Comments on: Pocket PC- put your Today Screen on a diet

By: ignar

ignar — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 19:14:22 +0000

You're so right. Only plugin I use on Today's screen is SPB Plus launcher. That one doesn't seem to affect the performance much and its usefulness outweighs possible slight slow down. But I disabled and uninstalled all other plugins. I also dropped third party PIMs such as Pocket Informant. WM built-in PIMs are lacking in features, but they're working for me and I enjoy faster access to information.

By: Colin Walker

Colin Walker — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:31:04 +0000

I totally agree, I tend to run my today screen very lean although I’ve currently got the Windows Live beta on which – you guessed it – slows things down a bit.

Not only do I find that plug-ins slow things down but they make my screen too cluttered for my liking. Some of the 3rd party plug-ins can look pretty messy and disorganised.

By: TY

TY — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:00:47 +0000

I could not agree more. I run my MDA with the bare minimum and have experienced the same results. Sometimes less is better!

By: arebelspy

arebelspy — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:18:21 +0000

James,
Check out NoPluginsToday

http://www.google.com/search?hs=roi&hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=nopluginstoday+pocket+pc&btnG=Search

I usually make it a hardware button. Run it and it’ll disable all your today screen plugins to make your device run fast. Run it again and it’ll reenable it so you get all the awesome goodness of the plugins.

-Joe

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 16:14:37 +0000

Not to bash Windows Mobile but my palm os pda takes 4 seconds to reset and never slows down however many apps and pluggins I install.