I hope this wasn't mentioned, I apologize if it was. The ability to lock the orientation. I don't like when it changes to landscape and vice versa automatically, I would like to have the option locking it in.
On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Levi Wallach <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Don your message gave me a thought. Not sure if this is what you meant by > screenbar, but it would be helpful to have a scrollbar. What is envision is > something normally invisible but which you could pull out in a similar way > as the launchpad is when you are inside an app - slow drag from right edge > of screen inward, then use that same finger (not having lifted it up yet) to > scroll horizontally)... > > > -- Sent from my Palm Pre > Don Ferguson wrote: > > Interesting concept. Having had 8 months go get used to the function of the > > Pre, some of what I would have wanted when switching from the > > BlackBerry/Treo/Centro of my past has faded a bit. I've adapted to the > > shortcomings of WebOS (with a little help from patches) and that I guess is > > a good commentary on the usability of this thing from Day 1. It took other > > platforms years to do what WebOS did right out of the gate. Of course, the > > original PalmOS was like that too - instantly usable. The difference is one > > of extensibility - PalmOS was rather limited. WebOS isn't! > > So: > > I would like all of the functions of the patches I currently use, but since > > those are already available as patches, I will focus my list on other > > things. > > Patches that I find useful are: > > .4x4 icons v3 > > .Brightness in Device Menu > > .Call Duration in Call Log > > .Call History During Call > > .Enable add/delete pages > > .Enable landscape email > > .Enable landscape PDF viewer > > .Flashlight in device menu > > .Improved filename format > > .Mimic Outlook formatting on Email Replies > > .No auto refresh after idle > > .Repeat Reminder Notifies > > .Reset options on power button hold > > .Reset to first page > > .Timestamp - builtin > > .Wrap location field > > So, those are important to me, but I can live without Palm doing them, > since > > I can get them through Preware. > > Things I can't get that I would like are: > > .Fine tune performance everywhere like was done in Photos and Calendar > > (it's been long enough; time for the lag to GO). > > .More/better control over alarms, alerts and other sounds. Mimicking the > > control I had on the Treo would be nice. Doing Profiles like the BB would > > be better. > > .Fix problem with the dialer where it mixes people up when called, and in > > the call log. If I have two people with the same phone number but different > > extensions, it seems to randomly pick one of them to display, without > regard > > for who I actually called, and it loses the extension information so I > can't > > tell in the Call Log who I actually called! > > .Editing in place in the calendar grid - text and time. I shouldn't have > > to open the calendar entry to do that. > > .Ability to control the brightness when it's turned off but on the > > Touchstone (darker at night, brighter during the day - user configurable; > > maybe widgets to add stuff other than the clock and alerts!). > > .Virtual keyboard for at least landscape (but both would be nice, and two > > letters per key in portrait (like the BB) would be nice too.) > > .Navigation controls (global): jump to top; jump to bottom; wide virtual > > scroll bar that can autohide when not needed. > > .Global quicktext with emoticons too. > > .Search calendar. > > .Voice recorder. > > I guess that's 10. I might've given a different answer a few months ago. > > I've gotten so used to this thing that I've forgotten what I used to want > > and couldn't have. > > Thanks for asking! > > Cheers, > > Don > > From: [email protected] <treo%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto: > [email protected] <treo%40yahoogroups.com>] On Behalf Of Craig > > Froehle > > Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 5:05 AM > > To: [email protected] <treo%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [Treo] webOS suggestions for Palm - "official" nomination thread > > > As some of you may know, I've been a Real Reviewer for Palm since last > > June. Part of my role is to provide feedback to Palm about the device > > I'm using (a Pre), but I'd like to assemble your suggestions and > > gripes in a succinct list for them. So, to help me help you, here's > > what I'd like you to do: > > * Reply to this thread, putting your reply ON TOP, with a succinct > > list of up to 10 of your (personally) most needed improvements to > > webOS and/or the webOS device you're currently using. > > * Please don't write a long explanation, as I won't be able to pass > > that on; brief is good. > > * If you agree with someone else's suggestion, copy and paste that > > into your list as well; please do not make this a discussion thread > > (don't reply to someone else's reply) as I won't be able to parse > > through all that and may miss your important suggestion. > > I'll send them my compilation (which I'll also post back to this list) > > over the weekend, so please try to reply by midnight your time Friday. > > Thanks. > > - Craig > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! 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