Hidden Dock Explained!

[pinpoint]

Good day everyone!

Here is another tutorial explaining how hidden dock was created. There are five parts to the tutorial so be patient and watch through. Obviously this is not "professional" work so do not expect the top of Mount Everest. Thanks to ecruz0102 for updating me on .svg and showing some pointers. Thanks to Shao for posting the CDK_labs pdf document, its worth reading.

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A.) Explain opening of tags and closing them.
Example: <a name="location"> </a> html anchor tag
http://www.dcrin3.com/bb46/hidden_dock_tute/Part_A/Part_A.htm
Duration: 7:33

B.) Explain the engine behind the TodayPlus.svg code.
http://www.dcrin3.com/bb46/hidden_dock_tute/Part_B/Part_B.htm
Duration: 21:03

C.) Show a demo of the Today Plus SVG on plazmic theme builder.
(C-1.) Explain the limits on plazmic 4.6 - some background music.
http://www.dcrin3.com/bb46/hidden_dock_tute/PartC/PartC.htm
Duration: 1:53

D.) Create a set of three icons, demo them on simulator.
http://www.dcrin3.com/bb46/hidden_dock_tute/PartD/PartD.htm
Duration: 4:19

E.) Turn the icons into a hidden dock(using editor). Add the icons into a "g id" container tag.
F.) Show the links between the animating code and the container tag.
G.) Simulate the three icon set hidden dock.
http://www.dcrin3.com/bb46/hidden_dock_tute/Part_E_F_G/Part_E_F_G.htm
Duration: 14:14

[elycruz0102]

Thabks pinpoint. Hope people enjoy this and get things going

Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com

[maxiang]

WOOHOO!!! Thanks a whole lot to both of you! I'm gonna watch these babies as soon as I get the time

[dragon_storm]

that is definitly a good bit of info to know...

[EtherealLover]

Thanks for the tip! I will check this out.

[tdmsna523]

Thanks this or the j scroll wont work on a 8830 will it?

[pinpoint]

No because those were designed for the OS that runs on 8900,9000,95xx.

[tdmsna523]

actually i got it to work for my 8830 suprisingly just some navigation issues thats it. but theres nothing i can do about that. thanks for the reply

[pinpoint]

You are right. On my 8800 I noticed some animations running slugishly, so I dismissed any phone below the 8900 series except for 82xx.

Thanks for corfirming it.

[micjenks]

Just wanted to say thanks again Pinpoint, I started to learn composer with your flick n slide tutorial. Thanks!!

[ninja please]

good stuff, thanks for the post.

[Bexanne]

Great info and tutorials.

Thanks to everyone who posts this kind of stuff.

I have been using it to theme my 8130.

Most of it will work but I guess I can admit that it may run a little laggy.

Still, I'm stubborn and believe that if it's coded smart and small and I don't overtax the OS, the themes are worth it.

Thanks again.

Rebecca

[tdmsna523]

Originally Posted by pinpoint

You are right. On my 8800 I noticed some animations running slugishly, so I dismissed any phone below the 8900 series except for 82xx.

Thanks for corfirming it.

No problem thanks for the great tutorials they help me a whole lot. i wasent running slugish with my bb. i got it on my phone now and works great beside the navigation. which you already know that. Thanks agian pinpoint. do you have a jscroll tutorial i would like to try that one to?

[pinpoint]

Not yet. I have not seen any demand for jscroll or I just have not had time to theme any prototypes.

thank you all for the support.

[tom1l21]

Yeah, I can confirm that JScroll is very slow and both Jscroll and Hidden dock have backwards navigation. Hopefully this can be fixed in the next CDK.