Official webOS 2.0 Anticipation Thread

[Pulp]

Widget lovers. I'm sure there will be a homebrew-patch out in an instant after the official 2.0-release that allows you to switch the Pre to "Exhibition"-mode with a swipe of your finger (like a swipe down from the middle menu or a forwardswipe on the main screen) - and there you have your widgets-equivalent. (with the only difference that it doesn't suck your battery dry while you don't need it)

[jhodnettejr]

Originally Posted by QuarlesLT

Can anyone just say if apps load instantly now or are there still splash screens? Should be a simple question.

...at 1ghz the splash screens are gone in a sec or 2....

[jhodnettejr]

Originally Posted by Pulp

Widget lovers. I'm sure there will be a homebrew-patch out in an instant after the official 2.0-release that allows you to switch the Pre to "Exhibition"-mode with a swipe of your finger (like a swipe down from the middle menu or a forwardswipe on the main screen) - and there you have your widgets-equivalent. (with the only difference that it doesn't suck your battery dry while you don't need it)

...thats cool...as long as I don't have to use crap widgets...

...icons in the launcher ages are updatable, like weather icon and govnah....the launcher pages are also customizable, I have mine divided up int categories too...

[mpfef]

Honestly, I was always pretty disappointed with the widget functionality on my Nexus One. The Google provided weather/news widget never really updated automatically properly. I always had to open it up to get the weather to refresh. (and I went through 3 Nexus Ones, 2 T-Mobile, 1 AT&T variety, and several different ROMS and stock firmware versions). The *idea* of widgets is ok I guess, but Android's implementation sucks.

Don't get me wrong, there are things that are great about Android, but overall, I greatly prefer webOS, and the loss of widgets is hardly a dealbreaker for me.

[jhodnettejr]

...in 2.0 why couldn't they just expand upon the launcher icons, since they update...they're basically 'widgets'.....

[Mike5]

I am not a developer, but signed up for the e-mails. I got this today dealing w/widgets.

Dynamic Widget Instantiation | Palm Developer Center Blog

It is entitled: "Dynamic Widget Instantiation"

[QuarlesLT]

Originally Posted by jhodnettejr

...at 1ghz the splash screens are gone in a sec or 2....

Yes but I'm trying to see this from a stock 500mhz point of view. Palm said at Developer Day they were working on a way for apps to load instantly so I'm hoping it's included in 2.0.

[ryleyinstl]

Speculative new features in 2.0 (based on yesterdays leaked images):

Add/Remove Launcher Pages
Reorder Launcher Pages
Named Launcher Pages

Text Correction:
Auto-Caps on/off
Auto creation of shortcuts on/off
Auto-Correction on/off
System Sound (on/off) played when typing is auto-corrected (user selectable sound)
Edit User Dictionary

[cheese3915]

I think there might be some folders implementation as well. In one screen shot there was some palm-apps in a launcher page, and at the top it said "palm", so im thinking that maybe you can group things kinda like folders in iOS

[ryleyinstl]

Originally Posted by cheese3915

I think there might be some folders implementation as well. In one screen shot there was some palm-apps in a launcher page, and at the top it said "palm", so im thinking that maybe you can group things kinda like folders in iOS

I noticed that as well and was trying to figure out what it was. Launcher folders does fit.

[illadelphatic]

I wish I had seen these leaked screenshots...hint hint

[RUSH]

Originally Posted by ryleyinstl

Launcher folders does fit.

You're right about that. ^_^

[NuttyBunny]

Originally Posted by cheese3915

I think there might be some folders implementation as well. In one screen shot there was some palm-apps in a launcher page, and at the top it said "palm", so im thinking that maybe you can group things kinda like folders in iOS

They're named pages, like the patch, just official. I think they trying to introduce a new gesture, tap-hold (it's needed for renaming the pages). I don't remember needing to tap-hold nowhere else on webOS (ok, the full screen gmail patch uses it)

[ryleyinstl]

Originally Posted by NuttyBunny

They're named pages, like the patch, just official. I think they trying to introduce a new gesture, tap-hold (it's needed for renaming the pages). I don't remember needing to tap-hold nowhere else on webOS (ok, the full screen gmail patch uses it)

That sounds logical...thanks for the clarification!

[cheese3915]

Originally Posted by NuttyBunny

They're named pages, like the patch, just official. I think they trying to introduce a new gesture, tap-hold (it's needed for renaming the pages). I don't remember needing to tap-hold nowhere else on webOS (ok, the full screen gmail patch uses it)

sweet! and tap-hold/long press/whatever is really intuitive and I think it would be cool to have in webOS more.

[knishknosh]

I would like to see some sort of link between apps such as calendar and contacts (like in Agendus). For example, if i have an appointment with Dr. Smith on my calendar, i can just tap "dr. smith" in the apppointment and dial the phone, send a text or email, or open his contact information. Even view the contact's address on a map without opening up the respective apps.

[NuttyBunny]

Originally Posted by knishknosh

I would like to see some sort of link between apps such as calendar and contacts (like in Agendus). For example, if i have an appointment with Dr. Smith on my calendar, i can just tap "dr. smith" in the apppointment and dial the phone, send a text or email, or open his contact information. Even view the contact's address on a map without opening up the respective apps.

I think the only way to to this (sort of), is to create the appointment in Exchange, sync it, and when the notification pops up you can contact the atendees, but not the way you'd like I think there was a thread somewhere mentioning this

[ryleyinstl]

Originally Posted by knishknosh

I would like to see some sort of link between apps such as calendar and contacts (like in Agendus). For example, if i have an appointment with Dr. Smith on my calendar, i can just tap "dr. smith" in the apppointment and dial the phone, send a text or email, or open his contact information. Even view the contact's address on a map without opening up the respective apps.

This is how I would do it:

From event in Calender or perhaps while looking at notification of upcoming event I would start a Universal Search for the contact in question.

From there the contacts Name, Phone number, e-mail and SMS info is all automatically displayed on the screen and you can tap whichever you like to start a conversation.

Best part is I would have only typed 1 or 2 letters by this point....very easy and quick.

[NuttyBunny]

Originally Posted by ryleyinstl

This is how I would do it:

From event in Calender or perhaps while looking at notification of upcoming event I would start a Universal Search for the contact in question.

From there the contacts Name, Phone number, e-mail and SMS info is all automatically displayed on the screen and you can tap whichever you like to start a conversation.

Best part is I would have only typed 1 or 2 letters by this point....very easy and quick.

Yes, but there really should be a way of linking contacts to the appointment

[ryleyinstl]

Originally Posted by NuttyBunny

Yes, but there really should be a way of linking contacts to the appointment

Yes, agreed. However I do think that U-S is a very good work around in the meantime. I'm hopping for a stronger calendar app in 2.0.