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@buddybanana

if you're using handy day already, just click on the icon that looks like a gear on the lower portion of the screen and that brings up the task manager which lets you shut down apps or kill them in the event that they hang.
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Posted: 2003-05-28 10:51:19
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@seninha- Hmm, isnt that gear icon on Tracker too? I havent used Handy Day. Heard that Handy Day drains the batt quicker than Tracker which uses less memory to run.

I would most definetely suggest Tracker. Try it for the evaluation period. If you really need the today view, wait until the new version is released.

I don't know how I lived without Tracker. I can now close all apps after I am done with them, without calling up some program. All I do is press the jdial down and a window pops up to ask me if I would like to close the app!. Always got lotsa memory availabale!
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Posted: 2003-05-28 13:03:54
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@eskasi

yup its on tracker too. i've tried both handy day and tracker, and you're right, handy day does seem to use up more power so i've been using tracker now and have switched handy day off. there are some things that handy day does better tho, but that's another story!

just that he already has handy day so no real need to buy another app.

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Posted: 2003-05-28 13:16:41
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guys...thanks for the advice

hate to admit but handy day DOES drain the batt doesn't it ?!?

looks like i'll be tryin out tracker now...hahah...

any other advice ...to keep me posted....laters

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Posted: 2003-05-29 02:20:46
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As sum1 just said, when u have tracker running, if u wanna close an app, u can press the jogdial down and an option 2 close the current app comes up. I found this b accident as I didnt realise the jogdial has 3 push button functions - In, Up + Down along with the scroll up + down functions. This means u dont have 2 go 2 the tedious task of goin 2 fileman 2 close apps. Try it! :-) This message was posted from a P800
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Posted: 2003-05-29 19:36:16
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Don't like Tracker.... Looks so damn ugly...
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Posted: 2003-05-29 19:39:00
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What do you mean by looks so ugly?

Please explain
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Posted: 2003-06-10 14:35:15
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Handy Day 3.0 is alright. Tracker looks good, but I prefer the screen lock of HandyDay. On Tracker, the darn thing unlocks if the powersaving turns on.
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Posted: 2003-06-10 20:04:16
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I agree, it looks bloody awful.

It's a maze of tiny icons with no sense of priority or balance, with buttons below and above and no sense of which is more important than anything else.

People who make these tools should take a gander at the Palm market - Silver Screen and MegaLauncher 2000 come to mind as good examples. Icons are larger, spaced wider apart for FINGERS not STYLUSES (gosh, maybe a thumb here and there). You can group in tabs which you can still switch with a thumb. Ease of use, not just organization, but they both keep your icons from being a total mess.


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Posted: 2003-06-10 23:48:30
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LOL, so no-one's doing the easy thing and using SMan's 'flush' function?

I use Handyday + SMan (freeware - developer posts here). Everytime i close my flip, every program closes, except those i've pre-set to stay running (which is nothing, except the 4/5 hidden background tasks). So much simpler than clicking anything after playing around!

And even if you don't use the flip, get SMan and put it as one of your prominent shortcuts on Handyday or tracker - whenever you've finished using the phone, simply goto Sman via the shortcut and click once on the 'flush' button - which does exactly the same as me closing my flip, clears away everything except those you want to stay running.
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Posted: 2003-06-11 05:21:44
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