02-02-2003, 02:26 AM
|
|
Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 3,060
|
|
Check Out This Animated System Info Tool
http://www.handango.com/PlatformProductDetail.jsp?siteId=311&platformId=2&productType=2&catalog=0&sectionId=0&productId=54466
MagnetBee Software has just announced the release of this new System Information tool for your Today screen, WackyPack.
It shows all the basic stuff you might need to know, like battery level, RAM remaining, and so forth. And, if you tap on one of the icons, it launches that particular System application. The nifty thing is that WackyPack can easily be hidden and viewed by simply tapping the WackyPack icon. So, if you're one of those people who don't like a lot of Today screen clutter, you might want to go to the Handango! like above and download the free demo; the full version is only $9.95.
But wait! There's more! Antoni at MagnetBee has offered to give away 10 free copies of WackyPack to Thoughts readers! We'll hold a random drawing from our list of readers. So, make sure you're registered with this site, and we'll hold the drawing in a couple of days.
|
| |
|
|
|
02-02-2003, 02:57 AM
|
|
Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 335
|
|
A little too close to Battery Pack...
Am I the only one to find this a little TOO close to Battery Pack...
...Other than the sliding it seems a copy. Wouldn't that be infringing on the Battery Pack authors interlectual property rights?
I'm all for more software, but combining two product - Battery Pack and SideX into a single one seems a little off.
Also, does it still take up a slice of the Today Screen? If so what's the advantage other than hiding the information?
My 2c
UPDATE: It does take up a slice of the Today Screen... I'd save your money...
UPDATE 2: The backlight icon does nothing on my Axim, only the memory text takes me to the memory settings, neither the memory card or power icons do anything other than display the stats.
|
| |
|
|
|
02-02-2003, 03:28 AM
|
|
Oracle
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 1,004
|
|
Re: A little too close to Battery Pack...
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by PJE
Also, does it still take up a slice of the Today Screen? If so what's the advantage other than hiding the information?
|
My thoughts exactly...if the space it frees up when closed is unusable, there doesn't seem to be a reason to ever close the tool.
Otherwise, looks like a pretty cool product, though.
|
| |
|
|
|
02-02-2003, 05:35 AM
|
|
Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 381
|
|
and not to mention things like this just eat up your resources... I remember having Animated Today 2002 and it would suck up so much CPU resources it made my device unbearable... for some reason, today plugins are still active even when you're not on the today scree...
if you have a lot of today plugins, turn them off and do some operations... the speed improvement is very noticable. And when you add things such as this one (the animated ones, even battery pack sucks up cpu power), CPU resources go down (not RAM... it's the CPU that's being effected to render/update the stats...
|
| |
|
|
|
02-02-2003, 05:46 AM
|
|
Pupil
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 21
|
|
Looks like SideX
I tried the SideX before.
This one looks like SideX, http://www.mtux.com/
which IMHO, has more features 
|
| |
|
|
|
02-02-2003, 06:11 AM
|
|
Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 433
|
|
i think the hiding idea is a neat stuff!
|
| |
|
|
|
02-02-2003, 11:08 AM
|
|
Theorist
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 284
|
|
I concur with PJE's sentiments. What's the purpose of sliding/hiding the plug-in icons if the space on the Today screen previously occupied remains unusable by other apps. Also does hiding the plug-in truly render it inactive or just simply speeds up the Today screen redraws? Neat idea but since the app is only usuable on the Today page, hiding it does not appear to provide any extra benefit.
alex22 did you find SideX useful (it has quite a number of plug-ins) and fast?
|
| |
|
|
|
02-02-2003, 04:05 PM
|
|
Pupil
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 21
|
|
SideX
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by CESkins
alex22 did you find SideX useful (it has quite a number of plug-ins) and fast?
|
CESkins, I found SideX is fast enough for my old Jornada 567
I also purchased their system pack, which has quite set of tools in a neatly arranged fashion.
SideX can actually floating not only on Todays's screen but also over other running applications to allow you to easily switch programs and check system status (battery, memory, etc.) :lol:
|
| |
|
|
|
02-02-2003, 04:48 PM
|
|
Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2002
Posts: 254
|
|
Battery-pack alike or not, i like it.
Im one of those who hate clutter, therfore i like the ability to hide the "bar" too. As far as i understand and unlike SideX, this doesnt stay "ontop", This is somthing i actually prefer. I uninstalled SideX because of this. (The "flip" that doesnt look like PPC standard GUI wich whas always in the way)
The more, the better.
__________________
In times of change, its the learners who will inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to handle a world that no longer exist.
|
| |
|
|
|
02-02-2003, 06:39 PM
|
|
Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 110
|
|
There seems to be so many different types of IE: "battery bars" out there.
It would be nice to have a button on the bottom of the screen or someplace not intrusive that you could just click on it to see where things are at and then it would disappear after you were done. I find that I really want the realestate that these little programs take up for other things. Even the slide out ones have been shown to be inconvenient a lot of times, I can never seem to place them in a spot where they are not some how in the way. Maybe being on the front page screen only will not be so bad? Looks like sideX But sideX allways seems to be in the way no matter where I've put it!
What I'd really like to see is a really good creative program launcher. So far I haven't been satisfied with what is out there.
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
