RNS:: HBX version history

Feature: "Direct actions" - assign single actions to hard buttons - great for Treos where the Fourth button is otherwise not customizable.
Option to hide/show hidden applications in lists.
New "Preferences" screen with more options.
Bugfix: camera preview overlaid the HBX popup window on Treo 680 and newer.
Bugfix: screen could freeze after closing the HBX popup window in some circumstances.
Bugfix: did not enable card application delection if the first application on the card (alphabetically) had its duplicate in RAM.
Bugfix: the "Exclusions" feature did not work properly on Palm OS 4 or older devices.
Other minor improvements/additions/enhancements.

"Enhanced Keyguard" function to prevent hard buttons from powering on the device.
5-way navigator support.
More friendly user interface.
Button icons now resemble the actual hardware button glyphs.
Bugfix: hard buttons did not power on Treo devixes.
Bugfix: crashed with card applications that lack a standard icon.
Bugfix: the "Brightness" action now displays the correct "Adjust Brightness" dialog on Treo 650 and newer.
Other minor improvements/additions/enhancements.

Action: go to applications launcher.
Action: pop up the "Find" dialog.
Action: pop up the system menu.
Action: pop up the system toolbar/commandbar.
Action: pop up the "Brightness" dialog.
Action: pop up the "Contrast" dialog.
Option to disable HBX in selected applications (so as not to interfere with games, etc.).
Color icons for all built-in actions.
Customizable Sony Cli� jog dial push action.
Bugfix: could crash on returning to card applications after locking a handheld, etc.
Other minor improvements/additions/enhancements.

HBX is now a standalone application, not requiring any hacks on Palm OS 5 and newer.
Fixed problems with launching applications stored on expansion cards (they occurred on some devices only).
Fixed "Back to recent" behavior.
Other minor improvements/additions/enhancements.

Actions can be run with a Graffiti character input or with a keyboard key press.
Action: go back to most recent application.
The "Force if no actions" hard button option to force the HBX window to pop up.
Customizable "OK" (Kyocera) and "Select" (5-way navigator) hard buttons.
Icons and descriptions for all special actions (Off, Lock, Sync, Back, Close).
Bugfix: on Kyocera devices did not switch to a most recent application from the Phone screen.
Fixed duplicate applications handling (if the same application is available both: in the handheld memory and on an expansion card).
The list of expansion card applications is now automatically sorted.
HBX window does not pop up when device is locked.
Other minor improvements/additions/enhancements.

HBX can launch applications stored on expansion cards!
Action: start the HotSync operation.
Action: turn off the handheld.
Action: turn off and lock.
Option to disable the popup window background color customization.
Font selection.
The clock is updated in the real time.
Battery level indicator.
Free memory indicator.
Esthetic improvements to the popup window for HiRes and on Palm OS older than 3.5.
Fixed compatibility problems with Palm OS older than 3.5.
Other minor improvements/additions/enhancements.

Customizable "Down" hard button.
Customizable popup window color.
Hold a hard button over 1 second and it's default application is launched.
Press and hold hard button support eg. for beaming Business Cards in the Address application.

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