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[General Topics] abienguyen:
PPCLINK Mobile Software has just released Hinavigator for Pocket PC version 1.6

You can get it at: http://www.ppclink.com/?ppclink=product&do=view&id=64&type=trial_download

Best,

Abie Nguyen
[General Topics] jackmay:
look great! testing on my Ipaq 210, will report soon
[General Topics] bmb2n:
Bug report.

There are 3 issues with the contact from PIM with the latest retail v1.6 release.

Contact with no Photo shows "Last, first". It would be better if it shows what the PIM is showing.

Photo added to PIM using different programs other than outlook wouldn't show properly. If the photo is larger than the template (width x height), the photo is not scaled down for full photo view. Only partial image is shown (upper left corner).

Added contact photo wouldn't get updated (blank photo with only last, first) until the PPC is rebooted. This only happens on the 1st install without reboot. Sub sequence reboot remedy this problem.
[General Topics] Tiramusi:
Hell! I always wanted something like the HTC home but with more than 1 Program Tab.. I usually use a tab for Programs, Games and System... now i have one! GREAT APP!

But is it possible to include own icons, except those "Costumize 1, Costumize 2, Costumize 3" ones? I have my own and want to use them... would be fantastic :D

If that would be possible PLUS its easier to skin the program yourself, this would be my favourite Today Plugin beside Batterystatus and UltimateLaunch! Very usefull
[General Topics] Tiramusi:
Erm.. can i delete this ?
[General Topics] abienguyen:
We are working on this feature and will give you the tools,guide to create your own skin for Today Revolution module.

Have a nice weekend!

Abie Nguyen
[General Topics] dvdtech:
When installed a new version it's possible keep the previous settings ?

i have installed "look screen", good application but not same font for the clock.

good work

fabrizio
[General Topics] abienguyen:
You can see the files need to backup in the page no 4 of this thread.

About Now Screen, we will support skin creator and manual guide soon.

Nice weekend!

Abie Nguyen
[General Topics] dvdtech:
But it would be more correct that the rescue did the pgm.

it's possible can not release the phone wing receipt of the message or call?

Every time I read a message the phone is unlocked and I have locked by hand or expected to hang alone.

thank's

Fabrizio

p.s excuse me by bad english
[General Topics] zenkinz:
thought I had already replied but anyway;

two biggest problem that prevent me from using further.

1. photo contact got cropped/resized wrongly. Only see the lleft upper hand corner of the photo.

2. rendered my 'ok' hardware key useless.
[General Topics] abienguyen:
Thanks for your information,

1. photo contact got cropped/resized wrongly. Only see the lleft upper hand corner of the photo.

Have you got any idea to crop/resize the original image from PIM, since Hinavigator access directly to PIM's Photo contact, so if you have many photo contact and do resize then it will take longtime to load the plugin.

2. rendered my 'ok' hardware key useless. can you please explain us more about this issue?

Have a nice week to all!

Abie Nguyen
[General Topics] bmb2n:
I'm too experienced these 2 problems and more.

The photo inserted from applications other than outlook such as PocketCM will insert the original photo size in to PIM. This works great for application that shows full screen photo caller ID such as S2U2. Inserting photo to contact from outlook resulted in photo being resized to bare minimum, and it's only good for thumbnail showing. If HiNavigator does not resize photo when to fit the screen, only top left of the photo (if the photo is larger than the Hinvagator photo template) is showing. Photo resizing can be done on the fly by scaling. Speed can be neglectable.

The other problem is the OK button being inoperable until Hinavigator was removed. This only happened once to me when I was repeatedly configuring the tabs (enter and exit the configuration menu).

Another intermittent freezing problem happens when adjusting the background transparency. Exit and save freezes the PDA and a soft reboot is required.

Also memory leaking is worse than previous built. My PDA (WM6.1) with nothing running except Hnavigator v1.6 was loaded would loose about 4MB of memory by going through the day. Unload Hnavigator fixes the memory leaking problem.
[General Topics] zenkinz:
I don't know how long it will take to load the plugin if every photo contact has to perform cropping/resize, but I would imagine doing so for 6-10 photos would not be that expensive, afterall, alot of photo contacts software do that, I don't see any problem with performance. If you want to do it all the available contacts in the device, then I can imagine the problem, but on a Today plugin, it's meaningless to show more than 10 contact photos.

One of the software is causing my hardware 'ok' button not working. Pressing of 'ok' button doesn't close or minimise the window, and I have to 'poke' at the 'x' or 'ok' button on the window to close/minimise it.

I think it's either the Now screen or lock utility... can't really be sure, all I know once I uninstall all 3-4 of your hinavigation software, and a soft reset restore the 'ok' button.
[General Topics] njakobs:
Love this program!

Hi guys just found this program and after an hour or so of tweaking I am in love with it and purchased it straight away. I hope we keep getting regular updates.

Issues I have had so far.

1) Contact Photo one other people have mentioned.

2) When docking my phone (HTC Touch) with lock on. It thinks there is an incoming call and locks up. I am using a custom rom so this may just be a problem for me.

Cheers
[General Topics] gavinfabl:
The weather database for the UK is very small. There are hardly any cities in the South of the UK. Winchester, UK would be appreciated.
[General Topics] njakobs:
This app ROCKS!! even with these further issues I have found.

1) Phone profiles all set txt messages to display on screen. I can correct this manually but when I change to new profile it changes back. Real pain.

2) When deleteting a tab some strange behavior. One all my items shifted one tab over and I lost all my contacts. Two, this cause me to lose all phone profiles
[General Topics] sito_zire:
Is posible add bright control and wifi on/of in edit profiles screen.

Thanks
[General Topics] NEO130:
Is it possible to post the languages files here ? Thanks
[General Topics] Physboy:
This application is really kewl for a lot of the features, but I am finding the following issues with their respective software components:

Today Revolution: Weather module does not appear to update unless the tab it is in is active and there is an active network connection. The auto-update and manual update process does not initiate a network connection when none is active like all the other internet based application for WM devices do.

Today Revolution: Weather module does not have my city (Hollywood, FL, USA) in the list. It would be more effective to use the Accuweather.com portal which has waaaaaay more city coverage than this module does currently.

Today Revolution: Photo Contacts module does not wrap text to second line so that entire 'Name' field from the WM Contacts can be seen. Currently the module is using the 'File As' field from WM Contacts and is only showing up to one line of text.

Today Revolution: Photo Contacts should have a small superimposed icon indicating which type of number is being used for each contact.

Lock Screen: The 'Subject' field information for the appointments is not wraping text to a second line.

Lock Screen: The time for the appointments is always waaaaaay off, usually showing 1:30 AM or 1:00 AM for morning appointments no matter what the time actually is.

Lock Screen: This module does not always handle incoming calls and notifications well during a device wake-up. It will freeze requiring a device soft reset to get past the issue.

Lock Screen: It would be good to have a code to be able to unlock instead of just sliding. I personally am not a fan of the slide to unlock gimick. Using the default WM lock with the Lock Screen component causes conflicts and device hanging as well.

Nice Touch: This module does not work at all, I had to disable it. It either is not running requiring manual repeated turn ons from the option control, or it causes the device to hang requiring a device soft reset.

Nice Touch: There should be a setting control for the speed of the scrolling.

Task Manager: This module causes reproducible device hangs when using the assigned 'OK' hardware button to close the WM 'Programs' window and sometimes the 'Settings' window.

Task Manager: In the 'Exception' options it never shows any applications that are running to be able to set them as exceptions. It does not matter how many apps are open and showing in the Task Manager list.

That is it, if these issues, at least the functionality ones, are resolved I know this application will blow it out of the water.

Thanks,

John
[General Topics] jackmay:
great software, after tried for three days and email ppclink, i have purchased it. Worth every penny.

wish have these features in the next

- Support finger design for Task Manager as iPhone style.

- yes, +1 for Lock Screen: The 'Subject' field information for the appointments is not wraping text to a second line.

- More Skins for both Today Revolution and Lock Screen or if they have skin creator then you guy can create your own skin.

- Support to get weather information from other source...
[General Topics] NEO130:
My wish is the languages files and with the D-Pad Button push the Icons in the Today Revolution.
[General Topics] samadhi23:
where can i get skins for that ... ??? like this app a lot
[General Topics] abienguyen:
Thanks all for your valuable feedback! Sure we will try our best to improve Hinavigator as much as we can.

We have just released version 1.6.1

# Improved language pack with English, German and Hungarian

# New option to switch language on Today Revolution

# Improved on showing Photo Contact

You can add your language in the Lang folder and then you can select your language from Today Revolution options.

Do you need this feature?

if yes please take a look at this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=413876

We are reviewing all feedback and will try to support the most requested features first,

All the best,

Abie Nguyen.
[General Topics] chiekh:
Suggestion

Please I suggest to allow the possibility to use the D-pad on Lockscreen for unlocking. Thanks.
[General Topics] Physboy:
I went to that thread but I do not see anything to resolve the issue with the names in the Photo Contacts module.

Also, I have not seen any difference to the Photo Contacts module in 1.6.1. What has changed?

The Weather Auto-Update bug has not been fixed either.
[General Topics] JNGold:
I gave up waiting for the weather auto update fix. I disabled the weather tab and installed the most recent version of pocket weather. Since I use s2u2 Pw interfaces with it.
[General Topics] njakobs:
I have loaded 1.6.1 and don't see any improvement with photo contacts. Infact I don't get any photos at all.

Update: Ok I deleted a tab so my 'contacts' page went from tab 5 to tab 4 and now all my contact photos show and are resized to fit. Perfect!
[General Topics] njakobs:
Icons

Hi, I would like to use some of my own custom icons. Has anyone worked out where they are located? and how we can add to the default set.

Cheers
[General Topics] bmb2n:
Contact photo not scaled properly.

Contact photo work but not properly. The larger photo is resized to fit the template but not scaled proportionaly. The resulting photo looks twisted.
[General Topics] 12gage:
how is the ram/battery usage on this verus mobile shell?
[General Topics] JNGold:
To be honest, I haven't seen any adverse difference on my Cruise.
[General Topics] pilgrim011:
I cannot believe that some people actually paid for this application - currently it's almost useless. I have seen early alpha versions of some today plugins working better/more stable than this commercial app.:mad: Just some of the problems: OK hardware button isn't working anymore with Hinavigator installed, switching profiles is impossible without touching screen, same with tabs switching, weather update isn't working at all, locking screen causes some problems, too. Etc. I'm deinstalling this right now, and I can only hope that in a, let's say, 6 months, this could be decent today plugin and replacement for HTC Home plugin which is completely bug-free, and at the same time is freeware.
[General Topics] JNGold:
As I may of mentioned, I am using HiNav only as a program launcher. I like it only in that capacity since it allows me more flexibility in how/where and types of things I can put on the today screen - a flexibility that HTC comes nowhere close to. However, that being said, I too beleive that the subsequent "added" features (ie. Weather, photo contacts, lock screen, etc) are not implemented well. I have had trouble with the auto update of weather since the first version of the app. As for the lock app, S2U2 works so damn well, I don't bother with the HiNav version.
[General Topics] njakobs:
I paid for this app and I love it. Sure it has a few 'little' bugs and I do mean little, but what new app doesn't

Key features I really enjoy are the lock screen, it's ability for me to read incoming sms's with one click.

I have ditched s2u2, spb mobile shell etc this thing does it all!
[General Topics] joele:
Does the lock screen work for you guys?

My problem with it is if I am using an app (say ereader) and then turn the device off, when I turn it back on again there is a 2 second delay (maybe 1.5) before the lock screen takes over. During that time clicks register on ereader, which kind of defeats the purpose of having a lock screen for me (i.e. so I don't turn the device on and register clicks/actions by accident).
[General Topics] njakobs:
I don't have this problem at all. I was just playing around seeing if I could get any clicks in and was a no go when using mobireader. There is a 1/2 second delay before the lock screen appears though.

When I first starting using HiNavigator I had a few problems. Having 1.6.1 version seem to fix most. Going to taskmanager options, close button tab and setting 'tap' = none. Fixed the rest.
[General Topics] abienguyen:
@ njakobs: many thanks for your help, we are working on version 1.8 and in the new version we will re-design Task manager (sure will much better) and support good features that we cannot speak out here :).

If you have any ideas or problem, please post here then we will try to support in the new version 1.8

Best,

Abie Nguyen
[General Topics] NEO130:
Hy Abie, you know my wish: D-Pad Button push the Icons in the Today Revolution. Come on make it for us. Always I have the probs with the registration to. I don`t change my ownername, but on softreset I lose my registration:
[General Topics] chiekh:
Please when i tab and Hold on Phone Profile Icon at the TAB Home i hear a beep but i can't see the pop-up menu. thanks.
[General Topics] sito_zire:
Hi. Please add bright control and wifi on/of inside profiles.

Thanks.
[General Topics] pilgrim011:
S2U2 is freeware, and HTC Home, too. With these 2 programs you can lock your screen, read sms's(and emails) with one click, just like in commercial Hinavigator. Besides, HTC Home provides working weather reports, tab for application launching, music tab, profiles tab, quick dial tab... Also, tabs can be activated with D-pad, without touching screen, etc. If you don't like HTC Home, there are some similar today plugins, again - freeware(for example ThrottleLauncher). My point is - why paying for an application which doesn't work, when there are better, free alternatives? You said "little" bugs - I don't think that non-working "OK" button is a "little" bug!:rolleyes: I cannot use my phone without it, pal, and I don't know how that doesn't bother you?!? Weather isn't updating at all, tabs aren't reacting on D-pad pressing, it is RAM hungry, actually majority of the features are not working well... So, what are the benefits of buying this app, instead of using freeware plugins?:eek::confused:
[General Topics] njakobs:
The weather updates work fine for me? I am not sure what you are doing wrong there. My phone does not have an 'ok' button so I can't comment on that aspect. If you don't enjoy all the subtle niceties of this program don't use it. But I for one am a total convert and I have used all the 'free' options you mentioned.

Go to A_C's and prasie his work. Bashing other peoples is all to easy
[General Topics] njakobs:
Thanks Abie,

The one thing I would be keen on is support for skinning. I see that you have the option to select skins. What format etc are they? Can we have details on how to create them? Or are you planning to release your own?

Cheers and thanks for all the great work.

Nigel
[General Topics] JNGold:
Weather auto update does not work unless it's on the active tab. To be honest, I have disabled most of the other options offered by HiNavigator (ie. Photo contacts, weather, task manager, and screen lock) since there are other more robust options out there.
[General Topics] abienguyen:
Anyone got the same problem as Chiekh???

Many thanks for your support, We will support this feature in the version 1.8

We will try if enough time to add in the version 1.8

Best to all,

Abie Nguyen
[General Topics] njakobs:
More suggestions/Requests.

Hi Abie

1) Ability to assign Alt-Tab to a hardware key.

2) Icon on Photo contact to indicate what number is assigned to it. eg Mobile.

3) Have option for 'Nice Touch' to start automatically on restart of device.

4) Have ability to change default apps. For example I would love for clicking on the alarm icon to open spb time instead of the default windows alarm settings. I know alot of people have there own choice of apps they want for messaging,alarms etc.

Cheers
[General Topics] mrphatpat:
Please Add Bakersfield California

I live in Bakersfield and it will not get my weather info. it is on the list of cities however wont show any info just says "N/A"

please help.

Edit:

I cannot download any weather info.

I cant download the stock cities.

damn damn damn.
[General Topics] njakobs:
Hi, at this stage you need to have the weather in the first tab for it to update. (See pic) You also need to either all ready have a connection to internet open or manually open it before update.

Hope that helps.

Cheers
[General Topics] JstarLuvsTina:
ive got this runnin on my tilt, and its been running very smoothly for the last 3 days!

ive disabled the lock feature and kept the weather feature running.. i mean i would love to see more cities added..specifically my town, East Brunswick, New Jersey.. but hey ..what can u do?

but uhhh besides .tsk files, how else can we customize this app?

are there any skins out there for it?

Jstar
[General Topics] JNGold:
Thank you for confirming that. I believe the developer needs to fix the abovementioned items for weather to be truly useful.
[General Topics] bmb2n:
I tried very hard to accept this software in replacement of HTC home. The later version v1.6.1 takes too much of my memory resource, not to mention incorrect contact photo scaling, disabled button, and freezes.

I'm now back with HTC home and couldn't be happier. It has almost everything that Hinavigator got to offerer. On top of that you get stability, speed, and less memory resource. Want skinning....you got it too.
[General Topics] pilgrim011:
That's what I'm talking about.;) Seems like njakobs is the only member of this forum which is satisfied with this non-working app... HTC Home rules!:cool: I would recommend to people which are developing this plugin to offer it for free until it becomes fully functional, and only then to start selling it.
[General Topics] JNGold:
If you turn off "nice touch" or whatever it's called, the today plugin works just fine. I am using only the today plug-in for it's level of customization only as a program launcher and system control panel access. I, of course turned off the weather because I don't want it on my home tab.

That being said, as a launcher alone, HiNavigator blows HTC home away. You can put any type of app, file, control panel icon on any tab you like. HTC doesn't come close with that functionality.

I run HiNav with a Touch Cruise and I have plenty of RAM available. HiNav works quickly and does the job, it's just a shame that the other features are really not up to snuff.
[General Topics] beodo:
Turn off screen does not work on my htc touch.

anyone could help? This is important for me

thanks!

If I install v1.5 Turn off screen works

with 1.6 does't.
[General Topics] njakobs:
I can confirm that the turn off screen doesn't work from the onscreen item. Apps that work with the screen off such as S2P still work fine. So it is just the link from the software button that is broken.
[General Topics] kewltechdude:
Problem with hinavigator

I have the treo 800w

The only thing that doesnt work and keeping me from buying is

the little icons under clock you know

The email one shows the correct count of unread emails

but the sms/text one doesnt ever show any count

i dont know if this is due to threaded text on the palm treo 800w?

all i know is spb mobile shell fixed the problem and it shows the number/

Is there a fix for this?
[General Topics] DavidRGreen:
HiNavigator - Task Manager & Weather

I have bumped into a few issues with the Task Manager which are addressable on the HTC Touch, maybe not so on others.

On the Task Manager / Close Button / Tap specification; when I set it to minimise, this intercept happened even if the close button had been replaced by an "ok" button during a record entry (like calendar appointment category). This action prevented me from creating any new records until I reset the specification back to "none".

This is not such a great issue on the Touch because by default, tapping the close button always did minimise.

Tap and Hold seemed to be functional as expected.

I have seen a lot of comments about the weather, and even I must agree that the range of available cities is a bit limited.

I also have SBSH's pocket weather installed, which is integrated into Pocket Breeze, and its range of weather locations seems quite extensive. Certainly I am able to have weather for my suburb.

Rather that having an extensive list stored within the application's database, why not add the option to add your own location, and then query the weather service to see if it is available.

... And now my phone has hung due to turning on, off and on too quickly, this wasn't a problem with previous applications. This may be an event that HiNavigator doesn't like.

One final point, I didn't see any documentation on what size contact photos need to be to render correctly.

The photo I had for one of my contacts was quite large, and looked good in Outlook (2007), but too big for HiNav as I only saw the top left corner of the background, so I shrank it down to the display size in Outlook (74x66), after which it looked blurry in Outlook, and surprise, its still too big for HiNav.

HiNav should probably re-scale on contact addition.
[General Topics] maxqc:
Hi,

I just found you software. Would it be possible to get it to work with Webis Flexmail so that HiNavigator can see unread mails from Flexmail... HTC Home can't do this.
[General Topics] davesouth:
800w experience

Here are my experiences from the Treo 800w, running the latest available software as of 8/17:

Slide to unlock shows military time. Not sure why.

The today screen plugin is only half the size of the today screen (~150px)

Is there any way to make this fill the whole today screen?

Also,

Is there any way to have a today screen plugin inside of a tab? For example, I would love to have a 'Calendar' tab.. with UltimateLaunch I am able to use Calendar+ ... but there doesnt seem to be any way to do this with HiNavigator.

Otherwise enjoying the experience!