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udK's Rom without Manilaand Tom's Rom did have a working zoom bar, but now udK's Rom WITH manila doesn't have the working zoom bar anymore. Apparently none of the Roms with WM6.5 and Manila does have a working zoom bar anymore? Did anybody find a solution yet on this?
Actually Shadowline's WM6.5 ROM with Manila works. Zoombar works in Album, aswell in Opera.. maybe he know's the solution.
I think it's just a registry tweak that we need to enable...
Must have looked over it: udK has got a fix for his WM6.5 rom with manila in the first post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=524224
Don't know if this is working for other Roms too.
Actually..
Actually, it works in both my roms and in l3v5y's. What it is, is TouchFlo (the scrolling, not the plugin) isn't 6.5 ready, but is required for the zoom bar to work. But a edited biotouch.dll fixes that along with disabling touchflo.
shadowline said:
Actually, it works in both my roms and in l3v5y's. What it is, is TouchFlo (the scrolling, not the plugin) isn't 6.5 ready, but is required for the zoom bar to work. But a edited biotouch.dll fixes that along with disabling touchflo.
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In the official WM6.5 Topaz ROMs (2.01, 2.02 and whatever the next one will be) there is an updated biotouch.dll which provides only the ZoomBar, and not the finger scrolling. This means you lose fingerscrolling in applications that don't support the native WM6.5 scrolling, but you also lose all the weird bugs with TouchFlo messing things up...
Regardless of the ROM and chef that built it, whats your favourite and why...is it the speed, looks or stability.
like the button design very easy to use
6.1 Nice and fast with zero problems. I don't use too many apps so the finger friendliness of 6.5 isn't much of an attraction to me and I don't like the 'Start' menu layout of it.
6.1 - fast, stable, supports drag&drop (in Total Commander/CE), has start menu with recent programs, it's easier to select items in listboxes (item is highlighted when you tap&hold on it so you know what are you selecting, this is overrided by scrolling in 6.5), has moveable msgbox windows (still can be dismissed like in 6.5 by tapping on the window content, you don't have to aim for OK/X), unlike 6.5.5 it is possible to run Wisbar Advance on 6.1 (and 6.5) to have icons of running programs right on taskbar, 6.5.5 doesn't support programs with toolbars (I had problems with Total Commander/CE - no start/close visible, icons too big so they didn't fit).
And yes - I like Total Commander/CE
24006 - 6.5.3 - no manila and htc stuff - titanium only. best battery-life, relatively good speed
28232 - 6.5.5 - no manila and htc stuff - titanium only. good battery-life, god speed
6.1 + Manila 2.1 - best combo for manila roms... relatively fast, but compared to win-only device... you think that it freezed sometimes when you are waiting for manila contacts, which are worse and unglier than win 6.5.* by default.
Depends on your needs... if you like social network engine, take manila one but choose faster and older sys. If you want to work and run programs mostly on your phone, then i recommend win-only rom. The best (and nearly only) way how to obtain it is to cook it. Try the Ervius kitchen here, it is ok - after 2-3 evenings you have your own baby-rom
is it good to set up another poll for UI shell choices for reference for chefs? like manila 2.1, sense 2.1, sense 2.5, titanium, clean (for spb mobile shell)...
Have tried a lot of ROMs of all flavors, but I somehow always end with some variant of 6.1
I still might choose some 6.5.x variant (currently have an eye on Miniterror's Ravage and Wajk's blackSTONEhenge)
I use 6.5.5.24001 titanium.
Pros: Very stable, fast, no memory management problems, very good battery life, polished graphics, finger friendly.
Cons: Some programs have problems with bottom toolbar, but such is life!
By the way, here is a good tip for handling the non-visible ok/close button: Just map it to the tap and hold function of the call button! This way, when you have an app that won't display properly, simply tap and hold the call button until the app is closed/minimized!
Bottom Line: 24001 is really rock solid in terms of memory management, thus I prefer this over a more compatible/conventional OS that has to be restarted every two days due to memory leaks!
Enjoy!
It's either WM6.1 & Sense 2.5 or WM6.5.5 & Sense 2.1 for me.
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It's either WM6.1 & Sense 2.5 or WM6.5.5 & Sense 2.1 for me.
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What wm6.1 and sense 2.5 rom are you using?
I like to use 6.5 with sense 2.5, as the windows 6.5 is stable and sense 2.5 has now got quicker on roms
i like windows 6.1 more bug free than 6.5.5
but 6.5.5 have nice bottom toolbar... more fingger friendly i think
zaxxx said:
6.1 - fast, stable, supports drag&drop (in total commander/ce), has start menu with recent programs, it's easier to select items in listboxes
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+1 .
Stupid things in 6.5 & 6.5.x
Despite some minor improvement in 6.5 and 6.5.x in compare with 6.1, it’s so strange to me why Microsoft always forget some basic assumptions and doing very stupid modifications?! For example I cannot understand why in 6.5 and 6.5.x drop down start menu which is contained recent opened application is missed, while it was so useful!
Another Foolishness thing is the new lock screen! Why instead of locking the home screen or today screen which is contained user required information, a new lock screen created? And then due to the shortage of information in lock screen many developers are working to make it as complete as possible!? Also why there is a lock button just in Start menu page? If it’s useful to be available, why it does not exist in other pages?
Anyway, it’s always been fault of Microsoft! Day after day creating new things, but loosing basic concepts like ease of usage and simplicity. You can see this matter from moving from XP to Vista and then to W7!
I wish somebody were exists in Microsoft to listen to the customers carefully and check their ideas by himself.
it isn't very hard to figure out why they changed the lockscreen *whisperes something about Apple and the iPhone*
Can somebody explain me the differences between manila and tf3d??Is it the same thing and is there any way to configure tf3d with new themes icons etc???
There are drastic changes to Manila/Sense compared to it's predecessor TouchFlo 3D.
Examples Include:
Sense/Manila: Different code, more graphically appealing elements, more "User-Friendly" functionality. A big difference is, Sense/Manila is a bit larger [In file size and Memory size] than TouchFlo 3D
Thanks...
Any tf3d configuration app????
Check the link below. YES, it's in the Touch Diamond forum, but it does work with the Fuze/Touch Pro TouchFlo 3D as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=405749
Any interesting new apps that would change the interface of the HTC HD7 cellphone ?
for example the HTC HD7 has just tiles but the only thing you can do is change the color of them. But is there an app that would transform everything unique and even the actual background ?
the only backgrounds there are for the HD7 is WHITE background and BLACK background.
But thats all it can do. Unless there is a unique way how to put a nice 3D background or even a 3D visual wave movement wallpaper background for the HTC HD7..
most cellphones now days they have nuce backgrounds for example a black background with some color wave moving motion 3d effects... that makes the background look stand out more.
Anything like this on WP7 OR at least when?
P.S also as you scroll the side where you can see all the little apps you have on the phone and as you scroll down up and down these are your apps you have downloaded. Okies these little tiny tile apps are filling up as you download more and more apps.... isnt there a way to open up a 3rd page on the side for specified apps for example all the social apps on the 3rd page and all of the GPS and maps on the 4th page.
Just abit like iphone.. iphone apps shows them all in one full screen and the more apps you install all you do is scroll the SIDE of the phone to see the second page of apps and and so on.
I just think the hd7 page with all the apps are far too long to scroll all the way down to find your actual app you need to use..... there should be pages not just keep scrolling down because its time comsuming.
So any tips and features for the phone ? tell us yours and tell us how you do it.
regards
sandra
Look around there and you will find your answer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=606
No icons, no wallpaper, no images of any kind. I've seen themes that used images of text to get the aesthetic down, which is still cool, but it seems like there's room for a launcher with a super tiny footprint that also looks sweet. Of course, if I've missed it, and this already exists, I'd love to be corrected.
Icons: plain text but could be include the ascii round of characters, maybe even the full unicode set?
Folders: Like any other asciicon. You could add a smaller ascii symbol to the lower right/left hand corner to signify it was a folder not a program if you really wanted. You could create a folder with ascii art.
Wallpaper: ASCII art. Not a photo thereof, actual ASCII. Would need the ability to alter color and perhaps alpha to avoid confusion with foreground.
Widgets: text output only. Input fields would be reminiscent of a terminal input. Associated buttons would be dealt with a la asciicons, with ascii symbols.
Customizability: on par with ADW or LP.
I'd pay for that ^. Would anyone else? I realize these days with super phones, live wallpaper and 3d carosels are more sexy, but there are a lot of hacked devices running froyo that are still light on specs and plain text can have a nice sharp retro appeal. It seems like there's a potential market there for an enterprising developer.
Is there a launcher whose theme engine could produce a plain text only setup? Would the footprint be significantly reduced by such a theme?
What this lacks in popularity, it makes up for unanimity. 100% in favor. An enterprising developer could just charge me and that one other guy who likes the idea a fortune each and still turn a profit! Any takers?
One last New Year's bump.
Hi,
I'm currently learning Android programming and studying Launcher2 code. In near future I will be starting a launcher which will have a pseudo-graphic text mode (remember Turbo Pascal?) with minimalist (16x16?) icons, some simple widgets, notepad/folders (which will work like resizable and stackable windows), and a commandline mode (can be configured to mimic either DOS or Linux, but with some builtin shortcuts and functions for Android usage). It doesn't have a name yet. I will certainly announce it on xda when any usable version will be finished and tested on at least a few devices.
mhzesent said:
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I'm currently learning Android programming and studying Launcher2 code. In near future I will be starting a launcher which will have a pseudo-graphic text mode (remember Turbo Pascal?) with minimalist (16x16?) icons, some simple widgets, notepad/folders (which will work like resizable and stackable windows), and a commandline mode (can be configured to mimic either DOS or Linux, but with some builtin shortcuts and functions for Android usage). It doesn't have a name yet. I will certainly announce it on xda when any usable version will be finished and tested on at least a few devices.
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Sounds interesting, I look forward to it. Are you gearing the text mode to have a super small footprint, or is it more for nostalgia's sake?
fortunz said:
Sounds interesting, I look forward to it. Are you gearing the text mode to have a super small footprint, or is it more for nostalgia's sake?
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Mainly for nostalgia's sake and "I just want it on my phone so badly and no one did it before" sake, though I know few people who could use it. I wouldn't release the project open source but it will probably free for ever. I won't include all dos/linux commands, of course (keep it simple and not bloated), and i will simplify/shortcut some things for android usage (like, running apps from CLI just by their name, not any going-in-depths-to-system-folders stuff), though I shouldn't spoil everything already lol. Also I still have a 2.3.7 device...
I've found lightning launcher and it's the lightest weight launcher I've found. My 528mhz dinosaur actually feels snappy again after I pared down the options to it's most minimal setup. What's more there are lots of customizations available even for devices that aren't ancient.
It's not plain text, but it is light.
I've been looking for a theme like this for a long time, never found one. It would be cool to have a phone without all the aesthetics. Black screen with only text , or very small symbols.