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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
Do you mean a standalone today plugin (hard), or a way of diverting the current today plugin to go to this rather than WM Calendar (slightly easier)?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iago_00:
No I mean the "hard" one. I was wandering around in the internet and found an article on msdn on how to create dll-s for today pugins for WM. However the article was far too technical for me thus I thought someone experienced in .NET could do it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lsherif:
I would prefer the 1st option , but if not applicable i would be more than satisfied with the easier one.

Thanks in advance.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
I think it has to be done in C++...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iago_00:
Here's what I found .... and it can be done in .NET also:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms839442.aspx

But as I said with my knowledges I cannot do it:mad:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] evilc:
+1 for the today plugin.

I would also prefer these controls inside a today item:

up/down gesture: change month.

left/right gesture: NOTHING.

This is so that you can have it in a UL cube face - left/right gesture is to spin the cube (Yes, I know you can set it to not trap gestures, but having left/right to spin the cube and left/right to change month would ruin the dynamic)

Also, if anyone knows how to change thumbcal to the default calendar app, please let me know.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
Now all I need to do is learn C++
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mercedes:
I was waiting for this.Its nice...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] intimidatorx31:
Found a Bug

Thumbcal limits you on to about 25 characters to type for the appointment

HOWEVER

If you created an appointment in outlook calender that has more than 25 characters... and try to view it in thumbcal... the program will freeze and lock up .
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] s.l.i:
Thanks for submitting this bug!

In next release it will be fixed.

@all:

Currently I am working hard on the next release of ThumbCal.

Things I added:

- Week view with time scale

- ThumbCal remembers the last view mode (week view or month view)

- Categories

- Locations

- Command line parameters like poutlook (see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa913657.aspx)

- Appointment/Task deletion confirmation

- Ability to set ThumbCal as default calendar/tasks application

- improved day view

- appointment/task detailview

- bug fixes and performance improvements

How important is the ability, to assign contacts to an appointment?

How exactly should a today plugin look like? (maybe someone could make a draft in photoshop...)

I think/hope, that it becomes ready next week.

Now the (maybe) not so good news for you:

You can beat me, but I decided, to make the next versions commercially.

I thought about a price between 5 and 10 euros.

All people who already donated will get their license key for free.

The following bug fixes and minor updates will be free of charge.

What are your oppinions to that?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] evilc:
Sweet!

How about this?

Make it like it is now, with scrolling through the month as I have said by vertical gesture.

However:

The top two rows (Month / Year and days) should not move. (Like a "Header row") - when you get to the end of the month, the top rows change to reflect the new month.

I will try and make a movie to better convey the idea.

Sounds reasonable to me.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mindo:
Wow! I'm excited about this. Making it a comercial program sounds reasonable to me (but I'm one of the people who has already donated.)

Will the new version have the ability to edit the start date of tasks? Thats my one big annoyance with the current version. I have to go into outlook to reschedule tasks (and I reschedule a lot of tasks.)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] digidigi123:
Can't wait for the new release ..... and no problem with commercially, because I'm one of the people who has already donated to ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] s.l.i:
Yepp, start date is editable now. :-)

( And, as I mentioned earlier: people who donated will get their new ThumbCal for free ;-) )
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] paalkr:
Hi!

First of all I will say that this application is one of the most useful tools for the winmo platform. Second, I have a small feature request. Would it be posible to implement functionality to mark appointments as private? I uses that function a lot, because my exchange calender is shared so all other employees has access to view it.

Regards,

PK
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] s.l.i:
If I understand rightly, you mean the ability to set categories (private/business/holidays/...)?

Yepp, it's already implemented.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mindo:
That's great news! I can't wait for the new version.

And thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] kproj:
Do it! You have the most popular calender app...if not the only one this slick. You have a monopoly, so do it, sell it!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iggy:
Completely agree w/evilc. Looking forward to the update S.l.i.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] marcf:
First off..this is a great app. But, has there been any developments where tasks that were not completed carry forward to the next day?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] paalkr:
Hi!

Actually no. I did not mean the ability to set categories, which bay the way also is a great feature :-) . I did mean the ability to set the sensitivity, which can be ether Normal, Personal, Private or Confidential.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] s.l.i:
Ah, ok. I think, it could get a place int ThumbCal ;-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] noiseboyuk:
s.l.i - this sounds great! And I think you are definitely doing the right thing by charging too - maybe keep the last version as free, but your new one will offer SO much more, a huge number of people will upgrade!

One plea from me. I know it might be a tall ask, but critical for me is an ability to see the first 2 or 3 appointments in week view somehow as actual text. I realise this is probably not what you are currently planning - maybe it could be on the long-list for the version after next?!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] evilc:
OK, here it is!!

I mocked up the "Half Cube" interface I am trying to acheive in adobe premiere.

The Calendar tab is how I think the thumbcal today screen should look.

Note how the header showing which month (June/July) stays in the same place and changes between months.

It would be ace as I said if you could offer an option to change the gesture controls in thumbcal to acheive this UI.

THIS IS MOCKED UP IN A VIDEO EDITING PROG USING PHOTOSHOPPED IMAGES. DO NOT ASK ME WHAT APPS I USED OR HOW TO GET THIS UI - IT CAN'T BE DONE - YET.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
If that were achievable, it'd be awesome! Its like cramming the whole poutlook data set into a single today plugin! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] evilc:
It's all totally feasable technically.

I want to try and get tabs for all kinds of stuff (A task list like that would be cool, weather too) using the same dynamic.

I have a thread here detailing my progress in creating this UI.

I had gotten to the point of learning C++ to code the clock bit, got quite a way too before stefano told me about XIAMultiTheme and I just wrote it as a theme for that. One day, I will acheive this UI. It may take years but I am determined to get there!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
C++ confuses me! :D

XIAMultiTheme is good, but I think the UI/today screen you have is probably more useful... I don't care to much about being able to edit everything so long as it works!

Good luck with your Today Screen item! (I just hope WM5/6 things are compatible with WM7 :p)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] evilc:
The clock area in that video is done with XIAMultiTheme ;)

See here

And the lovely thing about XMT?

I could also use it potentially to do the other faces, as it can run multiple themes :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] agentmikeyd:
Thanks for the uninstall info!

Also, I agree these iphone like colors will be excellente!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spencepu3:
I tried to get it to look as much like the iphone...

to s.l.i.: can you add gradient support to everything instead of just the top bar?

*fixed detailed view colors, thanks l3v5y
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
Very nice!

the details section still has a black bcckground and menu colour.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iggy:
Nice work

Amazing so far, really looking forward to when new appts. and tasks work.

Would be amazing if it can be set as default Calendar.

Also be great if we could reverse the month movement (i.e. right to left for next instead of previous).

Otherwise been waiting for this for awhile.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] agentmikeyd:
Spence, where do I install this skin?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spencepu3:
unzip the attatchment and replace the skin.ini with mine
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] M.A.S.:
Great (and fast) work.

Thanks a lot!!

;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] queer~dude:
wow

the iPhone skin looks awesome...thanks for sharing.....let's hope there's another new release soon with solving solution "New" and other issues...

thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] blablum:
This is really nice and already useful.

I have some suggestions that in my opinion would make it better. When you click on a day it would immediately go to the day details, and on top there would be a big 'new ' button. For empty days just show the new button and a message 'no appointments'.

Touching the title bar would bring the menu with today, about, minimize, exit. Touching on the top right corner would minimize immediately.

When the menu is open and you touch outside of it, make it go away.

Also include tasks with a different little triagle for days with active tasks.

Anyway, thanks for the work so far!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iggy:
I'm ok with so of this but please no buttons on top, makes it a pain when using one handed.

Don't understand what the difference would be to Touch outside or hit Cancel from the menu?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] blablum:
True, with Touch outside there would be no need for cancel.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] theme freak:
I hope in the next release you will make it optimeze for VGA also =)

Since this version is seems to be stretched on my VGA..Thanks :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dbb:
a great piece of work. i will follow this with interest.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mic73337:
Funny,

that will be a great App.

Is it possibel to show the org top bar ?

I ve seen the i-phone calendar first time. i love it and the design, but it has to be grey colored like touch design.

Great work.

Gegards Mic
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ying4050:
When I click the "new" botton but it doesn't change at all.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] acc0101:
It's in progress..plz wait

This is a sweet app. I'd choose this one instead of the original one, that's too tedious
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bornotty:
this ones is too pretty for my iPhone themed htc touch.. thanx a lott dude.. do release the next Version soon.. with appointments included.. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LeoArg:
Very, very good!

Congratulation !! :):):)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
iPhone style cab for those that want it...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MonteCristoffOn:
Very good matching with PointUI

Good cheers for the todo list, s.l.i. !

We are waiting for you now...

PS : and if you could increase the sliding speed it would be great !

;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iago_00:
Thats good news. It looks fine with these improvements/fixes.

IMO the today plugin should be sth like the actual outlook calendar, as it occupies little space on screen; one taps on it and thumbcal starts.

A commercial version must not depend on a mortscript to start thumbcal in the place of outlook calendar ;).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mr_deimos:
With this price range it sure sounds reasonable to me. But maybe you could consider two versions? A "lite" freeware version with some features locked (no today plugin option, no categories, no week view - something like the current version offers) and a full version. This approach might help to spread the program. For example the lite version could get cooked into ROMs, and i think many users would decide that it might be worth upgrading to full version after using it a bit ;) If the software is 100% payware, cooking it into a ROM wouldn't be much of an option...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] intimidatorx31:
Thanx dude this program is awesome.

I LOVE EVERY BIT OF IT!!

I EVEN LOVE THIS BUG!!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] s.l.i:
Exactly this is what I have done! :D You get a week view, days from top to bottom in a scrollable list (you can move to next and previous weeks), a time scale and the first appointments of the day.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MDANavymom:
Good news on the updates! Can hardly wait to see what you have done with this.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] DebbieNY13:
Tried this out (and maybe I did this wrong), it looked similar, but didn't behave the way I thought it should (no sliding). I am not very technologically savvy (at least by xda-developers standards), so I may have did something wrong.

I am open to PM, if this is considered too much of a layman's question. ;-)

Thanks!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] noiseboyuk:
You beauty! Can't wait!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] egzthunder1:
@s.l.i

Good to see that you are back on this project. I guess it is only fair for you to charge for such a great program. After looking at the improvements, the one thing that I would like to see is the ability to add comments/notes to the appointments. For instance, let's say I have to fly somewhere and I want to write down confirmation number for the flight as well as the seat number and the gate. I don't wanna have to write that in the title of the appointment... I guess you get the picture.

Other than that, welcome back on board!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] s.l.i:
... notes and sensitivity are on board now. :)

By the way - there are other things in the poom api like busy status and meeting status. Does that someone use? Should I put it into the new/modify dialog?

Ah, and I forgot to mention: I added the possibility to set a background picture in week view and day view.

@DebbieNY13:

If I am right, you have TouchFLO activated and ThumbCal isn't on the exclusion list. Could it be the reason?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] noiseboyuk:
Not something that bothers me...

There is one other tweek that is pretty essential in the way I use it though. Is it possible to have a daily repeat option for an entry alongside weekly / monthly / annual? And also number of occurances for a repeat?

And final (!) wish - simple cut / copy / paste!

You are a legend...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lsherif:
Help

s.l.i,

Appreiate helping me, as I have installed your outsanding application, but what I have is different from the posted screens at your first post, especially screen shots 2 & 3.

Am I doing something wrong , I have installed the cab file to the memory card directly.

Appreciate your guidance.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] squirrel:
I really love your works !

very nice looking and very usefull too...

For the next release, maybe some differents possible colors to hilight appointments (business, private....) or a choice of icons ?

Waiting for that
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Sushikidd:
hi S.l.i., will the sliding speed be better in the next version? :) its still a big issue for me in the current version...

furthermore actually i personally would prefer softbuttons to change the views instead of slides.. would you consider making it an option? dont know if im the only one who feels like that.. to me sliding is still a less economical finger movement (and much less accurate in reality) than a button press..

about going commercial: i applaud it. a price between 5 and 10 dollars is a very good deal for this application. i also already donated some, but i will hold my previously made promise and donate more when the next version is slightly more practical for me..

regarding your poll: assigning priorities, sensitivities and all that seems to me to be a bit too much detail for a practical and most of all quick and easy "on the move" application.. i would want to be bothered as less as possible when entering a new appointment; thus, only the bare info. all created appointments should still be editable later though. its all about initial quickness and handiness. in that light, i could even say there is one step too many already when entering the appointment header...

also, i m not sure if i understood correctly abut this being in the next version or not, but i would really love to have thumbcal open in day view instead of week or month view. day view is the most obvious and current one especially when accessed from a today plug in. best here woul be to have it as selectable options of cors. forgive me if you are ahead of me on this one already :)

thumbcal is a really great app and it still looks like it gets better and better. im anxiously awaiting this next version. thanks for your work mate! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ajige:
Tasks

I cannot use the app in it's current form because of the way tasks are treated. it's essential for me to be able to show all active tasks

- overdue

- due today, and due later but w/ a start date of today or earlier.

I really hope this is planned for next version.

Also is it possible to speed it up?

Otherwise it seems that a lot of other suggestions are mainly cosmetic:

buttons versus slide,

dayview (which I would prefer) vs week or month view. Maybe these could be options?

Except for the above, I think this app has great potential.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] camro:
some news about a new version ?

when would the new one ready for testing ? planing ?

some ideas: (my most necc. wish)

making new/edit an apointment should be easier:

1.) directly after edit or now go to title of apointment

2.) date / time should be also possible to change startdate + enddate

maybe it is possible to truncate the full hor bar in the middle and make left for date and right side for time adjust

3.) reminder - to change like the time before apointment begin

(different modes time before insert - or reminder time

maybe it is possible to truncate the full hor bar in the middle and make (ex)left for mode "time before" and right side for "reminder start time"

only some ideas for better handling ......

PLS: there are a lot(enough) of home plugins for showing apointments .... my opinion: waste your time for home plugin. the most user have there an extra GUI and not the normal home display (ex: spb mobile shell, pointui, and so on ...)

for me it is ok to make commercial version and i would pay some bucks ...

cu camel
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] alfibus:
Hi there,

i think there are still many bugs and lacks in fetures to make it commercial. I would consider another solution, like "active after a donation". There is something like that already, you receive the donation and you email the code to the donator.

That said, with a few views more and a better graphic (hate the triangles for busy days) i would buy your app right away.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mindsg:
today plugin

hi s.l.i, as i have ultimatelaunch (don't most of us ;)), i like thumbcal to be able to show under a ul tab.

as for what today plugin will look like, i suggest you make an option to allow an appointment view of xxx days, weeks, months, year. (i personally view appointments 6 months in advance!)

closest example i can find is todayagenda, which i am using because it allows 6 months view. click to see detailed appointments. use scrolling. -> http://tiews.info/index.php?show=software/todayagenda#050_ta_screenshots.en.art
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mindsg:
i disagree on the today plugin.

im using ultimatelaunch which is lightest than spb, pointui, etc, and it does not support thumbcal yet as dll missing. sorry, but most users here hate extra GUIs :mad:. they like to keep their ppcs light and speedy :D:D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] camro:
maybe it's possible to make more beta versions to test and maybe this makes sence to devel in the right direction and found more bugs or how the handling should be in future ...

cu camel

EDIT: about home plugins...:

if you the programm can use the same parameter like poutlook.exe -> then it should be possible that i change the poutlook.exe with thumbcal.exe (rename "thumcal.exe" to "poutlook.exe" and then it is possible to take a home plugin (ex: TodayAgenda) which use poutlook.exe with paramter for edit/new apointments/tasks and so on ....

other idea is to talk with devel of home plugins which are on market to support thumbacal, but this is not the reason ...

then, i think it is not really necc. to make a home plugin, only the handling to plugins should be done .. anyhow...

There’s no point in reinventing the wheel again , or ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] portsteve:
Skin

Here is a skin I made to match my pocket CM theme.

Copy the files from the zip file to the ThumbCal Dir.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nir36:
oo! cool theme! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chrisbert:
Hi

i cant find the registry key - to set it as Standard

can help me plz

thx

mfg
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] windowv:
what a cool design! thanks!!! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dysphasi:
Does this mean they are available? I have v 0.5.1 but can't see my notes without loading outlook calendar on my device.

Is there a proper way of doing this?

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I feel that I should just be single tapping on the appointment and it should show me the details for it.

All I can find is an 'open in outlook' which rather defeats the point of the app for me, I love its control etc.. and don't really want to have to keep switching to another application all the time.

As an aside, I'm more likely to want to read the notes etc.. and/or (at present) open the appointment in outlook at speed than I am to want to edit it, perhaps open in outlook could at least be put at the top of the menu? As it is, 'edit' is much more accessible on the menu and it's a little too easy to delete the appointment by accident when quickly sliding the thumb about to load in outlook.

Obviously if a single tap or slide could show me appointment details the order of the menu as stands would be fine.

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Oh and I think I have found a bit of a bug, loading the appointment in outlook whilst in fullscreen hides the windows taskbar, so can't click ok to leave and get back to thumbcal :S Let me view details in thumbcal and I won't want to use outlook!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] s.l.i:
These features are on board in ThumbCal 1.0, which is in beta and testing stage currently.

It will be available in a few days. I will post it here, when it hits the ground.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dysphasi:
ooo, quick reply, thank you!

That's super, I'll be waiting in anticipation! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] smithi:
is it possible to make an VGA version of this very nice theme ?

thaks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lycox:
Sure, but I don't own a VGA device to test if it's all well positioned... :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] N3o21:
Is it possible to replace original Windows Mobile Calendar with ThumbCal?

I saw a ROM ("ThrottleDiamond I" I think) which made it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Lycox:
It's definitely possible with version 1.0 (not released yet).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] SciFer:
I second that!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lamandrion:
"copy & paste" would be very usefull for me!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] s.l.i:
In the new version that comes in few days, a new feature is available which works like copy & paste. It is called "edit as new"...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lamandrion:
Sau guut! Freu mich auf die neue version :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] noiseboyuk:
I think we're all a-quiver! (well, I am...)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
I am too!

Can't wait! Release it! :)