[Frst release] New application launcher

[ryhkowal]

HOW TO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTCAbs7GCMs

I got tired of using standard omnia launcher so I wrote a new one. You can see it in action here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4WF2atnnD8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4WF2atnnD8)

This is the first release so it can have some bugs. It was tested only on samsung omnia so if you get it running on other devices please let me know.

If you'd like to configure the favotires,icons etc. find the installation folder - usually in Program Files and look for files:

Favorites.txt - add any application to the list and you should see it in favorites,
Icons/Icons.txt - will assign new icons to apps (name, icon). You can add any png 48x48 or 32x32 image - see Icons folder.
Exclude.txt - add app to the list and it will be excluded from the app list.

This is first release. Probably I will add some configuration latter.

Consider donating for further releases. (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4036621)

[Lycox]

Which resolutions are supported?
How to config?

[joshuas_79]

WOW!!! I love itt....I love uuuu!!!

Would this work in my Qvga Htc touch...Im sure I won't be so lucky...I try anyway....


thanks!

[joshuas_79]

OK, I've just installed it ,it works, the scroll is great, but it's really hard to launch programs, it's like it doesnt response

[ryhkowal]

Which resolutions are supported?
How to config?

It should work on QVGA and QWVGA. No VGA as it is first release.

[ryhkowal]

OK, I've just installed it ,it works, not as fast as it should work in a Samsung Omnia....but it's ok

If you start it for the first time it may take some time to cache everything, but then if you run it again it should run faster.

[mbarvian]

wow, judging from the video that looks INCREDIBLY smooth.

great work, would love to see this for other resolutions :)

[mike21pr]

this looks awesome!! hard to believe its a first release because it looks better than most final release apps

hoping for a vga version soon

[lotion]

Looks pretty slick.

Looking forward to a VGA release.

[Lycox]

It should work on QVGA and QWVGA. No VGA as it is first release.

Ahh, okay. Still waiting for a VGA release. :)

[xiphrex]

Nice one, I'll try it out.

If its as smooth as that video then Im definitely going to use it longterm!

Cheers

[PurPLe SKy]

Great job ! Love it !

[mbarvian]

actually, it works just fine on QVGA. This is great!

I was wondering if you could make something exactly like the TouchFLO 3d all programs launcher? that would be amazing :)

[Syd159]

First impression... running as smooth on my Kaiser (QVGA). I installed in on my storage card.

Nice work. :)

[PurPLe SKy]

Tried on my Omnia.. it locks for a while at the beginning, while the tab " favourites " is selected and you press the tab " find ".

[dody]

Hey, That is pure awesomeness !!!

working great on WM5 QVGA Jamin/Prophet

but i have NET.3.5 i dont know if it can work without it

[joshuas_79]

Ok, it's true, after the first time it gets really fast and smooth (I really love it), but I still didnt get my shortcuts work. Any idea?

Htc Touch. WM 6.1



Now it saw, it only launch the shortcuts if I slide to right, is it right?

[joshuas_79]

Ok, it's true, after the first time it gets really fast and smooth (I really love it), but I still didnt get my shortcuts work. Any idea?

Htc Touch. WM 6.1



Now it saw, it only launch the shortcuts if I slide to right, is it right?


Ok I answer myself: that's the way it has to be....sorry


thanks!!!

[KMFM$]

Excellent app!! Just one question/request. Would you be able to implement a "category" system? Something similar to how iContact handles categories, if at all possible. If so, this would be an absolutely killer app. (Not that it isn't already. :D)
Keep up the great work!

[MrMage]

It does work with my VGA Axim x51v, but it has some quirks, like. And its insanely smooth! I have never experienced such smooth scrolling on my PDA before, even though I don't like the menu lagging a little behind my finger (but I suppose that to be intended)! A great application already!

Could you tell me where you got this smoothly animated list control from?

/edit: Oh, and it seems to kill all the regular icons until I soft reset. See screnshot 3 for details.

/edit 2: I did not yet get it to start an application ^^ But I find it awesome that you can create such smooth applications using .NET CF.

[jadephyre]

wow... incredibly smooth, looking forward to further development :D

[dj-mc-et]

very nice launcher

is it possible to release a "lite" version?
like a "favorites only" version?

[Pitchb3nd]

A VGA version will be awesome

[mr_deimos]

Wow, that's some really smooth scrolling. And its just .net :D
I just tested it on a wvga toshiba G900. Just as MrMage, i wasn't able to actually launch anything. Probably the app interpreted tapping attempt as dragging, since the reported stylus coordinates change on vga devices twice as fast as on qvga.
Also, the inertia when you release the finger is a bit too slow (again, probably the speed is measured in pixels/time period, so iw would need to be twice as fast for vga). Bot this really has some potential. Add it also includes a task manager - nice. This project may just turn into a finger-friendly QuickMenu alternatuve (at least i hope it does :D).
Just keep in mind that when creating a (w)VGA version you'll need to double all movement tresholds and speeds so it might be a good idea not to hardcode them.

[mobile101]

I got tired of using standard omnia launcher so I wrote a new one. You can see it in action here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4WF2atnnD8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4WF2atnnD8)

This is the first release so it can have some bugs. It was tested only on samsung omnia so if you get it running on other devices please let me know.

Donate (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4036621)
Can you make it to become today plug-in ?
Please.
Thank You.

[jezusrvd]

my x1 craves this. its soo smooth. wvga will be awsome plz:D

[dody]

Ok, it's true, after the first time it gets really fast and smooth (I really love it), but I still didnt get my shortcuts work. Any idea?

Htc Touch. WM 6.1





because after the first run it is in background running, if you killed it will start slow

[ryhkowal]

OK, I've just installed it ,it works, the scroll is great, but it's really hard to launch programs, it's like it doesnt response

To launch application slide from left to right. Tapping on app does not work as accidental taps frequently occur when you scroll.

[ryhkowal]

Tried on my Omnia.. it locks for a while at the beginning, while the tab " favourites " is selected and you press the tab " find ".


First time you press find icon it may take some to to cache all programs. Second run should be much faster.

[ryhkowal]

Hey, That is pure awesomeness !!!

working great on WM5 QVGA Jamin/Prophet

but i have NET.3.5 i dont know if it can work without it

Should work non .Net 2.0

[ryhkowal]

Ok, it's true, after the first time it gets really fast and smooth (I really love it), but I still didnt get my shortcuts work. Any idea?

Htc Touch. WM 6.1

Now it saw, it only launch the shortcuts if I slide to right, is it right?

It reads all the shortcuts from /windows/start menu if anything is missing see if you have the shortcut there. With the next release there will be a Include file that will allow you to add any custom applications to FingerPoint launcher.

See first post how to configure.

[ryhkowal]

Wow, that's some really smooth scrolling. And its just .net :D
I just tested it on a wvga toshiba G900. Just as MrMage, i wasn't able to actually launch anything. Probably the app interpreted tapping attempt as dragging, since the reported stylus coordinates change on vga devices twice as fast as on qvga.
Also, the inertia when you release the finger is a bit too slow (again, probably the speed is measured in pixels/time period, so iw would need to be twice as fast for vga). Bot this really has some potential. Add it also includes a task manager - nice. This project may just turn into a finger-friendly QuickMenu alternatuve (at least i hope it does :D).
Just keep in mind that when creating a (w)VGA version you'll need to double all movement tresholds and speeds so it might be a good idea not to hardcode them.


The pixels/time period is not hardcoded and in the future will be configurable. Pretty soon probably in registry. Unfortunately I don't have any big experience in mobile device development - this is my first app so I guess I will have to figure out all the differences between vga/qvga devices.

[ryhkowal]

Can you make it to become today plug-in ?
Please.
Thank You.

As for today you could link it with one of soft keys. Maybe some day the will be a today plug-in.

[Monk Eastman]

trying to add programs wrote on russian to favorites but unsuccesfull... the same for icons... for english names everything ok...

[ryhkowal]

trying to add programs wrote on russian to favorites but unsuccesfull... the same for icons... for english names everything ok...

What encoding are you using?

[Monk Eastman]

how to get this information?

[dancer_69]

This is a great launcher.
If we had access to settings too, it will totaly replace the default start menu.
But Control Panel doesn't open nothing. Is this function not included yet, or there is a problem with my device(Touch Cruise Lolite WWE rom)?

[starsat2001]

Very nice. works great after launch
Scrolling is perfect
thnx man

[APBilbo]

Great app!! Congrats! :).

A little freeze first time loading the 2nd tab (probably cause it was catching my installed app's... right? ). Also if you press your finger for more than some little time the tab's buttons will not react (about this I think that an pressed effect for icons is needed ;) ).

Keep up the good work!!

edit: The gestures to open the apps are cool but I think they difficult a little bit the usage of the app. I guess this is done in order to make scrolling smoother... but I would prefer a simple launch on click thing...

edit2: bug: if you scroll quickly and release the finger over where the footer icons are supposed to be the footer action is launched.
Could we change the app backgorund? or is it fixed to white?

P.S. Check this :). Works nicely embeded inside ThrottleLauncher! :D

[ryhkowal]

edit: The gestures to open the apps are cool but I think they difficult a little bit the usage of the app. I guess this is done in order to make scrolling smoother... but I would prefer a simple launch on click thing...


I had double click for launching but didn't like it.


edit2: bug: if you scroll quickly and release the finger over where the footer icons are supposed to be the footer action is launched.


It's a known issue - right now I'm working on that.


Could we change the app background? or is it fixed to white? :D

Now its white but it is totally seperated from the application so it will be configurable in future. Now you can configure icons, favorites and exclusions from the list.

[ryhkowal]

This is a great launcher.
If we had access to settings too, it will totaly replace the default start menu.
But Control Panel doesn't open nothing. Is this function not included yet, or there is a problem with my device(Touch Cruise Lolite WWE rom)?

Working on that. New control panel will be included in third tab.

[Star-Lite]

looks great runs smooth (even on my hermes) but it crashes if I press the search button:

FingerPoint.exe
OutOfMemoryException

bij Microsoft.AGL.Common.MISC.HandleAr(PAL_ERROR ar)
bij System.Drawing.Bitmap._Init(Int32 cx, Int32 cy)
bij System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(Int32 width, Int32 height)
bij FingerPoint.Infrastructure.Controls.KineticPaneCon trol.Pane.Create(Int32 width, Int32 height)
bij FingerPoint.Infrastructure.Controls.KineticPaneCon trol.Create(Dimensions dimensions)
bij FingerPoint.Interface.MainForm.SetTab(Int32 tabId)
bij FingerPoint.Infrastructure.Controls.KineticPaneCon trol.m_ClickTabTimer_Tick(Object sender, EventArgs e)
bij System.Windows.Forms.Timer._WnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)
bij System.Windows.Forms.ApplicationThreadContext._Int ernalContextMessages(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)
bij Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterMainLoop(IntPtr hwnMain)
bij System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form fm)
bij FingerPoint.Program.Main()

[chronster]

Hey man this is really cool. I tested it on my touch pro. Although the apps don't launch and everything's pretty small, it runs really smooth and I can't wait for a VGA version.

When a VGA version is released, I'm going to bind this to my start menu button lol.

[PierreDiamond]

looks great runs smooth (even on my hermes) but it crashes if I press the search button:

FingerPoint.exe
OutOfMemoryException

bij Microsoft.AGL.Common.MISC.HandleAr(PAL_ERROR ar)
bij System.Drawing.Bitmap._Init(Int32 cx, Int32 cy)
bij System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(Int32 width, Int32 height)
bij FingerPoint.Infrastructure.Controls.KineticPaneCon trol.Pane.Create(Int32 width, Int32 height)
bij FingerPoint.Infrastructure.Controls.KineticPaneCon trol.Create(Dimensions dimensions)
bij FingerPoint.Interface.MainForm.SetTab(Int32 tabId)
bij FingerPoint.Infrastructure.Controls.KineticPaneCon trol.m_ClickTabTimer_Tick(Object sender, EventArgs e)
bij System.Windows.Forms.Timer._WnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)
bij System.Windows.Forms.ApplicationThreadContext._Int ernalContextMessages(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)
bij Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterMainLoop(IntPtr hwnMain)
bij System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form fm)
bij FingerPoint.Program.Main()

Second it - crashes on my HTC Diamond (1.93 ROM) when try using Search Button.

But seems to be really smooth in Scrolling - would be totally fine, when it would work. Great job!

[ryhkowal]

Second it - crashes on my HTC Diamond (1.93 ROM) when try using Search Button.

But seems to be really smooth in Scrolling - would be totally fine, when it would work. Great job!

I take a look at this.

[Monk Eastman]

forget about problems with russian names... my fault :)

[DJRedLine]

Installed on Omnia and is very smooth.

Only issue is like others have mentioned that when you click the close button it stays in memory

[MRFERRARI23]

YES +1 FOR VGA AS WELL PLEASE :D make us VGA'ERS happy to lol.....
hope it can be made into vga.cab would be appreciated!!! great app btw!!

[ryhkowal]

Installed on Omnia and is very smooth.

Only issue is like others have mentioned that when you click the close button it stays in memory

It stays in memory because it starts quicker if it does not have to find all links to installed programs. FingerPoint automatically checks if it does not eat to much memory if it does it will quit and restart.

[dividivi]

YES +1 FOR VGA AS WELL PLEASE :D make us VGA'ERS happy to lol.....
hope it can be made into vga.cab would be appreciated!!! great app btw!!

It is a great app. One more vote for VGA version.

[dgaud007]

Runs great on my Hermes. The scrolling is really smooth. Here are my suggestions:

1. Shortcuts to Mortscripts are not displayed with icons, instead the icon path is shown.
2. The Favorites.txt file is sorted alphabetically. I wanted to list my apps in a particular order for ex: Office apps, then games, then multimedia, etc. Maybe even put empty *.lnk files to use as headers on the list...
3. I would prefer the app to exit when I launch a program because in the Hermes every kb of memory counts.

[Dr4g0n75]

great app...

i personally would like to see some skinning support...

also, on my qvga kaiser... the random access type search thing on the right...
since you made this for wvga i can only go down to T since i dont have the 80 or so pixels to get to the rest of the alphabet

keep up the good work... excellent for a first release

[ghostfaceg35]

This is a really clean looking/smooth scrolling app but it is soooooo RAM heavy. On a fresh boot I have 44MB of free ram. Just launching the launcher uses 3MB RAM, using the search and caching the entire app list bumps that up to 10MB! I guess I could exclude everything except what i would dub "favorites" but even still it's a lot of RAM use. Also the 3MB of RAM that is captured on opening it isn't free'd up if I close it. And cleanRAM/Oxios Hibernate/Oxios Close Apps won't reclaim it, and if I open it again it somehow captures another 3MB of ram? So if I clean boot clean boot and open 44MB->41MB; close it and reopen and 41MB->38MB. At this point I'll use RAM freeing tools and it won't budge unless I soft reset. Maybe it's something I'm doing? Anyway, great work, really hope that as another poster said before you make a "lite" version.

[simonk12]

awesome app! thanks. just made my omnia even better :)

i have another question- what's the today plugin you're using on the video? i cant recognize it

thanks!

[rafaelegomezb]

First of all: This is the greatest launcher I've tried this far.

Already asked: Access to "Settings"

Make it optional when closing to keep it in the background or totally kill; flushing unused memory is very importar for older units like Trinity. Is it to ask for too much to configure which applications will launch straight on, and which will first shutdown the launcher and the run the app? I mean, if I need to shutdown Finger Launch to run iGo (memory hungry), it means that I can not launch iGo from the launcher? Sorry for the wording mess...

I suppose that the very nice icons are taking a great deal of memory it requires. Is it possible to make it lighter?

Again, congratulations. I'll follow you up.

[Sean D.]

Is it much different (or better) than TouchLaunch?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=437773

:confused:

[FatBoyExtraordinaire]

This is by far the best, smoothest, and faster finger launcher I have seen on here. It is a little memory intensive, nut I understand why. I also, I am in favor of the way you have it launching applications now. It always launches when I swipe my finger left to right and that allows for the whole screen to be "flickable" without accidently launching something. Keep up the great work.

[oldsap]

thank you. works great

[izzyzc]

Works great on my Jade...

Like what others said, hopefully it will be able to open Settings... Memory taken on my device is 659kB.. I dunno if it's too big or not...

Thanks for this wonderful app!

[mr_deimos]

The pixels/time period is not hardcoded and in the future will be configurable. Pretty soon probably in registry. Unfortunately I don't have any big experience in mobile device development - this is my first app so I guess I will have to figure out all the differences between vga/qvga devices.

Wow, that's SOME first app :D As for the VGA/QVGA differences - it seems that you already have half of the fork done by the .net, since it nicely fills the screen on a wvga device, the buttons are where they're suposed to be (at the bottom), everything is just too small.
I guess the easiest way to make this work for any resolution is to read DPI info from the registry (HKCU/Software/Microsoft/DPI). (w)qVGA devices use 96dpi, (w)VGA use twice this value - 192dpi. You can use this value as a multiplier for all speeds/thresholds/item sizes. For example, if an icon for qvga device (96dpi) is drawn as 24x24, it means that the same icon should be drawn on a vga device (192dpi) as 192/96*24 = 48x48px to have similar size on the screen. If a device uses 128dpi resolution, then to have roughly the same size on the screen, the icon should be drawn as 128/92*24=33x33px.
The advantage of this solution is that you don't have to take every possible resolution into account - device manufacturers do it for you by setting dpi value so that all WinMo UI elements are roughly the same size for all devices.

Oh, and by the way, launching items by sliding DOES work after all :D Just for the future it would be nice to be able to configure slide direction (or use any direction). Also, some visual feedback for sliding would be nice (the row actually sliding to the side as you move your finger?).

[saltorio]

Loaded it up. Here's my initial comments:

1. Runs smoothly on my iPAQ 910c, despite it's landscape QVGA screen (the landscape orientation seems to be an issue for other similar programs).

2. The interface is too big for the QVGA landscape layout (see attached image). The buttons at the bottom take up roughly a quarter the height of the screen, and the list items themselves are so large that only 3 can be seen at any one time. I use Resco Exploer and FingerMenu, and both are quite functional even with item lines nearly half the height of those in FingerPoint.

3. The slide-to-launch functionality really doesn't work (at least for me). I agree that tapping on the screen can cause common mis-clicks, but double-tap works fine in other apps (see above). At least offering it as an option would be nice.

4. A view for accessing system Settings would be wonderful.

5. [edit] One additional request: I'd love for the find mode to respect sub-folders. I have some apps (HandySwitcher, Resco Contacts, and SBSH iLauncher) that create subfolders with a bunch of specific shortcuts to their various modules. Scrolling through all those can be a bit of pain when clumped together. As such, having an option to enable use of sub-folders, so you could navigate into and out of the folders (rather than viewing all shortcuts in the Start Menu as a whole) would be nice.

(I realize some of these may have already been mentioned, but they're worth mentioning again.)

Despite my criticisms (which I offer constructively), all in all this is an excellent first release. Please keep up the wonderful work!

[keeekeee]

wow looks nice :) too bad doesnt work on htc diamond :( got VGA version? thanks~

[Jenson_P]

finally a launch-manager which even works on win mobile 2003!
it's working on my magician, even if it's a bit slow...

but keep up this great work!

[wapvirus]

This app will be great when it works it was non responsive i have to press the buttons several times and even then it does nothing scrolling very smooth look forward to a fixed version

[ryhkowal]

Wow, that's SOME first app :D As for the VGA/QVGA differences - it seems that you already have half of the fork done by the .net, since it nicely fills the screen on a wvga device, the buttons are where they're suposed to be (at the bottom), everything is just too small.
I guess the easiest way to make this work for any resolution is to read DPI info from the registry (HKCU/Software/Microsoft/DPI). (w)qVGA devices use 96dpi, (w)VGA use twice this value - 192dpi. You can use this value as a multiplier for all speeds/thresholds/item sizes. For example, if an icon for qvga device (96dpi) is drawn as 24x24, it means that the same icon should be drawn on a vga device (192dpi) as 192/96*24 = 48x48px to have similar size on the screen. If a device uses 128dpi resolution, then to have roughly the same size on the screen, the icon should be drawn as 128/92*24=33x33px.
The advantage of this solution is that you don't have to take every possible resolution into account - device manufacturers do it for you by setting dpi value so that all WinMo UI elements are roughly the same size for all devices.

Thanks for the tip. I am working on VGA version right now so it is very helpful.


Oh, and by the way, launching items by sliding DOES work after all :D Just for the future it would be nice to be able to configure slide direction (or use any direction). Also, some visual feedback for sliding would be nice (the row actually sliding to the side as you move your finger?).

I did that in alpha version but I removed it as it was not very smooth and consumed extra memory. Maybe I get back to it if I figure out how to make it smoother.

[ryhkowal]

This app will be great when it works it was non responsive i have to press the buttons several times and even then it does nothing scrolling very smooth look forward to a fixed version

You have to slide you finger from right to left to launch the app. Slide it up and down to scroll and right to left to launch.

[ryhkowal]

Loaded it up. Here's my initial comments:

1. Runs smoothly on my iPAQ 910c, despite it's landscape QVGA screen (the landscape orientation seems to be an issue for other similar programs).


I know about this issue and working on it. Thanks for the info anyway :)


2. The interface is too big for the QVGA landscape layout (see attached image). The buttons at the bottom take up roughly a quarter the height of the screen, and the list items themselves are so large that only 3 can be seen at any one time. I use Resco Exploer and FingerMenu, and both are quite functional even with item lines nearly half the height of those in FingerPoint.


I'll try to test it with QVGA resolution. Till then you can see FingerPoint/Icons/Ribbon folder for icons and see if you could change it to fit you needs.


3. The slide-to-launch functionality really doesn't work (at least for me). I agree that tapping on the screen can cause common mis-clicks, but double-tap works fine in other apps (see above). At least offering it as an option would be nice.


I'll try to add this.


4. A view for accessing system Settings would be wonderful.


I have it done in my next release.


5. [edit] One additional request: I'd love for the find mode to respect sub-folders. I have some apps (HandySwitcher, Resco Contacts, and SBSH iLauncher) that create subfolders with a bunch of specific shortcuts to their various modules. Scrolling through all those can be a bit of pain when clumped together. As such, having an option to enable use of sub-folders, so you could navigate into and out of the folders (rather than viewing all shortcuts in the Start Menu as a whole) would be nice.[/INDENT]


this can take some time to implement.


(I realize some of these may have already been mentioned, but they're worth mentioning again.)

Despite my criticisms (which I offer constructively), all in all this is an excellent first release. Please keep up the wonderful work!

Next release coming soon.

[ryhkowal]

This is a really clean looking/smooth scrolling app but it is soooooo RAM heavy. On a fresh boot I have 44MB of free ram. Just launching the launcher uses 3MB RAM, using the search and caching the entire app list bumps that up to 10MB! I guess I could exclude everything except what i would dub "favorites" but even still it's a lot of RAM use. Also the 3MB of RAM that is captured on opening it isn't free'd up if I close it. And cleanRAM/Oxios Hibernate/Oxios Close Apps won't reclaim it, and if I open it again it somehow captures another 3MB of ram? So if I clean boot clean boot and open 44MB->41MB; close it and reopen and 41MB->38MB. At this point I'll use RAM freeing tools and it won't budge unless I soft reset. Maybe it's something I'm doing? Anyway, great work, really hope that as another poster said before you make a "lite" version.

I am working on memory leaks, but on my device it never got over 2MB. Still working to make the app start faster so it could exit every time you launch an app.

[Monk Eastman]

ryhkowal
Is it possible to add favorites order feature?
Now all programs in favorites list alphabetically ordered, but it is inconvenient because if I have more than 4 programs in favorites I need to scroll the list to get lower programs. I'm using everyday very often only 3 or 4 programs, so I want them to be placed higher than the others.

[ryhkowal]

ryhkowal
Is it possible to add favorites order feature?
Now all programs in favorites list alphabetically ordered, but it is inconvenient because if I have more than 4 programs in favorites I need to scroll the list to get lower programs. I'm using everyday very often only 3 or 4 programs, so I want them to be placed higher than the others.

I'll remove sorting. That way you'll be able to set it as you want.

[Monk Eastman]

Thank you :). Just what I need... nevertheless I think it would be better to have this option configurable.

[Psygnosis84]

Any chance of a WVGA aswell?

[lesscro]

Works great on P535 Wm6.5...

To do List...
Add cache to launcher... when it close and relaunch, search in all apps need a few seconds...
customisation possibilty... not need now but after very stable version...

Awesome apps dude... i m FAN ! Adopted...

[JukEboXAuDiO]

This is a great program. Thanks soooooo much. I like the performance. :)

[JukEboXAuDiO]

Quick question. How do you add programs to favorites?

[Monk Eastman]

Read first post... about Favorites.txt...

[JukEboXAuDiO]

It would be great if you scrolled on the program from right to left it added it to Favorites.

[Monk Eastman]

It would be great if you scrolled on the program from right to left it added it to Favorites.

+1... thought about it too

P.S. and "if you scrolled on the program from right to left" in Favorites it removed from Favorites :)

[XtremeMaC]

wow, i'm definitely convinced with all the +ve comments and video. downloading right now! thanks!!!!1

[JukEboXAuDiO]

What does the control panel do? When I go to open it, it just sits there.

[Monk Eastman]

nothing at the moment... wait for next release...

[XtremeMaC]

i just downloaded it and control panel on fingerpoint opens the settings of windows.
(personal, system, connections..)

[JukEboXAuDiO]

Ok I have lots of programs installed but It is missing some of the programs installed. Is there a way for it to rebuild its programs cache?

[Monk Eastman]

restart the program... not just close (which means minimize) but restart...

[JukEboXAuDiO]

Another quick question. Is there a way to use arguments to open specific tabs of the programs. Like one shortcut to open FIngerPoint at the programs another to open running programs and what not. Is that possible? If so . How?

[cyfireglo]

Works great on Hermes WM6.

Bit slow to load non-favourites.
Very smoooooth and I like the alphabetic scrolling.
Task manager is nice.
Buttons at the bottom are a bit too big (so you can't get to the last item).

Looking good

[ryhkowal]

Works great on P535 Wm6.5...

To do List...
Add cache to launcher... when it close and relaunch, search in all apps need a few seconds...
customisation possibilty... not need now but after very stable version...

Awesome apps dude... i m FAN ! Adopted...

2nd release will have a lot of settings in registry. One of them is MinimizeOnExit and ExitIfExceeedMemory, etc.

[ryhkowal]

Another quick question. Is there a way to use arguments to open specific tabs of the programs. Like one shortcut to open FIngerPoint at the programs another to open running programs and what not. Is that possible? If so . How?

Not possible now. But this is a good idea to have it. I'll try to do wish list.

[lesscro]

2nd release will have a lot of settings in registry. One of them is MinimizeOnExit and ExitIfExceeedMemory, etc.

Wow... nice... i m waiting with hungry...:cool:

[Psygnosis84]

This program works full screen on my Touch HD WVGA resolution.

However i can flick through the programs but can't actually select anything, it's like it doesn't register it.

I can click through the icons at the bottom, but that's all.

The date on most are too big, i guess that's because i'm using the wrong version.

[Monk Eastman]

ryhkowal:
I think this is not a bug but... look at the attached screen capture. See something? The taskbar is from ThumbCal :).
How to reproduce this effect. Start ThumCal, minimize it, then start Resco Sudoku Touch form FingerPoint and exit.

[Flashhawk]

Hy
First Off: Great Proggi!! Love it!
Got some suggestions though, some may be mentioned already, although i tried to catch all of them.
1. Give it a dedicated button space that can be transparent to show what underneath but that should be customizable.
2. Make the buttons gesture-sensitve also. For example let me have (unlimited) customizable folders that are arranged on a horizontal wheel-dial. Tap-move left -> next iconfolder Tap-move right previous, and bring this button to the middle of screen so that we have more space to move around.
3. Kill all entries in "All programs" that are already in Favorites
4. The alphabet-slide does not go to "XYZ" on my Omnia. Maybe some bug, maybe intention, but tell us about it if that is the case, becous i would like it to go down there too (got some XYZ proggis :) )
5. Second the optional gesture-config to all options (taptap, tapslideleft, tapslideright)
6. Please add TapHold for copying programs to one of the favorites folders, or make a special screen for that. It's sometime anoying to add a program and it doesnt load because you forgot that bl*** "s" at the end..:)
7. Consider centering the program names as an option (i don`t know if that would work or if it even makes sense, was just some idea)
8. Make a dialog for adding Icons to programs which do not show one by themself. You could put that together with 6. by having some gesture to open this dialog from a button.

And now something i don`t know if it's a bug or just me. In Landscape mode, your program doesnt claim the whole screen. It leaves a little rest on the right from the portrait-mode and gives me a square version of it self on the left. Look at the pic for the result.
Thanks for considering and programing such a great tool!
Flashhawk

[ryhkowal]

Hy
First Off: Great Proggi!! Love it!
Got some suggestions though, some may be mentioned already, although i tried to catch all of them.
1. Give it a dedicated button space that can be transparent to show what underneath but that should be customizable.
2. Make the buttons gesture-sensitve also. For example let me have (unlimited) customizable folders that are arranged on a horizontal wheel-dial. Tap-move left -> next iconfolder Tap-move right previous, and bring this button to the middle of screen so that we have more space to move around.
3. Kill all entries in "All programs" that are already in Favorites


Good suggestions I'll try to keep it in mind and add some of those with next release.

4. The alphabet-slide does not go to "XYZ" on my Omnia. Maybe some bug, maybe intention, but tell us about it if that is the case, becous i would like it to go down there too (got some XYZ proggis :) )


This is a bug - must correct it.

5. Second the optional gesture-config to all options (taptap, tapslideleft, tapslideright)
6. Please add TapHold for copying programs to one of the favorites folders, or make a special screen for that. It's sometime anoying to add a program and it doesnt load because you forgot that bl*** "s" at the end..:)
7. Consider centering the program names as an option (i don`t know if that would work or if it even makes sense, was just some idea)
8. Make a dialog for adding Icons to programs which do not show one by themself. You could put that together with 6. by having some gesture to open this dialog from a button.


When I manage to get a stable version I'll add a configuration features. Next release comes with XML configuration so adding some configuration features should not be so complicated.


And now something i don`t know if it's a bug or just me. In Landscape mode, your program doesnt claim the whole screen. It leaves a little rest on the right from the portrait-mode and gives me a square version of it self on the left. Look at the pic for the result.
Thanks for considering and programing such a great tool!
Flashhawk

It a bug. I noticed that right after the release. T'l try to remove that in next release.

[ryhkowal]

ryhkowal:
I think this is not a bug but... look at the attached screen capture. See something? The taskbar is from ThumbCal :).
How to reproduce this effect. Start ThumCal, minimize it, then start Resco Sudoku Touch form FingerPoint and exit.
Thanks for the bug. Next release has its own taskbar so it should resolve this issue. Nevertheless I check it out.

[nir36]

I hope the next release will include... a VGA version? :)

[gropich]

Hy mate,works great on my Omnia
Can you explain how to edit Favorite.txt and icones.png in 3 step? ?
i would like to do add some programs to my favorites

[alhuang69]

I got tired of using standard omnia launcher so I wrote a new one. You can see it in action here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4WF2atnnD8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4WF2atnnD8)

This is the first release so it can have some bugs. It was tested only on samsung omnia so if you get it running on other devices please let me know.

If you'd like to configure the favotires,icons etc. find the installation folder - usually in Program Files and look for files:

Favorites.txt - add any application to the list and you should see it in favorites,
Icons/Icons.txt - will assign new icons to apps (name, icon). You can add any png 48x48 or 32x32 image - see Icons folder.
Exclude.txt - add app to the list and it will be excluded from the app list.

This is first release. Probably I will add some configuration latter.

Consider donating for further releases. (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4036621)

It is a very interesting and beautiful app..... It is working on my Elfin. Suggest to have the configuration feature will be much better. I am not sure that it is a bug or something special -- the magnifier icon does always on the right top screen and in Favorites page, the Control Panel does on the top but no function.

[ryhkowal]

It is a very interesting and beautiful app..... It is working on my Elfin. Suggest to have the configuration feature will be much better. I am not sure that it is a bug or something special -- the magnifier icon does always on the right top screen and in Favorites page, the Control Panel does on the top but no function.

Drag the magnifier icon and you'll see what it's for.

[ryhkowal]

Hy mate,works great on my Omnia
Can you explain how to edit Favorite.txt and icones.png in 3 step? ?
i would like to do add some programs to my favorites

Add the name of the app to Favorite.txt and you'll see it in favorites. Names of the apps you can find in the list of all apps (2nd icon).

[Monk Eastman]

ryhkowal:
I think it would be useful if magnifier icon will show actual position inside the app list. What I mean. If you scroll down the list and stop the scrolling somewhere it is impossible to recognize actual position inside the app list where you stoped scrolling. If you then press searching button (magnifier icon) you'll be switched at the top of the list. Maybe it is better to make searching button also "search-tuning" button? I mean if you stop scrolling somewhere you can scroll up or down to find needed app but at the same time can use searching button to do the same but not from the top of the list but from the actual position where you stopped scrolling. Just like the standard windows scroll box. What do you think about it?

[ryhkowal]

ryhkowal:
I think it would be useful if magnifier icon will show actual position inside the app list. What I mean. If you scroll down the list and stop the scrolling somewhere it is impossible to recognize actual position inside the app list where you stoped scrolling. If you then press searching button (magnifier icon) you'll be switched at the top of the list. Maybe it is better to make searching button also "search-tuning" button? I mean if you stop scrolling somewhere you can scroll up or down to find needed app but at the same time can use searching button to do the same but not from the top of the list but from the actual position where you stopped scrolling. Just like the standard windows scroll box. What do you think about it?

I can make it configurable. Some people like it your way some like it as it is.

[DaveTheTytnIIGuy]

This is a really nice application. I was kind of surprised that it's a first release, as it seriously looks professional. I've been using it for a little while, and although it's great, I would still change a few things.

Control panel support, but I know that's coming soon anyway according to your new youtube video.
Remove the option to close Shell32.exe in the task management section. It is a critical system process that should never be closed, so having the option to terminate it is not so great.
This may have to do with my having a QVGA screen instead of a WQVGA screen, but when I slide the magnifying glass down to find an application by name, it will stop at V despite having apps that go to Z. Maybe this is because the magnifying glass slides down anticipating more screen space when in reality, my screen ends. I don't know, but it's not a huge problem for me anyway.
Other than these issues, it's great and when the new version comes out, I'm most certainly mapping it to the start menu. Thanks,

Dave

[Monk Eastman]

I can make it configurable. Some people like it your way some like it as it is.

good idea :) thanks...
could you also make startup animation configurable too? Sometimes this animation works very slow and it takes for about 5 sec to start...

[ryhkowal]

This is a really nice application. I was kind of surprised that it's a first release, as it seriously looks professional. I've been using it for a little while, and although it's great, I would still change a few things.

Control panel support, but I know that's coming soon anyway according to your new youtube video.
Remove the option to close Shell32.exe in the task management section. It is a critical system process that should never be closed, so having the option to terminate it is not so great.
This may have to do with my having a QVGA screen instead of a WQVGA screen, but when I slide the magnifying glass down to find an application by name, it will stop at V despite having apps that go to Z. Maybe this is because the magnifying glass slides down anticipating more screen space when in reality, my screen ends. I don't know, but it's not a huge problem for me anyway.
Other than these issues, it's great and when the new version comes out, I'm most certainly mapping it to the start menu. Thanks,

Dave

Thanks for the tips. I know that Shell32.exe pops up sometime - I will make sure that the app stops showing that process. Slide with magnifying glass feature needs a rework. I'll take care about that right after the VGA version of the app.

[omgwiiso]

will test it outttttt

[Evoce]

having to keep this neat app running all the time faces my personal user experience with a slight problem (no, im not talking about memory/RAM here):

i made it a habit for me to kill all running apps using the task switcher after i was using my device. this of course cannot be done while using this launcher (cause of the quite long loading time when it caches your programs). you have to admit that killing all running programs using your launcher is quite time consuming. the possibilty to kill all other running tasks (exluding the launcher) with just a single button would seriously make this my launcher of choice!

[Flashhawk]

I would also suggest to keep a log of installed Programs and make manual rescans an option. Would make start-up time even faster.
FH

[Soaa-]

VGA version? Sounds great. Can't wait to test it on my Diamond.

[jprowland]

By far the best app launcher I've run across. Great job! I'm running it on an Omnia as well and almost immediately bound it to a soft button, it's that good.

- Landscape mode is screwy, I think you mentioned you were aware and were working on it. I'd like to see the mode buttons move over to the right so they don't cover the list.

- The buttons took a little while to figure out, particularly because the full program list takes a while to load up the first time. Maybe a little dialog window could pop up saying "Loading"? A progress bar would be even better ;)

- The slide-to-launch and lack of in-program customization threw me off for a bit (I should learn to read descriptions better before I download!) Not a problem for a first release but reading a lot of user comments I can see a lot of other people don't get the sliding thing at first either and think it doesn't work. Maybe a short "readme" screen that pops up the first time it's run would help...

- Would like a feature to re-load the program list. When I install a new app, Finger Point doesn't see it until I kill it with the Task manager and re-launch it.

Can't wait to see this get even better... why can't everyone write apps that look and feel this great ;)

[Monk Eastman]

Aha! Video of the new version in the first post :) can't wait :)

[degavi]

first i want to say that it is a fantastic prog, i only have one problem, when i start camera or any other "hevy" program and then close it fingerpointer loads sooo slow (ca30sec)

[Evoce]

first i want to say that it is a fantastic prog, i only have one problem, when i start camera or any other "hevy" program and then close it fingerpointer loads sooo slow (ca30sec)

yea i noticed that too

[ryhkowal]

first i want to say that it is a fantastic prog, i only have one problem, when i start camera or any other "hevy" program and then close it fingerpointer loads sooo slow (ca30sec)

With new release there is an option to exit FIngerPoint before starting new app.

[degavi]

Sounds good but dos that mean that the program have to cach the icons again ?

[Evoce]

Sounds good but dos that mean that the program have to cach the icons again ?

i guess the launcher minimizes and doesnt exit completely

[utak3r]

It runs really well and smooth (except for it _sometimes_ freezes for half a second while scrolling, but it's not a big problem) - but I have two little bugs: it appears it cannot always take a proper icon and it prints a text instead. Look for those two examples: one of them is mortscript file, it's a link to script, the icon should be taken from mortscript itself, the other one is just a CAB file put into start menu.


http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/294/fperror01.png http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/879/fperror02.png


thanks for this nice application :D

[theraf90]

Geatest app out there! Can't wait for the new release!!!
I got some of the previouslly talked about bugs so don't need to repeat them, great app!

Keep up the good work!:);)

[Evoce]

Yea im looking for the new release as well ^^

Seriously, it is the best app-launcher for the Omnia i have ever seen:

Light-weighted, fast, easy and comfortable to use and great community-support by the developer =)

Keep it up!

[MichaelPB]

Wow. This app is amazing. Only downside is the control panel, but I understood that's beeing worked on. Great work! It's so easy to navigate my phone now! I remapped the right soft-key to Fingerpoint and it really works great. Thank you thank you thank you!!

[ryhkowal]

It runs really well and smooth (except for it _sometimes_ freezes for half a second while scrolling, but it's not a big problem) - but I have two little bugs: it appears it cannot always take a proper icon and it prints a text instead. Look for those two examples: one of them is mortscript file, it's a link to script, the icon should be taken from mortscript itself, the other one is just a CAB file put into start menu.


http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/294/fperror01.png http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/879/fperror02.png


thanks for this nice application :D

It's a known issue and already solved in new version.

[utak3r]

It's a known issue and already solved in new version.

cool :) thanks for info.

[dividivi]

It's a known issue and already solved in new version.

Great app. I'm not trying to rush you. Just wondering when you are planning to release the next version?
Thanks for all your great work!

[-Vulture-]

Hey, really nice app!

One suggestion: I would like to use it as my task switcher. Is there a way to set Finger Point to launch/remember (with) the last tab? So i could press a button and it shows me the system tab?

And would it be possible to list mobileshell.exe in the task list? I think this process is hidden in some way. Its from Mobile Shell 2.1.5.

Thanks!

[mmmtacos]

holy cow! finally i can replace my diamond's program list with this! i can't wait for the VGA version!

[Bismar]

Hi, first off i have to say this is a great utility, its fast, well designed and simple.

I was thus wondering if you could possibly think about having an option to scroll through different tabs, sorta like your slide to launch, except on the bottom where the different tabs buttons are, ie slide to move to another tab.

If possible why not make it even doing it as smoothly as your scrolling seems to work. Granted you would probably need to store additional stuff in memory, but if you just stored the tabs to the left and to the right of your current one it shouldn't be too bad. Also if memory is an issue with other programs, you did mention you were going to make this app autoclose upon launch of other applications, so the memory point should be moot.

[lesscro]

@ Ryhkowal
Your launcher have lot of success... simple but very usefull...
Now we wait for new release...
really Great Works...

LeSScro, FingerPoint FAN !:eek:

[ryhkowal]

Hey, really nice app!

One suggestion: I would like to use it as my task switcher. Is there a way to set Finger Point to launch/remember (with) the last tab? So i could press a button and it shows me the system tab?


It' done in new version.


And would it be possible to list mobileshell.exe in the task list? I think this process is hidden in some way. Its from Mobile Shell 2.1.5.

Thanks!
See what I can do about it.

[ryhkowal]

Great app. I'm not trying to rush you. Just wondering when you are planning to release the next version?
Thanks for all your great work!

I guess I need 1 more week to release next version.

[dividivi]

I guess I need 1 more week to release next version.

Thank you!

[lesscro]

I guess I need 1 more week to release next version.

Yeahhhh ! Happy to see this news...

[nikjensie]

I don't suppose that we can expect the next version to be (W)VGA compatible...? :)

//Nik

[ryhkowal]

I don't suppose that we can expect the next version to be (W)VGA compatible...? :)

//Nik

I don't have VGA Device. But I try to make it work on VGA emulator.

See sneak preview of ver. 0.2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVQ1edrISqw

[theseas]

hi ryhkowal. your launcher is amazing man! I have seen the video. man please make a vga version of it. a lot of ppl out there that have vga devices, including me,would like to use this app.

[JukEboXAuDiO]

I don't have VGA Device. But I try to make it work on VGA emulator.

See sneak preview of ver. 0.2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVQ1edrISqw

OH BOy soooooo exciteD!

[Evoce]

nice to see the new version coming soon. really looking forward to it!

again, keep up the good work!

[utak3r]

Groups of apps - that's what it was lacking! :D Very smart move with adding this, this will noticable speed up overall usage. Partial data loading is good thing, too. So, in short: fantastic job, waiting for the release :cool:

[dancer_69]

Wow, great app. I think this will be my next start button.
I can't wait for the release.
Thanks!
Can we have localization too?

[lesscro]

Yeah baby...
New version is awesome....
i m waiting now ! No i WANT NOW !
;)

[DJRedLine]

i have had version 1 assigned to a button on my Omnia since you released it, every time i update to another ROM i reinstall this app. So good work and thankyou :D

Looking forward to version 2 after watching the video.

[ryhkowal]

Please find new release of FingerPoint App Launcher.

New thread started (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3554839#post3554839)

Change log:

Quicker start
Less memory used
Skinable interface
Groups In Favorites
Progress bar while caching
ExitOnLaunch option (can be configured for every app separately)
ExcludeFavoritesFromAll option
First VGA skin – needs testing
Update information
Shortcuts to Control Panel settings
Removed sorting in Favorites

Work pending

Rotation not supported
Scrolling with magnifying glass not always gets you to last item on list
Rework of bottom icons
Double click on item to launch app
Start FingerPoint with param that sets default tab
Select by group


If you’d like to try VGA Version please find setting.xml file and change
<FingerPoint Skin="WQVGA/White.xml">
To
<FingerPoint Skin="VGA/VGABlack.xml">

This skin scales icons to be bigger.

If you would like to make your own skin find folder /Skins/WQVGA and inside thare are some xml files that are responsible for skin colors and layout in WQVGA resolution.

There is still no configuration of the app if any one would like to write external application – like an FingerPoint Configurator – please do it as I do not have much time to do it myself.

If any one has questions regarding setting.xml or skin xmls please ask I will be happy to answer them.

Enjoy new version.


HOW TO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTCAbs7GCMs

Donate to keep this app free (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4036621)

[rosenhauer]

Here would be my dream list:

Add a control panel to configure.
When starting only load config file (move the scanning on the programs folder to the config program)

Have the config program look like the main program but instead of showing the date/time info show if it's on the favorites and/or main list. Then when you slide over it it pops up a screen to let you check what list to have it show up on (or none if you want it hidden).

This would make it more flexible and possibly load faster.

PS. Is this going to be open source? Depending on what it's written in I might be able to help. :)

[bombex]

extra, super applications, :D

[gropich]

HOW TO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTCAbs7GCMs

I got tired of using standard omnia launcher so I wrote a new one. You can see it in action here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4WF2atnnD8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4WF2atnnD8)

This is the first release so it can have some bugs. It was tested only on samsung omnia so if you get it running on other devices please let me know.

If you'd like to configure the favotires,icons etc. find the installation folder - usually in Program Files and look for files:

Favorites.txt - add any application to the list and you should see it in favorites,
Icons/Icons.txt - will assign new icons to apps (name, icon). You can add any png 48x48 or 32x32 image - see Icons folder.
Exclude.txt - add app to the list and it will be excluded from the app list.

This is first release. Probably I will add some configuration latter.

Consider donating for further releases. (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4036621)

hy man, in the last release i dont find the file .txt . is it normal?

[cyberpunk627]

no new version yet??

[danbert]

Dear Ryhkowal ,

First of all thank you very much indeed for this wonderful solution, representing a huge work!

Nevertheless, we are numerous users sharing our experience with FingerPoint in a French forum to prefer the first version than the updated one.
We feel it much easier to customize and enjoy the way we can do it!

Our dream would be to be able to keep this version, but to have it improved with two features that are maybe not so much difficult to carry out on your side. So may I kindly ask you to let us know if any of those expected features could be workable?

1/ A possibility to change the order of the bottom tabs?
The goal being for example to directly open FingerPoint with the whole list of programs, instead of the favorites.

2/ A possibility to modify the background? Not only the icons, (that is already a real must in FingerPoint!).

In our opinion, such features would make this first version the best way we never found to use our applications on our mobile phones.

With kindest regards,
Dan :)

[jkalvin]

Ryhkowal: Amazing work; I'm very impressed! Thank you so much!

danbert: I hope you don't mind my asking, but which French forum is this? I live in Paris with my "Player Addict" and would like to check out local Omnia forums!:)

[jkalvin]

Ryhkowal: Amazing work; I'm very impressed! Thank you so much!

danbert: I hope you don't mind my asking, but which French forum is this? I live in Paris with my "Player Addict" and would like to check out local Omnia forums!:)

[majiso]

Awesome app. Can't wait for a new version.
I'm running it on my Touch HD. Scrolling is not as smooth as in the video and the symbols are smaller.

[danbert]

Ryhkowal: Amazing work; I'm very impressed! Thank you so much!

danbert: I hope you don't mind my asking, but which French forum is this? I live in Paris with my "Player Addict" and would like to check out local Omnia forums!:)

So sorry for such a delay of response!
Please, feel free to register to samsungplayeraddict.com!
I send you a private message, this post may not reach your attention quickly enough...

Dan ;)

[spikegotti]

this looks sexy, will even look sexier on a wvga screen, any releases for wvga?

[qanda6900]

Initially, program seemed to run smooth and fast, however, when I tried the icons on the bottom, things went bad. Favorites icon displayed programs I didn't even know I had and don't want, but no obvious way to delete them.
All programs/apps icon was fine. Slide funciton worked fast for Opening and Closing programs.

NOW, the Windows START in the top tool bar would not bring up start menu any longer, but activated the clock setting function on the Today screen instead (boxed the clock time). Active Process icon (3rd icon from left) froze my phone. Exit icon would not work.

Magnify button blocked the top entry on the right side. It needs to be moved, maybe down to a new "Menu" icon on the bottom. You can place Exit, and magnify under the same icon.

Needs some kind of instructions for adding or deleting favorites, changing background etc. Maybe you can come up with a Configuration Settings menu.

Soft reset twice before I could uninstall program. Phone is fine now. Program still a bit buggy. Don't like it when programs lock and freeze my phone.

Too bad, it looked promising.

[maui71]

Hi to all,
I installed the cab.
The program works but I don't find the Favorites.txt ,icons.txt or Exclude.txt in the directory programmi\fingerpoint.
Why ?

[AMMJ]

HOW TO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTCAbs7GCMs

I got tired of using standard omnia launcher so I wrote a new one. You can see it in action here:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4WF2atnnD8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4WF2atnnD8)

This is the first release so it can have some bugs. It was tested only on samsung omnia so if you get it running on other devices please let me know.

If you'd like to configure the favotires,icons etc. find the installation folder - usually in Program Files and look for files:

Favorites.txt - add any application to the list and you should see it in favorites,
Icons/Icons.txt - will assign new icons to apps (name, icon). You can add any png 48x48 or 32x32 image - see Icons folder.
Exclude.txt - add app to the list and it will be excluded from the app list.

This is first release. Probably I will add some configuration latter.

Consider donating for further releases. (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=4036621)
mine omnia i900.
perfect !!!

congratulations.