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SilverScreen: A Launcher With Style

By Palm Boulevard Staff
March 14, 2001

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SilverScreen by PocketSensei is a specially designed launcher for the Palm OS. Users of SilverScreen are able to make use of 'Theme packs' and 'Icon Packs' to give the launcher a sense of style.

Installation and Basics
SilverScreen installs just link any other Palm program. Included in the download files are several themes that can be used with SilverScreen. Once SilverScreen is loaded onto your Palm simply tapping the Silver icon will run the program. Once the SilverScreen is running it will take over the application button, and subsequent taps of the application icon will bring up the SilverScreen application. To quit SilverScreen and return to using the standard Palm launcher you must tap on the "Exit Silver" icon found on the SilverScreen desktop or chose "Exit SilverScreen" from the App menu.

Themes and Icons
SilverScreen allows customization of the launcher screens through the use of various theme and icon packs. The theme packs change the icons for the Main and System programs. Those are the default programs such as hotsync, prefs, datebook, addressbook, etc. Changing the theme is simple. Once the theme has been installed on you palm you can activate it within SilverScreen via the following taps menu -> options -> Theme or alternately you can use shortcut T.

While using the SilverScreen launcher you are able to change the icon for any third party application. The icons can come from any of the theme packs that you have installed on your Palm, or they can come from one of the many SilverScreen theme packs. Changing the icon in SilverScreen will not change the icon for the default launcher or any other launchers that you may switch to. To change the icon for a third party application you must open the "Application Information" dialog and tap on the icon displayed in the upper left-hand corner of the screen. A new dialog will open with the instructions for changing the icon. Note: I have been unsuccessful in locating a method to replace the default icon once it has been changed to a SilverScreen Icon.

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    SD/MMC Support Added in version 2.3
    The Title says it all, for all m505 and m125 users, SilverScreen 2.3 adds SD/MMC card support. Check the website for more info....more

    Submitted by: ogre242



    There Is COLOR with SilverScreen?
    If you look on SilverScreen's home page you can find an extension to SilverScreen called "ChromaCast". This adds FULL COLOR to any color palm operated device. They also have color themes available, just not a lot....more

    Submitted by: ogre242138



    Needs update for use w. M505
    I loved Silverscreen when I had it on my Palm V. It is another story on my new M505. There are lots of issues with ghost applicatins (duplicates), non-removal of deleted programs, Crashes, etc. I am aniously awaiting an update so that I can love i...more

    Submitted by: Nancy Huber



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