yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Topics] quicksite:
hi SciLor, I ams going through all comments on this thread to make sure nothing has been forgotten... Someone below DID nominate you however they were too ambiguous and just said "for all your touch-friendly apps)

I have been looking at the links to your apps, out of my own curiosity, and am really curious about the Gestural App Launcher.

I have not tested this app, as I am now using an Android phone.

In reading this thread I have a few questions:

1. Do you have screenshots or video that shows this app in action? Just going on text descriptions, it sounds fantastic! I'm especially curious given the increasing battle over "resistive screens vs capacitive: which provide best functionality, ease of use, accuracy" etc...

What I don't "get" is: why are there practically no comments here, and really not one at all saying "yes, this works great!" or "I want to include this on a ROM" ? Is this because this is still alpha early development and not yet releasable to use reliably?

2. Sometimes I have found that outstanding work can get ignored here with such a huge site... especially if a developer is either modest, or doesn't like to have to "sell" to others the value of his work.

With the 2009 Devvy Awards in final nomination stage, as I have noted in nominating thread rules, anyone can nominate themselves, no problem with that. And I noticed you must *not* be modest since, on that thread, you ask posters "I hope someone finds one of my apps 'Outstanding'". Later in the thread someone nominates your work, but as an overall batch of "all your apps".

So I am hoping there can be some kind of specificity re what seems to be a large # of technically challenging apps & utilities you have created.

I added your Leo .dll for multitouch, which to me is reason enough for recognition

3. Though it is not my call at all --- it is the whole XDA community's call --- I don't personally think (yet) that the Devvy Awards should include game apps -- since there are so many venues that already recognize game app dev... so the frog game app, for example, seems like it's not a development that adds great functionality and usability to touchscreen phones...

4. Thus, I am just trying to see if you can rate your own apps in terms of that criteria: adds great functionality and usability to touchscreen phones...

I think that anyone who is working on foundational work such as gesture based app launcher should have such work recognized. I just don't know, since I can't test myself, if this app is fare enough developed as to qualify for 2009, or whether it is more likely to be a fully realized product in 2010?

thank you in advance for answers ---- from you or anyone of the users of your apps.
[General Topics] Livven:
Okay, that was me, so let's be more specific and say for his Fahrplanauskunft (bus/train wayplans) apps, which is very useful for me :).
[General Topics] quicksite:
Thanks, that really helps because I was just reading that whole thread, and sounds like a really great app. One of the last posts on that thread is from someone who says there is a related app on iPhone which is extremely popular, and that a similar app for WM would "make you famous" .... which I have no doubt.

In USA we have a web service called http://www.NextBus.com -- and in San Francisco, it is broken out as http://www.NextMuni.com ("Muni" is the short name for Municipal Transportation Authority ). This gives real-time "next arrival time" of buses and trains in the city, and its generally very accurate and very highly used. They have a mobile version, and many people use their phones to access the info... (often cursing "when is the next damn train coming; it's been 25 minutes" --- you see, the tracking system is great; the prob in San Francisco is a terrible management & operational division that can't manage to run the buses and trains on time reliably!)

Related is a Trip (Route) Planner, at a site called 511.org .... for example here:

http://tripplanner.transit.511.org/mtc/XSLT_TRIP_REQUEST2?language=en&itdLPxx_homepage=secondStep

So I am just guessing SciLor's app has these elements of planning how to get somewhere based on schedules and bus/train routes?

Thanks for adding that info. (I don't understand why it is not more widely used by XDA members... I understand it's for cities in Germany, but there must be thousands of XDA members in cities all across Germany...

Sounds like this app should be nominated for recognition in app dev.
[General Topics] scilor:
1. The app works fine, but the GUI is only optimized for QVGA and is only a debug GUI.

But: You will have to edit a cfg file to add new Gestures for Launching. So the "config part" is missing.

Here you have a screenshot: http://scilor.ac-host.net/gesturelauncher.html More isn't there yet, just the numbers at the bottom change

2. Thanks for adding my Multitouch DLL :) I spent many hours on it.

3. Games may be nice, for example if it is very nice unique and new. My Games are not that special. Or would you call a TicTacToe Clone or a reflex testing game "unique"

4. The program will be ready in 2010 and fine useable with a config gui. So it isn't THE App of 2009 ;)
[General Topics] jug6ernaut:
Thanks!, & yes you added notation perfectly.(sry if me saying he wasnt added was obvious hehe)

& hehe glad you like my quote lol.
[General Topics] Livven:
Just saw you modified the nominations list a bit. The "htcthemergloss" is "htctoucher".
[General Topics] illi:
Nomination: Topaz ROM by Mr Nhathoa

I wish to nominate Mr Nhathoa for his Topaz ROMs.

[TOPAZ][WM6.5][WWE][NhatHoa Roms][Build 21889/23518-HTC Sense 2.5.1922.2911]

and

[TOPAZ][WM6.5][WWE][NhatHoa Roms][Build 21889-HTC Sense 2.1.19213017.0]

Mr Nhathoa has been very productive and untiringly giving spendid support to users. His ROM release has been almost every week and his ROM is well acclaimed:)

Thank you
[General Topics] 大道低回:
I want vote the same!

I want to vote the same!
[General Topics] EgorLev:
+ my vote for his grate work
[General Topics] Michiel0211:
He has my vote!
[General Topics] fieldop:
that's +1 from me! thank you!
[General Topics] + Que PPC:
Damn!!!!! im nominated!!!! for hermes forum ROM Development in old devices!!!!!! :eek: sooooooo cool!!!!! thanks a lot! i must to nominate in roms for Universal to "TOMAL" 6.1 roms... 6.5 sucks in Themes to livven and KANE apps and unlocks

olipro, Dsixda for elf(in), wow so much good developers... BTW my roms are (Moonspell, Mirion)
[General Topics] farukb:
pof,olipro,cmoex....without them....all this forum would be crap and it would've been called xda-testers (or maybe xda-themers) because the top job would be to test an app...so i'd like to see these names in top shelves and i vote for our master developers that kick asses

i think there is absolutely no need to mention what they did,just look at the forums...and see for yourself

and by the way the guy is olipro not olinex :S

http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=259688

OLI for olipro and NEX for cmonex=OLINEX http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=OliNex

and i'd suggest you to make some kind of honorable members gorup.....and my first nominee would be MESCHLE our retired grandmaster
[General Topics] :
Nominations for the Theming & Skinning development for Windows Mobile category:

demonizator for his "tPro" series - Sense / TouchFLO-style skinning of S2P, S2U2 & Resco Keyboard Pro.

[ElCondor] for his Leo-styled startup animation / welcomehead skins "quietly brilliant".

Nomination for the Essential OS Replacement Interface Components & Functions for Windows Mobile category:

loffactory for his TouchFLO-styled contact manager "Easy Contact".

Nomination for the New Application Development for Windows Mobile category:

Arlanthir for his development in his first application, a Guitar Hero for Windows Mobile - Touch The Music.

While on hold and a dev release, I believe Arlanthir deserves credit for this fantastic work.

Nominees that I support:

DSI XDA for his fantastic Onyx ROMs for Elf(in). He single-handedly keeps the Elf(in) device competent.

A_C for the must-have apps S2U2 & S2P. Overcomes the ugliness of the default WM counterparts.

Livven for his WM 6.5.x theme SimpleGloss. Wouldn't have switched to 6.5.x without this theme.
[General Topics] Livven:
Guess who nominated you :p.

This is really a major problem... I got my Hermes as a gift last summer and, as usual, checked out Wikipedia for more information, then gradually came to the xda-developers wiki because there were so many links to it. I read everything about the Hermes, but did not understand anything at first... what is a ROM, a radio, a SPL/HSLP whatever, why do we need this, why is there no easy explanation of all this in the wiki and no easy step-by-step guide to follow... it seemed like a completely different world, like it was written by hardcore-users for hardcore-users... finally I found the way to the xda-developers forums (it's not obviuos that the forums are the central of this site, as the different sections are very poorly integrated; but it seems there are some people working on this), though this let to only more confusion... what is Manila, what is Titanium, what is CHome...

It took me a long time and much reading through different threads to figure everything out, but I'm sure there are many WM users out there who don't have the time or patience for this. But, this isn't necessary as it's really not that difficult if it was all explained properly, we only need a centralized and easy-to-find location. The wiki obviously doesn't satisfy this, and most guides on the forums are too complicated for newbies.

Yes, I voted for Great idea and there's not enough time, you were right :).

A post on the front page?
[General Topics] Badwolve1:
OliNex, Best SPL's Around :p
[General Topics] ROMANCEMAN84:
my vote to Que PPC

my vote for Que PPC

for all his hard work in hermes wm6.5 amazing roms...
[General Topics] dragonkaiser:
Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual Windows Mobile phone device : [TOPAZ][WM6.5][WWE][NhatHoa Roms][Build 21889/23518-HTC Sense 2.5.1922.2911] ------> NhatHoa

Outstanding Achievement for Theming & Skinning development for Windows Mobile : Shadowline

Special Devvy Recognition for XDA ROM Chefs Hall of Fame from all the early years of XDA-developers website's outstanding ROM development : NhatHoa
[General Topics] quicksite:
Quick Menu and WKtask -- I overlooked these

Division 1 ...... WINDOWS MOBILE Operating System

2. Outstanding Achievement for Essential OS Replacement Interface Components & Functions for Windows Mobile (these would include Keyboards, Dialers, Contacts, Notification Systems, etc)

• "QuickMenu" -- author: nanling, from Alen-Soft

系统下的开始菜单和任务切换软件 QuickMenu by nanling

For many WM users, QuickMenu has been an indispensable replacement "Start Menu" for WM default, as well as quick access utility launcher and communication status switcher. It's been included in tons of ROMS. Not everyone chooses to use it, but to me it is so ubiquitous with WM roms, that it cannot be overlooked in nominations.

4. Outstanding Achievement for Utility/Applet/Scripting development for Windows Mobile

• WKtask -- author: waku, from Wk Software Lab (original Japanese site)

Supported in 24 languages! Less-widely used than QuickMenu yet still used by large numbers of people, is WKtask -- a very inventive app that gives Windows Mobile similar "taskbar" functionality as its big brother Desktop taskbar: Tap the icon in the top taskbar to switch apps; tap and hold to select to minimize of close that app. Also enables several gesture controls, as well as a full application launcher. Very hard to know where to best classify this amazing program.

9. Special Recognition for Multiple-Year Achievements in pre-2009 Development of the Most Widely-Adopted Apps & Utilities on the Windows Mobile platform*

• QuickMenu -- author: 系统下的开始菜单和任务切换软件 by nanling (Alen-soft)

• WKtask -- author: waku (wksoft)
[General Topics] hellbleazer:
1. Outstanding Achievement for New Application Development for Windows Mobile : A_C for S2U2 !

4. Outstanding Achievement for Utility/Applet/Scripting development for Windows Mobile : OliNex for his hardSpl !

6. Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual Windows Mobile phone device : JDShadowline for Topaz Rom series !

7. Outstanding Achievement for Theming & Skinning development for Windows Mobile : JDShadowline, best skin ever !

10. Special Devvy Recognition for XDA ROM Chefs Hall of Fame from all the early years of XDA-developers website's outstanding ROM development : JDShadowline again :p.
[General Topics] tomoooo:
6. Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual Windows Mobile phone device

I think, Shadowline should be nominated for cooking always the latest and highly usable and comfortable ROMS for Topaz.

For skinning I would Recommend NRGZ28, as I do prefer his themes, even Shadowlines are also good.

tomoooo
[General Topics] Pandemoniumone:
I would like to nominate grzegorz10 also known as G10

Themes & Skinning category

The phenomenal work (Dusk & Pewter... to name a couple of his latest) he's done for the Blackstone. Not only are they the best and most complete themes available but his unmatched support for his themes is also something to be recognized.
[General Topics] Angus9000:
6. Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual Windows Mobile phone device : Shadowline

7. Outstanding Achievement for Theming & Skinning development for Windows Mobile : Shadowline
[General Topics] Luc_GIS:
6. Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual Windows Mobile phone device : Shadowline

7. Outstanding Achievement for Theming & Skinning development for Windows Mobile : Shadowline
[General Topics] Davka:
6. Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual Windows Mobile phone device: TAEL for TAEL ROM (HTC Raphael)
[General Topics] benko286:
Mine vote for

6. Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual phone device running Windows Mobile goes to l3v5y(multiple ROM's and kitchen's)

and for

12. Outstanding Community Achievement Providing Consistent Practical, Helpful, Clear Feedback and Q&A Support in any Forum goes to Captain_Throwback
[General Topics] DalvuS:
+1

I could have never been more specific... 100% agree. +1 on that one
[General Topics] jngtt:
Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual Windows Mobile phone device : Shadowline

Outstanding Achievement for Theming & Skinning development for Windows Mobile : Shadowline
[General Topics] nettech:
6. Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual Windows Mobile phone device: ..... <TAEL for TAEL ROMS 2.1 and sence versions>
[General Topics] TorbenKB:
6. Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual Windows Mobile phone device : JDShadowline

7. Outstanding Achievement for Theming & Skinning development for Windows Mobile : JDShadowline

:)
[General Topics] Malomaly:
6. Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual Windows Mobile phone device : vagrik
[General Topics] BigBadger:
Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual Windows Mobile phone device:

NRGZ28 for his EnergyROM for Raphael
[General Topics] Raphael-Fan:
Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual Windows Mobile phone device : TAEL for TAEL ROM (Raphael)
[General Topics] ElCondor:
Outstanding Community Achievement Providing Consistent Practical, Helpful, Clear Feedback and Q&A Support in any Forum

orb3000!

He is just awesome!
[General Topics] Mfej205:
6. Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual Windows Mobile phone device : Shadowline

7. Outstanding Achievement for Theming & Skinning development for Windows Mobile : Shadowline
[General Topics] Fdo35:
For

6. Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual Windows Mobile phone device

I would like to nominate sternas for his awesome HTC HD2 (Leo) ROMs.
[General Topics] codeconqueror:
Division 1 ...... WINDOWS MOBILE Operating System

6. Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual phone device running Windows Mobile

TAEL ROM v3.23518 (WinMo 6.5.5.5) for Raphael.
[General Topics] ClouDtheStrifE:
Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual Windows Mobile phone device : TAEL for TAEL ROM (Raphael)
[General Topics] macsa:
6. Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual phone device running Windows Mobile

TAEL ROM v3.23518 (WinMo 6.5.5.5) for Raphael.
[General Topics] camelush:
6. Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual phone device running Windows Mobile

TAEL ROM v.3.23518 for Touch Pro(Raphael)
[General Topics] CharlyAR:
1. Outstanding Achievement for New Application Development for Windows Mobile

Ageye G-alarm (http://www.ageye.de)

6. Outstanding Achievement for ROM Performance & Usability, per individual phone device running Windows Mobile

TAEL ROM WM6.5 for HTC Touch Pro (Raphael) (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=585129)

8. Special Achievement in Device Operating System Level Engineering for Windows Mobile

schaps Advanced Configuration tool (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=317070)

9. Special Recognition for Multiple-Year Achievements in pre-2009 Development of the Most Widely-Adopted Apps & Utilities on the Windows Mobile platform

PIM Backup (is it even necessary to explain why this app?)
[General Topics] Livven:
Hey people, please help summarizing all nominations on the XDA Devvy Awards 2009 Nomination Wiki page. Links to all the user profile pages and contribution threads for which they got nominated are required. Thanks for you patience :)!
[General Topics] quicksite:
IMPORTANT - JAN 31 2010 - UPDATE re VOTING PROCESS -

Jan 31, 2010 UPDATE:

1. Nominations close end of day today (Jan 31)

2. The Voting mechanism is still being finalized. Very likely to be run on PollDaddy.com web software voting platform. The formatting and actual voting process is only now being worked on, as nominations were being occupying me full time, with help of 3 volunteers.

3. Please bear with us. Deadlines and timelines have slipped. It's been a very imperfect process, and will continue to be imperfect during this formation year of these peer-to-peer awards.

SOME PROCESS DECISIONS:

1. "The Show Must Go On!" ... "However..."

The voting start date has slipped, unfortunately. It will begin in February, but the exact start date is not yet known, as time is needed to set up the ballot system and voting rules.

As the Awards Coordinator, I believe it is better to slip and adjust, and ask that you go with the flow this year, than to fall flat onto one's face, and get key steps wrong, which would mar the results.

2. Please provide feedback immediately re suggestion for how long the voting period (actual casting of votes) should last.

3. Especially in the Device ROMS Category, there have been some holes of missing nominations. This is due to an inability to properly publicize these nominations in all of the Device-Specific Forums of this site. That is where the vast majority of people who come to XDA-devs spend all their time. Thus:

4. As Coordinator, I have decided I will consult with the Devvy Awards Volunteers, along with several XDA-Devs moderators, to determine which Categories will be temporarily withdrawn from the voting process. In other words: Voting will take place in February for all the awards in this Windows Mobile OS Division. However, every attempt will be made to schedule a later voting period, down the line, for those categories that are either empty or incomplete.

5. These Categories will likely be scheduled for this "Late Voting" period at the same time the Android Division of the Devvy Awards are voted on several months from now.

6. Announcement of Recipients of the 2009 XDA Devvy Awards in the Windows Mobile Division will also be determined thru this conferencing with colleagues here.

YOUR SUGGESTIONS ARE WANTED & APPRECIATED

Please post suggestions and any concerns or questions in this thread.

Thank you much.

.
[General Topics] orb3000:
Hi mate,

I would suggest to give some more time to voting period as we need to make more promotion in all the forum sections, so every body is aware of it.

Let me know if I can do anything else to help:)

Guys, let´s support

Devvy awards 2009

!

quicksite has been working really hard on this!
[General Topics] quicksite:
Re: "Publicize the Upcoming Voting on the Devvys"

Thanks orb -- those are my thoughts too, and thanks for the vote of support. I'll admit, this has been way more challenging than I initially thought -- so chalk up some stars to those who, in the initial poll, said "not sure you can pull it off in time" and "not sure you've specified the process well enough". The train has run faster down the track than I've been able to keep up with.

Right now I have no way to discern whether 5% of this site knows about these recognition awards, or 20% .. but I doubt any higher than 20, and probably less. So it's also hard to know whether, of those who are aware of it and have added nominations, people will be patient to accept that none of the original TIME & DEADLINE targets have been able to be met.

If somehow I had the "okay; that's fine; don't worry; that's no problem" assurance from all, I would request 4 weeks to research the PollDaddy voting software, then compile and set up the ballot system -- with voting not commencing until some time in March. That's realistically what is needed in order to not drop the ball, or screw up the voting.

If any site members are reading this, please do a big favor & reply-comment to give me that assurance. It would help a lot in dialing down the "hurry up" pressure I feel from having set expectations a while back to be done with the whole voting by now ... vs not even starting voting period. (I have a full-time job and like everyone have too much to do.)

WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO: Carve some breathing room to write up the forum-specific "The 1st Annual Devvy Awards will begin site-wide voting on xxxxxxx date" -- and include a link inside a two-or-three quick sentence summary post that says "Nominations were held __ thru __". "See the list here" . "If you see missing works from developers in this forum, please PM me, or reply post here with (**special late nominations) " (**not sure what should i call that?)

The writing and posting of these "Publicize the Upcoming Voting on the Devvys" threads is something I could use help on form just a few people. If I write it up and preformat it with graphics, could we then divvy (not devvy) up the forums, maybe adding 1 or 2 other volunteers, and then post all of these?

Then, in a week or so, research the PollDaddy software and format, and after that then start prepping the ballots for voting.

Some padding time has to be added as well, since I can't work on this everyday.

With all this in mind, please suggest what would be an acceptable date in which to BEGIN VOTING. I'm saying it can't be earlier that March 15th, and preferably later. Thoughts anyone?
[General Topics] JAguirre1231:
Be sure once the Android division starts some more people will hear of it ;)
[General Topics] orb3000:
On the devvy awards (of course they are WM oriented) there are also some topics not related to WM or Android, so all members can vote!, no matter what OS they use:cool:

Like this ones:
[General Topics] Livven:
Good to see this is coming along and that you've managed to find a good voting system :).
[General Topics] quicksite:
Thanks. yes, it will be a very robust and secure voting system, which will support what I specifically sought as a requirement:

For every category, each voter will be able to vote for

CHOICE #1

CHOICE #2, and

CHOICE #3

Results will enable Recognition Awards to 1st, 2nd, and Third place winners, just like the olympics :rolleyes:
[General Topics] Flar:
Removed poll by request of OP

Best regards,

Flar
[General Topics] kamol88:
I want to nominate " bikertibi " and "korand" for their mega Prophet ROMs.