yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
i think so. if all programs work with TF and 1 doesn't, i would suspect this one. but of course i cannot say for sure...

try to ask the author about it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bbonzz:
already done, but he's almost desappeared (he promised a new version for next month, so i wait). thanks anyway for your help
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
UPDATE:

Some problem came up with this feature.

In principle it is easy to have what you want: you just set the title of the program to "" (empty string). In this case the standard task switcher does not show it as a program.

But. The current WM native task switching monitor (that i am using since some time) does not handle switching between two programs with empty names. :(

So I will not include this feature. Otherwise you will experience problems with switching from, for example, MobileShell to the TF. Sorry.

My own task switching monitor, that i used before, was handling this case ok. But it was consuming more processor time, so i decided to go to the one built-in.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Shivi c:
i have a htc touch hd. just installed the tf version 3.8.5. is that the best version for my phone.

also how do i assign the hotkey. what is the default hothey for the touch hd ?

thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lbloo:
The download links in the first post are failing. Does anyone have a mirror or alternative download link?

Thanks.

Leon.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tatnai:
Just google it, you'll find mirrors.

On my HTC Vogue from sprint, it takes a good 5 seconds for v 3.8.5 to start up. Works wonderfully after this. Thanks for the program.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] rockuman_ex:
yes, but i couldn't get the version 4 anywhere?

all of them are still 3.8.5

can you please mirror the version 4 somewhere?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tatnai:
http://www.hpc.ru/soft/software.phtml?id=21929

Don't know if it is in english, though, will test.

EDIT: it's english, but RC1. Could not find a mirror with RC2. Will have to wait until the sites back up, or maybe GPS-LOVER can post it here while the site is down?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] meth0dGSX:
bummer cant find this anywhere now really besides 3.85, are there any other apps like this that work well on a Touch Pro? i just tried a couple and nothing was as good as this
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
Test version: 4.0 Release Candidate 3

2008-02-10: 4.0 Release Candidate 3

Changes:

+ New standard theme: MacOS

+ Drawing speed optimized

+ Theme dialogs optimized

+ New setting: Options->Layout->ShowSelectionInTaskbar (shows the name of currently selected program in the taskbar)

+ New setting in themes: Theme->Titles->[Shadow settings] (allow you to draw a title shadow, can be seen in MacOS theme)

# Bugfix: wallpaper/solidFill did not draw correctly when 'Enabled' was deselected

Screenshot:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] p50kombi:
Think your site is down

Just to let you know, your site has been down for some time now...

Hope it'll be online again soon :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
today i wrote them a letter.

right now it's alive.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] p50kombi:
Good luck :)

seems very unstable..I can't reach it..

Will just keep trying.

Thanks for the heads up.. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
in such cases i use proxies from here:

http://anonymizer.nntime.com/script/anonymizer.php
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] LordDeath:
Alpha 3 still crashes, when PocketPlayer is running. With Task Facade and Pocket Player, both running at the same time, even the start menu won't show up. :(

At the moment I have 85 MiB free Program Memory on my Touch HD.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tatnai:
Hi, thanks for this great program. A couple of things:

1. RC3 downloaded from your website has RC1 written on the "about" page.

2. Is there a way for me to set task facade to take screenshots of all the current applications when it is launched? This probably isn't possible, I'm just wondering.

3. Is it possible to make the background semi-transparent, and how do you do so?

Thanks a bunch!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aussiebum:
website is dead again... -_-. Is it ok if someone sticks a copy of the release candidate on a mirror or something?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lbloo:
The site was up just now and I managed to grab the RC3. I'll try to attach it to this post...

Attachment removed upon request of the author.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
please remove it from here.

if i wanted to do this i would do it by myself.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aussiebum:
thanks, I managed to get it off the official website fine now - you can remove that link Ibloo!

feedback (based on X1):

* definite improvement from 3.8.5, no more memory leaks (or less obvious anyways)

* animations *do* seem smoother vs RC2 (although I usually just leave it at 2 frames for super-speed)

* default theme is great! I prefer black though...

will report on bugs if I notice any in this build... thanks again for this program. How do I donate?

oh yeah - I noticed someone has submitted Task Facade 4.0 RC2 to Softpedia website - you might want to tell them to take it down too.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dwphoto:
Hi

I've tried this on my diamond but there arent many buttons to map it to - one in fact and i need it for something else.

How are other diamond users configuring theirs?

Thanks, Dean
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Cybrasty:
Wallpaper request

Hi,

Apart from the fact that both dynamo2 and dynamo3 are freezing when I try to close app (I'm doing it different way any way) there is one thing that I'm missing: wallpaper!

I'm designing a new theme (slowly but still) and I could really use a background when you switch your applications. So instead of just black colour, you can add jpg or other png?

Is that possible that new version will have it?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
Try AE Button
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
development news

hi guys,

update will be ready in a couple of days.

had to re-write almost everything to make it properly structurized for further development. :cool:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] bobsbbq:
Some feedback, nice program, could be a little faster. Should be a way to close app from taping or something. Clicking on the x just dims and most of the time locks the program. I still experience black boxes on startup until I click on them.

Keep up the good work.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] synghyn:
I agree with Sunra on being able to set a given screenshot/icon/thumbnail for a given program. Seems like it would both simplify the use of the program, and probably save processor usage. Not sure how it would be implimented though. I suppose it could be set up so that you could manually pick an icon, etc from the menu, or in an .xml/config in the program folder. I don't know how hard it would be to have the program automatically detect the icon from a given programs exe for instance, but I guess that would probably be the ideal.

Just some thoughts, thumbnails will work if all else fails.

Man, re-writing most of the prog, did you get your self in deeper than you thought? :D

Thanks for all the work on this gps-lover, way above and beyond the call. It's a great concept though, hope it all works out to it's potential.

Syn
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] undergrounddemand:
Not having problems with speed, running very fast on my Touch Cruise.

It's a nice app, still needs some improvements but you're doing a fine job.

Freezes when trying to close one of the opened apps.

The process file was only 759KB when running. Improvements are needed, like make a cab file, maybe an wallpaper, but the work is very good, thanks.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Blowfish64:
I don't think having a simple, standard thumbnail for given programs is really practical or ideal. Besides, there are programs where the screen significantly changes from a "standard" so it's nice to be able to show that. Maybe the screenshot taking is using too much memory on older devices, but any newer device has enough memory that it shouldn't be a problem, so I don't think inhibiting a program's features to cater to older technology is the way to go. If it is too much of a strain on your PPC, you can always just decrease the picture quality and it will make a significant difference.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] synghyn:
Actually the speed wasn't my biggest concern. It runs just fine on my wing, and I haven't noticed much in the way of slowdown overall with other programs while it's running. While that would be nice for slower PPCs, I don't think it's a big enough deal to dumb it down. What I was actually thinking was that it can be confusing looking at low res thumbs of say 2 similar looking windows. Say a fexplore window and a total commander window. If nothing else it might be a good option to add, especially if you could set it to do either/or for given programs. Also an exception list would be great. So say you could not have it show your PocketCM thats always running in the background but you don't need to switch to manually, or so you can hide your desktop instead of having it shown.

All that said, if it has nothing more than it does now, but the task closer part of the program gets fixed to work properly, I'll use it regardless. These are just some ideas on things to look at and think about adding. When it comes down to it, gps-lover is the man doing the work, I'll be happy with what he thinks is best.

Syn
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Blowfish64:
Yes, I definitely agree with a need for an exception list. I have no need to have 2-3 windows showing for the phone program that is always running in background and can't be closed anyway (plus is activated by the green phone button). This is one of the big things I'm hoping for in a future release.

Also, an option to have the desktop screen always stay in the upper left corner would be really welcome too.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] m00moo:
Good job on dynamo.

Though it dont work on my diamond correctly. As i've seen from other posts, it crashes when trying to close an running app. and then it causes my phone to lagggggg and crash :confused:

Would be nice to see a more user friendly menu system to edit settings or themes in future releases

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] vibranze:
Dynamo-3 CAB

Hi,

I've created the cab installer for this great visual task switcher, although it made my device lagging while closing running apps, it is still a great program and worth trying. Hope the author can fix the bugs.

V
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] htctoucher:
this app is just amazing.

two things:

it will crash if I try to close the Phone with it

it will also sometimes display programs not open, and then I press on the X to close them within Dynamo, and Dynamo crashes

thats all

other than that it is perfect!

great work

htctoucher
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] FatBoyExtraordinaire:
Thanks for the cab.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mike21pr:
yes, app closing crashes the app, hope to see a fix for this soon
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JukEboXAuDiO:
Where is the configuration program? I can't fnd it?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] eric2k:
Hi

There is no config app.

Look for the folder called theme, edit the text file called default. Or rename say metal to default and it will change skins.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
3.1 beta version
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] shaunie81:
anyone have a cab file for 3.1 beta file yet?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] brettwinters:
3.1b exception on load

Hi guys,

I just copied the files over the previous install (3.02) and executed dynamo3.exe. Unfortunately generates NullReferenceException on startup

at Dynamo3.Settings.Load(String filename)

at Dynamo3.DynamoForm..ctor()

at Dynamo3.Program.Main()

Looks like filename is null?

Regards

Brett
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
unfortunately at the moment i live in some strange place that paypal does not support for donations.

:(

maybe someone knows another way of receiving donations apart from paypal?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aussiebum:
Try these guys? Ageye (guy who makes GAlarm, etc) has this link on his website.... http://www.moneybookers.com/app/
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
thanks. gonna try this one out.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
Just opened it.

www.moneybookers.com

Email for donations: taskfacade.info@gmail.com
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] lastnikita:
(at least) desktop process still have some problems sometimes it is hidden

otherwise works fairly well :)

TaskFacade.exe

DivideByZeroException

at TaskFacade.MainForm.InitBounds()

at TaskFacade.MainForm.InitTile(Boolean needsRefesh)

at TaskFacade.MainForm.HideProcess()

at TaskFacade.MenuManager.MenuItemProcessHide_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem.OnClick(EventArgs e)

at System.Windows.Forms.Menu.ProcessMnuProc(Control ctlThis, WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)

at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)

at System.Windows.Forms.Control._InternalWnProc(WM wm, Int32 wParam, Int32 lParam)

at Microsoft.AGL.Forms.EVL.EnterMainLoop(IntPtr hwnMain)

at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form fm)

at TaskFacade.Program.Main()
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tatnai:
repost: anyone have answers?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Tamille:
Thanks 4 this App.

I use it on my diamond (wm6.1 and latest vodafone rom)

it works very nice and i'm very happy with this app

thx thx thx
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] htctoucher:
hey!

i made a skin for your (gps-lover) amazing app and posted it in my gloss theme (see signature)

also posted in your theme thread!

hope you all like it

one question:

.. it seems the ok button is no longer visible in RC3.. meaning it is hard to access the options/theme options, is this a bug?

one request:

..transparent background support? e.g. take a photo of the screen (which the app already does), and overlay the minimzed apps over that, allowing the user to define how transparent the wallpaper or solid fill is? that would be an amazing addition!

@tatnai:

2. nope! not yet anyway as far as i can tell

3. nope but id also like to see this implemented!

thanks for the great app

htctoucher
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] tatnai:
If running full screen, you single tap in the empty space, a menu comes up.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
very nice!!

now you can call menu in 2 ways:

- if the menu is visible, then check the right menu item;

- if the menu is not visible, tap on free space (not within slots)

not possible, sorry
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
sorry, it's not just nice!

i was writing that just looking at the screenshot.

and then i installed it.

I must say, with your theme i really love my program! :)

it's the first professional theme for TaskFacade. and i'm very happy that you keenly felt all the possibilities i put into theming.

i think i should ask you to present your theme as the standard one for the 4.0 release (coming this Sunday).

pS. By the way, why won't you make your TF screenshots in the Full Mode, without the Taskbar. Your theme looks even more cooler that way.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] htctoucher:
thanks!

really glad to hear you like it!

i always like hearing when the creator of apps i skin appreciate it so much :D

i would be more than happy letting you use it as default, i think that would be really cool addition to your already amazing application!

you really did a nice job making this app skinnable, very easy to figure out, and easy to implement really slick looking png overlays that allowed me to make it look glossy!

as for using fullscreen.. good point.. ive never actually tried fullscreen!

EDIT: i changed the screenshot ;)

thanks for the feedback!

let me know what you do

thanks

htctoucher
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] drew2000:
I am using a mobile 5 QVGA HTC Wizard and the program is working smoothly for me, I am using HTC Touchers theme as well and as you said GPS-Lover it really gives your program a professional look that just rocks! Thanks to you both. Like I said it is working without glitches on my old ppc and I don't understand why more mobile 5 users arent using it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JNGold:
Great job! RC3 has been rock solid on my Diamond so far.

Request: Would it be possible/feasible to have a single line of text either on the top or bottom of the screen to show Program memory information (Total/used/available)? It would save a trip to the memory control panel! ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] N!ghty:
tried it on my touch hd - kinda cool - but whats buggin me is that i always have to "run" the app to switch to another app, that actually takes longer than switching without TF. i read on the app website that there should be a possibility to set a hotkey - didnt find that option! would VERY useful tho. e.g. long press home

and more fps would look a lot better when the new app "fades in" (i know its possible to change the frames in options - but its slower than and that sux)

cheers.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] JNGold:
Use AEButtonPlus to map TF to any key press combo you prefer. Or, use the Key mapping control panel to map TF to any listed key press combo. On the diamond, the Key mapping list is limited to Press-and-hold send key. However AEButtonPlus gives the option for any key combo.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
was it taken down.. i can no longer download:

VERSION 4.0 RELEASE CANDIDATE-3

says server error
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
server is back up .. i am trying out application and i always see shell32 as a running application on my device.. if i click and hold to highlight ,, then click on process/hide.. it goes away...

but now when i try to bring up task facade.. it never comes up anymore..... i see taskfacade ontop and process for left softkey and menu for rightsoft key but not windowing of running apps..........?

any thoughts..?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
server is back up .. i am trying out application and i always see shell32 as a running application on my device.. if i click and hold to highlight ,, then click on process/hide.. it goes away...

but now when i try to bring up task facade.. it never comes up anymore..... i see taskfacade ontop and process for left softkey and menu for rightsoft key but no windowing of running apps..........?

any thoughts..?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
server is back up .. i am trying out application and i always see shell32 as a running application on my device.. if i click and hold to highlight ,, then click on process/hide.. it goes away...

but now when i try to bring up task facade.. it never comes up anymore..... i see taskfacade ontop and process for left softkey and menu for rightsoft key but no windowing of running apps..........?

any thoughts..?

the cab says rc3 but when i go to about screen it says rc1... everyone elses like that?

i added shell32.exe to exclusions... and it still shows up.....

is this application supported on this forum...?

sprint htc touch pro
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] aussiebum:
Hi, been using RC3 for about two weeks now, here are some suggestions / issues / bugs:

issues:

* Memory consumption still gets a bit high if Task Facade is on and the phone isn't soft reset. Closing Task Facade (with no other apps running) freed up 6% of memory on my X1!

bugs:

* Whenever there's a popup dialog box and I poweroff my screen, Task Facade crashes with a nasty exception msg

suggestions:

* To reduce memory usage, how about storaging screenshots of active apps on Storage Card / Main Mem / Ramdisk (give us the choice)?

* A figure to show the % of memory used / free would be handy

* Rather than having to long-tap a app to close it, how about introducing a "X" button overlay on the left corner or something?

Otherwise, great app!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] dody:
I Dont Know if someone report that it is too slow responded comparing to candidate 1 and even Alphas - i cant read all comments i just wanted to report that , and sometimes also it cant show the screen shots well it shows the icons of the programs instead of and sometime not , for example instead of the UI program it shows Shell, activesync it shows the icons too ,etc ...

and the resolution of the screen shots is not good too , i am using it on WM5
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
2008-02-19: TaskFacade 4.0 Release Candidate 4

2008-02-19: TaskFacade 4.0 Release Candidate 4

+ New standard theme: Gloss (thanks htctoucher!)

# bugfix: exception when hiding the last process

- AppToDate support removed

No more changes are planned until 4.0 release. This version will become 4.0 release on 23.02.2009 if no problems appear.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
"a bit high" is a strange phrase.

TF is of course an app that consumes some memory.

please post the message

#1 and 3 - don't think it's effective.

#2 - maybe someday...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
hi.

maybe someday i introduce it. but definitely not in the nearest future.

thanks for your kind words.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] gps-lover:
Hi Mandragore,

thanks for your enthusiasm!

on my diamond it takes about 1/3 of a second to call TaskFacade.

i think you measure timeout of your button handling program.

32 is definitely too much. wait a couple of years for devices with 1 giga of memory.

every task manager has a time interval for measuring cpu usage/ memory consumption. and some of them try to interpolate these data. don't take it too seriously.

no, it does not.

no, they do not cost too much.

fixed in RC4.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] iTouch24:
i installed latest version:

i added shell32.exe to exclusions... and it still shows up.....

i see active sync there as well... i know that comes up allot by itself.. i held icon and a red x came over it ...

then i hit the x on the top right hand cornor...

tries to open task facade again and:

when i try to bring up task facade.. it never comes up anymore..... i see taskfacade ontop and process for left softkey and menu for rightsoft key but no windowing of running apps.. just my current screen....?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] djkasmic:
why did you remove apptodate support??
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Mandragore:
Thanks for your quick, helpful reply and fixing the bug, I'll check out RC4! :)

Yep, I've got quite a few applications running, like: TF3D, AEButtonPlus, QuickMenu, WkTASK, ChangeScreen, PocketShield, POutlook, Lumos and TaskFacade of course! All nice and useful, but they all take up precious resources, when there is still even more left for me to run.. What to do, what to do.. :rolleyes:

Sure, it takes time for the button handling to start/activate TaskFacade in the first place. I've currently mapped it to double press Volume Up and double press Up Arrow. Any suggestion or tips on how I can speed that process up, if possible? What do you use to start/activate TaskFacade? I have TaskFacade installed on Internal Storage. Will it make a difference if I install it on the device?

And what about the actual switching to the selected application? With both WkTASK and TaskFacade running, switching by tapping a taskbar icon refreshes the screen instantly. Even with just 1 animation frame it takes TaskFacade nearly a second longer to start the refresh.

Don't get me wrong, I'm really impressed and very happy with what you've accomplished! :cool:

I can live with the slight delay, ditch WkTASK and replace most of it's functionality with QuickMenu's and TaskFacade's. Although I'll miss the direct view of, and access to the taskbar icons of all non-excluded applications running.. Maybe something to consider researching as an option for a future TaskFacade release ;)

Ah, HTC Task Manager fooled me by showing two TaskFacade application instances when I enter TaskFacade's menu. When I check it with SKTools Processes, I see you are right, sorry! And SKTools CPU Usage with 0.5 sec. interval also showed me the spike isn't smaller, but it is much shorter, < 3 sec. Indeed, nothing to take too seriously :o