Well-timed post, since I know the T5 is now officially out of fashion with the release of the TX. I have only recently finished a full-on migration back to PalmOS from an iPaq I got because of TomTom, so before I completely close off my personal project, I thought I'd ask more experienced users of possible solutions on some things.
Screen orientation settings per application
It seems obvious to me that some applications are more useful in one orientation than the other. For example, my KK-12c app, which emulates the legendary HP-12C calculator, is only half as useful in portrait mode as it is in landscape, if you know what I mean. For most other apps, I am familiar with portrait. So why Palm didn't bother making this an app-specific setting, I don't know. Is there 3rd-party software that achieves this?
File associations
I tried opening a big (700~KB) html file from the Files app. It launched Blazer, and Blazer gave up loading the file after a while, then crashed. Immediately I thought of changing the app that handles html to AvantGo, but how? I like the idea of using Files as a launcher, as it's bare-bones and doesn't require a lot of clicks. Is there a similar app I might be recommended? I am using Filez as a file manager at times, and tried UniCmd, which I thought was far too complicated.
Backlight off on idle
I'd like to be able to save battery when I'm running TomTom on my mountain bike. I'd only need voice queues, so the screen might as well turn itself off, or at least be unlighted. Is there anything that does this?
PDF viewing
This seems to be one area where the WinCE world beats PalmOS hands down. With my iPaq, I used to be able to drag a folder full of PDF's (they would typically be PDF printouts from my Mac) onto an SD, then just view them with Acrobat for WinCE, albeit with some discomfort, on the PDA. If I wanted a hard copy I'd plug the SD onto a reader on my Mac, then print. The workflow is so much more complicated with the (really B-class effort that is) Acrobat for Palm. There must be a better way that doesn't involve conversion! (tends to break half my PDF's to begin with!)
I eagerly await your wise advices.
Screen orientation settings per application
It seems obvious to me that some applications are more useful in one orientation than the other. For example, my KK-12c app, which emulates the legendary HP-12C calculator, is only half as useful in portrait mode as it is in landscape, if you know what I mean. For most other apps, I am familiar with portrait. So why Palm didn't bother making this an app-specific setting, I don't know. Is there 3rd-party software that achieves this?
File associations
I tried opening a big (700~KB) html file from the Files app. It launched Blazer, and Blazer gave up loading the file after a while, then crashed. Immediately I thought of changing the app that handles html to AvantGo, but how? I like the idea of using Files as a launcher, as it's bare-bones and doesn't require a lot of clicks. Is there a similar app I might be recommended? I am using Filez as a file manager at times, and tried UniCmd, which I thought was far too complicated.
Backlight off on idle
I'd like to be able to save battery when I'm running TomTom on my mountain bike. I'd only need voice queues, so the screen might as well turn itself off, or at least be unlighted. Is there anything that does this?
PDF viewing
This seems to be one area where the WinCE world beats PalmOS hands down. With my iPaq, I used to be able to drag a folder full of PDF's (they would typically be PDF printouts from my Mac) onto an SD, then just view them with Acrobat for WinCE, albeit with some discomfort, on the PDA. If I wanted a hard copy I'd plug the SD onto a reader on my Mac, then print. The workflow is so much more complicated with the (really B-class effort that is) Acrobat for Palm. There must be a better way that doesn't involve conversion! (tends to break half my PDF's to begin with!)
I eagerly await your wise advices.