New "Touch concept" app (ThrottleLauncher Alpha)

[APBilbo]

Dead thread....
see this one please:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354981

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Hello Everyone!

I'm developping a Launcher App and I need some beta testing on it. I've tested it over some wm6 emulators and on my Herald WWE with Touch-it ROM. It uses .NET CF 2.0.

Basically it contains some horizontal scrolling list's. The scrolling can be performed by using the finger over the screen. It is fully configurable through config.xml file placed in the installation directory. Currently you can add 3 types of "elements" to each scrolling list or row (see config.xml for some examples):
- Icons: you can add the icon path (theorically every size is accepted) asociated command execution with parameters. You can also add the attribute "rowspan" if you hace some larger icons in the list for them to get more rows in the list.
- Allcontactswithphoto: this element will automatically load all the contacts you have with asociated photo. It includes a max attribute to avoid allocating all the device memory if you have lot's of contacts with photos.
- folder: this will add shortcut to all the files located in the directory especified.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=63169&stc=1&d=1198690152

Sorry, The screenshot does not contain the contacts photodial because I don't have contacts in the emulator :D .

Currently it doesn't allow:
- Changing between screen sizes (this includes landscape and portait). But it theorically can work with almost every screen size.
- Specify contacts to include in photodial.

Please, any feedback, advice or bugreport would be apreciated :). And by the way, sorry for my english....

In the package there are also included some example icons taken from deviantart. I don't remenber the place or author I take them from. If someone find's them out please tell me.

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[neofix]

Interesting :) Will try this later ;)

[Kpyto]

Don't work on HTC Wizard WM 6.

Start, wait.....

Error display.

Thats end :(

[APBilbo]

Can you please post the error info or send me the screen shot..... By the way thanx for trying it :p and sorry for the crash :( ....

[Kpyto]

About Error:

System.IO:_Error:WinIOError()

System.IO:Directory:InternalGetFileDirectoryNames( )

System.IO:Directory:InternalGetDirectories()

System.IO:DirectoryInfo:GetFileSystemInfos()

DeviceApplication9:Carrusel:.ctop()

DeviceApplication9:MainForm:.ctop()

DeviceApplication9:Program:Main()

[ather90]

great work...Will definetly test it

[APBilbo]

kpyto, please, make sure you have this folder in the file system:
<folder path="\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\"/>

If you dont have it, change the path in the config.xml to point to your programs forder of the start menu or just remove it (the line of the config.xml).

[chiekh]

same thing on I-Mate JasJam WM 6 Schap's 3.54b fr Don't work.
the same error msg.
thanks

[sslashflo]

Working For Me!!!

[APBilbo]

Ok, thats probably because of the languaje of the rom.... The programs folder of WWE ROM's is \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\..... You may have to change the path included in the config.xml 20th line, or if you tell me which is the Start Menu path of your ROM I will post here an apropiate config.xml file.

Any way, here you have a cab with config.xml without the line pointing to the folder. Just reinstall it...

[chiekh]

\Windows\Menu Démarrer\Programmes\.....
for french rom.
but i found the prog in the \Program Files\ThrottleLauncher folder.
thanks

[chiekh]

the new one work and its a good ide thanks

[Merlin_reloaded]

And it's really fluid, but my only gripe is that the NETCF slows everything down...maybe a rewrite in C++ is in order eh?

Other than that, top concept 5/5

[amanakbar]

works on a touch... like the idea

[E_Shinobi]

Yes ,been waiting for someone to make horizontally scrowable rows.

But I would like it as a today plugin rather than as a today screen itself, because i miss a clock and apps that tell me about msgs and calls and stuff.

[bedoig]

Very cool! Can't wait to see where this goes.

[batcatman]

works as advertised on sprint touch...love teh interface, however is it possible to put it as a today plugin so that it can be used as a scrollable horizontal bottom bar or 2....something like a scrollable sprint home launcher...
it scrolls very smoothly though.
also, how do u add more buttons to the list, if its possible yet! how 'bout adding dynamic scrolling?

[APBilbo]

batcatman, you can add more apps by changing the config.xml. You can also add more rows with the elements described in my first post. To add another app short cut for example, just place inside a row tag in the config.xml a row like this:

<icon path="icons\Internet.png" exec="\Windows\IExplore.exe"/>
path: is the path to the icon.
exec: is the path to the exe file of the linked app

Thans to everyone for the comments. I will try to satisfy every request ;).

[eman3316@optonline.net]

I vote for making it a today plugin. Would be much more useful.

[petervbeck]

this is looking very cool...nice work !
Looking forward for further releases.

[surur]

Very nice software.

If there any way of replacing the start menu with this, i.e. cause the on-screen start button to launch this app, instead of opening the start menu?

BTW, I vote against it as a today screen plug-in. My today screen is already dominated by the very useful HTC Home plug-in, there is hardly any space left for my appointments. The Today screen is overloaded enough. This should replace the Start menu as a launcher.

As a suggestion to this end, it would be cool if there was a row with currently running or recently launched apps, as it would make a good Task Manager, and maybe even a way to close those apps by pressing and holding on the icon.

Surur

[monamibouli]

the mod version works on my wizard with french ROM, but when I clic on the setting icon, there is an exception error and nothing happen.

good work, thks

[APBilbo]

Surur, thank's for the feedback. I dont' know how to "hack" the start menu click to launch any app, but it's an awesome idea. Maybe some one with some knowledge on rom and registry hacking can give me some help at this point. Any way, what I have done is installing FTouchFlo and set the ThrottleLauncher as the bottom-top action....

I also will try to implement your two request's:
- Task list.
- Recent programs.

I agree with you in the fact that the today screen is overloader. This app is intended to be a quick access application launcher and the today screen is to give quick information without any interaction, I think a simple finger move (using FTouchFlo) to take the launcher to front is enought.... Any way I also like the idea of having a today plugin with one or two scrolling rows, so I will try to develop it, but it seems not too easy as it must be done in C++.... I'll write it down in my TODO list ;).

[uniqueboy]

Nice Launcher, works really well for me on my orbit. Would be nice to have a more kinetic feel to the scrolling in a future release. Thanks for a cool app, already loads more useful than the cube or the start menu.

[APBilbo]

monamibouli,
In the config.xml the "setting" icon is mapped with the taskmanagerapp.... may be in your ROM you don't have such application..

<icon path="icons\System.png" exec="\Windows\taskmanagerapp.exe"/>

You can try changing the exec path of the icon in the config.xml, or just add any other app's icon you like to the row ;) !.

[lukeap69]

tried it with i-mate jasjar and it's working. i have to make some adjustments on the numbers of items to fill the space on the side as you know the universal is VGA

this app is promising

[rawr]

looks good! works on my P4000/Mogul. i'd like to see it as a today screen plugin too! great work!

[tembares]

Hello,
Can someone tell me if the Today plugin scrollbar is really being made at this moment?
I think that is the best invention for 2007. So... Hurry up :D

[Montecristo]

With the operating system in Spanish it gives east error me:


en System.IO.Paht.GetFullPathInternal()
en System.IO.FIleInfo..ctor()
en DeviceApplication9.Util.RegHelper.ReadRegistry()
en etc....etc...etc...


Change path and nothing of anything....

Bye

[Montecristo]

Ok, with the new version works very well in the Advantage.... Interesting application... a little slow... but interesting.... Thanks!:D

[konnector]

This shows a lot of potential! It's running on my XV6800 but how do you close out of the app?

[APBilbo]

Please, see this thread for udated version....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=354981