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I wish to start this poll to express an Idea I had this weekend. I have been browsing this site for a couple of years now and have noticed people starting threads for cab files only the only problem is that the first page is great then 2nd a 3rd pages get worse and worse pretty soon your looking through hundreds of posts and the thread is crap. My suggestion would to be to add another section in addtion to the main wizard forum seprate of upgrading and general and make a cabs section this would include specific cabs to make registry changes not all inclusive cabs also it would be for fixes and software to make our lives easier and to make it better we can have the moderators sign off on the cabs to verify they are "correct" or that they are relivant. The moderator can also have the right to delete superfolous posts and add cabs to the first post keeping the site clean. I think this will also keep the forum clean. So if this is a good Idea I'd like you to put your 2 cents in. Moderators if this seems like a good idea then I'd be happy to help.
I would like this post to be deleted at the end of this month as not to contribute to the problem.
I'm going to post an example
Windows Mobile 6 and 5 moderator approved Cabs
Change the G in the title bar to E for edge (link) Moderator approval(put names of moderator that has looked at the cab and verified funtionility here)
Windows Mobile 6 only moderator Approved Cabs
Turn on power management of SDcard (link) Moderator approval(put names of moderator that has looked at the cab and verified funtionility here)
Posts Can be added for example apps then deleted once a moderator tests and approves
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Thanks Gys it looks like we are getting better results
This is infact a very good idea!!
Further, can we have "onshare" amongst all the XDA-DEV guys, so as to share cabs/tweaks and Roms safely and securely?
http://www.onshare.com/en_gb/index.php?ck=ok
on share
Sounds a good saves a lot of time
on share looks good set it up my id is easymob i have some roms to share
Good idea, it can be every hard to find a CAB you used once before and can't find after a ROM upgrade. I think it would also clean up the forums by reducing any CAB request threads etc.
It will indeed be a great time saver, as it's really hard currently to go through a lot of pages without actually having the link to the cab file.
Great Idea.
Isn't this why we have a Wiki?
Great time saver for members but a great time waster for mods, don't ya think?
anything that makes this website better is good with me.. this is the best site on the web.
time waster
Infact it would be quite the opposite problem. The moderator only need to monitor 1 thread and this will infact save time. How say you moderators. By keeping one thread clean and having a checks and balances system it will let the community know that we are trying to accomplish a goal towards providing resources for fixes etc. but keeping in mind that people in the community don't want to waste htere time either. As for the wiki that is a good resource but the idea is to keep the forum clean. If people had a forum link to go to then they would just need to go there for safe fixes and possibly not post over and over again. As aside I frequently ask moderators to erase my threads that seem not to help the community. I would also like to see more of these practices on this forum but I'm not a moderator so i have to rely on them.
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Another suggestion would to make all cabs registered as XDA Developers open source I have posted a working cab as an example. Maybe eventually we can work as a community to make our own freeware tweak utility suck as Tweaks2k.
Use the WIKI.
that's a good idea , and to make it even easier , we can upload some cabs we had already downloaded so everybody can use it
I agree with putting this in the wiki. There are still too many, "why isn't my device upgrading when I flash the rom?" questions going on right now for the moderators to do this very effiectively.
My vote goes to Wiki also! The idea is pretty cool and save a lot of time to all of us!
Time is money!
yea i agree... being organized will release the site from numerous senceless threads wen its easier to find something your looking for
Consider this another vote using the WIKI.
That's why it exists right ????
WIKI
OK how about putting a link on the forums page directly to the cabs on wiki
Yeah I'm thinking we would not have any problems posting on the FTP site unless their are roms. If you want I can host a site for Moderators to share cab files ECT. But I too would not want anyone to post illeagal software on it just fixes and patches
sids911 said:
This is infact a very good idea!!
Further, can we have "onshare" amongst all the XDA-DEV guys, so as to share cabs/tweaks and Roms safely and securely?
http://www.onshare.com/en_gb/index.php?ck=ok
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Sounds like a good idea in theory. But, I have a feeling it will also start out good and turn into a crap thread again. But it will depend on the moderators, if they are willing to put in the time and effort to keep it clean.
hope some one enjoys these.
another screenshot
here's the cd theme.
None of these have lines.
Digging the CD theme, going to try it out. Thanks.
You're welcome.
It's nice to fially have a chance to contribute to this fantastic site
Just a follow up. Was using the CD theme all day today and it looks real well. Everybody at work knows me as "blankman" because I am always buying blank cds so when they saw this on my phone, everybody got a nice little laugh out of it. Thanks again.
why don't you just post your skins in the throttle lock thread? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=419525
or maybe go to the real ThrottleLock website and post it there? http://www.throttlelauncher.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=19
we already have enough new threads started for skins for this program instead of people just including their skins in the threads that already exist.
sorry if i am coming off as a jerk but like i said there are too many threads for this and this is hardly the section to post this in because a skin doesnt have anything to do with software development.
toorima
Sorry
Sorry for the honest mistake.
Just wanted to contribute to this forum.
I will go elsewhere from now on.
@rojaa
There is nothing wrong with opening a thread in this section if you are making some sort of contribution. Making the software look more appealing is also part of the development process in any software. Why else do you think that we are not cracking down on {skin} threads?
The only thing that you cannot post in this section are new threads with questions that can be answered either in the corresponding forum/thread of the software/hardware related to the question.
Don't worry, you didn't do anything wrong...
BTW, cool skin
@toorima_anchuu
Please read the forum rules before going off at people.
"DEVELOPMENT & HACKING: All threads contributing to the PPC/Smartphone Community in the form of Software,Hardware,[highlight]Themes[/highlight],Graphics,Games,Utilites,H acks,Etc, can be posted here. Also any thread which offers information which will help in the development or progress of any of these subjects can be posted here. Any questions or comments must be posted in the developers thread, where the original contribution (Application/Theme/Hack) was made. REVIEWS FOR NEW SOFTWARE/APPLICATIONS CAN NOT BE POSTED IN THIS SECTION[Must Be Posted In General Section]"
As far as the Flaming, please read the following extract from the same thread:
""Flaming" another user for a mistake, such as posting in the wrong section, or asking a noob type question, will no longer be tolerated. ANY MEMBER (OF ANY STATUS) CAUGHT FLAMING ANOTHER MEMBER FOR ANY REASON, WILL BE SUBJECT TO DISCIPLINARY ACTION. This just will not be tolerated guys and gals. XDA isn't here for only tech savy members, but for members of all types, Noobs included."
These were extracts from this thread by Tweakman
I was thinking of making a StarGate theme? Anyone working on one?
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I was thinking of making a StarGate theme? Anyone working on one?
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Just make it
it's a mess in there. soo many excellent applications, tweaks, skins, etc exist in that section but everything is soo jumbled together you better know exactly what you are looking for before venturing in.
Dedicated section for asking
Try asking Mods in the proper section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276306
I wouldn´t dare to move anything on that section
orb3000 said:
Try asking Mods in the proper section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=276306
I wouldn´t dare to move anything on that section
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why? what would be the harm in adding some organization? right now it is about the same as dumping together half a dozen phones into the same section.
the individual forums for phones themselves are organized wonderfully. i don't understand how anyone could have the desire to leave things how they are.
Delete thread
Well
I see you already make the same post on the proper section
Let´s hear what Mods have to say about this.
I respect your petition, so please respect mine too
Peace,
Hi everybody!
I'm writing ICQ Messenger for WP7 now and have a VERY BIG ISSUE with it:
WP7 Silverlight does not support SOCKETs!!!
Does anybody know how to workaround this?
The only way I see is create a SERVICE on my home PC with static IP, that will be a link between WCF classes to communicate with WP7 Client and ICQ Server, that (to my mind) only supports Sockets...
Waiting for your comments and suggestions! ))
Meffka said:
Waiting for your comments and suggestions! ))
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Post in correct sections.
General/Questions etc go in the "Q&A" forum
Developments go in the "Development" forum.
This forum is named "Windows Phone 7 Development"... Where should I post if not here?
Meffka said:
This forum is named "Windows Phone 7 Development"... Where should I post if not here?
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Would be best to post in the "Q&A" forum or the apps forum. This is mainly for posting of dev work.
This forum is mainly for posting of work not general discussion as then we would get all sorts of topics created here and then we will have to soft through a load of crap just to find the devs posts.
maybe there should be a board section "winp7 coding". but for my understanding developers of tools for wp7 should ask their questions here in the dev section, like the rom-chefs do. like it says, it's about developing. maybe somebody has a tip for the op and can guide him to a nice coding community manly working with wp7.
Screemi said:
maybe there should be a board section "winp7 coding". but for my understanding developers of tools for wp7 should ask their questions here in the dev section, like the rom-chefs do. like it says, it's about developing. maybe somebody has a tip for the op and can guide him to a nice coding community manly working with wp7.
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man..the section you mentioned does already exist:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=607
man! that was fast!
and its even already filled with threads!
mideel said:
man..the section you mentioned does already exist:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=607
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Excellent point, this.
Purely based on OP's post, there's nothing HD2-related about the issue he/she's encountered.
Unless OP has a specific reason for keeping this in the HD2 section, this thread might be better off in the general "Windows Phone 7 Software Development" section. There's almost certainly more WP7 experts browsing there.
Exactly. This is in no way related to HD2 WP7 development so shouldn't be here.
@OP
don't give too much on those ppl *****in' around. try to open a thread in wp7 development or apps and games.
perhaps there you get real help. i appreciate your attempt to make a icq client =)
As the title says, can we have some cleanup and organization on our subforim? Like, let's move all these brick/download mode threads into a Q&A section, maybe a theme and apps section, a general section, and a developers only section.
Not trying to sound pushy, or Karen-y, but the state of this subforum is very unappealing, which, in turn, will slow down it's development. Please.
PS : I understand that there is a lower than normal following for this phone due to all the recent stuff from OP/Oppo, but that's exactly why any little bit helps. It's also just page after page of "download mode please help" "brick, how 9008" etc etc.
Tilde88 said:
As the title says, can we have some cleanup and organization on our subforim? Like, let's move all these brick/download mode threads into a Q&A section, maybe a theme and apps section, a general section, and a developers only section.
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Hello and good afternoon, @Tilde88
Thanks very much for sharing your concerns. I'm sorry this is no longer possible since the transition of the website from vBulletin to Xenforo. Fora created after the transition are no longer structured by sections or sub-fora but the threads in the forum contain prefixes that can (and should be) used for filtering. Did you already try this?
Unless you're already aware, @sd_shadow has created a very useful how-to:
[Index] XDA 2021: How to Navigate the New Site Layout
XDA 2021 [INDEX] Helpful Information Welcome, this thread has been created to encompass everything you may need to navigate the new site layout. Please only post in this thread with feedback on how to improve this document. Do not post "Thank...
forum.xda-developers.com
Regards
Oswald Boelcke
Senior Moderator
Basically no, they removed the lovely nicely organised sections (a format used for decades) and replaced them with one big convoluted mess..that is what XDA now is.
You can view them on a computer nicely, but on a phone it just a turd.
Hopefully they'll see the error of their ways but I honestly doubt it.
The death of android development will tie in nicely with it Id imagine.
PS: I've already raised this with XDA it went nowhere.
I agree. The new formatting of the forum sucks. Its extremely convoluted. Even ON my computer. Why are we going backwards instead of forward? It definitely ties in nicely being this is a oneplus section LOL. Both are going backwards. ColorOS and OOS suck ass.
Morrob95 said:
I agree. The new formatting of the forum sucks. Its extremely convoluted. Even ON my computer. Why are we going backwards instead of forward? It definitely ties in nicely being this is a oneplus section LOL. Both are going backwards. ColorOS and OOS suck ass.
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I'll sum the new view of XDA up with an emoji.
Oswald Boelcke said:
Hello and good afternoon, @Tilde88
Thanks very much for sharing your concerns. I'm sorry this is no longer possible since the transition of the website from vBulletin to Xenforo. Fora created after the transition are no longer structured by sections or sub-fora but the threads in the forum contain prefixes that can (and should be) used for filtering. Did you already try this?
Unless you're already aware, @sd_shadow has created a very useful how-to:
[Index] XDA 2021: How to Navigate the New Site Layout
XDA 2021 [INDEX] Helpful Information Welcome, this thread has been created to encompass everything you may need to navigate the new site layout. Please only post in this thread with feedback on how to improve this document. Do not post "Thank...
forum.xda-developers.com
Regards
Oswald Boelcke
Senior Moderator
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I'm sorry, but I am not going to read a dissertation on how to NAVIGATE a forum I've been a senior member of for decades, and even developed a kernel for a device. (Only to just come to the realization that I don't like the layout anyway). Maybe OnePlus wasn't the only issue. Not to be rude, so my apologies for my tone.
But honestly, it is unappealing.
I do appreciate you, and your efforts in helping me, though. I don't want to come off as a full-blown jerk...
Tilde88 said:
I'm sorry, but I am not going to read a dissertation on how to NAVIGATE a forum I've been a senior member of for decades, and even developed a kernel for a device. (Only to just come to the realization that I don't like the layout anyway). Maybe OnePlus wasn't the only issue. Not to be rude, so my apologies for my tone.
But honestly, it is unappealing.
I do appreciate you, and your efforts in helping me, though. I don't want to come off as a full-blown jerk...
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You aren't dude...XDA is home to many a person, even if it's a distraction from real life or something's to keep our minds busy, or as a way to learn new tech, info, software, hardware it is what it is to many thousands...to make a change like this is abhorrent of the powers that be to say the least, I haven't met a soul who thinks the change was a good idea ..
Check out the thread "How to make XDA better" and voice your opinion there, it'll be seen and hopefully heard.
Personally I think this layout should be a choice...would a vote have been a more diplomatic option?
We got neither.