03.19.07
Managing Applications and the Status bar
As I showed you during the Installation Manager overview, most applications install into your Extras folder by default. You can leave this just as it is or if you are anything like me, you might want to start creating some new folders so you can keep things more organized and easier to find.
To start, open your Control Panel up…. and scroll down to the not so well named Navigation option.
As you can see, once this is open there’s an option to Organize Applications. Inside there, is a “file manager like” tool to create new folders, move them around and even delete them if you change your mind later.
On this initial screen, you can update what shows in your initial Applications Menu above the folders, which is called Favorites in Maemo nomenclature.
Here’s a quick glance at a folder I’ve created for my multimedia applications…
Another “hidden” preference from within the Navigation Control Panel is the ability to set which of your statusbar items are displayed or hidden. Simply tap the right tab on that initial Navigation panel when it opens up or when you are done with your Folder settings. There’s no way I know of to update the order in which they appear (thanks Darla!), but you can turn things on (like Bluetooth for example) to get a quick visual for whether it’s on or off when you need it.
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Darla said,
March 19, 2007 at 6:00 pm
Thanks so much for this Jonathan!!!
“There’s no way I know of to update the order in which they appear, but you can turn things on (like Bluetooth for example) to get a quick visual for whether it’s on or off when you need it.”
Actually, once you have that navigation screen open you can use the up and down arrows to move the taks in the order which you want them to appear.
Jonathan Greene said,
March 19, 2007 at 8:38 pm
Doh - you are correct… sometimes I’m moving way too quickly.
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