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ProSwitcher

NateDMB said:
Did you look through the "Activation Methods"? There are a bunch of different ways to open the app... Home button, sleep button, swipes, pinch, status bar, etc...
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Yes, as I said in my post, I set it to open by holding the sleep button and I will probably change that to home button soon. What I was saying is that the default settings (double-tap to activate and no default method of opening) are strange choices. He should set a default method of opening Proswitcher and have the apps activate by single-tap by default.
 
Night Spring said:
He wasn't commenting on the quality of the app, he was just saying its feature set isn't something he was interested in. Which IMO is a valid thing to say about something even if one hasn't tried it.
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I'm with you, but the comment about the feature set was inaccurate. There are home button clicks, swipes, pinch, status bar clicks, etc. for activation of the app. That's why I found it interesting that he made an assumption without trying it out. Especially since it's free. That's all. :)
 
Awesome new Task Manager - Can close app too!

Proswitcher is a new (Free) task manager very similar to the PalmOS card manager. Proswitcher is much more functional than MultiFl0w since you can actually close applications when in the card interface. Plus lots of configuration options as far as activation. Since I am using SB setting, and Camera activation using the status bar, I use a double tap to launch Proswitcher.

Add http://booleanmagic.com/repo to cydia sources to download the package.

http://www.youtube.com/v/8gwbkczJH6M&hl
 
JNGold said:
Proswitcher is much more functional than MultiFl0w since you can actually close applications when in the card interface.
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Not that ProSwitcher isn't a great app, but Multifl0w has had an x-to-close feature for some time now. Also, there is already a thread on this topic. I've asked the moderators to merge this thread for you.
 
Interesting, but if that video is a representation of how it works, I'll pass as it seems very laggy. Awesome concept tho and perhaps Apple will get the hint and enable this in the next release for 3GS models or perhaps in the next iPhone. :)
 
bytethese said:
Interesting, but if that video is a representation of how it works, I'll pass as it seems very laggy.
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It's not "laggy" at all on my 3GS. It does use a little memory, but far less than Multifl0w. The author is working on live views for backgrounded apps, which will probably will result in lag...but that will be optional.
 
NateDMB said:
I'm with you, but the comment about the feature set was inaccurate. There are home button clicks, swipes, pinch, status bar clicks, etc. for activation of the app. That's why I found it interesting that he made an assumption without trying it out. Especially since it's free. That's all. :)
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He said "if." He wasn't making a judgement, he just didn't know whether or not the app had other ways of activating itself than through the app icon, and saying that if it didn't, he wouldn't use it. You could have simply reassured him that yes it did, no need for calling him out on passing judgement on an app he hasn't used. Nobody has time to try out everything for themselves, we all depend from time to time on other people informing us on particular details we may wish to know.
 
I installed it this morning. It is very impressive so far. I still think Kirikae is a quicker way to find your backgrounded apps, but Proswitcher has a much higher cool factor. I use d-tap on status bar to open Proswitcher, home button once for Overboard, and home button twice for Kirikae.
 
thelatinist said:
Trying out the public beta right now. This is everything that Multifl0w should have been. So far I'm loving it, and the memory management seems far superior to Multifl0w's. Animations are fairly smooth, switching is efficient. Swipe up to close is another great feature.

The default settings are a little strange, however: double-tap to switch to an open app is silly, and it does not come with a default setting to open ProSwitcher with a button. Understandably but somewhat annoyingly the app shows blank screenshots for native apps which have not yet been opened after a respring. The effect of this is mollified by another great feature: the apps' icons and names are given right under the screenshot, which can help to tell apps with lists like Address Book and Mail apart.

And, best of all, it works with Kirikae! Right now I have hold home button set for Kirikae and hold sleep button set for ProSwitcher. But I'm not sure that this won't be reversed soon as I come to rely more and more on ProSwitcher.

The poor author of Multifl0w! Nobody's going to buy his $5 alpha-quality software when ProSwitcher in its first beta is almost flawless...and free!
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Why would you use this with Kirikae?
 
bytethese said:
Interesting, but if that video is a representation of how it works, I'll pass as it seems very laggy. Awesome concept tho and perhaps Apple will get the hint and enable this in the next release for 3GS models or perhaps in the next iPhone. :)
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Its DEF not laggy on my 3GS!
 
jimmy83 said:
Why would you use this with Kirikae?
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For the same reason I want a taskbar on my Windows PC even though I have Task Manager. Sometimes I use one, sometimes the other. Task lists are great for closing out large numbers of processes at once; more graphical task switchers are great for intuitively switching between apps. I don't see why I should have to lose Kirikae to use ProSwitcher anymore than I think I should have to disable Task Manager in order to use the taskbar.
 
MikePA said:
A term ckong is not familiar with. :)
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I definitely stand correct here. I've been posting bugs on the development site and the author has been very responsive.

Everyone have a great vaporware day! :D
 
jimmy83 said:
I though you intended to use both, ive got Kirikae atm and tempted to try PS. But iam on a 3G and worried about any lag, Kirikae is nice and quick for me
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I have a 3G and it is not laggy at all.
 
It doesn't seem as functional or as quick as Kirkae, but the interface is really cool. I mean, it works, but Kirkae is faster. Will be tough to decide between the form and function. I don't see a point in using both, though some may.
 
Is anyone having any issues with proswitcher causing push notifications to stop working with the screen is locked? I am and they start working again as soon as I removed it..
 
I'm still trying to figure out the use for this. You have to activate it by pushing something or swiping something, and then swiping through the list of open apps, and then click on it. Isn't that the same exact steps you would go through to actually open a normal app? Just sayin...
 
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