How does the Hi-Launcher 's Menu look like is also up to YOU - you can design it yourself - the illustrations below are just examples:

	Different needs, different fancies, different Menus! Now you may adjust the whole Menu to your needs: frame, splitter, font, and background colors frame, splitter, and font styles item size and order unlimited submenu hierarchy pop-up animation pop-up trigger

Main Hi-Launcher features:

The Menu is completely configurable. See it! The Menu may consist of a virtually unlimited number of submenus. Each submenu can have a screen-size-limited number of items. Each item may function as an application launch command, or can have a special function assigned to it: Dial - dial a predefined phone number. Perfect for smartphones! Recent Application - launch most recently used application. Network - toggle network connections on/off without entering the "Prefs" panel. Bluetooth - toggle the Bluetooth radio on/off to save battery. Radio - toggle the Wireless Mode on Treo smartphones. Beam Receive - toggle the "Beam Receive" option. Backlight - toggle the backlight (if available). Find - same as tapping the "Find" silk-screen icon. Start HotSync - same as pressing the "HotSync" button on your cable/cradle or modem. Turn Off and Lock - turns off and locks your handheld. and more... The Menu may be shown at any time. It will pop-up over any running application. See it! The method of popping-up the Menu is also completely configurable. This may be one of the following: Hard button press (or press-and-hold). See it! Silk-screen icon tap (or tap-and-hold). See it! Silk-screen stroke. See it! Additional independent trigger to immediately launch most recently used application. Double Density, Stretch Display, Hi-Res, Hi-Res+, and Hi-Color support. 5-Way Navigator, Jog Dial Navigator, and Rocker Switch support. Can launch DAs (desk accessories) and applications from expansion cards. Runs on all Palm Powered devices with Palm OS 3.5 and higher. No hacks needed on Palm OS 5.

Double Density  Stretch Display  Hi-Res  Hi-Res+  Hi-Color  5-Way Navigator  Jog Dial Navigator  Rocker Switch  Palm OS 3.5  Palm OS 4  Palm OS 5  VFS support   DA launching   Bluetooth   Phone   Network

Microsoft® has no involvement in the development of HiLauncher, the launcher's popup menu, the launcher's pop up methods, the "Hi-Launcher", "Start Menu", "Menu Start", or "Windows" names used in the launcher's descriptions, or in the launcher itself. No other project or company but RNS:: is related with the Hi-Launcher's design process, in the Hi-Launcher's maintenance, or in the Hi-Launcher's support. HiLauncher is a stand alone launcher, not requiring the presence of any other specific launcher or launchers.
Updated Description:

Version 3.5:

• New Toggle item - "Keylights" - toggles keyboard lights on Treo and Centro smartphones.
• Menu items can now be cut, copied, and pasted in the "Design the Menu" screen.
• The "URL" item does no longer relaunch Blazer if it was already running.
• Option to sort Menu items alphabetically by caption in the "Design the Menu" screen.
• Supports various lock modes provided by TealLock (www.tealpoint.com).
• A menu icon added to the "Design the Menu" screen.
• Bugfix - the Menu was not always painted correctly in non-color screen modes.
• Bugfix - transparency was ignored in case of some applications' icons.
• Bugfix - caused problems when alerts popup instead of the Menu and the trigger is press-and-hold.
• Bugfix - invisible items were not highlighted in a proper way.
• Other minor enhancements, features, bugfixes...

Version 3.4:

• Direct Preferences Panels launching!
• New item - "HotSync L." - initiate the HotSync operation using the connection method that was used last time (useful for syncing via Bluetooth or WiFi).
• Menu navigation with side buttons of Treo 650 and newer.
• The "Auto-Off" state is now automatically restored after a soft reset.
• More capacious "Caption", "URL", and "Dial" input fields.
• Enhanced "Double trigger-press" functionality.
• New "Double trigger-press" action: "Recent App." - go to the recently running application.
• Changes made in the "Exclusions" screen are applied immediately.
• Bugfix - camera preview overlaid the Menu on Treo 680 and newer.
• Bugfix - the Center button of the 5-Way Navigator did not work as a "Press-and-hold" trigger.
• Bugfix - hard buttons of Palm LifeDirve did not work correctly as a Recent App. trigger.
• Bugfix - Recent Application was not recorded if it was launched with the "Find" system feature.
• Bugfix - the "Toggle Backlight" option did not work properly on color Treo devices.
• Bugfix - the "Brightness" item now displays the correct "Adjust Brightness" dialog on Treo 650 and newer.
• Other minor enhancements, features, bugfixes...

Version 3.3:

• New item - "Redial" - perfect for creating redial lists (containing most recent calls) on Treo smartphones!
• Configurable double trigger-press action - pressing the trigger again over the Menu can: hide the Menu, select Menu item, launch the default launcher, or perform the default action for the trigger.
• More high resolution graphics: application icons and the setup screens.
• Bugfix - the Phone application was not launched if a phone call was answered when Hi-Launcher's Menu was visible.
• Fixed power on functionality if a hard button is set as trigger on Treo devices.
• Added names of the new Treo 680 buttons.
• Bugfix - the "URL" item did not work from the destination application.
• Other minor enhancements, features, bugfixes...

Version 3.2:

• New Toggle item - "Radio" - toggles radio wireless mode on Treo smartphones.
• Bugfix - could crash while launching DA's (Desk Accessories) over some applications.
• Fixed compatibility with VersaMail.
• Other minor enhancements, features, bugfixes...

Version 3.1:

• Menus are saved together with their Frame and Contents properties.
• The "Save" dialog uses the previously loaded Menu's name by default.
• Smoother "Mosaic" animation.
• Significant program size reduction (by 30K) due to code optimization.

Version 3.0:

• Menus saving and loading.
• "Toggle Hi-Launcher on/off" commands for faster Hi-Launcher activation/deactivation.
• Menu items can be made invisible.
• The phone number picker (for the "Dial" items) now also fills in the "Caption" field.
• Fixed compatibility with TapWave Zodiac.
• Bugfix - could crash on switching to card applications from