12-17-2002, 05:51 PM
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Editor Emeritus
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Spb PocketPlus 1.0 Released
Since Jason can't announce this, I will - there's been a lot of excitement about this product on the forums already.
"We are proud to announce the release of Spb Pocket Plus - a software that fills the gaps of Pocket PC 2002 OS. The software does nothing by itself - instead, it fixes some issues that have been awaited by Pocket PC users but still missing in the official Pocket PC 2002 OS."
These missing features include:- Turning the X into a closer/task switcher instead of Smart Minimize
- Ability to open multiple Pocket IE windows or switch Pocket IE to full screen
- Repeating alarms
- Today screen plugin that shows memory, brightness, and battery status, and can act as a launch panel.
None of these are revolutionary, but they're nicely integrated, and most importantly, small and unintrusive (the download is just 144k!). I just installed it onto my 3870, and the integration is absolutely superb. The only minor bug I came across so far was that the clock-tap (to show the date and pending appointments) is shifted slightly - you have to tap in the empty space between the clock and the X; and the iPaq's auto-brightness doesn't always update on the Today screen. I'm sure these will be resolved shortly, and it's an extremely minor blemish on what's otherwise a fabulous product.
Click above to get more information and to download a trial and/or purchase a copy. (affiliate link)
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12-17-2002, 06:34 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Sep 2006
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Wow.....while I haven't yet installed this (and therefore can't specifically comment on the program), I do plan to buy it. It does seem to take care of a number of different issues in one small program. I could purchase and install three or four different applications to take care of all the issues, or just one :wink: And its perfect timing for myself as well, as I *just* hard reset my iPaq 3835 (to put on ROM 1.20 and EUU3) and am slowly rebuilding it software wise.....thankfully, I hadn't put on any individual software that addressed these issues yet 
-Brian
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12-17-2002, 06:38 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Feb 2002
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Since Jason will likely be reading this : I would pay $30 or more for the ability to open two windows not just in IE, but in Pocket Word and Inbox as well.
For example, I was doing e-mail in the car today while stuck in traffic on my way to work (relax, my wife was driving  ) and kept having to move between two e-mails for various copy/paste tasks. The mail I was working on got saved to Drafts when I closed it, and the other mail was about 50 mails down in my Inbox, so there was much scrolling and changing of drop-down items as I closed and opened the two mails.
Another example: yesterday I had a very large Word document (took 20 seconds to open on my iPAQ each time) that I was using along with a smaller doc for note-taking. Would have been really nice to open the big one once and just switch windows, rather than closing the open doc each time I had to view the other one.
In any case, I'll be trying Spb Pocket Plus shortly! But the IE functionality won't be nearly as useful as it would be for other programs...
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12-17-2002, 06:40 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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After messing with Gigabar, WisBar and half a dozen other task switchers, I always go back to the simplicity of Pocket Nav. For the first time, I may have found a replacement in Pocket Plus. Very tight integration. :way to go:
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12-17-2002, 06:45 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
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notification area
The problem I always had with other task switchers was the obliteration of the notification area. This looks like it could be the answer to all that I wanted.
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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." -Edmund Burke
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12-17-2002, 07:32 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2003
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I agree JonnoB, it was no fun shutting down the task switcher just to close my wireless or vpn connection. It just didn't feel right, i felt so violated :lol: anyhow I'm going to give this software a spin and see how it works.
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12-17-2002, 07:37 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
After messing with Gigabar, WisBar and half a dozen other task switchers, I always go back to the simplicity of Pocket Nav. For the first time, I may have found a replacement in Pocket Plus. Very tight integration. :way to go:
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I use WisBar, and enjoy its integration with Snoopsoft Dashboard. I simply won't run a PPC without Dashboard. I like seeing everything on the front screen, and seeing ALL of my meetings and to-dos on my Today Screen.
I used Gigabar for a while, but switched to WisBar when changing its themes were integrated into Dashboard and Gigabar was not.
I'm interested to know what the compulsion might be to switch... Comments?
Christopher Spera
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12-17-2002, 07:43 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
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switch?
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Originally Posted by ChrisSpera
I'm interested to know what the compulsion might be to switch... Comments?
Christopher Spera
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I use the tAgenda today screen plug-in to view these items. Now that this task switcher is available, I might have a very useful Today screen and true task bar.
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12-17-2002, 07:48 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 157
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Sounds good. What I'd really like to see integrated into an PIE enhancement utility (besides multiple windows) is a "Find (on this page)" feature like one has in IE. Some of the PIE enhancement utilties do allow proper copying and pasting from PIE (another good feature that would be nice in a product like this), but none seem to offer a "Find (on this page)" function. Is it because such a feature is already available in PIE in the Pocket PC 2002 OS (I'm still running Pocket PC 2000)?
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12-17-2002, 08:18 PM
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Contributing Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by ChrisSpera
I'm interested to know what the compulsion might be to switch... Comments?
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I am not a Dashboard user, but I used to have both that and WisBar on my machine. It was nicely integrated.
Once PPC 2002 came out though, WisBar hid too many Start bar items, so I reverted to Pocket Nav which sat quitely in the corner not messing anything up.
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Linear Mode
