Can you post a few screenshots showing the different GPS icons and what they mean. I am stuck with a phone with no in-built GPS Also, a copy of the Q9 registry would be a great help!

I have received repreated requests to add more notifications to the iconbar. So, I thought it would be a good idea to address them. Currently I have the following -

1. Network types other than G and E.
2. Messenger
3. Dial up internet

If there's someone who believes there's more that should (and can, given the space limitations) go out there, I would appreciate if you would let me know. Thank you.

I am also becoming skeptical on the issue of the icons being a part of window title bars...somewhat discouraging for me. Days of search did not give me any positive hints, if it is at all possible, less how! If anyone well versed on WM6 architecture is reading this, please do provide some pointers. Your help is much appreciated.

I am working on some more notifications....will see if dial up has something on that line. Thanks.

That's okay! It would be great if you can provide the instructions step by step, rather than a cab or something. I am waiting.

Midian,

If you do not mind sharing the information you have gathered on unlocking the UI, then please do so. I am sure you have hit upon something that others haven't yet. Who knows, someone might be able to resolve the problems you are having!

sparky472, move the phone around...it should come up! Someone else in here noticed that and then reported that it started showing up as soon he took it outside his apartment.

I was refering to the other thread on MyFaves http://www.modaco.com/content-page/262073/...locked/page/60/ . The guy over there says that the interface has been 100% unlocked. I am waiting on that.

Easier way to do....?? if you are talking about the iconbar then I am not sure. I thought registry notifications would be the best approach (with as little overhead on phone memory as possible). Would you mind sharing any ideas that you have?

I agree on that. SMS/Email notifications are already included. Now, the notifications are read off from specific registry entries. If you are using it on a different phone, then I cannot be sure that the entries are at the same place as in the Shadow. The iconbar does not extend to all windows, so even I am not sure how the speakerphone would help.

I don't think there's a topic in here about it....there is one hidden in AllShadow. The missed call notifications gets removed when you call the contact and actually talk to it (or get to its voicemail). Message notifications are removed when you read the message. The program also runs a clean up (in case it messed up with detection) at 12:00 am every night. I am currently not looking into myfaves anymore...just waiting for the other mod posted in another thread to come out.

I am not sure how to acheive that. Specially because I do not think the Shadow (only phone which I have) has that feature inbuilt. In any case, releasing the source code would perhaps motivate someone to add such features to it.

go-qtek,

The number of notifications are limited in the plugin. The WML notifications are not wanted. With a few more basic changes, I shall be soon be realesing the source code for the plugin. Then perhaps interested users can add more notifications as they want.

Its on your phone. If you are able to see it while browsing through the PC, then on My Computer, goto Tools>Folder Options>View and check "Show hidden files and folders".

That is great news Midian. I am waiting patiently to check out your tutorial.

 Rinku_Iconbar.zip ( 181.15K ) Number of downloads: 366


Attached is the iconbar with landscape and background transparency support!! Instructions are in a Readme in the zip. I hope it will be of use to the non-Shadow community.

The iconbar is ready (almost) with support for landscape mode (320x240) as well. The transparency issue has been brought to my attention and it has been resolved. I will have it out in two days.

I wouldn't mind sharing it but I must resolve certain issues with the standalone loading before giving it out. Besides, the NeoDock Manager needs to be updated so that you can add plugins to the standalone version. I shall get it done asap. In the meantime, if you really want to run MSN Direct, why don't you just create a shortcut MSNDirect.exe and launch it from there. Anyways, it wouldn't make much sense to launch the standalone only to see MSN Direct, coz its more easily accessible through the exe. I hope you would understand!

Perhaps next week!!

I have some of it done!



There shall be two different interfaces of the dockstation now.

1) As an add-on to Neo. This would allow one to load a single plugin on the top status bar area.

2) As a standalone plugin viewer. In this mode, you can essentially load one or more plugins, usually not loadable on Neo because of size and selectability problems, and then can return back to Neo when done.

The images above show the addition of MSN Direct to the dockstation, when clicked it opens the standalone interface. You can then return back by clicking on the title bar.

I shall include all these and some more optimizations on the first release. Guess, this should have been part of the dockstation thread.

I have also seen that "push" behavior in other home screens. But with Neo on, something else goes on. Just to test, I added three separate plugins before adding the Neo plugin. I was expecting that since Neo was added last, only part of it would be visible. But, it seems Neo just "ate" two other plugins to make space for itself. The problem comes from the height of the plugin which seems to be hardcoded into the code.

The other thought could be possible. What we are essentially asking is to just switch the whole theme - say for example from NeoDock to Windows Basic - we can anyways do that from the settings, but we are asking a one click access to the theme. About the refresh, every time a plugin is loaded, it will run through its refresh routines. As long as you have it on the screen, it shall run as usual. When you switch back, you no longer want it to refresh.



This can work as well. MSNDirect now offers Weather, Stocks, and News info. I do not know if that is a lot of information, but of course, if a plugin gives access to loads of info, one might just want to have a quick access to it.

All in all, I am looking at this requirement - Some plugins are worth having a quick access to - like Facade may be! They are not loadable in Neo because of space constraint. I need to modify the dockstation so that, apart from being able to load single plugins on the top status bar area, it should also be able to load a full fledged plugin(s) in a standalone interface, and then provide a way to come back. Is that so?

The problem is there isn't enough space on the Neo interface to place this plugin. The best we have is a 27 pixel high space at the top, where the status bar usually resides. This plugin is 57 pixels high. If you want to see how it would turn out to be, you can try this -

Find the xml file for you current theme - somewhere in \Application Data\Home. If its the default theme, it would be cmhome.home.xml.
Copy it to your PC and open it in notepad. Take a backup!!
Look through the file for entries starting as <plugin clsid...
Replace the first entry starting with <plugin clsid... .................. and ending with </plugin> with the following:

<plugin clsid="{751B9693-C4D2-4159-9A9F-EF6E67E5280B}" name="MSNDirect" height="75">
</plugin>

Save , copy the file back then reload Neo.
Use the backup to revert back.

Here is the beta release of the Neo Dockstation - http://shadowregistryhacks.blogspot.com/20...ockstation.html.

Please do let me know how the development should proceed!!! There is some discussion on it here - http://allshadow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=635

Well actually I have one such thing going on!! I call it the Neo Dockstation ( http://allshadow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f...ckstation#p3790 ) and its nothing but a dynamic layout builder and switcher. It lets me load different plugins on those 20, rather its 27, pixels. The big problem is that plugins like FizzWeather do not allow themselves to be non-selectable; so when I loaded FizzWeather at the top, the functionality of the neo home screen became one-way, meaning pressing up on the D-pad takes me to the top bar and not to the previous tab on Neo. So, I guess either you find plugins that are not-selectable or write your own. I have a WMP Now Playing already written and am now working on a Yahoo Weather!. Once I have them, I shall release the dockstation.

I am working on adding landscape support to the plugin. Once that is done, I think the plugin will match the Q9h specs (320x240). Glad to know it works outside the Shadow domain.

Okay! Until you say yes at the confirmation the plugin will not load and you shall get a white bar.

If you used the cab installer then see if the following entry is there in the registry.

In HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B06A8DAB-E148-40d5-BE8F-3C494ABF3046}\InProcServer32 :
Name: Default, Type: REG_SZ, Value: iconbarplugin.dll

Also, make sure the xml file of your theme has the entry as specified.

If yes, then switch to a theme that does not have the plugin. Reboot. Now load the theme that has the plugin. Go slow with the key press and wait for the confirmation box.