[APP](Beta 1) SubOrbital - A Launcher tab manager

hiddenpremise · 10:04 PM

SubOrbital Beta 3.0

New Features:
- Icon manager. Batch moving of icons between tabs

More release notes coming soon. Released in the feeds.

Source: https://github.com/grep-awesome/SubOrbital

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SubOrbital Beta 2.5 (almost there with 3)

New features:
-Backup Manager
-Reorder all tabs

Release notes:
I'm not ready to release this through the feeds. I'll release Beta 3 with batch icon management in the feeds. It will be done soon, but I wanted to give you guys something in the mean time. Let me know how it works for you.

For those of you that want to donate, I could use a little of your time more than your money. I'm going to launch a redmine site to manage my open source projects and could use some contributors to update bugs and features requests in it. Send me a pm if interested.

The ipk is zipped up in the beta_2.5 attachment below

Project site/repository: SubOrbital - Overview - Project Tracker
- Bugs, Feature Requests, etc are maintained here

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SubOrbital Beta 2

Release notes:
-Fixes bug that caused conflict with preware patch (Add Launcher Tabs).
-Improved error handling

If you have multiple "SETTINGS" tabs, this release will not make that go away. I will bring another release soon for those of you that weren't able to restore from backup to return everything to normal. I am also considering adding a backup manager.

Reordering tabs is coming soon.

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SubOrbital Beta 1

SubOrbital allows you to add, remove, and rename additional launcher tabs for the webOS Launcher. You may not change/remove/rename the existing tabs (APPS, DOWNLOADS, FAVORITES, SETTINGS), but you can add and name your own.

License:
SubOrbital by grep_awesome is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Creative Commons — Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

Walhalla2k · 11/11/2011, 06:40 PM

Seems to be working great so far. Thank you! I was hoping for something like this for a long time

broncot · 11/11/2011, 07:42 PM

Will I need to remove the patch from Preware that added extra launcher pages in order to use this?

hiddenpremise · 09:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by broncot

Will I need to remove the patch from Preware that added extra launcher pages in order to use this?

I don't believe so. It should work with it just fine.

EDIT:
The patch and Beta 1 of Suborbital conflict with each other. I am working to fix this. Sorry for the poor advice.

eblade · 11/13/2011, 01:05 PM

Not sure if this is a side effect of having too many tabs, or what, but after adding one in addition to the patch from Preware, I now have:

Apps, Downloads, Favorites, Settings (instead of Games), Preware (renamed from Homebrew using SubOrbital), Settings, and Media (added by SubOrbital)

The "Games" one mysteriously renamed itself "Settings" although it contains the games, not the settings. The original settings one is still there.

Also, when I run the app again, it only shows "Preware" and "Media".

alan sh · 01:21 PM

I installed and ran it. Before I did anything, it said I had 2 rename-able tabs- GAMES and HOMEBREW.

I clicked on "New" and added an extra tab called "Extras". Then I clicked on "Luna restart".

It restarted OK and I have an extra tab called "EXTRAS". But, the GAMES tabhas been renamed to "SETTINGS, so I now have two tabs with the same name.

Any ideas why?

Edit - Looking at the /launcher3 tab, the GAMES file is still there with the same long hash as the second "SETTINGS". I'm tempted to delete that file and see what happens.

Alan

alan sh · 01:27 PM

OK - I moved the second "SETTINGS" file to another place and did a luna restart. It's all gone back to the original launcher tabs - lost the homebrew and games one.

All my shortcuts are back in "Downloads".

Looking in the Launcher3 directory, it's all back to original. Luckily, I saved it before I started playing.

Alan

Mutoidi · 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alan sh

I installed and ran it. Before I did anything, it said I had 2 rename-able tabs- GAMES and HOMEBREW.

I clicked on "New" and added an extra tab called "Extras". Then I clicked on "Luna restart".

It restarted OK and I have an extra tab called "EXTRAS". But, the GAMES tabhas been renamed to "SETTINGS, so I now have two tabs with the same name.

Any ideas why?

Edit - Looking at the /launcher3 tab, the GAMES file is still there with the same long hash as the second "SETTINGS". I'm tempted to delete that file and see what happens.

Alan

"..The 'Games' one mysteriously renamed itself 'Settings' although it contains the games, not the settings. The original settings one is still there.."

Same. Except no extra tab even visible. Already had 'Add Launcher Tabs' Patch installed and ended up with two 'Settings' Tabs instead of a 'Games' and a 'Settings'.

Deleted the 2nd 'Settings' file in 'Launcher 3' and I am back to square one.

Some 'crossed wires' maybe?

Is there a theoretical limit to the number of 'extra' Tabs creatable?

atulmodi · 11/13/2011, 07:04 PM

I had issue with Game one convert to SETTINGS and then all apps from Game disappeared.

I renamed HOMEBREW and it was there but something weired happened. I got another SETTINGS. So in total I got three Settings. (One is original with all WebOs settings)_.

Looks like still this app need lot of work.

NooooooWWW question how to fix it.

eblade · 11/13/2011, 09:59 PM

It did warn you to backup the file in question before making changes with the program :P

-- Sent from my HP TouchPad using Communities

loopytee · 11/13/2011, 10:11 PM

I had same issue, I removed the patch that added games and home brew and then just added them back with suborbital. Had to move all my apps back into place but that was fine with me. I think this is just in conflict with the other patch. Works great after removing previous patch

jmleese · 11/14/2011, 01:08 AM

no outer tabs patches installed for me, and create worked like a charm, but I tried to edit the tab name before I moved anything over to it and the edit wouldn't take. Also tried to delete the tab I wanted to edit the name, and they won't delete either. Not a big deal as I'll stick with the improperly named extra tabs gladly over no choice of having extras until you can get the bugs out on the edit and delete options!

thanks so much, this has been prob my biggest pet peeve, and I look fwd to donating or buying the public rc version!

grasshoper · 11/14/2011, 01:33 AM

Nice name, nice app

Tab repositionning please ?

jdod · 11/14/2011, 01:46 AM

I think my experience is similar to others:

1. Installed app with Preware additional launcher pages already installed.
2. Upon running app, I was told I had the 2 extra pages from the Preware app to edit. I thought that was nice to be able to edit these 2 titles.
3. Copied the launcher3 folder to the media/internals directory with Internalz Pro.
4. I added a page (2 word name "Phone Apps", to move all those ugly phone designed apps to while I wait to see if they ever get updated) wonder if my issue was due to a 2 word name?
5. Luna reboot
6. No new tab with "Phone Apps" on it, but the GAMES tab was renamed "SETTINGS".
7. Removed app
8. Copied launcher3 folder back to place tp back to original.

Can't wait to try again, thanks for developing for webOS!

grasshoper · 11/14/2011, 02:05 AM

Quote:

I think my experience is similar to others:

1. Installed app with Preware additional launcher pages already installed.
2. Upon running app, I was told I had the 2 extra pages from the Preware app to edit. I thought that was nice to be able to edit these 2 titles.
3. Copied the launcher3 folder to the media/internals directory with Internalz Pro.
4. I added a page (2 word name "Phone Apps", to move all those ugly phone designed apps to while I wait to see if they ever get updated) wonder if my issue was due to a 2 word name?
5. Luna reboot
6. No new tab with "Phone Apps" on it, but the GAMES tab was renamed "SETTINGS".
7. Removed app
8. Copied launcher3 folder back to place tp back to original.

Can't wait to try again, thanks for developing for webOS!

I have the same issue (not very original :P). I tried to mess up with the config files but they stubbornly come back to this setup. The issue here is that we have two "settings" config files and "launcher_fixed.msave" has "settings" instead of "games" in the list. Trying to change "settings" to "games" doesn't do anything: upon luna restart it comes back to the former setting.

I'll stick with this setup for now, in hope that a fix or workaround comes soon

Mutoidi · 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eblade

It did warn you to backup the file in question before making changes with the program :P

-- Sent from my HP TouchPad using Communities

No one is saying it didn't.. but Beta feedback of actual occurences should in theory facilitate the relevant fixes!

hiddenpremise · 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mutoidi

No one is saying it didn't.. but Beta feedback of actual occurences should in theory facilitate the relevant fixes!

Hi all. Thanks for the feedback! Sorry to hear that it has caused problems for some of you. If you could reply with your what device you are using (Pre3 or TP), I'd appreciate it. I'm 99% sure that I've got a good idea of the problem and will be working on it when I get some free time today or tomorrow. It seems like I was incorrect about the patch and the app playing nice together and I'm terribly sorry about that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by grasshoper

Tab repositionning please ?

Tab reordering is unfortunately not on the table at the moment b/c of the way that the Launcher half ignores the config files. This is a feature that I would love as well, so I'll keep trying to figure it out.

Quote:

Originally Posted by alan sh

It restarted OK and I have an extra tab called "EXTRAS". But, the GAMES tabhas been renamed to "SETTINGS, so I now have two tabs with the same name.

Any ideas why?

Quote:

Originally Posted by eblade

The "Games" one mysteriously renamed itself "Settings" although it contains the games, not the settings. The original settings one is still there.

So what is going on here is that the Launcher seems to throw a fit about renaming any tabs that are before the last built in tab (SETTINGS). I'm not sure why the patch is able to do this and my app isn't, but I'm working on that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by atulmodi

NooooooWWW question how to fix it.

Have you been able to get back to a stable state?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mutoidi

Is there a theoretical limit to the number of 'extra' Tabs creatable?

I haven't stress tested it. The most I've tried is 3. If you do more and it works, let us know

hiddenpremise · 11/14/2011, 09:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmleese

thanks so much, this has been prob my biggest pet peeve, and I look fwd to donating or buying the public rc version!

You won't need to pay for / donate to it. This is my hobby and I like sharing it

. The software is free and the source is there for anyone to tinker with as long as they follow the non-commercial share-alike attribute license.

amrcc · 11/14/2011, 10:01 AM

Enhancement request:
Can we figure out how to use upper and lower case for the tab names?

hiddenpremise · 11/14/2011, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Enhancement request:
Can we figure out how to use upper and lower case for the tab names?

I'll look into the possibility.

11/11/2011, 06:40 PM	#2 (permalink)
Walhalla2k Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Prague, CzechRepublic Posts: 342 Likes Received: 2 Thanks: 139 Thanked 20 Times in 20 Posts	Seems to be working great so far. Thank you! I was hoping for something like this for a long time
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11/13/2011, 01:05 PM	#5 (permalink)
eblade Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,923 Likes Received: 205 Thanks: 21 Thanked 196 Times in 143 Posts	Not sure if this is a side effect of having too many tabs, or what, but after adding one in addition to the patch from Preware, I now have: Apps, Downloads, Favorites, Settings (instead of Games), Preware (renamed from Homebrew using SubOrbital), Settings, and Media (added by SubOrbital) The "Games" one mysteriously renamed itself "Settings" although it contains the games, not the settings. The original settings one is still there. Also, when I run the app again, it only shows "Preware" and "Media". __________________ GVoice for all webOS devices - for PlayBook - GVoiceA for Android XO - The Subsonic Media Commander - webOS Demo and Full version and PlayBook full version available - Ask500, the webOS polling app (1:39:33 PM) halfhalo: Android multitasking is like sticking your fingers into a blender
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alan sh Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 723 Likes Received: 37 Thanks: 13 Thanked 38 Times in 31 Posts	I installed and ran it. Before I did anything, it said I had 2 rename-able tabs- GAMES and HOMEBREW. I clicked on "New" and added an extra tab called "Extras". Then I clicked on "Luna restart". It restarted OK and I have an extra tab called "EXTRAS". But, the GAMES tabhas been renamed to "SETTINGS, so I now have two tabs with the same name. Any ideas why? Edit - Looking at the /launcher3 tab, the GAMES file is still there with the same long hash as the second "SETTINGS". I'm tempted to delete that file and see what happens. Alan Last edited by alan sh; 11/13/2011 at 01:21 PM. Reason: More info
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11/13/2011, 01:25 PM	#7 (permalink)
alan sh Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 723 Likes Received: 37 Thanks: 13 Thanked 38 Times in 31 Posts	OK - I moved the second "SETTINGS" file to another place and did a luna restart. It's all gone back to the original launcher tabs - lost the homebrew and games one. All my shortcuts are back in "Downloads". Looking in the Launcher3 directory, it's all back to original. Luckily, I saved it before I started playing. Alan Last edited by alan sh; 11/13/2011 at 01:27 PM. Reason: more info
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atulmodi Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 6 Likes Received: 0 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I had issue with Game one convert to SETTINGS and then all apps from Game disappeared. I renamed HOMEBREW and it was there but something weired happened. I got another SETTINGS. So in total I got three Settings. (One is original with all WebOs settings)_. Looks like still this app need lot of work. NooooooWWW question how to fix it.
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11/13/2011, 09:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
eblade Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 1,923 Likes Received: 205 Thanks: 21 Thanked 196 Times in 143 Posts	It did warn you to backup the file in question before making changes with the program :P -- Sent from my HP TouchPad using Communities __________________ GVoice for all webOS devices - for PlayBook - GVoiceA for Android XO - The Subsonic Media Commander - webOS Demo and Full version and PlayBook full version available - Ask500, the webOS polling app (1:39:33 PM) halfhalo: Android multitasking is like sticking your fingers into a blender
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loopytee Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: in my mind but I am trying to make the move to my Heart Posts: 408 Likes Received: 23 Thanks: 30 Thanked 42 Times in 34 Posts	I had same issue, I removed the patch that added games and home brew and then just added them back with suborbital. Had to move all my apps back into place but that was fine with me. I think this is just in conflict with the other patch. Works great after removing previous patch __________________ What does this button do? crappy phones -->treo 600--> 700p--> 755p--> Pre--->Pre- 2.1 F104-----Franken Pre+ 2.1 f105 ---> Franken pre2 2.2.4 touchpad 16gig uberkernel woop woop!!!
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jmleese Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 159 Likes Received: 7 Thanks: 8 Thanked 11 Times in 9 Posts	no outer tabs patches installed for me, and create worked like a charm, but I tried to edit the tab name before I moved anything over to it and the edit wouldn't take. Also tried to delete the tab I wanted to edit the name, and they won't delete either. Not a big deal as I'll stick with the improperly named extra tabs gladly over no choice of having extras until you can get the bugs out on the edit and delete options! thanks so much, this has been prob my biggest pet peeve, and I look fwd to donating or buying the public rc version!
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11/14/2011, 01:33 AM	#13 (permalink)
grasshoper Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: France Posts: 399 Likes Received: 37 Thanks: 58 Thanked 25 Times in 20 Posts	Nice name, nice app Tab repositionning please ? __________________ Proud Veer and Touchpad owner
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11/14/2011, 01:46 AM	#14 (permalink)
jdod Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sugar Land, TX Posts: 856 Likes Received: 28 Thanks: 91 Thanked 75 Times in 58 Posts	I think my experience is similar to others: 1. Installed app with Preware additional launcher pages already installed. 2. Upon running app, I was told I had the 2 extra pages from the Preware app to edit. I thought that was nice to be able to edit these 2 titles. 3. Copied the launcher3 folder to the media/internals directory with Internalz Pro. 4. I added a page (2 word name "Phone Apps", to move all those ugly phone designed apps to while I wait to see if they ever get updated) wonder if my issue was due to a 2 word name? 5. Luna reboot 6. No new tab with "Phone Apps" on it, but the GAMES tab was renamed "SETTINGS". 7. Removed app 8. Copied launcher3 folder back to place tp back to original. Can't wait to try again, thanks for developing for webOS!
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11/14/2011, 10:01 AM	#19 (permalink)
amrcc Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 240 Likes Received: 45 Thanks: 67 Thanked 18 Times in 12 Posts	Enhancement request: Can we figure out how to use upper and lower case for the tab names?
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