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Thanks Gnam,
Those are definitely good tips. I'm using vBar which is based on Wisbar and has that switcher functionality. Before that, one of the alternatives I tried was Magic Button, but it seems to take longer to launch an app in PPC than it did on my Palm, so I keep my frequently used apps running all the time. vBar just worked better for me.
SPB Pocket Plus was almost the perfect solution. I still use it for the tabbed today launcher, and put my favorite apps there. But the switcher and close action in vBar just worked easier for me.
As far as the fonts, I like your observation. It kind of cemented something I've been noticing but didn't know how to put into words. The 240x320 was a stroke of genius for PPC platform because of what you observed.... it is very usable and fits a lot of info on the screen. But the downside is the grainy fonts and displays. I'm actually surprised that it's taken this long for VGA devices and support and that there's so far to go to get software compatibility. But, wow, even now it's very tempting.
Palm HiRes (320x320) compared to PPC 240x320 is like comparing laser printers to the early days of rough dot matrix greenbar printers. It just looks nice. More like an image than a bunch of dots. But in the long run (meaning a few years), I think all devices will have that nice look.
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