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Ultimate Launcher - another Touch Interface

I tried this new application on my wing and I am just loving it. Thought I should share with someone who may be interested.
Here is the video from another thread in the forum I picked this application from.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bNtHCOpZlQ
It really is cool with amazing customization.
More info here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=365334
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Just FYI.. Here are some FAQ's..from the original thread. Just saving time in searching stuff, I have attached a few cabs as well :
Where else can I get Ultimate Launcher from?
http://www.ultimatelaunch.de/
Where do I get the touch-commander from?
www.touch-commander.com
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Instructions from MaxMotus :
Part 1 - Touch Commander
Install Touch Commander and edit the FtouchFlo config file. The options for left and right scroll are blank. I set "Right 2 Left" as Action Screen and "Left 2 Right" as Comm Manager.
"Down 2 Up" opens Touch Commander Standard and "Up 2 Down" minimizes the program currently active.
Obviously configure Touch Commander Layout and icons to suit yourself. My icons that i used in Touch Commander are png format stored on storage card. I got some of mine from Alienware skin. Basically converted the ".ico" files to png
Part 2 - Ultimate Launch
Install Ultimate Commander and take time to edit play with settings. You can spec tab size by pixels (i used 40) and placement. Then you can spec total pixel size that the Ultimate Launcher plugin uses on desktop (includes tabs). I set @ 200 which lines up perfectly with the wallpaper i use. So when you change tab it moves everything between the tabs at top and the glass bar at the bottom. ie Tabs and glass bar stay static.
I used as plugins, HTC home which fits perfectly between the Tabs and Glass Bar at bottom. The Next Tab is SPB Pocket Plus with short cuts and system items. On the Third Tab I used SPB Weather and on the final tab i had short cuts using Ultimate Launch.
Tab placement can be top or bottom of the Today plugin so you could put them at the bottom of page like iphone. If you want to hide the tabs totally and just use the Cube / Slide change of tabs then set Tab size to zero.
Ultimate launch icons are in standard .ico format 32x32 or 48x48 for the animated size! So you can easily make or edit icons!
You can have as many tabs as you like I just chose 4 as i was using cube style change. And you can use all the normal today style plugins via settings. Each tab can have its own gestures regarding launching apps. I set mine same for less confusion, basically stroke down on tab panel for PocketCM.
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how did you manage to get the htc home tab plugin in between ultimate launch space?
The HTC Home needs 160 pixels so you need to set the pixel size in "Ultimate Launch" to use 160px + tab size. In my case my tabs are 40px so my overall px size for settings on Ultimate Launch are 200px (Config, Display Tab, "Fixed Plugin Height")
To add HTC Home plugin, (Config, Display Tab, "Tabs") when you have created a "Tab" you can click on "change" and add from the list of today plugins!
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Where do I get the theme which is in the Video?
Attached - Theme.zip
You can use your own customized avatar.
Attached - Blueflameza9.zip
For those who want to use the gif for S2U2
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How Do I get the HTC Home and HTC Weather as Tabs?
Go to UL config and Add a New Plugin, Select the Application
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I managed to use the HTC home like you did, but unlike the top portion of your ultimatelaunch tab, mine has arrows to the sides. I am assuming that it's indicating the that I have more tabs to the left/right. Is there any way to get rid of it? How did you make it so that yours doesn't show any arrow? Is it because you only have 4 tabs?
Go into Config and the headers options.
Make sure "Visable Headers" is equal to or great than number of tabs you have setup.
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Which battery monitor do you use? The one in the taskbar with percentage as well...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321733
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Anyone knows how to add Bluetooth and Wifi .ink into the launcher??
Attached SmartUtilities+Shortcuts.CAB
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loghash said:
I tried this new application on my wing and I am just loving it. Thought I should share with someone who may be interested.
Here is the video from another thread in the forum I picked this application from.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bNtHCOpZlQ
It really is cool with amazing customization.
More info here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=365334
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Looks like it will be fun to mess around with. Thanks for sharing.

JLine05 said:
Looks like it will be fun to mess around with. Thanks for sharing.
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Ya,
I tried it out about a week ago and was going to add it to open touch v3.0, but did not have time..
I might include it in v4.0, but not sure yet. Also, I think I better ask the developer of the apps first as well...heeh

wow that definitely looks sweet, thanks for the heads up man
i wonder how smoothly it'll run on the wing though.....

ttran001 said:
Ya,
I tried it out about a week ago and was going to add it to open touch v3.0, but did not have time..
I might include it in v4.0, but not sure yet. Also, I think I better ask the developer of the apps first as well...heeh
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Tat sounds nice! Would love to see this with Open Touch. One thing you may wanna consider before including is that if this app is not activated, it will have "not activated" on the application once in a while. It doesn harm but I am sure you will find a way to eliminate that

mapleman321 said:
wow that definitely looks sweet, thanks for the heads up man
i wonder how smoothly it'll run on the wing though.....
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Its running real smooth on my Wing. I am running my wing at 247MHz with Open Touch Biggy 3.0. Tweaked it a little with modified icons., its as good as the one in the video now!

where do you get the original icons for the TouchFlo???

Tried it on my Wing. Really Cool. I like it. Its fun to use. Thanks!!!!!
I Like it --- I Love it --- I Need Some More of it ...........

Activation
loghash said:
I tried this new application on my wing and I am just loving it. Thought I should share with someone who may be interested.
Here is the video from another thread in the forum I picked this application from.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bNtHCOpZlQ
It really is cool with amazing customization.
More info here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=365334
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I tried messing around with the activation screen, and 1 2 3 4 5 works as a successful activation code!!!! just incase anyone else hates thae not activated on all four corners!!!

^ Thanks KHOFFICE, hope it stays that way!!
Excellent app... This is as close to a Touch/Cube as you can get without Flashing!!

atlaswing said:
^ Thanks KHOFFICE, hope it stays that way!!
Excellent app... This is as close to a Touch/Cube as you can get without Flashing!!
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This is way more useful than the Touch Cube, and I was a fan. This seems to be working great so far and it doesnt seem to use much memory.

JLine05 said:
Looks like it will be fun to mess around with. Thanks for sharing.
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Anytime! Cheers!.. I see that you have your screen image changed with this app..! looks kewl

roman2113 said:
This is way more useful than the Touch Cube, and I was a fan. This seems to be working great so far and it doesnt seem to use much memory.
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Yeah! Bingo..! Small Cab file as well.. And I was most impressed with the amount of customization.. with Animation.. Display.. Application.. Icons.. I was like.. Woww!

Is there a way to put built in Calendar and Tasks today plugins into one of the tabs in Ultimate Launcher?

grabiarz said:
Is there a way to put built in Calendar and Tasks today plugins into one of the tabs in Ultimate Launcher?
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From what I saw you can use any plugin. When you go into the config click new and select Today-Plugin. You should be able to add it there.

khoffice said:
I tried messing around with the activation screen, and 1 2 3 4 5 works as a successful activation code!!!! just incase anyone else hates thae not activated on all four corners!!!
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This didnt work btw...Its a good app though so I'll put up with the message.

WiFI and Bluetooth:
for bleutooth toggle = CicleBT.cab
for wifi there is also a wifitoggel.exe somewhere. i´ll post when i´m home...
BUT please keep in mind: IT is NOT freeware.... so including into a rom would make people have to buy a licens
I stay with O2plus (modified) i can set tabs for shortcuts - that´s enough for me...
thanks for posting.
I tested it: but as far as i cannot find more than 6 shirtcuts that i really need on screen.... and in loss of todayplugins that i do not use..... i relly don´t need it. BUT it is customizable very fine...
AND indeed much better than cube!!!
I had it running under my Batterystatustheme.... 200pix high with todayagenda and shortcuts....

zcink said:
Tried it on my Wing. Really Cool. I like it. Its fun to use. Thanks!!!!!
I Like it --- I Love it --- I Need Some More of it ...........
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Heheh.. I know . With the amount of memory it takes..I kinda thot you will!..

not activated message is not there when you don't use Cube
I know the Cube is popular but if you uninstall the cube, you don't get the not activated messages. This app is pretty cool even without the Cube. I personally do not like the cube so I don't use it, but I tried it with and without the cube installed and noticed this. Just thought I'd pass it on.
Also, the Cube takes alot of memory, but without it, this app takes very little.

zcink said:
I know the Cube is popular but if you uninstall the cube, you don't get the not activated messages. This app is pretty cool even without the Cube. I personally do not like the cube so I don't use it, but I tried it with and without the cube installed and noticed this. Just thought I'd pass it on.
Also, the Cube takes alot of memory, but without it, this app takes very little.
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Thanx for sharing! am trying this now

Change skin >> Ugly Windows Lock Screen <<

Does anyone know how to change the skin of the automated windows lock screen?? the default one is ugly...

+ 1 to that! Anyone?

Organic Lock
I know about a tools named Organic Lock (or something like that)
But I'd like to know if any of you has a more "sweet" lock screen. Some sort of S2U2 but when a "Password".

ya, just a better skin for the windows password would be great i was using omega 1, 1-pass before, but it is not compatible with windows mobile 5 and 6

Nthing this request - that lousy PIN screen has been like that for god knows how many versions of WM, anyone know if its skinnable, etc?

anyone??

Anyone managed to find this file?
Basically i was just hoping to invert the colours so that it is black rather than white.

Come on?
Anyone? Please! It looks so damn awful in comparison to the TouchFLO screens.

I use Sensor lock instead http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=422871
As i could not believe how ugly the default unlock is.
I think there is a slide to unlock app, looking like the iphone one

SensorLock Pin?
Thanks for your reply rscreen but is there a way to pin protect with SensorLock? My main reason for not using SensorLock is that it's OK to lock the buttons but if I leave my Diamond laying around anyone could pick it up and unlock it without the use of a PIN? I'd just like to "theme" the PIN screen.

You could give this one a go:-
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-throttlelock.html

Bump please anyone ? Su2u is very ugly and wm lock also

This would be nice
bump!
Anyone have a nicer skin or a way to apply a nicer skin to the default windows pin pad.
I am required to use the pin due to exchange policies so I cant use the other apps.
Any help is much appreciated.

nizdiz said:
bump!
Anyone have a nicer skin or a way to apply a nicer skin to the default windows pin pad.
I am required to use the pin due to exchange policies so I cant use the other apps.
Any help is much appreciated.
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+1
BUUUUUUMP!!!
I know this has been bumping since few years now without any solution! Probably there is none that exists, but with exchange policies, this default pin lock is T.E.R.R.I.B.L.E. Someone please do something nice!

since m playing with some diamond i might as well look into. m doing psd's and i switched to s2u2 bcoz of the ugly default lock...m on bed now...so tomorow wil post my finding..
drupad2drupad said:
+1
BUUUUUUMP!!!
I know this has been bumping since few years now without any solution! Probably there is none that exists, but with exchange policies, this default pin lock is T.E.R.R.I.B.L.E. Someone please do something nice!
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TF3D & Battery Status

Hello guys,
This forum is awesome, it is like make a a wish, and it comes true
now I have a question, the battery status has a great feature of showing the CPU load under the clock on the top bar. thru that i can really see if the device busy doing something!
but this is working only when I disable the TF3D. does anyone know how to get that working with the TF3D?
is it also possible to have the other indicator of battery status, they were very useful. The TF3D is taking the whole screen leaving no space for anything else
cheeers!

as far as i know what you want isnt possible... sorry...
until someone comes up with a modification of tf3d that is...
but until then i`m afraid you must look onto alternatives..
for example:
what i did:
installed mortscript, making it able to run scripts..
installed a script wich made it swap between tf3d and today.
bound a hardkey to this script, whenever i hold down this key is promts me the question to change, if i want, i click ok, and it shuts down tf3d and goed to the original todayscreen... holding this key again it does the opposite.. thus starting tf3d...
now ive got the best of both worlds...
i like this solution far more then secondtoday, this way its even frees up ram because the manilla.exe is really shut down..
all plugins like homescreen++ (formely batterystatus) stay active this way... unlike when you just untick the tf3d in "items" wich will leave yoe with a blank today over and over..

thank you for ur answer, that is also takes time to switch between both applications, the niche thing in the battery status, is just one can see system status without pressing anything!

@ Make a search for " FinixNoverBattery.Cab";see here.
It shows you the status of the Battery and your connection.
greetz
pego2007

pego2007 said:
@ Make a search for " FinixNoverBattery.Cab";see here.
It shows you the status of the Battery and your connection.
greetz
pego2007
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yes treu,
but it doesnt show any other information that was already shown in tf3d. only a more precise indicator for the batterystatus..
only way i could think of would be seriously changing the tf3f itself to show some stats... maybe a exta tab could be made by someone...

quark1980 said:
as far as i know what you want isnt possible... sorry...
until someone comes up with a modification of tf3d that is...
but until then i`m afraid you must look onto alternatives..
for example:
what i did:
installed mortscript, making it able to run scripts..
installed a script wich made it swap between tf3d and today.
bound a hardkey to this script, whenever i hold down this key is promts me the question to change, if i want, i click ok, and it shuts down tf3d and goed to the original todayscreen... holding this key again it does the opposite.. thus starting tf3d...
now ive got the best of both worlds...
i like this solution far more then secondtoday, this way its even frees up ram because the manilla.exe is really shut down..
all plugins like homescreen++ (formely batterystatus) stay active this way... unlike when you just untick the tf3d in "items" wich will leave yoe with a blank today over and over..
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Hey man
Sounds great.
Can you post the script please

I dont really understand why the TF3D is blocking the indicators of the battery status under the clock on the upper taskbar, they are shown on the top of all windows, not only on the today screen. iam here concerned in the CPU load indicator?

Check
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=401907&highlight=secondtoday
That will be do the trick allowing you to INSTANT-change between tf3d and "normal" today.
The first time you open it all today plugins must be loaded so it takes a little more time (like 4 seconds in my diamond... but the time depends on the number of plugins u want to load) ... but after first load the change takes 0 seconds... u can use a mapped hardware button or through your "most viewed" apps (big icons) in the start menu .... or whatever way ....
I'm using it in my diamond and works perfect !
By the way ... the creator of secondtoday is the same as batterystatus

sorrowt said:
I dont really understand why the TF3D is blocking the indicators of the battery status under the clock on the upper taskbar, they are shown on the top of all windows, not only on the today screen. iam here concerned in the CPU load indicator?
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They are not talking about seeing the status of their battery, they're talking about displaying a software called 'batterystatus' on their today screen

TFT3D & Battery Status
The software batterstatus `now renamed to homescreen plus plus.
With secondtoday and homescreen ++ you can show several systemparameter eg. battery,temperature,hd etc. (see my attachments)
you can find the program here:
http://www.chi-tai.info
greetz
pego2007

pego2007 said:
The software batterstatus `now renamed to homescreen plus plus.
With secondtoday and homescreen ++ you can show several systemparameter eg. battery,temperature,hd etc. (see my attachments)
you can find the program here:
http://www.chi-tai.info
greetz
pego2007
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Hi bro, I'm quite interested in the batterstatus app. does it compartible to Omina phone? Me actually looking for green battery fix and I don't really like FInixNOver VGA Battery ....cos not really compartible to Omina...Hope bro u can help me...

ok i installed the SecondToday with the homescreen++, and ---> AWESOME!!!
guys u r great thank you

Thats a message from a omnia900 user to ikarus(chi-tai).
I am using your wonderful program on my Samsung i900 omnia. But have the following problem.
In the settings for second today I assign the right soft key to SecondToday. Then I click on Apply to Registry. This works fine and I can toggle between my first and second today screen using this soft key.
You can find more in his forum,see attachment.

pego2007 said:
Thats a message from a omnia900 user to ikarus(chi-tai).
I am using your wonderful program on my Samsung i900 omnia. But have the following problem.
In the settings for second today I assign the right soft key to SecondToday. Then I click on Apply to Registry. This works fine and I can toggle between my first and second today screen using this soft key.
You can find more in his forum,see attachment.
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Thank u bro so meaning this wonderful programme works fine with Omina
Btw I dont understand " But have the following problem. In the settings for second today I assign the right soft key to SecondToday. Then I click on Apply to Registry. This works fine and I can toggle between my first and second today screen using this soft key. " What does it mean sorry I'm new to Pocket PC phone hope bro u can guide me slowly. Thank u so much.

Bro Pego2007,
There are too many of this app in that website which one shall I choose ?? Really sorry abt this as I'm new to this sorry ...

On this side from chi-tai :http://www.chi-tai.info/discuss
you can find all answers of your question, or make a search for ikarus(nickname of chi-tai) on xda-developers.You can also make a search for homescreen plus plus on xda-devs.
greetz
pego2007

Pattern-based screenlocks?

Is there any other program out there besides throttlelock? The only real complaint I have with throttlelock is the lack of diagonal pattern support.

LvDisturbed1 said:
Is there any other program out there besides throttlelock? The only real complaint I have with throttlelock is the lack of diagonal pattern support.
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Thats a pretty poor complaint considering the amount of combinations you can have on ThrottleLock lol AND its free

LvDisturbed1 said:
Is there any other program out there besides throttlelock? The only real complaint I have with throttlelock is the lack of diagonal pattern support.
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Complaint solved my friend . Check 0.4

APBilbo said:
Complaint solved my friend . Check 0.4
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Fantastic program mate
Only thing I have noticed is that when I get an incoming call (im using HDIII with the opal dialer) the caller id screen from the dialer pops up instead of the throttlelock incoming call screen. It looks like your screen is in the background but the opal screen is ontop of it. Any ideas how to be able to toggle your incoming call screen on/off so that its either ontop of the opal dialer or off completely??

mskip said:
Fantastic program mate
Only thing I have noticed is that when I get an incoming call (im using HDIII with the opal dialer) the caller id screen from the dialer pops up instead of the throttlelock incoming call screen. It looks like your screen is in the background but the opal screen is ontop of it. Any ideas how to be able to toggle your incoming call screen on/off so that its either ontop of the opal dialer or off completely??
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Thanks!
That's something I'm working on right now . The replacement is done but there are some collateral issues that need to be fixed .... I'll also add the option to unlock on call... but that's a security leak...

APBilbo said:
Complaint solved my friend . Check 0.4
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Wow...awesome work! Thanks a bunch!

LvDisturbed1 said:
Wow...awesome work! Thanks a bunch!
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And for 0.5 you will be able to repeat points .

APBilbo said:
And for 0.5 you will be able to repeat points .
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Looks great cant wait for the new version to come out. I love the bigger clock on the lock screen. I just use a black background to keep prying eyes away . Not so sure about the option to unlock on a call for a security program it would leave the phone wide open lol. Thats just my opinion but I would leave that out unless its been requested alot. Nice work I always put it on my phone after I flash a new rom. Wish I could write programs like that

APBilbo said:
And for 0.5 you will be able to repeat points .
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It just gets better and better!! Hey, I just thought of a nice feature for maybe 0.6...I just don't know how to explain it very well. Your pattern doesn't have to use adjacent dots? Does that make sense? For example, in a 3x3 grid, the top left dot can connect to the bottom middle or even the middle right dot. Its just an idea I had, let me know what you think.

Can this be run with S2U2? What would be cool would be if the S2U2 app ran and once you slid to unlock you had to do the pattern unlock. So basically S2U2 is used for style and interface and the pattern unlock is used for security.

atilt said:
Can this be run with S2U2? What would be cool would be if the S2U2 app ran and once you slid to unlock you had to do the pattern unlock. So basically S2U2 is used for style and interface and the pattern unlock is used for security.
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I'm not to sure. Give it a try! If it doesn't work, then just uninstall it. Let us know how it goes.

It is alright. I have to enable Throttlelock explicitly and then S2U2 is enabled on when my phone powers off. Then I had to unlock with Throttlelock before S2U2 which is reverse of what I prefer.

atilt said:
Can this be run with S2U2? What would be cool would be if the S2U2 app ran and once you slid to unlock you had to do the pattern unlock. So basically S2U2 is used for style and interface and the pattern unlock is used for security.
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Sounds like alot of work to get your phone unlocked lol. Plus ThrottleLock is fully skinnable so you can make it look great with any background you want. Its better than S2U2 in my opinion.

[APP] LockMeLite (another screen lock app) :-) (NEW RELEASE!!)

Hi to all raphael uses.
Just to let you know that a new (another one) lock app is on the air.
Thread started in the Blackstone software area.
Check it out!
LockMeLite HD-Diamond-Raphael
Keep watching the main thread in HD section.
1. New version IS HERE!
Latest version just got setup files
Thanks.
I hope you enjoy it. Its free after all
PS. After getting a message for a kind donation i include the button on the bottom.
PS1. Any donation, small or large, helps this project continues. Thanks again !

Hi there.
In my humble opinion this one is the best screen lock app so far.
this is simply because it is so simple
nevertheless i have some notes:
it would be nice if it only lock incoming calls. it is not neccessary to lock the screen when pressing the "top"-button - when the screen is off it is locked, so you don´t need to lock it twice
it would be great if the screen is not black but transparent or translucent.
you could see the caller-images then.
maybe you could give the user the option to choose the way to unlock the device. this might be either to slide (as it is the case at the moment) or to use the "top"-button or the round "center"button for example. it is quite unlikely that you press one of those buttons by accident.
so the best program is the one that works although you don´t see it.
nevertheless, as i already said, i think this is the best screen lock app so far

awesome app!!!! love it.. simple. How do i change from 24hr time to 12hr time?