Idea: How hard would it be to create an S60 launcher?
Posted by Stefan on Monday, March 5th, 2007 at 11:07 am under Ideas and rants
When I had a Handspring Visor Deluxe (Palm OS running PDA) there were these programs around called "application launchers."
They were essentially apps created by people who didn’t like the default look and feel of the Palm OS. They decided to write their own interface.
Here is what the default Palm OS looks like:
With a launcher you could make it look like this:
Or like this:
Or even like this:
What I’m trying to get at: Is it possible for developers to create their own S60 UI?
Call me geeky, but I’d love to constantly see the date, time, free amount of RAM, battery life in terms of percentage, more shortcut keys, etc.
Do such applications exist and I’ve yet to discover them?
Can one make a UI in something like Flash Lite to be equally as slick as the LG Prada?
March 5th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
I use Handy Taskman from epocware… you can type in a name and have it find your app to launch, see running and recent apps and get some good memory details.
March 5th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
could you post some screenshots?
maybe even a mini review on your blog?
March 6th, 2007 at 6:17 am
the same thing, handy task is a mus have app. it works instead of symbian task manager (responds to symbian button). screnns are good, but the app itself is better - check mail