[6/10/08] Tippy v.1.1 [Open Source] UPDATED!

[N1c0_ds]

I made a little something for you! :)

Tippy is a bill splitter and tip calculator for Windows Mobile. It was designed to work on all resolutions and to never require use of the stylus.

I improved many things with v.1.1. Lots of bugs were fixed, UI was made easier to use and a big button SIP was added for number input. You should definitively update if you have 1.0!

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a211/n1c0ds/Screen01.png

The files, the source and the changelog are available if you follow this link:
http://nicbou.com/downloads/tippy/

Enjoy!

[drmidnight]

I will tell you right now this is one useful program. Great Job, I will let you know of any problems as I use it more.

[orlandojumpoff]

cool, im already a fan and i havent even tried it yet

[N1c0_ds]

cool, im already a fan and i havent even tried it yet

http://failurecasca.de/wp-content/uploads/awesome_med.png

I was affraid the demand would be too small but seeing people are interested I'll pursue development a bit.

VGA for devices is ready (Force QVGA) but it needs .net CF and I didn't want it around for a first release. I'll also add more currency symbols as suggested on another forum.

Something I did that I would like to see more often is settings saved to text files. It can be edited easily by anyone and leaves nothing after uninstall.:D

[boggsie]

Thank you for sharing!

I am definately going to try this out.

Great idea!

Best regards,
-boggsie

[lepsyfou]

Thank you for sharing!

I am definately going to try this out.

Great idea!

Best regards,
-boggsie


+1 great Idéa thank you :)

[rwertz14]

Glad to see this being developed, can't wait for future releases.

[orlandojumpoff]

i still haven't been able to put it on my phone, but i'll have a crack at it tonight... from the screen shot on your site... i like how the tip percentage and number of people are configured with finger friendly buttons... what do you think about adding an easier way to add the amount to tip? i don't know if you've used g-alarm... but maybe something like how you set the alarm time in that? where you have add/subtract buttons below each digit (that way u wouldn't have to bring up the keyboard).
keep it up

[N1c0_ds]

i still haven't been able to put it on my phone, but i'll have a crack at it tonight... from the screen shot on your site... i like how the tip percentage and number of people are configured with finger friendly buttons... what do you think about adding an easier way to add the amount to tip? i don't know if you've used g-alarm... but maybe something like how you set the alarm time in that? where you have add/subtract buttons below each digit (that way u wouldn't have to bring up the keyboard).
keep it up

That's interesting. I'll try G-Alarm and look for what you are talking about.

I might add a pop-up form with a keypad when you click the text box and see how this work.

I don't like the look very much so I might add a cuter UI (skinnable :)) if it doesn't slow down the launch time too much.

[ccheung]

I love the idea, and tried it. BUT the calucation is WRONG. Hope it will be fixed soon.

[N1c0_ds]

I love the idea, and tried it. BUT the calucation is WRONG. Hope it will be fixed soon.

Oops! You are right! Once you start messing with the amount of people present it gets ugly. I'll fix that soon enough!

I don't test my apps enough :P

[N1c0_ds]

I fixed the results so they should be accurate now.

I'm currently working on a big keypad to type the amount. I will also add some languages and currencies and eventually skinnable interface.

UPDATE:
I made the following changes:
-Tip is now accurately calculated
-The amount is entered using a SIP keypad
-The + and - buttons for tip and people are now changing individual digits instead of the whole number. It's much faster and easier to enter it now.
-Changed the look a bit, fixed control resize errors when rotating screen, VGA should work well.

After all I won't add a skinnable UI to save space and keep the app fast and usable.

I only have a few minor fixes left to be done so I should release v.1.1 tomorrow. (I'm on Ubuntu and I'm too lazy to reboot... and Vista sucks).

[N1c0_ds]

Ta-da! An update!

A lot of stuff was fixed, including all of the suggestions except languages

[orlandojumpoff]

looking good! now for a splash of color instead of that plain white background?
keep it up, thanks

[N1c0_ds]

looking good! now for a splash of color instead of that plain white background?
keep it up, thanks

I tried loading the today theme picture as the background but it slowed everything down :(

I might try an alternative later.

[Keland44]

nice app good work i can see this coming in handy

[smilepak]

Where is hosted these day? The link no work