Tutorial #4 Other cool stuff

So the main stuff is posted already but I thought I'd make a post with a collection of other stuff that you can do with your touchpad. The first thing that you can do is change the theme:

So far the only theme available for touchpad is called Glass Effect suite, and all it really changes is the launcher menu to be transparent a bit. I thought I'd add it here anyway because its something to do while we wait :)

1. Firstly open up your Preware app (which you would have installed in tutorial 2) and wait for it to download the latest repository lists. Secondly we have to turn on the theming repositories. The following short video will show you how to do that.

Excuse the bad filming but basically what you have to do is enable the feeds that contain the themes. Then either look through the themes list for "glass effect theme for touchpad" or search for it in the search bar.

2. Deleting multiple emails at a time
In the email app and in the middle column you have a list of all the emails in the selected inbox. To delete one email you can swipe it to the right and then press delete. This works for one or two emails, but if you have a gigantic inbox then this can become somewhat tedious. There is however a better way to delete multiple emails.

In the middle column down the bottom there is a small icon that looks like a folder - tap on that

This will take you to a batch select mode which looks like this...

The blue highlighted ones are selected. Down the bottom you will notice there is a trash-can icon. This will delete all the emails you have selected.

3. Minimizing app quickly.
To quickly minimize an app simply swipe upwards from below the bottom of the screen onto the screen about an inch. This will minimize your application and take you to the home screen.

4. Closing an application.
To close an application either minimize it using the method above or press the "home" button. Once in the cards view you may simply drag the session you want to close, upwards off the top of the screen.

5. Managing Cards
To manage open cards you may do a few different things. The following video will demonstrate this.

So there you go. A few more things to play with. Tomorrow's tutorial will be a list of useful/good apps from both the hp app catalog and from the homebrew app store.


Until then...

Daniel