Commander Future Ideas

Commander is undergoing continuous improvement; the following enhancements, or fixes, are currently under consideration for immediate development, or are already being worked on. If you have any other suggestions, or further information about any of the enhancements listed, please feel free to email us at commander@palmation.com .

Flash Compatiblility

Commander works from Flash RAM, but is not certified as Flash-compatible.

Faster Lock startup

Commander can take some time to start, displaying the previously running application whilst it is starting. Work is in progress to alleviate this.

Multiple versions of Applications

Commander will currently display multiple versions of applications in the Launcher, where it should show only the latest version.

Preferences

There are number of Commander preferences which we plan to add in the future, for example:

When dragging an application to the viewbar, either copy or move it.
When running Commander, the Applications soft button either returns to the previously running application, or cycles through the views.

Owner field

A number of features will be added to the Commander owner panel, including a choice of font, and a 'Center text' option. Additionally, the default first-time install action will be to copy the existing 'owner' information from the system (PalmOS 2.0 +)

Private Records Selection at Startup

Check-In has a Hide/Show selector on the main password-entry screen. Commander provides a similar facility in the Welcome screen - simply entering a password will 'Show' private records. This will be made more explicit with the addition of a 'Hide/Show' gadget on both the Welcome and Lock screens.

Plug-in ShortCut Commands

The range of ShortCut commands currently available is limited. Future versions will provide an interface for 3rd party plug-in ShortCut commands.

Reset menu

A menu option to soft-reset the Palm device will be added in a future release.

Application Details

A number of additional options could be added to the application details panel, such as a database backup bit checkbox, etc.

Size

Although Commander does a surprising amount for the space it takes, it is not a small application. Since some major new features are planned, work is underway to reduce Commander's size.

Palm III Application Functionality

Functions to beam applications and to show memory usage will be added to implement full Palm III functionality.