Just wanted to continue while I had a free minute. I downloaded a few new apps today:
Clear Card: already mentioned this in a previous message, but for people who have utilities that cycle wallpaper (or just want to see their wallpaper even with apps open, this lets you do it. It's pretty cheap at just $1. TealSpeed Dialer and Launcher: This is an interesting launcher extension app that lets you use the dashboard area of your screen as an additional launcher area similar to the Pre's built-in launchpad, but with more customizability. Unfortunately Tealpoint doesn't even have this app on their site as of yet so I'm a little scared about their commitment to support it, and it's a bit pricey to boot at $5, but I'm always looking for ways to make the UI of the Pre more streamlined and faster/easier, and this seems to be a reasonable way to do that. The one thing that I don't like about it is that it doesn't seem to let you use a given app's icon but imposes one of a limited set they provide to you. At least I think this is the case, it's hard to get a definitive answer since I can't seem to find much discussion of this app online anywhere. I guess I'll try to contact Tealpoint directly. Quick System Tasks Beta : This app is in some ways similar to Tealspeed, but with the limitation of only one row of icons. Those icons ARE the original app icons, though. The other thing is instead of apps you can have icons for various system functions like toggle brightness, toggle wifi, etc. The other nice thing about it is that you can add apps to it that will start when it starts. Which is about as close as you can get to a "autostart" mode on the Pre. Right now I have it just loading Tealspeed so I can hit one icon to start both, but I could definitely see using it for starting some core apps that you always like running (say, email, twitter, facebook, etc.). Like Tealspeed it minimizes itself to the dashboard, and when you click on it will display the incons in full in the dashboard. With these two apps and the launchpad you could definitely have lots of apps at the ready but with minimal screen space (especially if you use the Hide Launchpad patch which I normally do (I have it disabled at the moment though). Anything you guys are using to make the UI a more efficient process for you?
