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Originally Posted by RE90
an elder, legendary demi-god (probably ripped, shirtless, and displaying a flowing white beard) aka dishe, returning back to Earth after years of meditation,
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ROFL!!! That description deserves to be quoted SOMEWHERE!! LOL!!!
Seriously though, what I've done is nothing compared to the big names in Roms these days. I normally stay behind the scenes, except for an occasional appearance on the PPCG podcast- as for my Titan tutorial, it used to exist here
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=101502, however the methods changed after the GPS radio was revealed, and the old way would actually brick phones if done accidentally. Someone else stepped up with a more up-to-date tutorial for GPS roms, and it was decided that mine should be deleted to prevent any more "accidents".
Still, there's plenty of tutorial/in depth threads that I've started, such as the HTC Video Playback Bible (
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=57282) or older kitchen-related tuts (
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=48582) which I've even found quoted on other blogs/forums (xda, smartphonejunkie, etc). The old timers around here remember me.
I feel like PPCG is like the cast of SNL... always new characters popping up with each change of the seasons, and some of the new ones barely have a connection to the old ones, but there are a few faces that span generations.
But again, I'm not here to brag- what I've done here is small in comparison. I'm just here to share some ideas I had and hopefully help unite other like-minded users.
***BACK ON TOPIC***
I tried that NRG Titanium rom. Its a step in the right direction, but there are still things there I'd like to try leaving out. I'll put together a brief summary of the "enhancements" I'm referring to:
HTC Notification bar - This is the screen you see when you click the top bar. On classic WM, when you click an icon on the top you are brought to an information window immediately. For example, an SMS icon on top would give you a little bubble with the text of your message on the bottom of the screen. You can then click to delete, ignore, or mark as read, all without leaving your current screen.
Currently, with the HTC notification screen, not only do I suspect the system responds slower, but I also notice it takes unnecessary extra steps to clear notifications. For example, when using A2DP, a message about stereo volume control pops up in the notification bar. I click it, am brought to a new HTC screen that lists notifications. From there, I have to click the message from Bluetooth, which will eject me back to the previous screen, then show the message on the bottom in a window with a "dismiss" button. Why couldn't I have been presented with that first, and skip the whole HTC screen?!
Volume bar- When adjust the volume, it used to be that you would press the vol up or down keys, and a little volume window would pop up right under the icon in the top bar, and move when the key presses. Yes, this is NOT as finger friendly, but are you using your fingers to adjust the volume? Aren't you using the
volume buttons?? Classic WinMo would never make you leave your current screen just to adjust the volume. I find that in some applications, the full screen volume gets in the way and actually takes a moment to come up, and then you have to leave it for a moment to go away again. Unnecessary.
HTC Messaging- You all know what this is. Its the one that's NOT the WinMo sms screen, that you get when texting directly from a contact (or through sense). This can be avoided by not using Sense and accessing sms from outlook/email inbox. But it would be nice to have it OUT OF THE SYSTEM so that it doesn't come back to haunt you when you compose a new sms from the htc contact screen.
Contacts/ New Contact / Phone Canvas- Ok, this is a tough one. I prefer the classic speedy response WinMo contacts manager than the HTC one. The problem is, even on roms like this Energy Titanium rom, when you enter a new phone number and want to save it, it will jump to an HTC skinned new contact screen. This screen for some inexplicable reason, tends to get VERY laggy, and sometimes I've found myself counting the seconds going by before it is ready for input anything. This is because it is attached to the phone canvas, the dialer that HTC uses. Now here is my dilemma- I have not seen what the dialer looks like on our current handsets without phone canvas, but recall that in Windows Mobile 5, without a phone canvas it would look like this:
I'm all for efficiency, but that dialpad is downright UGLY. I wonder what the dialer would look like on 6.5 (or even 6.1)... I think Microsoft may have updated its stock dial pad. But again, I don't know how well it would work compared to the Phone Canvas we're all used to, with the buttons and sliders. The Phone Canvas is also responsible for showing the bluetooth icons on the notification bar, as well the data arrows I think. So, there may need to be compromises made here... phone canvas, or quick response time. I'm not sure where I stand on this, and would actually like to hear from any chef who's tried if there are any...
Now, in all honesty, I've started to grow fond of Cookie's Home Tab. So, ironically, when all is said and done, I would love to get a Manilla home screen- but without any of HTC's other "enhancements". I'm honestly really skeptical as to whether or not this can be done, as I understand Sense is deeply integrated into those other plugins. Plus, whatever performance gains we got by omitting those might be negated by having Sense in.
I don't know, and the only way to know is to experiment... Anyway, I must get back to work here, just wanted to share...