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iPhone Style App-Launcher? (Flip Apps before opening - like left or right in cube)

Is there an extention for windows mobile or the touch function which launches applications in iphone style with a flip or spin?
My brand new TouchCruise did this once but I don't know why and where.. i think it was in the settings of "HTC Audio Verstärker" (could be "HTC frequency amplifier" or something in englisch version).
Greetz.

Hello!
Maybe you're talking about TouchFlo that is in the HTC Touch.
To activate it, just slide your finger from the bottom (near the HTC logo)
to the middle of the screen. You'll get the 3D cube with icons

I'm not talking about the cube.
The Application flipped like Alt+Tab at Vista.
It rotated fliped away an the next manu came but after hardreset because of tomtom i can't find out what it was but I want to have this for every Application.

Try this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=369241

Thanks but i don't mean an iPhone lookalike App-Launcher I mean an extencion or something which flips the Applications before starting like in Vista oder Ubuntu or if you go left or right on the Touch Cube.

2hot4tv said:
Thanks but i doesn't mean an iPhone lookalike App-Launcher I mean an extencion or something which flips the Applications before starting like in Vista oder Ubuntu or if you go left or right on the Touch Cube.
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I understand and am looking for the same thing. All I'd like to be able to do is swipe across the screen (Touch gesture same as used to flip from side to side of TouchFlo cube) in order to switch between active applications.
With the HTC Task Switcher being only available from the Today screen, it takes too many taps to be able to switch from one open application to another. I know that many applications already use the sideways gesture, so a task switcher may first need to be invoked by tap or button press before the gesture is accepted as a command to swap apps.
Is there something out there that makes it simple to switch from one open app to another without having to go to Today screen first?

Try this.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=367399
Does not like landscape.
Surur

i use the programm AltTab.exe and put the funktion on the windows button to switsch between open Tasks! But without a flip!

Chilli said:
i use the programm AltTab.exe and put the funktion on the windows button to switsch between open Tasks! But without a flip!
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Thanks. I found the AltTab thread in the forums and installed the application. It is a perfect solution for me on my Touch Cruise. Programmed it to the VoiceDial button. Thanks again!

I tried dynamo, but there are some problems.
It keeps showing a duplicate screenshot. Either this is a program that is not running, or it is just plain the wrong screenshot.
Anybody have the same trouble (and found a solution) ?

I use Spb pocket plus, close button mod
It comes with aload of other stuff that i dont use but this function is ace.
Close Button. The standard behavior of Windows Mobile is to minimize the application when the X-button is tapped. That means the application will not be closed and it will stay in the background memory of your Windows Mobile device. Speed up your Pocket PC by closing running programs that takes up a lot of memory. Applications can really be closed with only one tap on the X-button. In addition, task manager menu will appear if you tap-and-hold on X-button. With the task manager you can easily switch between all active applications.
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http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/pocketplus/?en

Try looking at PocketUI.

I use SPB PocketPlus since a long time (WM2003SE I think) and the AltTab is on my HTC HomePlugin Launcher but it hasn't this cool Flip mode.
I found where I saw this Flip!! You find this function in the settings of WiFiFoFum!
@MrSmith22: Because of PocketUI I want to have this in Sunrise Touchscreen because I like my Interface with SunriseTheme+TouchFLO+Home Plugin+PocktPlus much more than the "simple" PocketUI Design but the Flip is great!

The "Half Cube" Today Screen dev thread

Q: What's a "Half Cube"?
A: It's the idea of having the top half of the screen static and the bottom half as a cube.
Q: Why this thread?
A: Because I had another thread and the idea seemed popular. However, there are still hurdles to overcome to acheive the look and feel I and other people want. There are also various people developing new tools, and hopefullly they may see this and code something to solve some issues. I wanted to provide a thread where we could work together to overcome hurdles and acheive the coolest interface possible - money no object, but freeware apps would be nice of course.
Q: What am I ideally trying to acheive?
A: A top section with a clock and message counters, with a gesture controlled cube (left right gesture to spin between faces) at the bottom containing tabs for all the standard fare. Also, a favorite contacts plugin (gesture up/down to select contacts) and music plugin (gesture up/down to scroll through albums) for faces of the cube that are slick and intuitive.
Ideally it should also handle landscape mode well and the switch between portrait and landscape should not mess up the interface.
Mocked up interface:
THIS IS MOCKED UP IN A VIDEO EDITING PROG USING PHOTOSHOPPED IMAGES. DO NOT ASK ME WHAT APPS I USED OR HOW TO GET THIS UI - IT CAN'T BE DONE - YET.
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The top clock area is SaFF in XMT.
The Calendar tab is potentially how ThumbCal will look - the author seems interested in doing a today plugin.
The contacts and music tabs are completely mocked up in an art package.
Needed:
1) Tabbed launcher with gesture controlled cube, capable of doing partial screen.
Candidates:
a) Ultimatelauncher
2) Clock / Message counts section for top.
Candidates:
a) XIAMultiTheme (XMT)
rlToday replacement which enhances features. SaFF (The top clock bit) is currently using XMT.
b) rlToday plus skin
Issue: Only one instance per screen, might be nice to use something else so we can have rlToday in the cube.
Issue: Does not handle landscape <--> Portrait switching and back very well.
c) ProjectION clock.
Issues: Clock only
d) HTC Home
Issue: Has extra tabs that are not required and take up screen real estate.
3) Music Player plugin for media section in cube. My personal preference for music player is Conduits Pocket Player as it is easy to navigate using hard buttons and thus safer to use in the car.
Candidates:
a) V2R music player plugin (Controls WMP)
Issue: Gesture left/right used to navigate albums and the cube "captures" that.
Solution: Author modifies plugin to allow scrolling via up/down gesture.
b) Conduits Pocket Player
No plugin today, but the browser in the main program is just like I want. Conduits say they will be revamping the today plugin soon, so hopefully it will be like this.
4) App Launcher.
Something to launch apps from a page inside the cube.
Candidates:
a) Ultimatelauncher - has a nice system for doing this, so no worries.
b) SPB Pocket Plus - My previous preferred launcher.
Issue: As you can drag things around, gestures do not work in the SPB Launcher. Locking icons does not solve this.
5) Quick / Favorite contacts
The one from HTC home is OK, but comes with too much extra junk around it.
Candidates:
a) V2R Photo Dialler 2
Issue: Gesture left/right used to navigate contacts and the cube "captures" that.
Solution: Author modifies plugin to allow scrolling via up/down gesture.
b) Ultimatelauncher adds this feature.
c) HTC Home
Issue: Has extra tabs and clock that are not required and take up screen real estate.
6) Weather plugin
Must support non-US places
Candidates:
a) SPB Weather. Not free.
7) Portrait / Landscape switching
Issue: Switching from portrait to landscape causes the clock to be left justified, not centred, and is still only 240 wide not 320.
Solution: This appears to be an artifact of rlToday, it does not happen if you use HTC Home or ProjectION
Issue: Switching from landscape to portrait causes a scroll bar to be drawn on the right. Even when this disappears (if you scroll the bar down to the bottom), it has already chopped off the right edge of the clock rltoday box, which does not automatically redraw.
Solution: This appears to be to do with rlToday, as if you use HTChome or ProjectION for the clock, this does not happen.
[Update - I found a reg key to make today plugins "Always on top" - you then get no scroll bars ever appear for that plugin]
[Added picture of new 90px high format, 32x32 icons are just placeholders for now...]

[11/03/08 - Updated info regarding reg key to make always on top]
[11/03/08 - I have now worked out rlToday landscape / portrait switching and will be doing a landscape version and providing code to auto switch between the two]
[11/03/08 - New 90px size and layout - picture added - just placeholder icons for now still]

Battery Status
I was messing around with battery status and came up with something interesting. The only problem is, I can't get it to handle landscape.
For your quick contacts requirement try Spb Phone Suite. It's the closest I have been able to get to the HTC Home contact screen. It also has call blocking features (which I was looking for) and ringer profiles (I never use).
As for the weather plugin, the only one I have been able to find is Spb. I've been searching for other weather plugins for the last couple weeks and found nothing worth using.

I checked with Ikarus concerning the issue with switching to landscape mode and he said he will look into it.

Update:
XIAMultiTheme (XMT) is now going to be used for one or more of the components. Certainly the top clock area.
The current version of SaFF for XMT is attached. Requires mortscript (for the beep when clicking a button) and VJVolubilis (To toggle bluetooth) to be installed in default directories.
Icons still placeholders, but it looks the same (except font layout which is borked as current version of XMT does not centre fonts properly) except for numbers on the SMS / Mail counters which are now outlined!

New animated GIF in the first post.
Mockup of what I want the UI to vaguely look like.

CHome Configurator for WM6.1: Version 1.1.0.1

If you are using a smartphone running on Windows Mobile 6.1, this small utility might be useful for you. It allows you to switch on/off and change the display order of the sliding panels on any CHome homescreens. It could also be used to customize all custom panels based on CWelcomeCenter and Settings plugin.
UPDATED TO 1.1.0.1 (2008/06/02)
NEW: Contact Dialer template now offers a choice to enable SMS button if the selected phone number isn't a mobile phone.
FEATURES:
Add/Remove/Disable panels from the homescreen
Change the panel's order
Change panel settings: icon, title, page counter, etc.
Customize all panels based on CWelcomeCenter/Settings plugin
Add/Remove page from a panel
Copy/Paste/Paste as new (clone) page
Change page's settings: icon, URL,description, etc.
Change page's order
Interactive templates: Application Launcher, Contact Dialer, Internet Link
This software supports both portrait & lanscape devices. The following devices has been confirmed as supported: Excalibur, Tornado, Shadow, Vox, Oxygen.
A .ZIP is included for those who has trouble installing .CAB version.
More details on this thread
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Nice job! Can't wait to test but don't have sync cable with me...

Updated
First post updated. Please download and try the new version. Just a minor change though.

so you mean to tell me this updates the order in the home.xml or the registry. so i wont have to edit the home.xml ?

tlogix this app is the best and a must for any Smartphone now I can add picks and numbers with ease and add and change pages at will I was wondering how many pages can be added to the contacts

shadowmike said:
so you mean to tell me this updates the order in the home.xml or the registry. so i wont have to edit the home.xml ?
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It edits the registry, so if you have plugin order in your xml you will probably need to remove it. That way plugin order will come from reg, where this app does its magic.

I just wanted to point out that I have pretty much confirmed this works on the T-Mobile Shadow with the Shadow's Neo (pre-WM 6.1) interface as well!
Yahoooo!
Kermit Woodall
Managing Editor
GadgetNutz.com

kron2 said:
tlogix this app is the best and a must for any Smartphone now I can add picks and numbers with ease and add and change pages at will I was wondering how many pages can be added to the contacts
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Probably there's a limit set by CHome but I'm pretty sure that you'll be tired of flipping through all the pages before reaching the limit

I think that the limit is 12.

Excalibur
freyes01 said:
I think that the limit is 12.
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On my Excalibur using Rickswatt 6.1 ROM, he has included CApplications with 20 pages without problem. But it could be different on you device.

works on typhoon too
It's working on my Typhoon (Aleut's WM6.1 for Typhoon/Feeler/Amadeus pre [1.3])

working almost perfectly on my Blackjack with Da_G's WM6.1 ROM.
the one problem i have is a program crash when using the contact dialer template. i pick the contact, choose to enable/disable SMS, and then crash. the app and link templates are working OK.
not a huge problem. although it would be nice if someone could let me know the manual command to map SMS to softkey 2. that's the only thing i'm looking for.

Love the program. Quick question: I run the java version of gmail through esmertec jbed. I used the applications launcher template in chome configurator to create a homescreen shortcut to run gmail. However, when i launch the application via the shortcut, it simply opens jbed and from there I have to launch the gmail application manually. The start menu shortcut I created a long time ago uses the exact same command line ("\windows\jbed.exe" -run s3_) works perfectly and opens gmail directly.
Has anybody seen this issue and figured out the solution? Thanks in advance.

How to activate & use cMyFaves?
tlogix,
Thanks for this wonderful application!
It certainly takes the pain out of manually configuring the .xml home file!
Can you help me figure out how to use cMyFaves?
I've seen screenshots suggesting that it's liken to the HTC Home Favorite Contacts dialer.
But, I could never get it to show up in the Home screen of my Cingular 3100 running Erofich's WM6.1 Standard.
Is there something lacking in the OS that I need to include?
Please advise me.
Thanks!
Konker

What are some of the best Today Plugin's

Ive been a windows mobile 6.1 user with HTC Vogue for 7-8 months now and I still have yet to find a Today Plugin that I am in love with.
I have tried quite a few of the readily available ones but I am curious to see what else is out there. I have scoured the forums for probably too long so now I am asking for your input.

FEWidgets, UltimateLaunch (you'll have to configure it manually), Manila2D, SPB Shell, ThrottleLauncher...

nir36 said:
FEWidgets, UltimateLaunch (you'll have to configure it manually), Manila2D, SPB Shell, ThrottleLauncher...
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Thanks.
Are these better than spb pocket plus and why and how? I shall be thankful indeed.

better is a matter of presepective..
FEWidgets is a configurable opensource flash plugin. you can create your own plugins or use the existing ones.. i use it and it's AMAZING. very fast and very cool.
you'll have to search and experiment in order to realize what's best for you.

I have done a lot of searching however I continually find myself coming back to HTC home.
I would like something that is more intuitive and has more information readily available off of the today screen.
I like the idea behind fewidgets however I was unable to get it to work on my device.
It would be nice to get a thread that gives a summery of all of the major Today plugins and what their capabilities are.

I use UltimateLaunch as my main plugin and in this plugin I have five pages for additonal shortcuts and plugins - HTC Home 6 tab with HTC Home Customizer to change the look of HTC Home, Marsware weather panel with Rumball's animated diamond like weather icons, rl Calendar and Today Agenda. I have tried many others but didn't find much else that I needed or liked much. Havn't tried the Widgets yet though but probably will check it out some day. Always interested in fun new plugins but they have to be practical and something that I would use regularly to keep on my device. The ones I listed are very practical and I use them every day

m2d, m3d
love them both

andif you have too many plugins, use second today, its kool. if u use m2d or something similar and u use second today you can still use ur fav normal today plugins

I used rlToday and SBSH Pocket Breeze. With both I get all I want.
* rlToday lets me view some info, have a nice clock and a few icons (you can even create tabs if you combine it with mortscript).
* Pocket Breeze gives me my agenda, tasks, mail and messages.
That's all I need. It may not be the nicest view but it's usefull.

I am in the midst of trying to find a replacement for Manilla 2D, so I am currently using HTC Home. It's okay, but I imagine it's better with the customizer.

Wisbar Advanced Desktop 2 - provides loads of customisation through Themes and covers QVGA, VGA, WVGA and QWVGA.

I've tried all of those mentioned above (and a couple of others), and I find myself always going back to Homescreen pluplus. I find it the most reliable and lightweight shell, but that's mainly because I have an Elf and memory is at a premium. I'm currently developing my own theme (based on an existing one), and I really appreciate how customisable it is.
Just search for HS++ or Homescreen plusplus (or Batterystatus which was its older name).
Bernard

i flashed my htc kaiser with
which didn't have htc home inside it then i installed htc plus
believe me try it out its really nice
i have tried all these fewidgets throttle ultimate manilla but this one i think is what i can finally stick on

Titanium. M3d and 2d take too much battery/ram.
Plus, if you actually look at the files for titanium, you can customize the look pretty easily.

My free ware Today Plugins + LiNKS
My free ware Today Plugins + LiNKS For Your Convenience;
FT3D is OFF = 33% more speed for my device
My Today's Screen view today ;
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HTC coloured top bars
First you need to install SDKCert.cab if you've not already got it.
HTC Coloured Top Bar.cab
HTCzar's HTC Iconbar.cab -=[ Screenshot ]=-
Batti - Shows a nice colored line showing the battery status
Pocket Zen Phone Call Profiles - set 2 to 7 call profiles (more)
Start Menu Service - Press start iCon to show small cascaded icons, press sTart text for old view.
dotFred's Task Manager v3.3 it's CPU_Monitor iS ALWAYS RUNNiNG in the top Bar!!
Moon Clock - Shows a digital time + when there's a full moon (more)
& sometimes I use;
TodayClock - Attached, because I can only find a Russian site/version (kinda TF3D look, though smaller).
Program Finder - -=[ attachment only ]=- Place all links under 'Program Files' and use this prog to find & execute them !!
Program Finder - needs Software_Input_Panel_Toggle -=[ attachment only ]=- on the today screen.
Program Finder - needs a Refresh of the Today Screen once in a while. There are more great apps and executables to find on this site!!
Sometimes I need another keyboard (EzInput, TopKey, other) As Soon As Possible! Nowadays I do this via an shortcut, -=[ Screenshot ]=- read more here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486655
Easy Today Launcher - Via iCONS a finger friendly program starter
Device Status - I have unticked everything BUT Quick Launch. Attached again; Russian origine..
As a little extra this app provides us with format.cpl ie Format your SDCard. Find it in Settings - System
tdLaunch - Is used when I need the Today Screen FULL OF PROGRAMS (small icons)
View Program Files; folderview.exe Unzip and put this file in you programs folder and you will be able to add it to htc home
View Settings; htcSettings.exe Unzip and put the file in you programs folder and you will be able to add it to htc home
Google Search Today - Guess what it does! I've attached it, because it's no longer available via it's original channels
HomeScreen++ is rarely used nowadays.
Not a Today Plugin _ Pocket RAR (to unpack the *.rar attachment here).
Not a Today Plugin _ Attached below is a TEST TODAY PLUGiN _ DEBUGGER (source included) for Developers
Philippe Majerus developed some nice applications. Unfortunately his page [ www.phm.lu ] is down, though here on depositfiles you'll find a small *.zip with some of his *.cab files plus some of his former www pages. Remember most of his tools are from 2004, though most work flawlessly on my device. IMHO you will find Reset.exe and Suspend.exe from PHMPPCPowerToys.Rpr_ARM.CAB suberb!
Have a nice day,

Help HTC Touch Pro II wm 6.5

Hello,
I've used to have the MDA Vario III (htc tytn II) with wm 6.1
Now I have the MDA Vario V (htc touch pro 2) with wm 6.5, but I can't get used to it.
At first I really miss the opportunity for changing the soft key buttons (in the left and right at the bottom). I've already donwloade an app, but i doesn't seems to work in HTC sense.
And also want to turn off that annoying touch keyboard (does anybody know how)
I also want the HTC home app back from wm6.1 (but when I install the app I have to do a HARD reset")
And then HTC sense. It's totally not adjustable and so borring. At your home screem you have the right soft key called internet. I want it to open opera 10 beta, but it only opens the standard internet feature which htc has installed.
I've tried SPB shell but that doesn't also work proparly, when i soft reset of restart the phone it doesnt show, it shows htc sense. I have to activate it first in settings.
ALso I've looked a bit around on google and this site, but I really don't get it how to change the skins and what touchflow is, or manilla.
Can anybody explain it to me.
Or can anybody gove me tips to adjust my phone so that I can adjust it to my personal needs.
I thanl you in anticipation, and sorry for my nad English
ps. Is it possible to rotate your screen by using your g-sensor? like the N-97?

TouchFlo/Manila is another name for HTC Sense. If you want Mobile Shell, you should uncheck TouchFlo (or whatever it is called) in Settings>Home>Items, then it should start automatically after a soft-reset.
For other home screen alternatives (Androkkid, iPhoneToday etc.) look in the Dev&Hacking forums (Windows Mobile Applications and Games), for skins and themes look in the Windows Mobile themes section, for device specific things look in the Rhodium (=Touch Pro2) section .

@livven
Is it possible to adjust the buttons in htc sense or something which works with mannilla?
and how do I install such another skinn?
I thank you in anticiaption

Just some custom slider icons or what do you mean? There are many more of these, use the search !

I want a totall different HTC home
This must be shown
Time, agenda and messages, I also want a something like programs in sense
And the internet button of hts sense must bechanged in opera 10. And I wan't the screem lock bar back again in the screem
like the first picture in your link.
You see a clock, four icons opera-messages-explorer - (hope they work)
And then you have the different tabs, I search something liek that but I don't know where to find and how to install.
And the buttons must be on the left opera 10 beta and on the right wmplayer

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something like this

You could use iPhoneToday (mirror if you can't download from RapidShare) for launching apps and TodayAgenda for appointments and tasks.
Also, you can try out S2U2 (Slide to Unlock 2), which adds a customizable lock screen with appointments.

I know S2U2, i don't like the porgramm. also I don't like the Iphone look, if I liked it I should have bought an Iphone.
I want to know how to adjust my home screem with the buttons, and how to install al those skin which are shown here.

First of all, demanding is not how it works. If you want to know something, ask politely and thank people for any answer .
Also, you should've checked out my links. You said you want an agenda - you can get this with S2U2 or TodayAgenda. And iPhoneToday can provide you with information about new messages, and also display icons to launch apps - for example Opera Mobile. If you want other things, you can also search for Androkkid or look on freewarepocketpc.net.