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 Launcher
X 1.0b1 
Copyright
2002, Little Mobile Creations
Launcher
X will work on any Palm OS device with the OS version 3.5 or higher.
Installation
LauncherX10b1.zip
file contains the following files: 
- LauncherXD.prc (the main program file) 
- LXBrowserD.prc (file browser built in the form of the shared library) 
- LXSonyStandard.prc (Sony high resolution graphics) 
- LXHE330Standard.prc (HandEra 330 high resolution graphics)
Everyone must install
LauncherXD.prc and LXBrowserD.prc.
Users of Sony high
resolution devices should also install LXSonyStandard.prc, to get the
high resolution graphics.
HandEra 330 users
must install LXHE330Standard.prc. Launcher X will not work without it
on HandEra 330 devices.
Short instructions
Using Launcher
X is equally easy as using Laucnher III. There are some diffeerences and new
features and I'll try to describe them here. 

 Launcher X will
make itself as a default application launcher when you start it for the first
time. If you decide not to use it as your default launcher, use the Exit
Launcher X menu item.
Launcher X Preferences
Launcher X Preferences
menu option brings the preferences screen which has three sections.
In the General
section choose (among some other things) the look of LX, refresh options and
directories LX will scan. There will be more options in the next beta.
The Gadgets
section is used to arranging the gadgets. The bottom of this screen displays
the current gadget status. The upper part has a block of available gadgets you
can choose from, and scroll arrows (shown and hidden as necessary). Tap on a
gadget in that block and chose the position on the gadget bar where you want
to place it. Choose None to remove that gadget from the gadget bar.
The Homer
section does nothing in theis beta of LX.
Application
categories.
To edit application
categories, use the Edit Category List menu item.
Ordering categories
is easy with big up/down arrows located above the list in the right corner.
To edit selected
category, tap on the Edit button, or tap on in the desired category row
under the ICON column. To hide or unhide a category, tap under the HIDE
column.
You can assign
an icon to each category. To do that, just tap on the desired icon. To remove
the icon, tap on the empty icon in the icon block.
Manual App Placement
option has no effect for now.
Just like in Launcher
III, drag an application to the tab where you want to move it. If a skin you
use has no tabs (like the included Basique skin), drag an app to the
category selector.
There is another
way to change application's category. Tap on it and hold the pen down for 0.7
seconds or more and you'll get a list of all categories. Choose the one where
you want to move the app.
You can modify
the current category by tapping on its tab (like in Launcher III).
Gadgets
Gadget bar is displayed
at the bottom of the screen. There are two triangular buttons in the lower corners
of the gadget bar. The left one is the Homer button and is inactive in
this beta. With the button in the right corner, you can hide and show the gadget
bar.
Gadgets work like
in Launcher III - drag an app to a gadget to invoke some action on that app,
or tap on a gadget.
If the gadget bar
is hidden, drag an app to the bottom of the screen and the gadget bar will be
temporarily diplsyed so you can use it. When you lift the pen, LX will hide
the gadget bar.
Trash-can
and Info gadgets look and work in the same way as those in Launcher III.
I'm working on new and advanced functionality which you'll see in the next beta.
Card Tools
gadget has completely new functions. When you tap on it, a complete file browser
will be started. LX Browser can move/copy/delete and beam files from
RAM to card and back, or from card to card. You can also rename files sored
on the card.
Bozidar Benc 
August 16th, 2002