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Karun
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I have heard of an app called bootman.....it's for UIQ 2 but i've seen a version that works on uiq 3.0 too....isn't that better?
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Zed@CPS
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A companion program to Bunch Launch has been released.
BL Starter does the following:
- Installs as a separate application.
- Can be invoked from the built-in Main menu, or any other application launcher.
- Can be invoked as a shortcut of the Standby screen, LinkBoy, GDesk, or similar shortcut providers.
- Instantly executes the default group of applications, defined in Bunch Launch.
- Provides the fastest possible way of starting up multiple apps at once.
- Hence, gives more convenience to using Bunch Launch, by executing a group by just one click.
Additional information:
- BL Starter supports processing non-default groups as well, by accepting a group number as parameter.
- Such parameter needs to be passed from the caller application.
- LinkBoy versions 1.50 and above support passing parameters to applications.
- As a result, when using the new LinkBoy, you will be able to have separate shortcuts to each of your frequently used groups.
- Future versions of Bunch Launch will include BL Starter as an optional installable component.
BL Starter is bundled with Bunch Launch 1.10.
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Zed@CPS
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Bunch Launch 1.10 has been released. Major new features are:
- The number of presented startup groups can be set between 1 and 10 in the Settings/Preferences dialog.
- The Activity and Main menu programs can be included in the groups.
- Enhanced memory maximization options to close system applications.
- BL Starter (providing one-click access to executing the groups) is bundled as an optional install component.
Highlight: BL Starter provides the best way of instantly closing and/or launching several apps by one click. This method is more versatile and useful than autostart, as it is not restricted to the (supposedly rare) event of restarting the phone, instead it can be used any time to quickly bring the phone to a desired state. In addition, when using LinkBoy 1.50, you can have separate BL Starter shortcuts to any and all of your startup groups.
Enjoy the program!
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Zed@CPS
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We have released a companion to Bunch Launch, called BL Autostarter. This program automatically executes the default group, defined in BL, whenever the phone is started up. So, this gives you the true autostart function. Other characteristics:
- The program is free and unrestricted. It just requires that Bunch Launch is installed and a default group is defined.
- The program can not be installed as is. It requires individual signing with a dev-cert, due to security constraints on the autostart feature.
- CPS does not encourage the use of dev-certs by end-users. Therefore, this program is not an official, fully supported release by CPS. It is provided to protect people from using some similar solution made by crackers. This one at least comes from a reliable source.
- As a safety measure, we recommend that the default group is configured to start with a confirmation dialog. In this way you can prevent the execution of the group when it turns out that you have put some program in it that conflicts with the phone's normal boot process.
- As an additional safety measure, we suggest that you install BL Autostarter on the memory card. In this way, if there is some serious conflict, you can boot the phone normally with the memory card removed.
I should note that while many people is traditionally interested in the boot-time autostart feature, the other Bunch Launch companion, BL Starter, actually provides a more versatile and better way of quickly bringing the phone to the desired state.
BL Autostarter can be downloaded from the Bunch Launch thread of the My-Symbian.com UIQ3 forum.
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Karun
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Isn't having something on the same lines as bootman better?
what advantage does installing these two apps in tandem have over bootman?
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doministry
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I must say that BunchLaunch is my favourite progrram of all the UI enhancements around. Has few nice features and it's extremely useful in particular working patterns, yet it's "invisible". It's equally great to start like 6 apps together to have them open or to start Web with completely cleaned memory. Very useful, I must say I love it over Gdesk or LinkBoy. I love less UI fancy/more usability  |
Zed@CPS
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@kurt_karun: Bunch Launch is the successor of BootMan, with many more features. Try it to see it!
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Karun
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@Zed
There's just one thing I can say for this app....WOW!!!!!
kudos to CPS! Though previously I had my doubts, I missed Bootman a lot.....
but Bunch launch is indeed a step ahead......
Gdesk was my favourite app....until now!
I recommend this app a must buy for all UIQ 3 users....
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Zed@CPS
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Bunch Launch 1.20 has been released. This version contains several bugfixes and optimizations, for more reliability and better performance. Free upgrade and free trial available.
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Posted: 2008-01-26 13:05
