, so old applications will all get it. There will be a “game mode”, where games will be allowed to override the UI requirements and use similar movements for different actions, allowing games to have more complicated controls than the average app.
There will be audio and visual feedback, only where appropriate, like indicating the top and bottom of a list, which objects are touchable, and a “ring of fire” indicating where you press and hold down your finger.
Designed to be used by a finger, without a stylus. Microsoft Research is researching the size of the average fingertip/tap size. Currently, they are working with the assumption of a 7.6×7.6 millimeter fingertip size. The goal is a device that can be used almost entirely one-handed with the thumb of the hand holding the device.
There were plans to implement the Soft Input Panel (the on-screen keyboard) as a finger accessible portion of the UI (like the iPhone does), but it was cut for Windows Mobile 7.
Tap drills down in a list, but some lists will have you tab once to select, once again to drill down the list. Interface elements will be designed so there is no fear of users making a mistake and missing their target. It will be able to dynamically resize elements of the user interface, prioritizing them and making them easier to hit. Corners, like the close button, scrollbars, icons and the title bar/status bar, will all be able to grow to make things easier on the user.
A stylus will be required on devices meeting certain screen size, orientation, DPI and resolution marks. User interface elements will scale their size and be prioritized in order to make hitting them easier, especially scrollbars, corner elements, icons, the title bar and the status bar.
Touch may be the actual product name as it stands.
Gestures for scrolling (horizontal and vertical), task and menu access, press and hold controls, list items, press and drag, and launching shortcuts. The device will be able to detect finger velocity, scrolling further if the user’s finger moves faster.
They are considering the need for scroll bars when users are scrolling with gestures. Current plan is to show them on Touch devices when flicking through a list, but not show them on button-only devices when scrolling.
When a dialog is longer than the screen and needs to be scrolled horizontally, they are considering replacing the scroll bar with a visual indicator, like text fading off the edge of the screen. Pressing and holding launched the context (right-click) menu, as it does now.
By default in a list, tapping drills down items, but there will be visual and audio feedback if drilling doesn’t occur and the user is merely focusing on an item.
A stylus will be required for device makers to include, based on screen size, screen orientation, and screen resolution.
Microsoft is considering if it needs to support screens and drivers that do multi-touch, but multi-touch is not a base feature of Windows Mobile 7. Multi-finger touch is shown for cropping and rotating photos, but there is no indication if this is software based or requires multi-touch hardware.
Motion Gestures.
There will be various finger motion gestures, used for scrolling vertically and horizontally, task and menu access, pressing and holding on controls, list items, pressing and dragging, and launching shortcuts.
Some UI elements, called Spinner and Pivot, will have a gesture where you swipe them from left to right. In a Spinner, you have a single item with left and right buttons next to it, but instead of hitting the left and right buttons, you can just swipe to change the option.
There will also be motion gestures, where the user moves the device to invoke certain commands. Microsoft Research has a technology concept that uses the device’s camera as a motion sensor, enabling motion control while using the device. This means devices will not need accelerometers and other complicated gyroscopes to get these features, and that existing Windows Mobile devices could be upgraded to full Windows Mobile 7 functionality. These gestures will require the camera to be operating all the time a gesture may be used, which will affect battery life.
There would need to be support for gestures when the device is locked, including slider control, which hints at a similar locking mechanism to the iPhone. It will also support changing screen orientation when turning the device sideways, just like the iPhone does, but using the camera, not a gyroscope.
Windows Mobile 8 will support gestures in the auxiliary screen. Windows Mobile 7 will not.
Gestures shown include in music or a slideshow, shaking the phone left or right to go to the previous or next song or photo, and shaking the phone in order to shuffle it. Here’s an image, which may only be a mockup, or it is showing us what Windows Media Player will look like on Windows Mobile 7, as well as the picture viewer:
As you see, Media Player has an emphasis on album art along with other cool visual elements. Also notice the ever-present battery and signal strength indicators have been placed inside the soft key buttons at the bottom of the screen, saving screen real estate and making them a lot cooler.
Another gesture: When pressing the directional pad down in a full-screen media application, such as a photo application, you can move the device forward and backward to zoom in and out of the image.
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The web browser will incorporate gestures for back and forward actions. Here’s an image:
Notice the differences in Internet Explorer. The interface is simpler and much nicer, with just an address bar and go button, the web page is a desktop version, just like on the iPhone, and the browser has tabbed browsing, used by gesturing through a series of graphical thumbnails. This is very impressive.
The camera will also cause certain actions based on light sensitivity. For example, if you put your phone in your pocket or in a bag, it will shut off the screen, and can even make the ringer louder or put it on vibrate, as directed. It can also turn the screen on automatically when taking the phone out, trigger the timer on the phone’s camera when the phone is placed face down on a surface, automatically activate the camera flash based on available light, snooze the phone’s alarm when waving your hand over the phone’s camera, taking a picture when anyone walks past the phone (or any other desired action, like making a noise), or remotely connecting to other devices when the phone sees them.
Waking Up and the Lock Screen.
Here’s an example of a gesture, shaking the phone to wake it up:
The document says that gestures should be distinct, convenient, easy to use, and they should also be fun and have feedback that responds to the user’s action. They shouldn’t be hard motion, but simple jiggles or shakes, with the screen reacting to the amount of shaking, the number of shakes, that sort of thing.
An example of the screen showing a transition from the device being asleep to awake:
As you see, it’s a very nice and detailed, but subtle graphical transition. Microsoft never cared about transitions before, but it looks like Windows Mobile 7 will be different.
There’s also a part talking about allowing the user to “doodle” on the screen (their word, not mine), letting users draw doodles on the device lock screen, as well as shake the screen to affect the wallpaper (like making water run, or blurring an image). The iPhone’s lock screen is an iconic part of the device, and Microsoft wants to have a cool lock screen without copying Apple, so the plan is to give you fun things to do on the lock screen.
Here’s an image showing the user doodling. Notice the use of two fingers, hinting at software-based simple multi-touch, or perhaps the image assumes the device has multi-touch hardware?
And a screen that has been shook or doodled on:
That makes for a pretty cool locked phone.
Touch Scrolling/Flicking.
Users will be able to flick their way through lists and swipe sideways for certain actions and pivoting views. When scrolling through lists, letters are shown to indicate as the user makes his way through the alphabet, as well as the addition of a scroll bar. There will be a visual bump when reaching the end of a list.
Besides flicking up and down, the user will be able to pivot sideways between different hotlists. The user can swipe to pivot between each, tap a selection in the pivot wheel, or hit an arrow to launch a pivot selector for all available pivots.
An example of pivoting in the Recent Programs menu:
Here’s a screenshot of Outlook’s inbox:
Also shown is flicking and swiping through an unnamed maps application, based on Windows Live Maps, and flicking based on the velocity of the user’s finger. Other types of finger gestures include the use of spinners and sliders, and unrestricted omni-directional movement.
A screenshot of panning in the maps application:
Those arrows on the sides of the screen are shown as being used in all applications, including IE Mobile, to let the user know when they are panning the screen.
When hitting buttons/icons on the screen, the UI will try to prioritize items and determine which one the user wanted to hit, so users who are sloppy with their fingers will still get the desired result. It will use this smart targeting when using your finger, but not when using the stylus, a very smart design decision. When using the keyboard, the letter enlarges and appears above your finger when you hit it, just like on the iPhone. When highlighting text, a zoom/edit box appears above it to show what you are highlighting. When in full page view in IE Mobile, if you hit an area with links it will zoom in with a bubble and help you choose from the links. Observe:
Notice Word Mobile. It has the Office 2007 Ribbon, but it appears to be lifted directly from Word 2007 and far too small to be used on a mobile device. Assume that this was put in for the mockup, and not an actual application screenshot, but also assume that they are going in the direction of a Ribbon-based user interface for Office Mobile.
There is handwriting recognition listed for OneNote Mobile.
An example of a context menu, activated by pressing and holding in an area (like right-clicking on a PC):
Other examples of what Microsoft calls Press N Hold UI elements include an application launcher and a quick scroller (for quickly moving through a list with a scrollbar and the first letter of list items):
Currently, when scrolling down a screen with the directional pad, the selector moves to the bottom of the screen, then scrolls downward one item at a time. In Windows Mobile 7, the list scrolls upwards as the selector moves downwards, acting in sync so that the selector does not reach the bottom of the screen until it reaches the end of the list. This gives the user feedback on how long the list is and where the user currently is within the list.
When the user flicks to scroll within a list, a scroll handle will appear on the side. If the user touches it, the user can drag the scroll handle up and down for faster scrolling. This replaces the scroll bar. The more the handle is moved, the faster the screen will scroll. A screenshot:
Scroll bars in Windows Mobile 7 will never be part of the screen, but rather floating transparent visual elements on top of it. They will only be used when necessary.
A filmstrip view is shown, with the music filmstrip clearly showing a Zune icon with the option to purchase the song:
There are many pages showing other UI elements, including radio buttons, Spinners, sliders, text entry boxes, combo boxes, drop down menus and such, that I have left out. If anyone desperately wants to see them, let me know and I can add screenshots.
There’s a list of gestures that are being explorer and may or may not make it into Mobile 7, including a gesture to dismiss an on-screen notification by shaking it off the screen, a gesture to automatically take you to a Smart Search notification panel, turning the phone like turning a key to unlock it, Pivoting by gesturing the phone sideways, moving through lists by shaking the phone up or down, switching the camera into black and white or other modes by shaking it down, adjusting camera aperture and shutter speed by rotating the camera, sending a file by “tossing” it to another device.
I left out most of these, but if there are any more you want to see, just let me know and I will try to accommodate. Here’s the camera gesture, just because the UI is so cool:
There’s a list of list view options that are likely cut, including expandable/collapsible headers in grid view (I also didn’t cover grid view), a carousel view (sort of like a vertical pivot), scrolling one item at a time with touch, accelerometer gestures.
Windows Mobile 7 will ship in 2009, according to the document. This makes sense with the Mobile 6.1 point release that is coming around now. Hopefully, Bill Gates will announce Windows Mobile 7 at CES tonight, but if not, you now have advance notice of what is coming next year. Microsoft clearly has a lot planned to make Windows Mobile 7 the revolution it needs to be to compete with Apple, and Mobile 7 is going to bring some cool and excitement to Microsoft’s smart phones.
welcome to yesterday
A quick link to the same old story would have saficed...
this sounds so familiar...
hmmm thx for the "new" information i wouldnt have known if it wasnt for u thankyou
Did they say how many times a day it would crash and reboot itself?? lol
Sorry, I was being rude to the original poster! Thanks for the informative highlights of WM7 and I look forward to all future threads concerning this subject.
**Note** I aim saying this under direst from my wife who thinks I'm being rude....
mchapman007 said:
Sorry, I was being rude to the original poster! Thanks for the informative highlights of WM7 and I look forward to all future threads concerning this subject.
**Note** I aim saying this under direst from my wife who thinks I'm being rude....
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The documentation is really huge.... i will have to sit and sort it out ..!
if you want a peek through this , visit http://www.htcclub.net/en/shownews.php?ID=294
i just wanted to help the homies right here ...
let me know who needs further clarification
SpringfieldXD45C said:
Did they say how many times a day it would crash and reboot itself?? lol
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Well i will ask them and let you know... how many times exactly it will ... crash ...
i have a feeling these new gestures will take using (read: failing to use) the phone while drunk to new levels!
constantly using the camera as a light sensor is going to be just great for battery life......
I Started porting Morphgear 2.4.0.9 to work better on our beloved HD2 (actually for every WVGA, but don't expect much without 1GHZ and multitouch)
If you find my work useful please
so I can keep maintain it, thanks
Done
v0.8 <--latest, get this
v0.7
* first multithreaded sound & input morphgear
v0.6
* reduced some landscape latency
v0.5
* Yet another multitouch fix, this one reduces some lag.
* Replaced Cutom File Dialog to useful one. for the native wm file dialog, go to Global Settings -> Tweak -> uncheck Custom File Dialog
v0.4
* fixed multitouch
* gamepad (any gamepad) now underlays the game on landscape mode (east/west orientation)
* added WVGA landscape pad (choose on each module settings with arrows and enter key) best use with "Auto Scale" screen size, so you can see part of the pad on the sides
* fix in global settings - double click selects item on combo box
v0.3
* added tactile feedback (enable/disable) to global settings
* rescaled the menu icons
* rescaled the default game pad (so its not necessary to install the WVGA skin)
* added the SNES module to the cab
v0.2
* added real multi-touch to game pad (HD2 only)
* fixed tactile feedback
* added shortcut in start menu -> games
v0.1
* Rebuilt Morphgear with larger space to menu icons (but didn't replace the icons them self, just made them clickable on HD2)
* Added tactile feedback (vibration) to Virtual Game Pad
ToDo
* transparent overlay gamepad for landscape mode
* Probably more stuff..
How to use it?
* Install my rebuilded cab from this thread
* optional - Install WVGA virtual pad from here (follow all the instructions)
* Install desired modules from Morphgear official website
* Google for the game roms
What Not
* I Can't replace the settings screen as it precompiled into the modules. find your way around it, mostly by using the keyboard arrows and Enter for selection (double-clicking on item might work as well)
* I Won't answer generic usage questions, please help each other / search on Google
* I Won't develop game pads, it can be done easily if anyone is up to it, just check the WVGA skin posted here..
Nice todo list, because it's running game so fine we just need multitouch support (I'm sure is not easy) and if it possible to make a skin not invisible but transparent, I don't no if morphgear support that actully, but it's hard to play without seeing buttons.
Anyway keep going on with your dev. and good luck
I will keep an eye on that thread ...
See you
Dakey said:
Nice todo list, because it's running game so fine we just need multitouch support (I'm sure is not easy) and if it possible to make a skin not invisible but transparent, I don't no if morphgear support that actully, but it's hard to play without seeing buttons.
Anyway keep going on with your dev. and good luck
I will keep an eye on that thread ...
See you
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that's why I added vibration to the game pad, so you know when you hit the right spot.. but I think transparent game pad might actually be possible.. added to my todo list
Fantastic, I'm glad someone has decided to pick up dev on this to bring it slightly more up to date!
Many thanks!
nice to see morphgear getting some love again.
any way you could add a quick save/load option thats mapable to buttons? (maybe save to slot 0)
one of the biggest reasons why i use smartgear over morphgear is because it takes so many damn steps to save or load a game. would be nice to just hit one button for load and one for save.
thanks and keep up the great work!
Morphgear 2.4.0.9 Install instructions please
great! eagerly awaiting more updates
sweeeeet
I really miss full screen, full speed, full sound from my omnia one.
Thank you for making this and I really look forward to using this when multi-touch is implemented
tactile feedback a bit hit and miss on my HD2 (causes very long vibrations), how can I disable it.
Looking forward to more updates.
If you add real multi-touch support, then you will be the first person I would be so happy
Wow, great!
Can't wait for updates!
Any screenshots of the WVGA virtual pad? Or is that the invisible one? Speaking of, I would also love it to be a transparent-type overlay...
hawrai68 said:
tactile feedback a bit hit and miss on my HD2 (causes very long vibrations), how can I disable it.
Looking forward to more updates.
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what response do you get when you hit one button slightly?
long vibrations caused when keeping the finger on the button, but I think I'm going to disable that.
as soon as I'll repair the settings, I will add the vibration there
Thank you very much for working on this, I just managed to use the normal morphgear with fullscreen landscape, but its not ideal as you cant see the pad and the buttons are not exactly in the perfect position. Multitouch would be amazing if you can implement it and cant wait to be able to play Mario kart Super Circuit.
I'll be following this closely. Ohhh and here is a vid of me running it in fullscreen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFaZvqK0Fkw
Great idea.
I'll be following this closely.
Hmm,...i´ve installed morphgear and SNES9x on my storage card, but i can´t find the program on my device (?!?). Wether it is in my "programs" folder on the storage card nor in my programs list on the device itself.
What did I wrong??
cant open snes rom:
MorphGear was unable to open the file Most often this due to insufficient memory. The console will now be displayed.
brooon said:
Hmm,...i´ve installed morphgear and SNES9x on my storage card, but i can´t find the program on my device (?!?). Wether it is in my "programs" folder on the storage card nor in my programs list on the device itself.
What did I wrong??
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my cab doesn't seem to install a start menu shortcut (should be under games)
i will fix it in the next release..
meanwhile you can find the program on \storage card\program files\games\morphgear or program files\games\morphgear
Orofar said:
cant open snes rom:
MorphGear was unable to open the file Most often this due to insufficient memory. The console will now be displayed.
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Me too:-( HD2
We all know how limited HD2 is in memory.
(bad humor attempt)
Have Any one tried this on our HD2 phones ?
Wanted to ask you guys before i try it!
Requirements: WM2003/WM2003SE/WM5/WM6 OS Smartphone and PocketPCs with 220x176, 320x240 QVGA, 640x420 VGA resolutions Portrait or Lanscape
Overview: SmartTweaker has over 60 original tweaks!
It will automatically soft-reset device if tweak needs this and user agrees!
It is easy to use with a simple user interface Every tweak has an on-screen info box Helps you increase your battery standby time significantly!
Safe tweaking feature, it will block tweaks that are not for your Mobile operating system!
Features:
Smart Tweaker 2008 is the successor of Top-Selling SmartTweaker. It now supports new Platforms and versions of Windows Mobile for Smartphone and Pocket PC devices. Here you can find the Tweaks available ordered by categories:
Internet:
* Google Mobile Search Box
Change Windows Mobile 6 integrated web search functionality, 'Windows Live' Search Box from Windows to Google mobile optimised search.
* Google Welcome Page
Change Windows Mobile 6 integrated web search 'Welcome Page' to Google mobile optimised web search page.
* Enable 4-way navigation
By default, the navigation button is bi-directional. You can only go up or down. This tweak will enable fast scrolling 4-way navigation which comes in handy when you access sites not optimized for mobile access.
* Force Internet Pass through
If you have trouble using your PC internet connection as Pass thorugh, this tweak will force your device will to automatically suspend all active connections on device (GPRS, 3G, ...) and use the connection on the PC instead.
* Allow Download of EXE Files
This will enable .EXE files to be downloaded in Pocket Internet Explorer.
* Allow Download of ZIP Files
This will enable .ZIP files to be downloaded in Pocket Internet
* Store IE Cache to SD
When browsing the web, pages and images are saved in the 'Temporary Internet Files' location.The tweak will change this location to your 'Storage Card\cacheie' folder. NOTE: You will need to make a 'cacheie' folder on your Storage Card.
* Speed-Up WiFi Surfing
This increases the number of files that will be loaded at any one time from a webpage. It makes a big difference when viewing picture-intensive pages and speeds-up both GPRS and WiFi browsing.
System:
* Speed-Boost
This will Speed Up the system by increasing the size of the display cache.
* Speed-Up Menus
This tweak removes menu-animation and speeds up the appearance of the menu on-screen.
* Bluetooth OBEX File Transfer
This enables the sending and receiving of files on your phone via the Bluetooth connection.
* Sort StartMenu Alphabetically
Finally have your Start Menu sorted Alphabetically.
* Hide StartMenu labels
This tweak will hide Start Menu labels under the icons. Name of highlighted icon will appear on Title Bar.
* StartMenu Scrollbar
This tweak will enable or disable (old style Start Menu) ScrollBar support.
* GridView Toggle
Switches between standard WM5/WM6 Gridview and classic WM2003 List-style presentation.
* Enable 320x240 video recording
Enable 320x240 video recording on the Motorola Q9H and and other models that do not have menu option for changing the video recording resolution.
* Disable USB Charging (Every time you plug in your Windows mobile device in to the laptop via USB cable it starts charging the device cousing a double power consumtion on your laptop. Allow your windows mobile phone to connect via USB without consuming power from your laptop.
* Prevent CAB-File Deletion
This will prevent the automatic deletion of CAB-files after activating them, allowing you to re-use them if necessary.
* Gridview Toggle - Cingular
Switches between standard WM5/WM6 Gridview and classic WM2003 List-style presentation. CINGULAR phones only.
* Set MMS-Size to MAX
The default MMS maximum send-size is 256Kb. This will increase the limit to 1Mb, so that you can send much larger MMS's. NOTE: You need to alter the MMS account settings in your phone to maximum, after activating this tweak.
* Camera Date Folder Fix
This saves each picture and video that you take, into a dated folder, which is created in your default picture/video save section.
* Show Reminders Once Only
By default, Reminders will keep alerting you for 2 minutes. This will change it to a one-time event. N.B. This tweak may not work correctly on all models.
* Force Ask Install Location
This allows you to specify whether to install a program in Main Storage or your Storage Card, regardless of the installer settings. NOTE: Many applications do not support being installed on the Storage Card and may therefore behave unpredictably.
* Ask Before Over-Writing
This will cause the phone to always ask permission to do so, before over-writing an already-existing installation.
* Realtime Memory De-Frag.
This tweak has the effect of freeing-up some memory in realtime.
* BIG SMS - Email Fonts
Finaly you can see clearly what you type! This will increase SMS and email editor font size.
* MMS/Video in 176x144
When sending MMS and capturing video, the phone always uses 3gp at 128x96 resolution. The tweak will change this to always using MP4 in 176x144 resolution.
* MMS/Video in 176x144 New
When sending MMS and capturing video, the phone always uses 3gp at 128x96 resolution. The tweak will change this to always using MP4 in 176x144 resolution.
* Security Warning OFF
This will disable the security warning when installing a non-certified application. NOTE: This makes it easier for any malware to install itself.
* Improve Mem.Management
This increases from 18 to 96, the number of programs to stay resident in memory without the OS shutting them down. N.B. This value is may already be set to 96 depending of model.
* Disable 3gp size limit SMP
This will Disable 3gp video size limit (HTC devices only).
* Disable 3gp size limit PPC
This will Disable 3gp video size limit (HTC devices only).
* Disable menu animations
This will disable menu animations (sliding in/out) and speed up performance of the UI.
* Alarm and Clock direct link
This will make a Start menu shortcut with direct link to Alarm and
* Alarm direct link
This will make a Start menu shortcut with direct link to Alarm.
* Bluetooth Beam direct link
Direct link to enable or dissable your phone to recive data beamed from other devices.
* Check Battery direct link
Direct link to check detailed battery status.
Telephony:
* Set CallHistory to MAX
The default CallHistory storage is limited to 100 records, this will increase the limit to 500.
* SMS-Sent Notification
This switches OFF the SMS-sent notification, normally displayed on-screen after sending each message.
* Disable Call-Initiate Sound
This silences the Call initiation beep sound heard on pressing the Green call-button.
* True SMS Delete
SMS Messages are not really deleted , phone makes a copy to Delete folder. This tweak will make it possible a true SMS delete, delete folder will remain empty. Great to keep your privacy if someone looks at your phone folders!
* Speed-Up Text/SMS Typing
When texting, this enables you to type repeat-character keys with a shorter delay needed between key-presses. It applies for SMS, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks and all other software that have text editing.
* EDGE Icon Fix
This will allow the display of the Edge icon [E], instead of the screen always showing the GPRS icon [G].
* Hide SIM contacts
This will prevent the display in the Contact List, of all contacts which are stored on the SIM card.
* SMS Delivery Notification
This will enable permanent SMS-delivery notification... Dependent upon your operator network support.
* Unlimited MMS Recording
The default MMS Video Recording time is limited. This tweak will remove the limit. NOTE: Tested and working on Cingular and C500. It may or may not work on other models.
* Enable Roaming Indicator
This enables the Roaming Indicator Triangle that displays on the status bar when roaming. NOTE: This is an MPX220 specific tweak.
* Enable Twin SIM Switch
Some SIM cards allow for two phone numbers to be used on one card. This tweak will activate the line toggle. Press and Hold # to switch between Line 1 and Line 2.
* WiFi and Phone On
You will now be able to have wifi on while the phone is on. Some operaters dissabled this feature on purpose.
Sound:
* Menu-Select Sound
This will Silence the Menu-Select sound.
* Pop-Up Menu Sound
This will Silence the Pop-Up Menu sound.
* Store Ringtones on SD
This changes the location where the Smartphone will look for ringtones, to the Storage Card. Place the ringtones in 'Storage Card\My Documents' or in 'Storage Card'.
* Looping Alarm
This will force the alarm to play continuously, until you cancel it.
* Looping Ringtone
This will disable the 3 second delay interval whilst playing a ringtone.
* Kill Boot-Up Melody
This will remove the boot-up melody on Mpx220 and similar older phones that have this feature.
* Kill Keypress Sound
This tweak will mute the keypress sounds.
* Silence Camera Shutter old
This will silence the sound of the Camera Shutter. NOTE: Applies for older models.
* Change Ringtones direct link
Direct link to ringtones settings.
Essential Utilities:
* Bluetooth Toggle
Bluetooth Toggle, we suggest that you make shortcut and then assign to Speed-Dial button for fast access.
* Quick SoftRestart
Quick soft restart.
* Bluetooth Audio
This will route all sounds from your system from the internal speaker to your BlueTooth headset enabling you to listen your music stored on your device without corded headset!.
* Turn Off
Quick Turn Off device.
Enhancements form former version of top-selling SmartTweaker
The following enhancements from the old version of SmartTweaker:
* language independent system and storage card path locations (no hard coded system/card paths anymore!)
* all Tweaks are fully reversible, the settings can be easily restored to their default state if needed
* Added Restore option witch function is to restore all tweaks to a state before software installation
* Create shortcut, this will make toggle shortcut in start menu where user can toggle by clicking icon or can add it to speed dial buttons for quick toggle
* some of tweaks are actualy not registry but software implementation
* if tweak require soft-reset of the phone, software will propose to do it automaticaly for the user
* if there is no device Owner name present, software will prompt user to enter one directly from software!
* all Tweaks are fully reversible, the settings can be easily restored to their default state if needed
* small in size, fast performance, minimal memory consumption (0.15Mb!)
* native Windows Mobile application no need for additional MS Frameworks to be installed
* easy to use with a simple user interface
* every tweak has an on-screen info box
* tweaks are categorized for easier handling
* safe tweaking feature, software has a system/platfrom auto-detect feature, it will block tweaks that are not for your Mobile operating system!
* universal tool, supports Windows Mobile for Smartphones with WM2003/WM2003SE/WM5/WM6 OS Smartphone and PocketPCs with 220x176, 320x240 QVGA, 640x420 VGA resolutions Portrait or Lanscape
* now you can fine tune tweaks that have settings that can be changed! added a special fine tuning tweaks dialog screens for changing various tweak parameters!
More Info
http://www.jooping.com/app/jooping_servsoft_tweaker.php
Thank you for an all-inclusive package, though most of this is available for free right here in the forums with a little searching. BSB Tweaks, XT Tweaks, HD2Tweaks for sure have a good amount of those tweaks.
Perfect Viewer is a very fast image/comic viewer. This software is design for viewing image/comic from sdcard.
Features
Support image file format: JPEG,PNG,GIF,BMP
Support archive file format: CBZ/ZIP,CBR/RAR,7Z/CB7(No solid archive)
Image resize method : Actual size,Fit to screen,Fit to width,Fit to height,Manual
Image resample method: Averaging, Bilinear, Bicubic, Lanczos3
Pinch to zoom & Fling gesture supported
Thumbnail browse
Set as wallpaper
Bookmark management
Support left-to-right or right-to-left reading
Cache next and previous page
Split two-page scan into single-page automatically
Known issues
This software requires a lot of memory to open image file. If memory not enough while open image/archive may force close by OS.
Free memory recommend at least 50MB before startup
If file not support will display black screen.
Download
1.Download from Market
2.QR Code
{
"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"
}
3.Download APK directly
Screenshot
Changelog
2011/01/25 Version 1.4.5
Added page transition effect
Added slideshow function
Added backlight control(Need turn off auto backlight)
Image smaller than screen now can scale to fit the screen
Thumbnail can choose full or crop(Need restart)
Tweaked pinch-to-zoom
Added support Tegra2 CPU(No FPU optimize). Need test Tegra2 user please give some feedback
Other minor tweak & bugs fixed
2011/01/11 Version 1.4a
Added option to disable fling gesture
Fixed Show file extensions option
Fixed some device FC problem
2011/01/11 Version 1.4a
Added option to disable fling gesture
Fixed Show file extensions option
Fixed some device FC problem
2011/01/06 Version 1.4
Supported scrolling & flip with fling(swipe) gesture
Supported scrolling with trackball
Supported APP2SD
Added file sort(file name,date,size)
Added show hidden files(Default off)
Added show file extensions(Default off)
Added fullscreen toggle in preferences(Default on)
Move Assign key function to main menu and removed Show screen function
Long tap history or bookmark item can delete it
Added data clean in main menu to clean history,bookmarks & favorites
Other minor tweak bugs fixed
2010/12/18 Version 1.3.2
Changed create thumbnail behavior
Thumbnail cache store as JPEG for reduce memory usage
Thumbnail cache limited to 5MB
Added goto upper folder when open file browser(Default off)
Fixed set as wallpaper not functional
Fixed may cause force close in create thumbnail
Fixed may cause force close in startup
2010/12/11 Version 1.3.1
Added simple file operation(delete,rename) in file browser by long tap item.
New application icon
Fixed Sharp IS01 can't full screen(need test)
2010/12/09 Version 1.3a
Fixed history menu problem
Fixed rotate screen in file browser may cause force close
2010/12/08 Version 1.3
Added support GIF (non animated) and BMP image file
NEON optimized JPEG and PNG decoder, Improved 10 ~ 50% decode speed on ARMv7 CPU
Added thumbnail display in file browser (don't use it if memory not enough)
Added Averaging v2 for image resampling
Added low memory mode, Reduce the memory usage while decoding JPEG file, but it reduces the image quality too
Added wallpaper setting function
Added Quick Setup feature
New file name sort method (sort file name like windows explorer)
Renamed the bookmark to favorites, and added new simple bookmark function
7z file now supports Deflate streaming
History now integrated into the main menu
Minimum require OS version back to 1.6, but multi-touch features still need 2.1+
Other minor bugs fixed
2010/11/12 Version 1.2
All brand new menu interface
Added bookmark management
Added pinch-to-zoom support
Minimum require OS version up to 2.1
Added keep screen backlight on(Need restart)
Added auto rotate screen(Need restart)
Other minor bugs fixed
2010/10/27 Version 1.1b
Fixed auto open last file and history will forward 1 page with archive
Fixed View menu selected item is incorrect.
2010/10/21 Version 1.1a
Fixed auto open last file is incorrect with archive
Minimum require OS version back to 1.6
2010/10/20 Version 1.1
Added support 7z archive file (only lzma format)
Added automatic single-page feature (default off). Split two-page scan into single-page automatically
Added keep touch region position when switch screen orientation
Added shows page/file name (Default off)
Fixed switch screen orientation may cause force close problem
2010/10/06 Version 1.0
Added support ARMv6 CPU
Improved ARMv7 CPU performance
Added show message when busy
Adjust the drag to determine the conditions
Improved Goto function performance
Fixed some action may cause no responding
Added Japanese support
great release paladinlin l thanks
i want to try it!
Edit:
Photo scrolling not work on my Xperia X10!
hmm, i'll check it out. thanks.
Feature Requests:
* Please consider an application icon that reflects the comic-centric nature of this reader.
* Right-To-Left Manga reading was chosen as default, should be Left-To-Right, or have a dialog asking the user what he reads most frequently mangas or US comics, and choose accordingly.
* When going to the next page, please move the page to the top corner, right now it moves to the center of the next page. Same for previous page.
* Option to force screen on all the time while reading
* Option to force screen brightness while reading
* Option to show low battery warning while reading
* Pinch-to-zoom - it's just too convenient and expected by users
* Homescreen Widget 2x2/3x3 - the latest opened comic book/page. Shows the latest opened/read page, and in its corner a smaller thumb of that comic book's cover. Also info about the name and the page number, both optional from widget settings.
* Playlist (Reading Order) management.
* Shortcuts - create Playlist or a Folder into a screen shortcut. When clicked, move to the latest opened comic on it's latest read page from that Playlist or Folder.
Do most of these (Playlist may require more effort but is worth it) and slap a 2.99$ price, and I'll buy it immediately.
raynerape said:
Feature Requests:
* Please consider an application icon that reflects the comic-centric nature of this reader.
* Right-To-Left Manga reading was chosen as default, should be Left-To-Right, or have a dialog asking the user what he reads most frequently mangas or US comics, and choose accordingly.
* When going to the next page, please move the page to the top corner, right now it moves to the center of the next page. Same for previous page.
* Option to force screen on all the time while reading
* Option to force screen brightness while reading
* Option to show low battery warning while reading
* Pinch-to-zoom - it's just too convenient and expected by users
* Homescreen Widget 2x2/3x3 - the latest opened comic book/page. Shows the latest opened/read page, and in its corner a smaller thumb of that comic book's cover. Also info about the name and the page number, both optional from widget settings.
* Playlist (Reading Order) management.
* Shortcuts - create Playlist or a Folder into a screen shortcut. When clicked, move to the latest opened comic on it's latest read page from that Playlist or Folder.
Do most of these (Playlist may require more effort but is worth it) and slap a 2.99$ price, and I'll buy it immediately.
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Thank you for your suggestion.
1.I'm a programmer not art designer. So my art sense is not enough to design a good icon. I'll try to think other design.
2.I make this software is mainly for read Japanese comic(Manga). So I make Right-To-Left as default. Maybe show a dialog to let user choose on first startup is a good idea.
3.Yor may try set page origin to reading direction
Menu -> Browse -> Reading direction
4~7. I'll add these function in future.
8~10. I don't have plan to add these function currently. There is many other function need to add. Maybe I'll consider these when I completed other function.
This app is great, small but powerful, thanks for you work!
paladinlin said:
Thank you for your suggestion.
1.I'm a programmer not art designer. So my art sense is not enough to design a good icon. I'll try to think other design.
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XDA is rife with designer talent that is eager to work for quality projects, so maybe you should just look around and ask for art/theme designers to land a hand or provide assets for backgrounds, etc? You will be surprised just how much your app will be improved with proper artwork.
Very nice app, fast and powerful. I have been looking for a simple sequential image viewer like this since I got my Android phone and I've tried quite a few; this is the best I've seen yet.
What I like:
Fast interface
Customizable touch zones allow quick zooming and navigation
Good format support
Can browse into directories that start with a dot
A few improvements I'd like to suggest:
I like the option to select the resampling method, but nearest-neighbor doesn't look very good and the other options perform too slowly on my phone to be practical. Other image viewers (such as the default Gallery) seem to handle image scaling with a better quality/performance tradeoff. Also it seems like there is an off-by-one error when selecting the sampling method, when I select a method I always get the method just above the one I selected.
It would be nice if there was an option for automatically switching screen orientation when the phone is rotated. Also, when I switch orientation the app steps forward to the next page, I think it should stay on the same page.
I don't see a long-press action, that could be another configurable action. It might be useful to display the touch commands on long press in case you forget some of the less-used commands and need a reminder. Or it could be configured to execute some other action.
The app is not too big currently, but it is larger than some other similar apps. For example ACV is under 300KB.
All in all, great app! Thanks for releasing it and I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it in the future.
conejoblanco said:
Very nice app, fast and powerful. I have been looking for a simple sequential image viewer like this since I got my Android phone and I've tried quite a few; this is the best I've seen yet.
What I like:
Fast interface
Customizable touch zones allow quick zooming and navigation
Good format support
Can browse into directories that start with a dot
A few improvements I'd like to suggest:
I like the option to select the resampling method, but nearest-neighbor doesn't look very good and the other options perform too slowly on my phone to be practical. Other image viewers (such as the default Gallery) seem to handle image scaling with a better quality/performance tradeoff. Also it seems like there is an off-by-one error when selecting the sampling method, when I select a method I always get the method just above the one I selected.
It would be nice if there was an option for automatically switching screen orientation when the phone is rotated. Also, when I switch orientation the app steps forward to the next page, I think it should stay on the same page.
I don't see a long-press action, that could be another configurable action. It might be useful to display the touch commands on long press in case you forget some of the less-used commands and need a reminder. Or it could be configured to execute some other action.
The app is not too big currently, but it is larger than some other similar apps. For example ACV is under 300KB.
All in all, great app! Thanks for releasing it and I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with it in the future.
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Thank you for your suggestion.
1.You can choose Averaging method it's have normal image quality and fast.
And you found a bug I'll fix it soon.
2.Automatically switching screen orientation will be add in future. You found another bug I'll fix it soon.
3.I don't have plan to add long-press action currently.
4.Because this app is use native c++ library(libpng,libjpeg etc.) to handle image&archive files so will be a little bigger
Can you make the app show thumbnail's of the jpg/png (not the comic book files)? This way, I can finally get rid of the android gallery app. I will gladly donate if this feature can be done.
INeedYourHelp said:
Can you make the app show thumbnail's of the jpg/png (not the comic book files)? This way, I can finally get rid of the android gallery app. I will gladly donate if this feature can be done.
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Thumbnail browse is already in roadmap. But the time schedule is after other function(bookmark etc.)
paladinlin said:
Thumbnail browse is already in roadmap. But the time schedule is after other function(bookmark etc.)
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Thank you.
fantastic app!
lol, i think i've been using this more than any other as of late.
just wish it would render a little faster on anything other than 'averaging' and 'nearest-neighbor' as the quality of the others are much better, but don't think there's much you can do about that.
again, awesome!
Hello,
I apologize in advance because English is not my native language.
I try to use your program in a tablet, SmartQ V7, with these features:
Android 2.1
600MHz ARM11 CPU
Memory 256MB DDR II RAM
Virtual Cache 128MB
The problem is that when you open the comic book closes automatically.
I tried the following:
Close all aplicaiones to free memory, free memory getting about 80 MB,
Turn off cache in settings
I would love to test your application as it is highly recommended.
Thank you very much
picard1974 said:
Hello,
I apologize in advance because English is not my native language.
I try to use your program in a tablet, SmartQ V7, with these features:
Android 2.1
600MHz ARM11 CPU
Memory 256MB DDR II RAM
Virtual Cache 128MB
The problem is that when you open the comic book closes automatically.
I tried the following:
Close all aplicaiones to free memory, free memory getting about 80 MB,
Turn off cache in settings
I would love to test your application as it is highly recommended.
Thank you very much
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If you got force close while open archive file, You can try to open a image file.
If image file is worked maybe you can send me the archive file for test.
paladinlin said:
Changelog
2010/11/12 Version 1.2
All brand new menu interface
Added bookmark management
Added pinch-to-zoom support
Minimum require OS version up to 2.1
Added keep screen backlight on(Need restart)
Added auto rotate screen(Need restart)
Other minor bugs fixed
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Version 1.2 is a great improvement, the new UI is very smooth and has a profesional feel to it.
Still, there's one minor annoyance that's fairly easy to fix and will greatly improve my experience with your comic viewer. I like the slide command where instead changing the page, the screen slides down the page until it reaches the bottom, then changes the page. What I find annoying however is that the distance the screen slides is not configurable. It would be great if we can change the screen slide distance. The slide distance can be a value that chan be changed with a slider, or presets based on fractions of the page height, i.e. 1/5, 1/4, 1/3, and 1/2.
Thanks a lot.
I have Android as the operating system in my tablet (10" Eken M006). Before knowing Perfect Viewer, I would prefer my images in PDF, despite some problems, but now I have changed my mind. Your application has some interesting qualities (that Documents-To-Go lacks when opening PDF files):
1. It fits the image no matter the size of the previous one.
2. It remembers last viewed page.
3. The page does not rotate automatically, what is a bless. I suffer a lot when the page rotates by itself. It would be great if you added a "page rotating" function.
Page orientation is not the problem. I read many Western reading books, and pressing the screen on the left or the right side is indifferent.
The application will be even better if it could open other image formats, like GIF and BMP. If you could include PDF files, it would end up simply perfect.
Thanks a lot for the great job.
raynerape said:
Version 1.2 is a great improvement, the new UI is very smooth and has a profesional feel to it.
Still, there's one minor annoyance that's fairly easy to fix and will greatly improve my experience with your comic viewer. I like the slide command where instead changing the page, the screen slides down the page until it reaches the bottom, then changes the page. What I find annoying however is that the distance the screen slides is not configurable. It would be great if we can change the screen slide distance. The slide distance can be a value that chan be changed with a slider, or presets based on fractions of the page height, i.e. 1/5, 1/4, 1/3, and 1/2.
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Thank you for your suggestion. But currently I have no plans to add this function. Maybe I'll consider it after complete other function.
Sergio Nova said:
I have Android as the operating system in my tablet (10" Eken M006). Before knowing Perfect Viewer, I would prefer my images in PDF, despite some problems, but now I have changed my mind. Your application has some interesting qualities (that Documents-To-Go lacks when opening PDF files):
1. It fits the image no matter the size of the previous one.
2. It remembers last viewed page.
3. The page does not rotate automatically, what is a bless. I suffer a lot when the page rotates by itself. It would be great if you added a "page rotating" function.
Page orientation is not the problem. I read many Western reading books, and pressing the screen on the left or the right side is indifferent.
The application will be even better if it could open other image formats, like GIF and BMP. If you could include PDF files, it would end up simply perfect.
Thanks a lot for the great job.
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"page rotating" is already have. it call "Switch screen orientation" in main menu.
GIF and BMP support is in roadmap, But currently I have no plans to support PDF file.
Installation problems
paladinlin said:
"page rotating" is already have. it call "Switch screen orientation" in main menu.
GIF and BMP support is in roadmap, But currently I have no plans to support PDF file.
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Every time I try to install the last version from the market, I receive a message saying the download failed. Do you know what is the problem?
Sergio Nova said:
Every time I try to install the last version from the market, I receive a message saying the download failed. Do you know what is the problem?
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You can download from here
I was finding my Archos 43 Gen7 device with its puny 256mb RAM unusable with regular launchers so I decided to roll my own from scratch: TinyLaunch.
The main development rules were:
- use very little RAM
- run on lots of devices (currently, back to Android 1.6)
- get out of the way and avoid doing anything in the background while other apps are running
- run fast once it's configured (but currently the configuration app scan is slow)
- nothing extraneous--no pretty extra icons, no help information, and of course no ads of any sort (not even a link to my other apps--all that is wasted memory)
I plan for the apk never to exceed 40K. Currently it's 26K: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9SH82NXqz3WREtqa0FWckF3TFU/
This is *extremely* low-featured. At base, it just presents a simple scrolling list of apps (with categorization features) with no icons (though you can turn on icons, at the expense of some speed: Menu, Settings). You tap on an app and there you are.
In particular:
- UGLY
- no widgets
- no shortcuts
- no automatic updates when apps are installed or removed
These limitations may make this useless to you. But if you just want a list of apps for launching, e.g., on a device for your kids to play with, TinyLaunch may be the thing for you.
The first time you run TinyLaunch needs to scan for apps. This is a very slow process on my Archos 43 (at least for apps moved to SD), though faster on modern devices. You also need to manually rescan apps after adding or removing apps. To do that, press MENU and Scan.
Instead of folders, I implemented a category system inspired by PalmOS, though with some variations (the main one is that apps can be in more than one category).
By default there are three special categories: All, Unclassified and Hidden. You can make some custom categories like "Games" and "Math and Science" by pressing MENU and New Category. To categorize apps, the easiest way is to switch the category to Unclassified (tap on the category selector at the top of the screen), and then long tap on an app to choose how to classify it. The app then disappears from the Unclassified category. Note that the Hidden category is a special category that hides apps from the All and Unclassified views (though a Hidden app can still show up in other categories if you like).
As I said, currently it's just a simple vertical list of apps. Eventually, I may implement the more usual tile-based view (making it look even more like PalmOS) if I can do so without detracting from development rules.
APK download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9SH82NXqz3WREtqa0FWckF3TFU/
Source code: code.google.com/p/tinylauunch
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