Guest Paul [MVP] Posted June 29, 2005 Report Posted June 29, 2005 Plus Partners SBSH have released a public Beta of 'Facade' - an exciting new home screen plug-in for Smartphone devices that includes PIM and launcher functionality. The initial release as public beta can be downloaded for free. The full press release can be found here, and below :) You can read more about Facade for Smartphones and download screenshots here Press Release: SBSH Mobile Software release Facade - new exciting PIM Home screen plug-in for Smartphone devices along with a laucnher functionality June 30, 2005 - Facade - a new exciting PIM Home screen plug-in interface for Smartphone devices with a launcher tool released by SBSH Mobile Software. Initial release in public beta level and can be downloaded for free. After introducing Papyrus, the leading award winning PIM software for Smartphone devices, SBSH Mobile Software releases Facade in public beta stage; Facade is a new PIM Home screen plug-in that brings your appointments and tasks information to your Smartphone Home screen. In addition to the PIM Home screen interface, Facade also introduces a launcher bar with the ability to launch software directly from your Smartphone Home screen. Facade initial public-beta release highlights: Launcher bar - Bring your favorite application shortcuts directly to your Home screen. Tabbed interface - Ability to put all Facade sections inside a tab interface or outside. Calendar - View a list of your upcoming appointments for the next 30 days. Tasks - View your tasks grouped by progress and completion state. Facade is released as public beta and can be downloaded for free, in return we hope that users using Facade will post their feature requests and ideas on our forums and help us improve Facade. Downloads and Support You can read more about Facade on the following URL: http://www.sbsh.net/products/facade/index.php?page=summary You can download the current Facade version from the following URL: http://www.sbsh.net/products/facade/index.php?page=download While Facade is in public beta stages we invite you to post any support question or new suggestions on our forums: http://www.sbsh.net/forums
Guest emyllis Posted June 29, 2005 Report Posted June 29, 2005 Excellent. I'm about to give it a go and see what happens. Marvellous!
Guest gryph0n Posted June 29, 2005 Report Posted June 29, 2005 This looks like it would make a great addition to my homescreen as I am reliant on my calendar and appointments. Always craved something better than the built in, so I will def. be trying this out...
Guest nickcornaglia Posted June 30, 2005 Report Posted June 30, 2005 Makes me wish I had a smartphone again! 8)
Guest emyllis Posted June 30, 2005 Report Posted June 30, 2005 very good sir! A nice piece of software which works a treat. As a beta it looks and works fine - i am keen to see how this software will develop over the next few months.
Guest gryph0n Posted June 30, 2005 Report Posted June 30, 2005 Yup, just put it on, made a few edits and changes to the xml, and this is really slick intagration for those with a busy schedule. Now I am going to have to start taking advantage of Tasks now that my Calendar is chock full. Side note, that I would bring up here before posting on SBSH. Can anyone figure out how to change where the "Tasks" tab and plugin point to, as in I would rather have it open Power Tasks vice the built in task manager.
Guest drblow Posted June 30, 2005 Report Posted June 30, 2005 Side note, that I would bring up here before posting on SBSH. Can anyone figure out how to change where the "Tasks" tab and plugin point to, as in I would rather have it open Power Tasks vice the built in task manager. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You can't change it ATM, & I would doubt that they are planning to open anything but Papyrus, but they're nice guys so there's no harm in asking about it on their forum. I can't imagine for a second why anyone would use anything other than Papyrus, but there you go! :) In conjunction with facade this is nothing short of a smartphone revolution I think. It's like having pocketbreeze on your phone, you can see a weeks worth of appts and your entire tasks list direct from the homescreen! :shock: And they're development & support is second to none, so you can be sure that Facade will get even better in the months to come.
Guest amitregev Posted June 30, 2005 Report Posted June 30, 2005 You can't change it ATM, & I would doubt that they are planning to open anything but Papyrus, but they're nice guys so there's no harm in asking about it on their forum. I can't imagine for a second why anyone would use anything other than Papyrus, but there you go! :lol: In conjunction with facade this is nothing short of a smartphone revolution I think. It's like having pocketbreeze on your phone, you can see a weeks worth of appts and your entire tasks list direct from the homescreen! :shock: And they're development & support is second to none, so you can be sure that Facade will get even better in the months to come. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi drblow :) First, thanks for all the support and I'm really glad to hear you enjoy our products and support! :D I wanted to comment the reply regarding PowerTasks; Although this is not our product but D1's, when additional support in other PIMs will be added you can be sure we will also support PowerTasks and PowerCalendar and not only Papyrus. As I see it, Facade is an SBSH product, but it is also a stand alone product and we won't limit it only with our software titles (=Papyrus in this case). I believe that supporting other applications apart from Papyrus is the right thing to do to push Facade ahead, since we know there are also users who don't use our software (I wish I was wrong :lol: but I know I'm not). So you can be sure that Facade will also support D1's products apart from Papyrus or any other PIM that will come along the way - I believe this is the right decision to push Facade ahead and to a larger audience. Also, if a more advanced API will come to D1's products, and with their permission, you can be sure Facade will also support it eventually :D I know there are some companies that won't agree with such direction, but I always believed we shouldn't limit users from using our products only with our products.
Guest drblow Posted July 1, 2005 Report Posted July 1, 2005 I know there are some companies that won't agree with such direction, but I always believed we shouldn't limit users from using our products only with our products. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Wow! :shock: You guys are too much! :)
Guest gryph0n Posted July 3, 2005 Report Posted July 3, 2005 (edited) SBSH is a great company that listens (wish more were like that). I use Papyrus, and currently this beta. I have also used a few of their apps on my PocketPC's and have never been disappointed. The support is outstanding. Edited July 3, 2005 by gryph0n
Guest cxkx Posted August 11, 2005 Report Posted August 11, 2005 I've a question. Is there a way to select te Allday event in the Schedule tab of Facade? I can select the Today event and it gets highlighted but not the Allday event. Any Ideas? <!-- Global/default settings for all instances of the Facade Plugin Control --> SelectionColor="COLOR_HOMERULE" SelectionBorderColor="COLOR_HOMERULE" ShowSelectionBorder="1" font-size="normal" font-weight="medium" textIndent="6" padding-left="0" padding-right="0" padding-top="0" padding-bottom="0" bgcolor="transparent" fgcolor="COLOR_HOMETEXT" ShowCompleted="0" Wraparound="1" Show="both" debug="0" MaxDays="7" MaxLines="50" AlwaysShowToday="1" ShowTodayText="1" ShowTomorrowText="0" ShowNoAppointmentsText="1" MinutesPastAppointment="0" ClickAction="Prompt"> <!-- Facade Plugin Control: This is the launcher bar --> <!-- Facade Plugin Control: This is the tab bar --> <!-- Facade Plugin View: This is the view that shows the info for each tab -->
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