MWC 2009
Windows Mobile 6.5: No more plug-ins? Tasks?
Where the new home screen disappoints is that it completely removes the widget-like Today Screen Plug-In architecture from previous versions. Widgets are something of a hot trend right now, and Microsoft essentially had a huge head-start on that with its Today Screen Plug-Ins. Quite a few good third-party ones are available. While the replacement home screen is nice out of the box, Microsoft has not only broken compatibility with old plug-ins, but failed to provide a new API for third-party plug-ins at all. This feels like a major step backwards, and is a baffling move.
I'm happy to learn that Mobile Shell 3.0 is going to be supported, but what about all the free plug-ins I used to use? Am I even able to see task...
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I'm afraid it does not seem to includes Tasks, which I'm bummed about, too. ☹️ It is just alpha right now, but the current home screen modules are:
- getting started
- favorites
- phone
- voice mail
- date/time
- text msgs
- calendar
- pictures
- music
Hopefully there are people out there working on a program that allows us to customize the home screen.
I'd also like to see Microsoft allow programmers to create module-type plug-ins so we can have bank balances, weather, etc.
How easy was it to scroll through items in each module? It's fast with my Q9c because of the d-pad. From what I saw in videos, it seemed a bit tedious on a Diamond2.
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