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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Star-Lite:
so it's basicly an embedded browser (PIE) window that goes to a certain (opendir) url?

my feedback:

* no landscape support, i get double scrollbars.

* it doesn't ask to download a file, but instead displays it's contentsad as plain text. this makes the program totally useless :(

will wait for a fixed version.

I assume the games/apps are demo's or freeware apps?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kareeem:
Obviously all are freeware and a few demos. I tested the program out on my ROM and it works perfectly. I used to have a text problem and then it was fixed.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] tricsio:
Great app!!!

Is this device specific?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] showaco:
Works good for me with opera on fuze. Will you be adding more cabs? Or have a way for others to add cabs? Maybe by submitting to you for approval/adding?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kareeem:
I'll defintely add more cabs as they accumulate. If there was a way to have people add cabs without giving out the username and password (know some might want to jack or abuse the account), i'd be more than happy to.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
So did you just create a program that would parse information from what ever server you are using? (basically an internet browser)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kareeem:
Indeed, it was a little thing me and ather discussed. I gave him what was needed and he worked his magic.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
I think it would be cool to have it parse information into images (instead of the dead text) Kind of like pocketcm does with sms, overlay the text on images. If You or ather are up to te code for it i would be more than happy to create the images.

...it would also be cool do be able to access several different "portals." This could also solve the issue of abuse vs opening it up for all to post.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] itsallsubliminal:
did u copy paste url in opera or did u set it up to open opera by default? if so, how?

nice work kareem... great steps toward excellence! cant wait for v2
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kareeem:
If you have Resco File Explorer, try going to the directory and opening the .exe (open with option) with Opera.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
Version 1.1 posted. See post one for details.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
updated first post again, forgot to mention graphic were optimized for qvga. (please report for other screen sizes.)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
Fixed some server side issues things should run a little smoother now :)

Did notice that sometimes files are opened instead of downloaded.... working on a fix now.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] showaco:
Yeah, I wouldn't open it for everyone to add to. I was thinking that cabs could be submitted/sent to one of 3 of you. Then after you check it/approve it, that y'all will take care of adding it. That way no one else needs access, but you can have more cabs to add. This is similiar to how Installer and Cydia work for iphone apps. I have some themes I would like to add, let me know if its possible to point you to threads/links so they can be added.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
Haha thanks ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
try to long click and adjust your zoom.

For some reason your phone is trying to read the graphics at a vga level (when the graphics are qvga) when they should be "auto zooming" to fit at the right size
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Who-m3:
Nope.. Tried it with just PIE6 and long press does bring up the option to zoom. No clue what's going on, but it's annoying the he..ermm..crap out of me...

-John
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
is anyone else having this problem with vga?

thanks for testing john... i'll try messing around with it tonight, i may have to catch you on irc though because i don't have a vga device to test on.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] nigga886:
this program is sick i realy love it,but it would be cool if it would say to You what resolution the downloaded file (game,app...etc.) would work
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
thats part of the reason we encorperated navigation buttons in the program, it free's up space on the detalis pages to allow us to add another button :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Who-m3:
My device isn't VGA. I'm using AT&T Tilt / HTC Kaiser with PDA Corner Ultimate v17.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
Thats really strange then. It must be the rom (i'm also using a tilt.)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
I found a way to "boost the speed" without needing two versions. The new version will use a local file and a single image, instead of having to download a new image for every button.

This should cut the transfer size by atleast 70% ... meaning 70% faster load times
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
New screenshots have not been added yet, but the new enginge is attached to the download link. (first post)

I'm gonna give it a couple hours for people to make the switch and then i will be switching everything over to the new "speed boosting" system.

Please report problems if you find them :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
Well the server is not completely updated, but its getting there, if you would like to see the difference, try the programs section.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
1.5.1 released .....server is still being worked on but things are coming along nicely. things load MUCH faster than before.

Please report broken links if you find them
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dr4g0n75:
hey guys... great job.... i had no problem with the spped before but now it is alot faster for me... about 2 seconds if that to view programs page...

found a "bug"

in games... pocket gravity is labeled as line rider.. easy to find since the list is alphabetical...

in themes.. jak portal is a redundant loop...

and track my run is still in games... hardly a game

for me the program is a light grey.. kinda a washed out version of the original... suppossed to be this way?

one more thing... possible to increase the size of the "button" area? you have to hit the letters on the button now instead of just the whole button like before... there is no feedback now (highlight or button press animation).. i feel a little clumsy navigating now compared to previous version

there is a learning curve to this i guess, but i thought i would throw that out there...

thanks guys
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kmax12:
does this app somehow use IE to run? because i see the same bars that are in IE on the side.

I mention this because my rom has the new version of internet explore and when i load this app i need scroll horizontally everytime to view the buttons.

am i the only one with this problem?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
Thanks for reporting, i'll fix them in just a second.

I went with a different this time just for a change, the new version though relies on only a couple images though, so it easilly "themable"

If you have other ideas we can try them out, i just went for something nuetral.

The text should actually do nothing at all, the link action is attached the the cell itself (you should be able to double tap anywhere in the image)

I don't think i can do anything about the feedback (just because of the way i have it set up now....) so that may have to wait.

No problem, let me know if you find any other bugs or have any other suggestions. :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
it uses an embeded browser (pie), yes

you shouldn't have to scroll sideways through... Can you get a screen shot?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
New Skin

A new skin is up to match the new jak portal style, you will find it in the themes section.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
New Screenshots are up.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
Update:

Programs Section is now complete... along with the long awaited details pages :D

...and some programs were updated

Please report and problems you may run into.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
Minor Update:

"other" section has been updated with the new look, all that remains now are the details pages.

After the transition, we will be updating the server with ALOT more content.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
Update:

"Other" details pages complete
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ather:
hopefully if every thing goes good, ROM's coming too ;D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
Yep, its been added to the todo list, ask your favorite rom cooks to submit!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dr4g0n75:
how do we make our own skin?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kareeem:
Skin for what?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dr4g0n75:
um.. JAK of course!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kareeem:
Ah, sorry. I thought you were referring to some other theme. I think Joel would have to sehd some wisdom about this; not sure how limited we are since it runs off PIE.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
all the files to skin the browser are located in the "Jak Portal" program directory. Just keep the image names the same.... i have the program set to stretch to the button (so if you want to make a "vga" skin you should be able to make the images larger and make it look better)

Sorry for the slow response... i just flashed a new 6.5 rom on my kaiser and forgot to set up my email :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dr4g0n75:
thats just for the buttons at the bottom... how about for the background and the app buttons?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
those are stilll coming from the server, possibly with the next version we will be able to have those skinnable (i'm thinking about moving on to version two as pie differences are making things a royal pain)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Who-m3:
I told you that a few days ago.. Takes you flashing a PIE6 ROM before you believe me.. ehh.. I'll remember that.. *rm -rf /'s*
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
lol i didn't know how bad it was, i had seen it on vga and it just needed a little adjusting.... But on pie six, it was no bueno. (Mine actually looked different then your screen shots) Reguardless, pie is what to inconsistant with rendering to build something off of.

The next piece of software we put out will be more like a torrent downloader, more customizable, hopefully include some sort of backup file similar to sdautorun, so that your ppc can automatically download and reinstall your programs upon a new rom flash.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
Feb 22 server updates
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Who-m3:
For those of you following JAK Portal / WinMo Portal, I've been previewed to the 'unofficial beta'. Don't tell Joel, cause he'll kill me, but it's improved 10fold. I think everyone is truly going to enjoy it when it does release. Course, I'm trying to talk Joel, Ather, and Kareem into letting me do, or one of them doing, a video to post so you can see it before you install it. Just makes sense to me.

Anyway, I just wanted to drop a line for a moment, let everyone know what was going on. Since updates seemed to have dropped off the face of the earth, I'll pick up the slack *cough cough* lazy b******s *cough cough*..

:cool:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
Dangit who, i didn't want to have to kill you. :D

Updates Have dropped off because the new "version" will be a completely different client... therefore a new program and a new thread here on xda.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dr4g0n75:
where is this new thread of which you speak?

i personally would like to see what new goodies you have up your sleeve...

thanks for your hard work fellas
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ather:
the new thread isent started yet, but once it is, you all will be notified :rolleyes:
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] xmoo:
Don't know if this has been asked already.

But what about wvga support?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ather:
it's been tested on VGA (Fuze) and works good, will test on a WVGA device when some main testing is done :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
The new client already has Wvga Support. It should work on any screensize, as it directly reads the size of your screen and resizes appropriately.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kareeem:
As soon as we get it all together, i'll get a nice little video of the app running on my Tilt :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dr4g0n75:
hey guys... no updates in a while... everything ok?

looking forward to the new release...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
yep, been on vaca but i'm back at coding ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dr4g0n75:
did i miss the new thread?

the new rom im using has an updated pie... so now the app looks all screwy :(

hope you guys pick this back up... it has great potential
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
I'm waiting on something from the website owner so that the program has a search function.... i'll make sure its pretty obvious when we move to the new thread ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dr4g0n75:
any word....?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
New App Beta Released

Check below for new app :D

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=3754618#post3754618
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dr4g0n75:
yay!

thanks
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kareeem:
That's exactly what me and Joel discussed. Many users are kind and gracious but then there's that one that just wants to mess everything up so we'll have to handle it our way. Thanks for the suggestion.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] showaco:
Cool, I just tried out latest version, very nice graphics on first couple of pages. Works fine on vga. I noticed that if I keep hitting parent directory, then I end up back at a forum.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
once all the graphics are in place you won't have that problem anymore :)

.....By the way, you can pm ather or i the links and we'll work on getting them loaded up
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
update 1.3! more server progress.... graphics fully implemented!
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ather:
wow, never knew it would turn out to be this :D

i thinking of making a FTP website which allow's user to ONLY upload (which are first kept in holding to check...), after any one from us check's it, can continue :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ather:
Update 1.4 added in the first post

Changes :

Cabbed up

changed the form's name to JAK from K&J

feedbacks welcome :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
thanks ather. added a new screenshot of a theme download page.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Ather:
OMFG thats freakin amazing :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
its a meager selection right now for themes but i plan on working on that all tonight :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dr4g0n75:
i downloaded the theme you guys have on ther ebut my phone couldnt extract it. and i tried naming it to m2dct and m2d customizer wouldnt recognize it... any suggestions?

using att tilt with a hyperdragon III rom

thanks guys, awesome app...

do you plan to implement apptodate support? the updates are coming fast and furious :P
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
I'll look into app to date :)

On the theme thats up.... its a zip file that you will need to extract the contents. There is a main file that installs the icons weather ect and then if you want to change the colors there are other .m2dc files inside the zip.

The default color on instal is black (as shown in the screenshot)

Thanks for the feedback :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dr4g0n75:
are you sure it can be extracted with a phone? i tried and gotan error message
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
yes... you can use a zip program or pocket rar

I can shoot you a link for pocket rar if you need it. (my "zip" program is built into my rom so i can't really help you with that specific program)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
Server side update (no need to redownload and install)

Several Programs (7 i think) added including m2dc

Two more themes added to the m2d section

Manilla 3d themes section added, uploads on the way.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dr4g0n75:
i think i saw pocket rar in the programs list for this program.. just wish it would work with the zip included with the rom... thanks for the help
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
No problem at all, just let me know if i can ever help in any way :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
manilla 3d section ready with 2 themes thanks to showaco.

All three of us developers use Qvga devices and because of driver issues don't use m3d.... if you have something you would like to add to this section drop us a line.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mkalbouneh:
i dunno whats the big deal with downloads and updates why cant one go to "blah.com" using Opera, PIE or Skyfire

its great idea (the website), but i just added it to favs.

maybe just release it under "blah.com" and update the index page...

scrolling is soo much easier in opera, and the (cab opens as text) doesnt happen in Opera either

maybe there is a parameter or something that will let u set it up to open through opera!

MOE
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
1. the problem with opera is that opera developers didn't release an sdk for Visual Studio (microsoft did for pie). Coding through pie instead of natively allows for more screen space.

2. the problem with opening the the cab files as text does not occur in all pie browsers, pie6 opens the files correctly

3. as annoying as the index page is it helps us from getting in any trouble ("license agreement")

4.using the program forces you to go through the index (there isn't getting around it)

5. Using a program allows us to track how many users we have (important for bandwidth allowance) without having to soil the page with a hits counter.

6. In version two, we plan on trying to use a real "client and server".... i just know how to edit images and html better than i know how to write software. (that's why ather did the software coding :) ) All three of us are students who do this stuff in our free time... and this isn't what we are going to school for so we aren't all necessarilly the next bill gates (we are just learning as we go :D

Hope all this answered your questions, and of course THANKS FOR THE FEEDBACK :D

PS: i'm going to remove the link you posted (and replace it with blah.com) until i figure out a way to secure things :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mkalbouneh:
just to let u know, i wasnt against the idea..

just thought, i could get there faster that way//

first thing i would do, is lose the medieval times font and use something regular

as far as graphics, is it ok if i throw some ideas on this thread??
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] 1loudsvt:
i sent you a pm about some free hosting please reply if still needed
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mkalbouneh:
here u go

these are not made by me, but they are free to use, even commercially

i would make my own, but i am off to bed... long day tomorrow
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kareeem:
Replied :D

Very nice mkalbouneh. We'll discuss it and see what we come up with.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] Dr4g0n75:
let me know about this... i would be happy to share some of the fun stuff i found...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kareeem:
We might not do it this way because as i said, some people will abuse the system wanting to add malware, ads, etc. We'll be discussing the submit process further. I have a nice idea in mind that i'll be presenting to my co-workers :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kareeem:
Definitely will be added on the to-do list. In the meantime, we might just upload the new update to the server and you guys can download from there.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] mkalbouneh:
another thought since u guys represent XDA as MODS maybe u should name this as XDA-PORTAL
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
We thought about that in the begginig and if we get a version two out thats what we might name it.... we just had some concerns about getting xda in trouble.

...By the way thanks for the screenshots we will look into it
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fards:
tested on SE X1 with itjes 3.0 rom & pie6 built in.

Looks very promising so far.

graphics look fine although the font isn't the easiest to read maybe a sans serif for v2?

some files are opening rather than downloading.

suggestion:

maybe divide stuff into screen resolutions before you go to the categories?

I'm thinking that way you'll only get stuff that's designed for your device.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
is it the cab files that are opening?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] kareeem:
We will hopefully be doing categories to put the cabs under for easier navigation; we just need to discuss how we'll categorize.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] xboxhaxorz:
Great idea, i was hoping for something such as this without using a PDM rom. Hope theres lots of apps.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] xboxhaxorz:
Have you tried using gmail for server space, there is a way to do it. If not i have 20 gigs free that i got with my new Asus EEE but have not set up yet, i would be happy too donate as i wont use it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fards:
looks that way,

certainly all the files are starting mscf so I presume it's so.

which aren't cabs so I can test?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
try downloading a theme
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fards:
okay that one brings up a download screen with a shiney red button,

The theme's still a cab, but it gives me the option of saving it at least :D

HtH
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
the themes should be zip files.... the only thing it might be is that you don't really have pocket internet explorer 6... we are trying to work out a fix for everyone so that they can patch up their version ¤fingers crossed¤ :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] fards:
I do have PIE 6

had a quick rummage and it's the blue tf3d theme that's a cab...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] showaco:
I have same issue with some cabs I tried from programs section but my themes cabs in manila 3d section work fine.