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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] greenbep:
This program just keeps getting better and better!

One question: is it possible to set it up so that I can choose the email account to send from when I am viewing the contact instead of doing it ahead of time through Settings? I send mail from both of my accounts (Exchange and POP) fairly often, and it's a few extra steps to go to the settings each time I want to select a different method.

Let me know what you think. Thanks!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] petersz:
View contact details in Outlook

Dear Mr. Jahn Otto Næsgaard Andersen!

I've just downloaded and installed your Finger Friendly Friends software on my T-mobile MDA (HTC Wizard). It's awesome, and makes it really easy to search a contact. Thank you for your work!

I have an issue with the software. When I select a contact, and I click on "In Outlook", the contact details doesn't appear, only a blank window with 'Summery' and 'Notes' tab at the bottom is visible. It looks like Outlook started, but doesn't show up the details.

Peter
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] scouser_75:
Jahnotto, I think I may have figured out why this may be happening - I notice that if I click on a contact, then go into Outlook, once back on the contacts main screen (where I can choose to call, text, email etc) if I DONT click on the screen before hitting OK or X then I go straight back to the Home Screen. However, if before hitting OK or X, I click on the screen, then I go back into the contacts selector screen (where the keypad is).
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jahnotto:
It depends on the rain, lunar phase and a lot of other things!

( It means: you never know, I'm doing development whenever I have some spare time :D )
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jahnotto:
It's not possible to "fix" it. However, I am switching to another URL shortener service, as the previous one seems to be quite unreliable.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jahnotto:
I may add that in a future version!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] famewolf:
For those of us with non gps phones...can we have an option in settings to "disable gps features" or something similar which would prevent the send my location icons from even showing up as a choice when in a contact?

Thanks for a great contact manager!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jahnotto:
I can add it in a future version.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jahnotto:
Beta 2 is available

Heads up - beta 2 is now available!

Important information about debug logging: if you experience problem with the positioning (for example a hang during the "Generating map" phaze), please send me the debug log located at /Program files/Finger-Friendly Friends/ffflog.txt
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Lidberg:
Awesome! Trying it out now...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] warmkiwi99:
Brilliant!

The "notlong" map links work perfectly now.

superb app
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hanza:
Great app.

Really nice app. Finally I can easily send text messages while smoking ;) Big thanks. Would be great that the new (beta2) return button would also clear the previously typed characters but that's just my opinion. Awesome work ! Thank you
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jahnotto:
Didn't you see the "smoking prohibited" clause in the license agreement? ;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] gregeast:
The new beta2 rocks!

I've been using FFF since the first alpha and it just keeps getting better. This is the application I use to demo the Kaiser to people, I can think of no better compliment than that.

Thank you jahnotto, I hope you make millions from this :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jahnotto:
cool! :D perhaps I should try to sell it to HTC or Microsoft!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jomo25:
Friggin amazing! And again, I don't even touch or care for the GPS functions. The design concept is just so straightforward simple its astounding. And implemented so cleanly.

I still would've preferred to be able to "swipe right to left" like a backspace on the contact detail page to "return" but I'm cool with the way you did it too...

And still waiting for the keyboard-only SIP based on this same concept.

And did we ever resolve if you do have a means to accept donations for your work?

THANKS FOR THIS APP! I've loved it from day 1 really.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hanza:
must have missed that ;) but seriously I'm using htc devices since o2 xda I and have to say that I loved them all but at some point I switched to nokia n95 because I was to lazy to reply on text messages from my friends and now tytn2 came in and I switched back because it's so far the best ever and my laziness came back as well. Now thanks to your brilliant idea I love my tytn2 even more because it make my laziness less obvious to my friends ;) Really good job and if you'd decide to make it non-free one day I'll be happy to buy it !
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jahnotto:
Well, the intension at first was to provide it as freeware, but now I've spent far more time on it than expected as it has yielded more interest than I thought (which is very cool!). Therefore I'm considering selling it at Handandgo for a modest sum.

The users will benefit from that as well, as I can continue spending time improving it! :cool:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] nispen:
Generating map .... in beta 2

Hey,

still stuck on the generating map message.

Not important to me, but thought you might want to know.

Wouter
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jahnotto:
Hi,

could you please send me the logfile in the application folder (ffflog.txt)?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] gregeast:
Sounds good but we want you to wrap this up because we want this keyboard for normal input as well:D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] nispen:
ffflog.txt

Wanted to send you this in a pm, but those dont accept attachments. Thanks for all your trouble.

- Wouter
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] dgduris:
I just want to add that this application eliminates my biggest gripe against my Tilt...and my old 8525...that being it is too unsafe to use while driving. The HTC smart dial is nice, but limited if you want to find someone for a reason other than calling them.

FFF is fantastic!

Thanks!

I think you should contact HTC - who, I'll bet, would develop and implement it better and sooner than would MS.

And...definitely, I'll buy a final version wherever you post it for sale.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jahnotto:
Thanks. I'll have a look in it!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] scouser_75:
Jahnotto thanks again for all the hard work. I for one will be more than happy to pay for the final version.

But in the mean time, may I please point out some bugs I've noticed:

- Some of my contacts have more than 1 entry - eg They have 2 mobile numbers, 2 home numbers, 2 emails. But on FFF you can only see 1 of the numbers, emails etc I know it would be hard to show ALL the details due to lack of space, but if you or someone else can come up with a solution that would be great. maybe add the ability to scroll down to show more details?

- On some contacts where I have numbers stored under Work Number2 or home number 2, on FFF this number does not show up. But if I look at the same contact using PocketCM that number is shown.

Also, may I ask for some inclusions in the next version?

Slightly larger font

Show the entire email address on the initial contact screen

show contact address

show ALL contact details

ability to send group txts or emails

Thanks again for this brilliant bit of kit :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] pda-prof:
Delete Icon

Great app.

One point though. Could you add a delete button on a contact. The only way I have found to do this is to click on Menu, then Open Pocket Outlook and then delete the contact. An easier method would be appreciated.

Once again great app.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] OzDruiD:
If this does get implemented, can i suggest a slight modification ... a "Are you sure?" sanity check. I dont know how many times i accidently click the wrong things due to screen alignment and \ or bumps etc.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Lidberg:
Yeah but then you will get complaints from the people who hate to make extra clicks.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] MrSlacker:
wow I am totally loving the new beta. so glad i decided to check this thread tonight :D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] OzDruiD:
Ok .. lol .. so a tick box in the settings if you want "YES, I'm sure" for deletion.

Realistically thou, you can't please everyone - but FFF has come darn close I would dare say. Its awesome and kudos to the developer for such a great app.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Lidberg:
I know, I know. I wasn't dogging your idea. It could be a good option to have. I was offhandedly referring to the 1/2 dozen or so threads I've seen lately about people complaining cuz they have to click too many times to get to an option. One person complained because he had to click 2 times to turn WiFi on/off (one click to open the comm manager, one more to actually turn it on/off). He wanted to assign Wifi on/off to a softkey.

Like you said, you can't please everyone...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] padawan:
Is dpad supposed to work to select contact?

I've tried 3 versions including the latest and the dpad only allows to scroll up/down. It does not allow the selection of a contact. I assume it is supposed to, correct?

Running XM6r3 10.1.0.811 on a Wiz100.

Any ideas?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Lidberg:
I'm running Beta 2 with the new "notlong" URL's. It sits there forever, trying different short URL's then eventually fails with a message like "short URL failed, you will get a long name". That's fine, but then it freezes up my phone and I have to reset it to regain control of my phone.

EDIT: It did finally work for me, but if I close the program by hitting the OK button (which doesn't really close it, it just minimizes it) and then reopen the program, doing the GPS by SMS feature never works. The screen gets corrupt and I end up having to kill the program forcefully and then start all over.

My suggestion: put an Exit menu option in the program so I don't have to kill it to close it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] foaf:
I get the same problem. I have just installed Beta2.

One suggestion, unrelation to the GPS position. Why not move the "Return. Back to Search" to the bottom left or right of the screen, so it is in a consistent place. Great addition either way.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] padawan:
Same here.

Also is dpad supposed to scroll up/down and allow selection of contact?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] deanerh:
Using something oher than default SMS

I'm trying out IMSMS as my text messaging program. Is there a registry edit or something that could point the "send SMS" to something other than the default text messaging app?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] freecall:
I still have the same problem as descibed some posts above with the new version . send position is not working , Kaiser stops in step generating map .. even with a GPRS connection open for 10 min ..no progress.

When in this stage the kaiser is not fully blocked .. start menu still works , but the back button is not working and screen freeze when I switch to check the connection from the top menu .

Freecall
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] pcmike:
Ditto the above... I've downloaded the latest beta and fell in love! However, when "testing" out the Send Position feature, my AT&T Tilt locks up on the generating map screen. I probably won't use this feature too often, so I'm not too worried... but it would be cool to use now and then.

Thanks again for the great replacement. I'll definitely be checking back in for the updates. :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Imanoltxo:
Some things.

Hello. I'm spanish. Sorry for my english.

My suggestion for this fabulous program:

-I have 3 mobile phones. I need send sms to any of my three mobiles.

-I have contacts without number. I need read the "notes".

-I need edit the contact from the program.

-Slide the list of contacts by letters "a", "b", etc.

The progrmas is impresionant.

Bye.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] AndyCr15:
My apologies if this has been answered, but on the connection I have right now, checking 30 odd pages would take me most of the evening.

I like the look and style of this app, but how do I make it my default contacts manager instead of Pocket Informant?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] VOODOOS!L:
Install the latest version (beta2), then you will have the option in Menu -> Settings.

Or edit registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Rai\:MSCONTACTS

String key: name "1", value: "<path to your default contacts application>"
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Aandi87:
Hello Jahnotto,

first i would say that this is a very nice application!!!

But in next Version you may change in the German layout the Y and the Z so that we have a QWERTZ pad and not a QWERTY pad. This is the normal layout here in Germany.

Thank you

Greetings Andi
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Shen:
Great prog, excellent!

Is there any way to get the DRMWU keyboard when typing in other apps? Say, SMS and Word.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jomo25:
This has been requested many times. The author is considering it, but not sure if it will be done.

FFF is easily one of the greatest, simple, free programs ever IMO.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Jewcookie:
Don't know if this is said before here, but what i really liked about Pocketcm before I started using FFF is the chat style sms. Maybe a good idea to add to FFF ?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jomo25:
This has been requested before and the developer has said it will NOT be included (thankfully)! I stopped using PocketCM for that very reason!

What does sending/receiving SMS have to do with Contact Management? Not much IMO. As a separate app? Sure, OK. But as part of a contact mgmt app? Makes no sense to me. Cuz I get and will send SMS from/to numbers that are not part of my contacts.

It would become bloatware IMHO. Create something separate. Trying to integrate them unnecessarily will just make new dev harder and open more possiblity for bugs.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] yannick:
accents

it won't find somebody called: Gaël.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] sebbes:
wooot !! the Beta 2 really rocks ! (I was still with an alpha till recently)

About keyboard customisation, any chance to get FFF to ignore any blank line in the .keyboard file ?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] moderateinny:
Beta2 is definitely a nice improvement. Great job!

Perhaps this feature exists or has been requested, but I'd like to be able to backspace one character at a time. Right now it seems that I have to CLEAR and then start typing all over again.

Maybe you can make the CLEAR button optionally be a backspace or clear-all in the options settings? I'd rather it be a backspace myself but others may prefer to clear-all and start over.

Thanks!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Jewcookie:
Well, what is has to do with it is you choose the people you want to sms with FFF. It would be nice for me to see an extra button at the selected contact with sms history. I don't receive alot of sms's from people outside my contact list so it would work for me. And as a seperate program.. I would have to open the seperate program to rad the history and then go to FFF to send an sms. Not very handy in my eyes.

Of course its harder and open possibility for bugs but also makes the program more complete. So to bad it doesn't come in to the program. I can live with it. :)

You can clear 1 character, just whipe your finger over the keyboard from right to left. You will see a red arrow and when you release your finger you delete 1 char.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] agcolella:
Hang during generation of the map

I have experienced a problem with the positioning: a hang during the "Generating map" phase, I'll send you the debug log located at /Program files/Finger-Friendly Friends/ffflog.txt

Greetings

[20:31:28]	**** Generating map

[20:31:28]	Creating connmgr connection

[20:31:28]	Creating google map URLs

[20:31:28]	Shortening URL

[20:31:28]	Shortening...

[20:31:29]	Init'ing winsocket

[20:31:29]	Querying DNS

[20:31:29]	Creating socket

[20:31:29]	Connecting to shorturl service

[20:31:29]	Sending query string

[20:31:29]	Selecting response

[20:31:30]	Receiving response

[20:31:30]	Freeing and cleaning up connection stuff

[20:31:31]	Parsing response

[20:31:31]	**** Generating map

[20:31:31]	Creating connmgr connection

[20:31:31]	Creating google map URLs

[20:31:31]	Shortening URL

[20:31:31]	Shortening...

[20:31:31]	Init'ing winsocket

[20:31:31]	Querying DNS

[20:31:32]	Creating socket

[20:31:32]	Connecting to shorturl service

[20:31:32]	Sending query string

[20:31:32]	Selecting response

[20:31:33]	Receiving response

[20:31:33]	Freeing and cleaning up connection stuff

[20:31:33]	Parsing response

[18:12:18]	**** Generating map

[18:12:18]	Creating connmgr connection

[18:12:19]	Creating google map URLs

[18:12:19]	Shortening URL

[18:12:19]	Shortening...

[18:12:19]	Init'ing winsocket

[18:12:19]	Querying DNS

[18:12:24]	Updating dialog

[18:12:24]	---Done.

[18:14:52]	**** Generating map

[18:14:53]	Creating connmgr connection

[18:14:53]	Creating google map URLs

[18:14:53]	Shortening URL

[18:14:53]	Shortening...

[18:14:53]	Init'ing winsocket

[18:14:53]	Querying DNS

[18:14:59]	Creating socket

[18:14:59]	Connecting to shorturl service

[18:14:59]	Sending query string

[18:14:59]	Selecting response

[18:15:0]	Receiving response

[18:15:1]	Freeing and cleaning up connection stuff

[18:15:1]	Parsing response
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] bouyaka:
map

hello and bravo for this gr8 app! :D

when I send "my position" (on of my favorite feature) the contact receive a mail with a link to a googlemap in "MAP" mod. would it be easily possible to have an option in the app configuration that enable you to choose between : "MAP, MIX or AERIAL" map. and why not a zoom level !! :rolleyes:

bravo again!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] agcolella:
Problem during generation of the map link

I have experienced a problem with the positioning: a hang during the "Generating map" phase, I'll send you the debug log located at /Program files/Finger-Friendly Friends/ffflog.txt
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] thinksmart:
Font Size

Excellent App!

Is there any way to increase the font size in the pick list, and perhaps have that view without the telephone number (email adress) to save space (that text is very, very, very small on my kaiser.....).

Thanks!

Martin
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jahnotto:
I will add customizable font size in a future version!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] scouser_75:
How about the ability to select more than 1 contact in order to send group texts or emails?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] madster:
Set as default

I am using Photo Contact Pro but I really find your program very friendly and like to set as default and I am using Photo Contact Pro as profile and ringtone management. Everytime I set as default and reset, it will go back Photo Contact Pro as default. How to set FFF as default contact search? Please advice.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] rebecker:
I have a twist on this question: How do I have the PI edit dialog open instead of the default?

BTW, this is a GREAT program.

-Bob-
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Droid8000:
I've just downloaded the program and its great, but my only issue is the exactly the same one that I had when I tried pocketcm.

If you've got a contact with a name and a company name, e.g.

Smith, John (Acme Trading Ltd)

Then you can't search for "Acme", yet searching for "Trading" or "Ltd" works. Both FFF and PocketCM seem to treat the leading bracket as the start of a word and refuse to find it.

I have a lot of business contacts in my Kaiser, and I cannot always remember individual names of people, so being able to look up the company name is essential.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] OzDruiD:
2nd vote for this feature, next release etc whenever, its just very useful to be able to do it. Switching to normal contact mode is a pain yes, but its not like i am moving away from FFF if it doesnt have it, FFF is just outstanding.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hellejoep:
Setting FFF as the default contact manager

I am unable to set FFF as the default contact manager, the setting does not work for me, does anyone now what I should do to change te registry?

This is what i found:

Install the latest version (beta2), then you will have the option in Menu -> Settings.

Or edit registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Rai\:M SCONTACTS

String key: name "1", value: "<path to your default contacts application>"

Bu what should be this "<path to your default contacts application>"??

Suggestions are very welcome!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] darklord69:
Thanks for your great work dude and I really like that "sending position" thing :p
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] freecall:
regarding send position .. see my post and some others on top. Is this working for an original HTC TytnII user at all ?

It still hangs my system in "generating map"

otherwise .. great great tool , keep on the good work !
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] warmkiwi99:
Works fine on my Vodafone v1615 (which is just a rebadged TYtn II)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] hellejoep:
Anyone?

Any suggestions?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] thinksmart:
Great, many thanks in advance.

BTW scrolling the contacts list with the d-pad and scroll-wheel only work the first fews times that I search, after that I need to soft-reset in order to get it to work again. (Using my finger on the right side of the screen still works when the dpad/wheel don't).

Regards,

Martin
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] dgduris:
"Return Back to search"

This key is great!

But, for me it is outside the WM UI idiom - if there is one.

Right now, it appears as one of the option variable when looking at "actions" for any found contact. And it can appear at various points of the screen based on the options available for any particular contact.

I think it would be better if there was, perhaps a "Return Back to Search" bar at the bottom of the screen. That way the option is universally presented the same way for each contact.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Lidberg:
Um, that's what the OK button is for. It closes the current screen and goes back to the search window. It doesn't get much easier than that.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] Sparrowhawk:
Many thanks for FFFs, very neat and easy to use.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] dgduris:
OK! So why have the "Return..." button on screen anyway?

For me, when I am working in an application where the screen is the UI (versus the hardware buttons) I tend to work with the screen and ignore the hardware buttons. I think that the "Return..." button on screen is a great idea, because, with FFF the input is on the screen. I think it would be better if that button were always in the same place on the screen. That's all.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] iborgg:
Hi,

Great Tool, I LOVE IT.

One problem : No Greek Keyboard. How can I help to make / translate / whatever it takes ?

I have attached 2 images (caps & low) of the equivalent greek querty keyboard layout and tahoma font with Greek.

I am not sure If this helps but please let me know what else can I do to help.

I know a lot of Greek fellows that will appreciate this one. :)

TIA
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jahnotto:
Hello,

better international support is planned in version 1.1 or so!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] greenbep:
What if it were a soft key on that screen? It looks like those aren't utilized there.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] jahnotto:
Good point! The return button could be a soft key instead. I will consider using that in version 1.1.