iDesk is a small but extremely powerful application that allows you to organize all your files, folders and URLS in an easy folder structure for quick access.
iDesk also contains a built-in task manager, task switcher, password manager and note taker, making it the ideal all round tool to get the most out of your Communicator.
Important: before installing iDesk, please read the installation instructions in the file "INSTALL.TXT" in the iDesk zip-file.
New in version 1.32:
- Note taker. Quickly view, create and modify Notes. There are three types of Notes buttons (View Notes Dialog, View/edit specific note and Create new note). Of course you can also assign a hotkey to these actions, so creating a note is never more than one keypress away from within any application;
- iDesk now includes a task switcher to quickly switch between all open applications. The hotkey can be defined in the iDesk Hotkeys dialog;
- Autostart-option. Specify whether or not you want iDesk to start automatically when the Communicator is restarted;
- Auto-close Desk application on startup. If you want to use iDesk as a replacement for the built in Desk application, you can use this option in combination with the new Auto-start option.
- It is now possible to use Application keys (Desk, Telephone, My Own, etc.) in hotkey combinations. For example, use 'Desk' to start iDesk and 'Chr+Desk' for the task list (the Desk on My Own key only work on firmware versions before 5.22);
- The Application list has been removed from the menu and is now available as a command (so you can assign it to a button or define your own hotkey for it);
- Button captions can now be changed;
- Instantaneous saving of all changes. No more lost settings if you take out the battery or reboot your Communicator. Every change you make is immediately saved to disk;
- The Desk and Calendar applications can now also be found in the Application list. These applications are marked as hidden and therefore did not show up in previous versions;
- You can now specify a background image to be shown (valid image formats are JPG,BMP,MBM,TIFF,WMF,ICO,WBMP and OTA). There are lots of configuration options for displaying this background image (center, tile, stretch, fit etc);
- Empty buttons can be hidden and buttons can be made semi-transparent or transparent (so you can see more of the background image);
- If you paste a button, you now get the change to specify at which location you want to paste the button;
- A new dialog is added that shows an overview of all defined hotkeys for buttons;
- Launching of URLs has been implemented in another way. The old method didn't work on some Communicators;
- If a password entry contains an URL, this URL can be directly launched from within the password edit dialog;
- The task list is now integrated in the main screen and has the additional option to close all running applications. When closing an application, a more informative message is shown depending on whether the application is busy, a system application or doesn't respond to system events;
- The reboot command has been enhanced. Before rebooting you get the chance to close all running applications;
- Added incremental search to the application list. For example, if you want to start "Control Panel" from the list of applications, quickly press the "C" and "O" keys in succession. This will skip "Calculator", "Calendar", "Clock" etc and directly select "Control Panel".
- Some small bugfixes and cosmetic changes.
Plans for next releases:
- Import/export funtionality for notes and passwords
If you find any bugs in iDesk or have further ideas for improvement, please let me know by sending an email to Arjen Broeze (arjen at allaboutsymbian dot com)
You can download iDesk 1.32 from http://opldev.broeze.com
