Michael: there actually is a way to customize the buttons on the ribbon. Open
up the launcher and hold your finger on an icon in the ribbon until it grows
and becomes translucent. Then just drag it anywhere in the launcher and then do
the same thing with the other application you want to replace, only drag it to
the ribbon.
-- Sent from my Palm Pre Plus
Michael M. Rye wrote:
Another on my list:
5) Ability to customize the floating wave launcher.
--
Michael
..... Original Message .......
On Wed, 3 Feb 2010 15:00:54 -0500 Barb Strate <[email protected]> wrote:
>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
>>
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