Development Request: turn HTC [X]button into [OK]button

[nehvada]

i am using htc x-button on my treo and like the ability to actually close the application instead of hiding it.

however for onehand navigation it might be very usefull to add an option to close applications with the (hardware) [OK]button.

i am not a programmer but having a look at the size of the original program it might be a very small change to allow that. what do you think?

is it worth the try? would you say this might be a usefull additon?

thanks a lot for your time :)

[deadeyed]

ditch x-button & use PQzII instead.

[Pat123]

or tman for that matter :)

[nehvada]

@ deadeyes:

nice program but unfortunately doesnt work on treo with WM6. (display problems and OK-funktion not working)

@pat123:

thats "just another taskmanager", but doesnt fits my needs. it requires the use of the stylus to select and close programs.

i just want to use the treo onehanded as much often as possible, no stylus. so using the ok-button to actually close programs would be perfect. PQzII would be perfect (even overloaded for me) if it works with WM6.

any more hints on this one?

[pcortes]

I am also trying to make my device (8525) as thumb friendly as possible. I use SPB Mobile shell, which has an easy-to-poke-at-with-your-thumb task manager. The task manager can be used to switch to or close any running application. It can also close all, close all but selected, or minimize all. I mapped the task manager to the PTT button (using Sleuth's PTT fix) for easy access. I also mapped the Today screen to the hardware Internet Explorer button to use as a "minimize all" button. (SBP Mobile Shell also has makes it possible to add large icons to the today screen to launch your favorite programs). I now have a fairly easy time switching between apps while walking or whatever without using two hands. I still wish I could map the "OK" button to close rather than minimize though. Maybe someone with far more skill than I will come up with a way to map the "OK" button to close an appication. I'm more "user" than "developer".

[agovinoveritas]

...Or Pbar for that matter.

[deadeyed]

@ deadeyes:

nice program but unfortunately doesnt work on treo with WM6. (display problems and OK-funktion not working)



hmm, I'm using it on WM6 (hermes however), and it working perfectly.

by display problem, do you mean the white square on your top bar? if yes, you can disable it in the icon tab.

did you check the "Use OK button" in the Window tab? if yes and it still doesn't work then you will probably need to map close function manually in the system tab. (you will need to find out the key code in concern, they have other apps to help you do that)

[pcortes]

I found something new (to me) since my last post. I just found vijay555's OK/close button application. It can be mapped to a hardware button (not the OK button unfortunately), but it works great. It's much easier to use a hardware button than it is to try to wedge my fat thumb into the upper right corner of the screen. Here's the link --

http://www.vijay555.com/index.php?Releases:VJOkButt