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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sangorys:
need 3 updates for this wonderfull software

Hello,

I want to thank the author of iContact. This is exactly what I dreamt !!!

But to be honest, there is a lack of 3 stuffs to become the perfect software :

o add contact's picture

o add contacts from sim card

o allow to jump to the contact in using the keyboard (eg. push m then a allow to go to Marion contact)

I would like to do it for myself, but don't know how to developped on this software. The only thing I will do is to contribuate a little bit to thanks you.

:)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] supbro:
Is the field name still "Categories" or is that in Portuguese also?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zim2dive:
Bug?

0.72 was cooked in to the 19949 dvha ROM for Hermes...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=399022

I find that I cannot select the entries near the end of the addr book.

sometimes if I scroll them up so they are nearer the top half of the screen, they will select. But since I am the 2nd-to-last entry, I can never scroll my entry up that high (so I can check msgs at home)

And also add a vote for strongly preferring the A-Z zoom feature as it was on 0.6. I find the scrolling to be very error prone (which is not specific to this app.. I didn't like PocketCM for that reason either)

EDIT: going to 0.6, I have no issue selecting the near-end entries. With 0.72 I tried getting to Z both with the slide motion, and with the pop-up A-Z.. I can see the near-end entries, I just cannot select them in 0.72
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] harleym:
Feature request please...

Firstly I've been really impressed by this program. Well done in taking it to the next level!

I don't know whether this idea has already done the rounds, but it would be great to have a quick way of adding contacts from the the call history. Similar to the way '+' in the contact details adds to favourites, could it automatically envoke an 'Add New Contact' dialog & place the number in the correct field & allow the remaining details to be quickly added.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bsinclair:
It is called "Categorias"
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ahmedfikry:
problems with 0.72

1. can not select the last few contacts (Z) seen but not clickable

2. also when i select call history (2nd icon from left) the program exists...

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] supbro:
good idea!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] meiji:
just a few cents,

noticeable performance drop compared with v0.6

easy to miss-click contact when scrolling
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
I've tested code which I proposed earlier, made some fixes, ready to release. Hope this will be useful.

iContacts v0.72 "burt edition"

Changes:

- Included multilingual keyboard support made by kab earlier in this thread

- KbdShowTime and KbdHideTime settings in settings.ini

Defaults to 200 and 100 accordingly.

Specifies duration of keyboard pop-up and hide animation. Set it to 0 to disable keyboard animation.

- ScrollThresh setting in settings.ini

Defaults to 3.

Min mouse move by Y to initiate scroll, in pixels.

I've noticed that it is difficult to click a contact by finger sometimes, it often scrolls rather than clicks. Increase this parameter and you will get easier finger control. I've set it to 8 at my settings.ini.

- ShowMenuInDetails setting

Defaults to 1.

When 1, bottom menu bar will be shown in Contact Details mode, as usual. When 0, bottom menu bar will not be visible in Contact Details mode. IMHO, menu bar is not really useful in Details mode.

- EnableMouseGestures and MouseGesturesMaxTime settings

Defaults to 1 and 800 accordingly.

When EnableMouseGestures is 1, mouse and stylus gestures are enabled. It means that you can move your finger across the screen from one side to other to do some action. Currently, there are only two gestures supported:

1. Move finger horizontally from the right side of the screen to the left side in Contact Details mode, that will close Details and return you to contacts list. Same as 'Back' button at top left.

2. Move finger from right to left in Keyboard mode, this should close the keyboard.

Currently, length of a 'line' that you do with a finger should be at least 40% of screen width, to avoid false gestures.

MouseGesturesMaxTime is a max time of a single gesture, if you push the screen for more than that time, gesture is ignored. Feel free to tune it to your preferences. If you find that you dial a number instead of going back by a gesture, try to set MouseGesturesMaxTime to, e.g., 1300 ms. Or try to move your finger faster :)

Well, attached you can find source code (icontact0.72be_src.zip), executable along with settings.ini (icontact072be.zip) and iContact.CAB. Again, I hope this will be useful to someone :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nihil0:
I also tryed the new Contacts v0.72 "burt edition, and I can report that the problem with the last 3 contacts is still there.

After a little bit of testing, the problem looks so:

- The last contact (n) isn't working. I can touch it, but nothing happens.

- The one contact before the last (n-1) isn't working also. I can touch it, but nothing happens.

- The second contact before the last (n-2) is only working partially. This means, if I touch the bottom 90% of the contact, nothing happens. If I touch the upper 10% of the contact, the contact works, and the blue screen with the phone numbers will be shown.

- The third contact before the last (n-3) is working properly.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] haardman:
I have the same problems - in fact I cannot select any of the last 10 contacts (I have Universal - so VGA), if I click on any of the last 8 it exits.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
How many contacts and how many groups (letters) do you have? It may help to detect a root cause.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nihil0:
I have 212 contacts, 23 groups (letters - ABCDE ÉFGHI JKLMN OPRST ÜXY), and 13 categories.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] haardman:
I have 935 items and 25 groups (No X).

I have also discovered that I can 'scroll off' the end of the list - resulting in either a black screen (which I cannot escape) or the app exits on its own.

I also have the problem with the Call History button causing the app to close.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deedee:
i have been testing with the developer and can confirm that the Call History bug has been fixed, version not yet released..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] guap:
omg i LOVE it! :D

but it's very slow on my elfin, ~20 seconds to switch between tabs (call, contacts or favourites) and choppy keyboard animation. Also, i can't choose the "D" letter when scrolling by the "invisible" side scroll bar, it "doubles" my "C" (sorry, i.e. I scroll and see A B C C E F ecc)

A little suggestion: add something stylish to the "letter" when scrolling, it's a kind ugly :p

anyway, very good work indeed: simple, well documented, easy to skin... Time to unistall PocketCM crap when this iContact will be fully usable ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Another update. Improved scroll response time, implemented scroll acceleration by moving finger once more, configurable bouncing time and scroll search time, fixed scrolling 'letter' which sometimes didn't match real item. Detailed description will follow tomorrow.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] perasite:
Wow, response times are very fast with this version truburt. Very nice.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] monamibouli:
when I clic on the "history call", icontact is closing ! (WM6 on Trinity)

thks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] supbro:
New version available - 0.73

There's a new version in town: 0.73. I tried to fix all the bugs that were posted, and took into consideration all the feature requests. Among the updates are:

Fixed call log death

Added "auto alphabet" for those who don't want a fixed alphabet, or who have just too darn many letters to have in a fixed alphabet (or two at once). Just set in your language file:

alphabet=

Added FastGraphics option to settings.ini to speed up the keyboard and list display (at the expense of pretty graphics)

Updated scrolling when holding down the up or down arrow

Fixed bug with long email addresses "thisisareallylongname@gmail.cEmail"

Fixed bug that left the last few names un-clickable

About mouse gestures: IMHO, that would qualify as making this bloatware. To me, it's difficult enough having two mouse gestures (scroll up, scroll down), I don't want any more. Like someone mentioned, if you want more gestures, get an iPhone like larna did :) I'm all for people making their own branches though, nobody is forcing you to use my version! That's why I made all my hard work open-source.

About Trubert's faster scrolling: try this: scroll it pretty fast, then touch the list when it's still going, and try to scroll slowly. It shoots off. That seems weird to me.

About WM2003SE: you will lose the skins, the alpha blending, and the top titlebar that uses the registry. What are you left with? iContact 0.6. I'm sorry but 2003 was 5 years ago.

Thanks to everybody participating in making this an even better program! There have been a ton of good requests and I'm glad so many people are so interested in it!

Next version will have contact pictures and a better detail screen, I promise!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] truburt:
Thanks, great update!

IMHO, it's all about usability. It is much easier for me to just move the finger across the screen, it requires no looking at the device.

Yep, that's a bug :) Fixed.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bdaher:
Nice work thank you
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] grzenio01:
is it work on VGA devices?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ruebyi:
THX for your great Update!!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Darkchaser:
Nice work, I haven't tried it yet but if it really fixes the Call History, that'd be excellent.

Adding contact pictures would be nice, but I hope it's not at the expense of speed. The speed is already perfect as it is now. Keep it up :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] haiopei:
Hi,

after i updated to 0.73 the Phone-Icon didnt work

anymore on my Elf.

I downgraded to 0.72 and...it works again...

Bug or feature ? :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] supbro:
Weird, I didn't touch that part of the code. What does it do? Does it die or just do nothing? It works fine for me.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Yannn:
Where is the video dialer option ???

Hi,

I've test Icontact ... it's the best contact manager as far ! But I've a kaiser , by consequence a front cam... and normaly I can dial with video ... But there's no make under Icontact to do that. Is it so difficult to implant it ???
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
Yay! Another version! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] digidigi123:
Thanks for your update, no problem here!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sinoo:
Request

I like the look of iContact very much!

But:

Is there a way to show the name in 2 lines? Some names are to long to fit in portrait mode. They are blocked by the "+". Or is there a way to lower the font size for the complete program?

Is there a way to get more information in the detail view like address and contact photo? Perhaps showing the photo next to the name in the scroll list?

Is there a way to use the original contact tool and iContact as a single tool? After installing iContact only this tool opens, sometimes you need another information from one contact and you can only read it out by editing the contact! Just an option to tell iContact not to override the use of the standard contact tool?!

greetz

sinoo
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] guap:
EDIT: lol ignore my previos post, I reinstalled 0.72 instead of 0.73 :D

now, the real one with 0.73 :p

some bugs remains: My "D" letter doesn't show up, i still have a "doubled" C. Even alphabet setting doesn't help

Long Emails get truncated... It's ugly, what about reduce the size of characters or add a second line?

gesture to return to contatc list from details works only if I press strongly... Pressure should be a system wide setting but it seems not in this case, can you check if it's only my impression or I'm right? tnx

Anyway, great speed improvement (excluding call log but I have a huge one, time to find a way to limitate to the last 20 calls :p) for pad and keyboard... And it's still fancy even with FastGraphics=1 ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Genius2000:
Call history date format

Thank for this new release, now call history works fine, but in Europe we use day/month as date format, and i noticed that in call history date is showed as mont/day, if is possible add please an .ini entry.

Thanks, Andrea
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] nihil0:
Please, do not say "in Europa", because in Hungary (also in Europa) we use the format: YEAR MONTH DAY. This is also the SI format.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] chiekh:
Pb with Right index

Thanks for the update. but the right index don't seek to the selected lettre. when you select the "F" lettre the app seeks to "G". thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Genius2000:
Ok, sorry I didn't know.

Andrea
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
It's still different from the US! And is more logical... (largest, middle and then smallest, against the USs Middle, smallest, largest system...)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] deedee:
Would be nice if it were either configurable or picked it's settings up from the system somehow.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
I think there is a registry setting for it, although I may be wrong... I'll look into that soon and post it here unless anyone finds it first!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] xxza:
I have a stupid question - how to delete a contact ?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Luisinho:
GREAT JOB!!!

I just think that there were 2 improvements done by

and

that were great to be in the newest version.

When opening the contact fullview, it's possible to see picture, address and Notes. And also to delete the contact.

THANKS
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Meuterich:
Please speed up the keypad pop up!!11111 What me i ask is, why it more slow as in the version 0.6 from lana? There was the keypad realy fast at my 200 mhz pda :o . Not anybody has a pda with more than 500 mhz, you know? ;) ;)

Sorry for ugly english :o
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] haardman:
w00t - 0.73 fixes my Call Log problem, and also I can now select my last 8 contacts with no problem, the ability to scroll off the bottom has also been removed.

Now I just need to work out how to close the app (I used to click on Call Log)!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wearefree:
Marvelous job! I was still using icontact 0.6 that had auto close and theme switch and now 0.7 series have gone to a level that it is nearly perfect! Personally I could care less about the contact picture because I don't like to store other people's picture on my phone :)

The fast graphics and auto alphabet is just beautiful, and the 0.72 skin still works. Great job!

Well, some really minor bugs:

1) ExitOnAction works as intended, but if I enable this and click on the blank area of the contact details, icontact quits instead of bring me back to the contact list.

2) ExitOnAction doesn't work if I initiate the call from call history.

3) The hidden "remove from favorites" button works when I view a contact from the favorites section (same place as "add to favorites" on the contact list section) but since it's hidden it might gets clicked accidentally. It's better to reveal the button.

4) It's better that the alphabet grid has some response when clicked like in the 0.6 version.

5) The first letter and last letter are not shown when doing the vertical scrolling, but that's really minor because the areas are still reachable

6) Could you implement the 12 hr format?

7) Some indication in call history on whether the call was outgoing, incoming or missed would be nice.

8) Since edit contact goes directly to the edit page in WM contact, it is impossible to remove a contact now... I can use pointui contact to achieve this but other people may have problems.

BTW, I use "ok" button to close my programs (set from quick menu) so exit was never a problem for me.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mcmike_cz:
agree with wearefree...

and wanna say that direct edit of cintact is not good idea since we cannot see whole contact information in iContacts (mean Adress, Notes etc)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Evanspda:
Icontact in french and spanish

Hi!:)

I translated for you icontact in french and Spanish.

Just copy files in the directory or is installed icontact

Ex:

..\storage card\program files\icontact\ or ..\program file\icontact\

Thanks again to the developer for his icontact freeware

Regards,

Evans
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] supbro:
Thanks, these are good suggestions.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] supbro:
I'm going to figure out how to use the system locale settings.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Pisca:
I agree totaly, IContact takes over WM contacts, this means that if I want to make any change only with Pointui to do that, also and remains unninstalable
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] supbro:
I think you just don't have any contacts that start with "D" so why would you need to choose it? Does "D" show up when you scroll through the list?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iggy:
Would it be possible to add exit to one of the extra buttons in the Alphabet list at the bottom.

Also same as 7.2 I cannot see in the details their are more numbers/emails but cannot reach or scroll to it as per my screenshot.

Amazing, I also have no care for contact pictures.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] supbro:
Why not just touch the title bar to exit?

EDIT: oh, on the keyboard, gotcha. Well any blank space will exit but it's a reasonable request.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rkrasny:
That's there but the alphabet just isn't listed. Touch along the right and you'll find the letters pop up (individually) and you can scroll up and down through them. So, it is the best of both worlds!

RK
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iggy:
Actually Supbro, you did understand meoriginally, yes I would like an exit button on the keyboard to exit the application because reaching to the title bar is a stretch on some phones and really not thumb/finger friendly.

Also any idea why I am having the problem in the details screen, as can be seen from my screen capture on my previous post. (sorry if you are looking into this but you did not reference it in you reply)?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] guap:
i HAVE contact with D and D shows up correctly when scrolling in the middle, when i scroll with the "invisible" right bar D doesn't shows up and I see 2 times letter C, fist one for C (correct), second time for contacs with D

thanks for interesting ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] monamibouli:
thks for the new version; the "call log" icon works now
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wearefree:
Maybe you can take a look about your language file (english.lng or other language you choose). Open up that file with a text editor and check the line "alphabet=" to see if your alphabet is correct.

I deleted everything after "alphabet=" so now it generates only the letters that are in my contact, like 0.6 version does.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] willtay:
Hi,

Must I need to uninstall the old version first before I can install the new version.

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] queer~dude:
Nice appl.

i'd say it is good, but after installation and un-installation, then it couldn't get back in normal contact.exe.....so...any idea...i use SKTools uninstall function..

regards
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mcmike_cz:
Sure... install it again and than use wm uninstall tool (or AS uninstall tool)

I had the same problem with PCM Contacts.... damn... I hate that contact list - eats memory like hungry croc :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] wearefree:
Check this registry key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shell\Rai\:MSCONTACTS]

"0"="Contacts"

"1"=":MSPOUTLOOK contacts"

The value of "1" can be manually set to that using any registry editor if it doesn't direct back to the default wm contact after uninstalling.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] queer~dude:
hey...

thanks for guiding me....
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] HaiLe512:
THANKS! SupBro

Thks for version 0.73 Everything works for me. GREAT JOB.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] igkovacs:
Delete?

How can I delete a contact?

In iContact no any option for delete, then when I try to open original Contacts iContact will open instead.

Any idea?

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] zoro007:
no VGA version yet ? (or possibility to change the font size)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] haiopei:
It do nothing :(

Not a big problem, my green key always works :-)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Draqula:
0.73 - Great job. It really works and it's fast! No more Random Access for me, at least for now.

If only there would be an option to select a name from the list and call it by pushing the green Call key. At the moment it opens up the phone application.

I'm using it on TyTN II with HTC official 6.1 upgrade.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
You'll need to open Windows contact manager directly... (or use a different contact manager for that bit...)

Use the attached shortcut (copy it to your phone and open it) to open poutlook contacts.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] willtay:
Hi

Sorry to disturb you and need your advise

I have the older version and i intent to load the new version. Must I uninstall the older version first then install new version or no need to uninstall at all.

Thanks

Willtay
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
Do you have 0.7+ or 0.6? If you have 0.7 or above, you can just install the latest version. If not, you should uninstall the previous version.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] igkovacs:
When I try to open Windows contact manager iContact open instead. I think its overwrite something in registry.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
The shortcut attached opens poutlook with the parameter "contacts". The other link does indeed look at the registry.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] willtay:
Hi

Thank you for your advise. I have successful installed

Regards

Willtay
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
Glad it helped...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Pisca:
Thanks real good solution
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
It worked! Excellent!

Maybe that lnk could be included in the cab and put in the Program Files folder to replace the "Contacts" shortcut?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] guap:
it doesn't work :( Instead of D still have another C
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Pisca:
That's a good ideia. In my opinion Icontact should be an app. to reach our contacts fast and move to a phone call or an sms, nothing else, can be reached thru a softkey assignment

WM5 Contacts should be the way to manage the Contacts database, so we must have a way to reach that.

If Icontact starts being a way to manage Contacts like WM5, we are duplicating and worst than that, creating a monster like PCM, sorry but it's my opinion, I try to keep Icontact as simple as possible, two strokes and that's all
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] l3v5y:
If you truly want the simplicity, the previous (0.6) version is simpler...

I agree that we need access to WM contacts, but I like having iContact load whenever I click a link to contacts, rather than WM opening up... (Currently shortcuts to the contacts look up a registry entry that by default goes through poutlook, but gets edited to go to iContact making it a resident app)

I also agree that trying to add to much will make this loose what it currently has for me, and that is speed and low memory usage, but I think some features (E.G. the call history) if implemented well, will out way the negatives with the benefits.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Pisca:
I have the contacts Softkey assigned to Icontact, and keep the normal way to WM5

Also I'm using Pointui another way to manage

Anyway thanks for your cab
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] igkovacs:
I did as you said, but still only iContact will open.

It's little annoying cannot edit contacts. :(

Otherwise the program very useful.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] sparhawk6:
On .73, everytime that I press call history, it lags for about 5 seconds before it loads it up.