Shao-Soft let us know that they have updated their popular app Leave It On to version 2.0. To those unfamiliar with the app, Leave It On lets you set your backlight to stay on longer for specific applications - just pick the app, set the time, and Leave It On takes care of the rest. Ive found it quite handy for various tasks, most recently when navigating with Google Maps in my car. Version 2.0 introduces a brand new UI and animated pop-ups. It seems to be yet another function that RIM should have built into the OS, but unfortunately is not. Leave It On supports pop-ups for a ton of popular apps ranging from BBM to third-party Twitter clients. Essentially a little pop-up appears at the top of your screen (no matter what app you are in at the time) with the message details, and then slides out after a few seconds. Check out the video above to see the updates in action. Leave It On is on sale for $3.99 through May 15th.
Leave It On for BlackBerry Updated to Version 2.0 - Adds Pop-up Alerts and More
on 11 May 2010 10:59 AM27 Comments
What theme is that on the 9700? I'm looking to spruce mine up a bit. thanks!
The one that show the incoming message on the top of the screen...
Thanks!
The incoming messages are from Leave It On, they work with any theme. As for the theme, Ill have to ask some people if it is ok to release it as I use element from other themes in it and I dont want to step on anyones toes.
My thoughts exactly, who cares about Leave it on. What is that theme. That is kicken.
I got this update a few days ago and love the enhancements. I have two minor complaints but they're just that - minor - to me. I have the 9530 (Storm 1), and the pop ups prevent you from typing or scrolling around the screen while they're up. They identified the issue with touch screens not being able to take full advantage of the SMS pop up so, I don't count that. Anyway, number 2 complaint is, depending on where you're typing, like in a BBM conversation for example, it will take out of where you're typing and force you start over when you get back to it. Annoying if you type a lot as I sometimes do. Lol
Other than that, I love it. I'm no longer clueless as to why my phone is vibrating in front of me. It even tells you who the email or SMS is from. It would be hot if it told you who the BBM is from, but no big deal to me. I just wanna know what's going on without having to hit the home screen everytime to find out. Salute to the developer(s) behind this app. Well worth the money in my opinion.
Yes, this is kind of a problem. Especially when you have tons of messages rolling in. It would be nice if clicking on the popup notification brought you to the exact message. Is that possible?
When you get a popup, press your back button on the Storm (95xx) and it will instantly dismiss.
That'll save you a few seconds. :)
Whenever I get a pop up my phone restarts everytime. It;s frustrating cause Blackberries take forever to reboot. Anyone else having this problem?
Send me an email at support (at) shao-soft.com and Ill try and get you fixed up.
I had the original version, but I love 2.0. The pop ups are a God send. Great work Shao!
I can be in any app and know what else is coming in and if I need to check it out or if I can let it go for now. I agree though with the PP--when the pop up comes up you have to stop all scrolling and typing. And if you do continue to type, it opens the fb app if you have a message, ie and it continues there! Otherwise its all good! I was wondering if I was going to care for the popups but yeah, its great! Another great use is with the Kindle app, though I was reading it last night and it kept turning off and that was is definitely on my list!
hey where can i get that theme? if u know send me the info to my bbm 2226e14d
I Kid I Kid...but wow that looked kinda cool.
With the app and theme mixed together on such a sexy phone...niceeee
Just got the trial. So far I love it.
For the people complaining that when they get a new pop up, they have to click on it & then start all over again, I found that if you are in the middle of typing and you get a pop up, just press the back button and it clears the pop up. My only gripe with this app is you get no pop ups when you have your phone locked. What's that about?? Doesn't everyone lock their phone? Other than that, this is a great app!
You can also press SPACE to clear the pop-up :) I had intentionally disabled popups during lock/standby as thats what the consensus amongst the best testers seemed to be, but I will make it an option in the next release.
If my 9700's screen has gone blank, but the phone has not automatically locked itself, the popup turns on the backlight. I assume that is by design. Problem with that is my battery gets drained by the screen lighting up each time I get a new email. Would be a nice option to only have the popups when the backlight is already on or don't have the popups turn the screen back on, if that's possible. Otherwise, great upgrade! :-)
When an app has a trial version, I usually spend some time with it before purchasing. Leave it on will be the exception This one is a keeper thats going to be purchased right now! It has productive functions and will improve with updates. The popup is a nice touch, but the 8 auto leave on fields make it selective in duration and choice. Prior to this I had to depend on QuickLaunch "stay lit." Kudos to the developer!
I spent 2 days trying to figure out where the heck those pop ups came from. I like them, don't get me wrong, but I couldn't figure it out. I am constantly updating apps, and don't always read the new features, so Leave It On was the last app I would have thought this came from. None the less, cool feature.
This looks like a great app, but I have berrypopup already, don't think I can handle any more popup notifications...
How come the popups for BBM and SMS don't at least show some of the text from the message? If it only tells me that I received a new BBM message? I already know I received a BBM from the icon on my home screen... Also, BBM popup should show who it is from. Doesn't seem that useful to me...
RIM does not allow access to the BBM beyond getting a new message notification, so there is no way to pull the name. The added usefulness is that you can launch BBM from the popup without having to exit whatever app you are in. You can also disable specific popups (like BBM) and just use the ones you want, some people may want it some may not. As for SMS, the intention of my app was not to be a full blow popup app like BerryPopUp, but just to give a quick bit of information about the message (like the sender for SMS).
Holy moley, is this thing COOL!! I put this on a "must buy" list.
Then I started getting GTalk messages, when I went to them via the app, I would get an uncaught exemption error and it would shut Gtalk down.....then it caused a chain effect where my messages would never open properly and losing messages on my BeeJive.....so yeah, I removed it.....I enjoyed it greatly though while it worked
Has anyone experienced issues with SMS? It's hard for me to describe, but SMS is acting weird when I get new messages.
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