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Check out my latest project:
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It’s a simple and powerful “Today Screen” replacement for Windows Mobile. I wrote it in C# using the Compact Framework. In this project I implemented a few firsts for me, including finger gestures and animation. I’m very happy with the outcome. I also spent many hours on the Graphic Design of all of the icons and buttons. (Graphic Design ain’t my thing!) This program is far better than the original Today Screen in terms of ease of use. I can now quickly get to the things I use most often. I may post the source or the exe if people are interested. Let me know.
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Here are some of the features.
1. The Home Screen. Here you can get to your most used programs.
2. You can change the programs by right clicking on them. (I made extra images that are installed with the exe, including a Calender Icon as well as a few others.)
3. The Contact Screen. Here you can call your top friends by just clicking on their face!
4. You can delete a contact’s shortcut by right clicking on the contact and clicking delete. To add a contact just click on the plus icon and choose a contact.
5. There are actually 16 saved shortcuts. If you make a finger gesture dragging from the bottom to top, you can see two more rows of contacts.
6. You can use finger gestures to change tabs as well as clicking on the tabs. To move by gesturing, drag from the right to the left to move to the next tab. Drag from the left to the right to move back.
7. Ken’s Today screen shows more notifications than the default notification bar does. Ken’s Today screen has: Email, text message, missed calls, voicemail, bluetooth connection, wifi connection, network, network strength, phone speaker, and battery power.
8. When there is music playing, the name of the artist, track, and album scroll across the screen under the time as a marquee.
9. In the settings tab you can change the phone to automatically turn the speaker phone on. Also you can change what happens when clicking on the time.
That’s it!
9 Comments
Now you are teasing me. I also own a 8525 and your today screen just looks like something that should have came with the phone. Branching off from the HTC today screen was the perfect choice so please you need to post the .exe and maybe the source(you never know what someone else might do with it). If you don’t want to publicly release it yet I would be more then happy to post contact info and help test it for you. Please I wanna play with this tonight!
Can you change icons easily and the default color?
Thanks for your enthusiasm! I’m going to wait to post an install file, mainly because I haven’t generated one. In a day or two I’ll send you an email with directions on how to install it.
The icons for all of the programs can be easily changed, but the default color is stuck in there. One of the next changes I was planning on making is an option to change the background color.
Kenneth
Wow, looks great! I’m excited to try this out too.
I am very interested to learn how you were able to replace the home screen. Please post at least that part of your code.
Chris
I’m hoping to post soon about all of the updates I’ve made to this program… Hopefully later this week, or for sure this weekend. The program is looking pretty good.
Chris:
The program doesn’t actually replace the today screen. I couldn’t figure that out. But my program puts a shortcut in the startup folder and runs on startup and on top of the today screen. But if you open the today screen from say your start menu, my program will be minimized. And the original today screen will appear.
i hope that your new update will be realest soon im willing to try it out
Apparently you are spending all your time programming instead of running… your nike plus guy is wanting you to take him for a run.
The program looks good, I can’t wait to see the final product!
The new version is out. I put it as a page under the Projects Tab at the top. Here is a direct link.
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