Homebrew developer Sconix readying patches for webOS 2.0 13
PreCentral community member Sconix, who has already wowed webOS 1.4.5 homebrew users with the Advanced Configuration for System Preferences and Advanced Configuration for App Launcher mega-patches, is readying the next set of Advanced Configuration patches for installation under webOS 2.0. These patches, which can already be seen as placeholders in webOS Internals' webOS Patches feed, will provide a variety of new customization options for webOS 2.0. Hit the source link for details on Sconix's work on Advanced System Menus: Framework, App Menu, Mode Menu, Today Menu, Device Menu, and Power Menu!
Source: PreCentral Forums
UPDATE: As WebOS Internals chief Rod Whitby noted on Twitter, the Advanced System Menus - Device Menu, contains what turns out to be the first new homebrew JavaScript service for webOS. As you may have head, webOS 2.0 is doing away with Java, and thus the homebrew Java services developed over the past year won't be functional in the new OS. But, there's now support for both C services and JavaScript services. Sconix's new patches now include JavaScript services written with node.js to do fun stuff like trigger the LED flash as a flashlight.
Source: WebOS Internals (Twitter)
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I forsee that Verizon customer will get it right around CES 2011
I want to see how the advance app launcher patch will work or if it will work.. Since palm added the lancher titles and add pages
Edit: Nevermind I just read the thread and looks like patching the launcher is not possible at all in 2.0.. Hope they change it
^ I don't know what you're reading or how badly you're misreading/misinterpreting it, but patching the launcher will be no more difficult than it currently is in 2.0.
Heres from the thread about Advance Launcher
hmmm.... I don't know whether to interpret this as a good or bad thing.
Positive- Oh wow WebOS has so much support that people are already making improvememts to updates that haven't happened yet!
or
Negative-Wow were already on 2.0 and people still need to make improvememts on the new os? Give me a break..... And wft is the point of exhibition? Looks like a pointless gimmick
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dkmrules, you obviously think negatively and are missing the point. The "patches" should be thought of more as enhancements rather than improvements. The sheer ability to change or customize these options is an advantage. Not everyone is going to want to change things,but if they do, palm says go right ahead. Exhibition is what it says. A feature I look forward to. I can see the feature being extremely useful on my desk, displaying an agenda, weather, news feed ticker,etc. Exhinition could prove to be a feature of substance and anything, it's added value. Happy trolling!
Great news! We have patches ready for an update we won't see anytime soon. Thanks sconix, thanks PreCentral.
Thanks Palm.
Hopefully you never see the update at all. :)
No launcher patches may seriously be enough for me to jump ship to something else. I'll have to wait and see,of course, but that new launcher is just as hideous as the old one.
2.0 or we go.
2.0 or we go.
I was wondering about what the new patches were. Thanks for clearing it up.