SBSH PocketBreeze 4.3 Public Beta Announced

[Darius Wey]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.sbsh.net/press/index.php?page=pb43pb' target='_blank'>http://www.sbsh.net/press/index.php?page=pb43pb</a><br /><br /></div><i>"New and exciting custom tab support! - PocketBreeze becomes the first today screen plug-in to allow close integration with any other today screen plug-in that can be added as a new tab inside PocketBreeze. The custom tab is loaded and released dynamically for better memory management and offers the best solution for the limiting today screen real-estate problem. New fresh VGA look! - VGA users will enjoy many design and default-settings improvements with PocketBreeze 4.3. Horizontal tabs scroll bar, better tabs management and some few additional user interface improvements. Scrolling by pages"</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/images/web/2003/wey-20050308-PB43.jpg" /><br /><br />By far the most exciting thing in this new version of PocketBreeze is the ability to turn any today plugin into a tab. This means you save valuable real estate on the screen! PocketBreeze 4.3 is still in public beta, but I know plenty of you are still eager to try it regardless. However, the standard tips should still be followed when installing a beta: that is, backup first, then enjoy! :-)

[KTamas]

This picture says all:
http://ktamas.srv.hu/weeee.PNG

[Phillip Dyson]

What do you have going on here?
Is it only PocketBreeze? or PocketBreeze with PocketPlus embedded?

[KTamas]

What do you have going on here?
Is it only PocketBreeze? or PocketBreeze with PocketPlus embedded?
Pocketbreeze with cLaunch (http://pachome1.pacific.net.sg/~welic/claunch.html). This launcher plugin is really highly customizable :)

(one thing: configure cLaunch loaded normally on today screen THEN load it to PB cause if you configure cLaunch in PB, it softresets when you quit settings...I've talked to Amit and he'll look into it :))

[MerlinAZ]

What do you have going on here?
Is it only PocketBreeze? or PocketBreeze with PocketPlus embedded?
You can load PocketPlus as a custom tab if you want. It works great!
The possibility of having more than the current 1 additional custom tabs is planned.

[StarTide]

So, PocketBreeze is becoming Dashboard, by allowing other Today plugins to work within PB? Any advantages over Dashboard?

-Startide

[KTamas]

Any advantages over Dashboard?
Amit's fantastic support, new version every week, the calendar part is waaaay better than dashboard's, etc...

[allenalb]

also the custom tabs will be dynamically loaded and unloaded as needed, saving RAM.

i like dashboard, but it's a dog, memory-wise.

[bacchus_3]

Any advantages over Dashboard?
Amit's fantastic support, new version every week, the calendar part is waaaay better than dashboard's, etc...

I agree with KTamas here...I've long given up on Dashboard (it takes a lot of time to restart a device, soft-reset issues on different plug-ins and the support is way below compared to amit)...so far it works fine with my PPC. Glad this new feature got in with the new version...anyway, back to testing it out :way to go:

[Darius Wey]

Just a quick heads-up: PocketBreeze 4.3 is now at Public Beta 2. (http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3796)

[Darius Wey]

And another heads-up: PocketBreeze 4.3 is now at Public Beta 3. (http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=3884)

[Darius Wey]

Once again, another heads-up: PocketBreeze 4.3 is now at Public Beta 4. (http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=4020)

[ctmagnus]

I've got it installed and it seems much s l o w e r than the final version of 4.2 that I upgraded from.

[Darius Wey]

I've got it installed and it seems much s l o w e r than the final version of 4.2 that I upgraded from.

Interesting. :?

I've found it to be generally more responsive than v4.2. Perhaps, you should try uninstalling v4.2 and reinstalling v4.3B4.

[ctmagnus]

I probably should. However, I had been planning to wait until the final release of 4.3 to upgrade, but curiousity got the better of me. Fortunately, I'm not a cat. ;)

[amitregev]

Hi ctmagnus :)

PocketBreeze 4.3 should actually be faster then 4.2, there isn't any code section I can think of that can make it slower.

Can you tell me in general what seems to be slower? :roll:

[ctmagnus]

I installed the upgrade, enabled Spb Weather as the plugin on the plugins tab and the whole system slowed to a crawl, to the point that I had to soft-reset. I'm trying it again and if I disable the plugin and renable it, it's rather slow to switch betwen tabs the first time (I didn't have that problem with 4.2 other than ContactBreeze), but overall I find it to be a bit speedier than 4.2. But I'm not having any issues with it now. Go figure. ;)

[Darius Wey]

And... PocketBreeze 4.3 Final Beta has been released. Click here (http://www.sbsh.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=4102) for more information.