Valerus

What exactly is a dashboard?

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Will Todd,
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Loibisch

I think you're talking about "Dashboard" or rather "Snoopsoft Dashboard". It's a today plugin that lets you organize your today screen into 5 pages. Nice skins as well.

http://www.snoopsoft.com/dashboard/

McMutt

a dashboard is usually an app that gives you a status readout of your PC/PPC, usually with gauges or bars that represent things like battery life or available storage

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Valerus

Is it worth the download?

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Will Todd,
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Well.......lemme put it to ya thisaway.......

I've used both GigaBar and DashBoard on every PDA since my B&W UniPro 100A (upgraded as upgrades are offered). I keep one backup on every PC, SD Card, CF Card and any other storage media I can think of, at all times, that contains nothing but My Device + both of these apps' basic (customized-to-my-liking) settings. I also do a Full Daily Sprite BackUp to my SD Card.

But this one basic BackUp is everywhere I can think to put it....for one simple reason:

I would be totally lost trying to use My Device in it's "out-of-the-box" configuration.
I might be able to turn it on.......maybe.
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It's interesting when I hear you say that (or type it) because I got my axim on Dec 19 and that was the first time that I've ever used Windows mobile. I had a Palm Tungsten T3 before. So I don't find the "out of the box" Today screen that boring yet. I tried a couple of Today plugins but I didn't feel comfortable with them. No doubt in a few months I will be dying to change my Today screen.

Incidently, I couldn't be happier with my Axim X50v. It's so much better than my Palm T T3. I was quite reluctant to stop useing Palm but I got tired of waiting for them to catch up all the time. Now I'm really pleased that I did.

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It's not the appearance........it's the functionality these two apps off that I am now so dependent on.

Each of the icons on the right in GigaBar is a multiple shortcut, including the clock:
Tap, Double Tap, Tap+dragRight, Tap+dragLeft, Tap+dragUp/Down and Tap&Hold (which drops down a list of the 5Taps + 5 more shortcuts that you can Tap to activate. Each of these shortcuts can be to a File, Folder, Application, System Action, Utility.......whatever you want.

DashBoard offers Many Multiple Pages of Desktop-like Shortcuts plus Today PlugIns......and a "QuickLaunch" bar at the bottom that is always there (when on the Today Screens) for even simpler activations. .


Like I said, I simply couldn't navigate on an out-of-the-box device. I would quite literally be a n00bie if I had to. Hence, I keep that one special backup available at all times. It rarely has to be updated since it is only for emergency basic operation and is simply a fallback in case my SD Card with my two days worth of Full BackUps gets lost or corrupted somehow. It can even be used to Clone onto my X5basic that I use for a Remote for my HT, should my X5advanced have "something unspeakable" happen to it
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rob1303

Originally Posted by MrKlaatu

. . It's not the appearance........it's the functionality these two apps off that I am now so dependent on.

(Could the other members in this thread please ignore this message)

MrK could you please keep your answers restricted to the X5 forum as requested - because obviously this is of no use to anyone else at all! ( )

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jpmarth

Originally Posted by rob1303

(Could the other members in this thread please ignore this message) MrK could you please keep your answers restricted to the X5 forum as requested - because obviously this is of no use to anyone else at all! ( )

Good one Rob!