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Zed@CPS
Joined: Nov 08, 2004
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From: CellPhoneSoft
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New program has been released, called BallRoom.
Briefly about what it does. As you all know, the upper-left corner of the phone's screen generally displays the icon of the foreground application. The purpose of BallRoom is to take over that (fairly idle) icon area and replace it with something else that you choose.
The contents of the top and bottom halves of the icon area can be configured separately in BallRoom's main view. Animated GIF is one of the possible choices. Actions to perform when touching icon portions can also be defined. After making your settings, just use the phone as usual, and enjoy that it became a little bit more informative and entertaining.
Features:
- Replaces the icon area for all non-fullscreen applications.
- Selectable display contents include time, date, free memory, battery level, image, and more.
- Selectable actions on touching the icon include various task management, status message, and more.
- Separate content and action can be defined for icon portions.
- Compatible with all UIQ3 phones, including P1 and Z8.
Free trial can be downloaded from CPS and other major shops. Enjoy!
Latest version is 1.20
Version 1.20 brings in major new functionality, like the ability to permanently display the BallRoom content over any application, and to launch various programs by a single icon touch.
[ This Message was edited by: Zed@CPS on 2008-05-22 16:09 ] |
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Caspa
Joined: Nov 28, 2001
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From: London, UK.
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Nice app Lisa...
Just set mine up with the Time and Date (no tapping functionality for me) and its just what was needed!!! Always forget the time and date when I'm emailing etc so this solves that problem!!!
Dont think I'll bother with gifs and jpeg images as the time and date is spot on in my eyes!
Light grey text and a black outline blend in perfectly with the Horizons theme!!! |
Zed@CPS
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@Caspa, we are glad you found a good use for the program!
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aqualung
Joined: Dec 02, 2005
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Nice app!
Just when I was thinking it would be nice to be able to see free RAM from within any app...great stuff ! |
hongkongphooey69
Joined: Jun 17, 2004
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From: Wales, UK
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Nice use of the wasted space
For those who dont have SMP it would be useful to have one of the 'on tap' options as a Favourites list - I use this multi-tasking option a lot
By the way - anything new for SMP soon? |
michael the mage
Joined: May 10, 2005
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And HOW much Ram and System Resources does this gizmo take away from the P990 ?
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firetech
Joined: Dec 09, 2006
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From: Lund, Sweden
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@hongkongphooey69
According to Lisa herself (in the SMP thread on My-Symbian), a SMP 1.60 is to be released during next week. I'm happily waiting 
P990i (GW1) + 4GB MS
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michael the mage
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Then let's cross fingers that it will give more info about the battery, like its true mAh i.e.!
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Zed@CPS
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HOW much Ram and System Resources does this gizmo take away from the P990? BallRoom uses about 380 KBytes of RAM, which grows when displaying a large animated GIF. Battery consumption is optimized and expected to be negligible, although this may depend on particular conditions on the phone. More details are available in the FAQ, found on our web site.
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Tail
Joined: Oct 06, 2006
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From: SWE
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I must say that I really love this app, its super great. Thx Lisa
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mjt
Joined: Apr 24, 2007
Posts: 47
From: UK
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Great app....
However it doesn't seem to work well with Advanced English Dictionary. Two problems:
1) Sometimes causes AED to close with Kern-exec error
2) Tapping the Ballroom icon doesn't invoke the specified function (eg if I specify that tapping the icon should cycle through the tasks, it actually displays battery info/date)
Not yet sure if any other apps are affected.... |
hongkongphooey69
Joined: Jun 17, 2004
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@firetech
thnx for the heads up - looking forward to it |
Zed@CPS
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Sometimes causes AED to close with Kern-exec error Can you please provide more details about the problem for reproduction. How does it exactly happen?
if I specify that tapping the icon should cycle through the tasks, it actually displays battery info/date This sounds as if you mixed task cycling with the content cycling feature, and/or the short/long tap options, and/or the Top/Bottom icon parts. Check your configuration one more time!
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mjt
Joined: Apr 24, 2007
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On 2007-08-20 11:52:36, Lisa@CPS wrote:
Sometimes causes AED to close with Kern-exec error Can you please provide more details about the problem for reproduction. How does it exactly happen?
if I specify that tapping the icon should cycle through the tasks, it actually displays battery info/date This sounds as if you mixed task cycling with the content cycling feature, and/or the short/long tap options, and/or the Top/Bottom icon parts. Check your configuration one more time!
I will check these later and get back to you..... (hope I've still got some evaluation time left!) |
Zed@CPS
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I will check these later and get back to you..... Thanks in advance!
(hope I've still got some evaluation time left!) Trial period is two weeks for BallRoom.
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Posted: 2007-08-15 17:11
