Hacks

DaggerWare's HackMaster -  .

- The original, it created the concept of hacks; think of it as a control panel for PalmOS system extensions. [Shareware]

X-Master -  .

- A free compatible Hackmaster replacement. Offers technical and user interface improvements.

App/DA Launcher - - A hack to let you launch Desk Accessories (DA) and Palm applications. Freewar.

BatteryMonitor, EcoHack, and Voltage Control Hack - - BatteryMonitor shows battery power consumption and life expectancy. EcoHack saves 30-40% of your battery by lowering the PalmPilot system clock speed to 10 MHz from 16 MHz. Switchable between normal and Eco-mode with a stroke. VoltageControl displays a tiny battery symbol in all apps. Hacks by Peter U. Strobel. With warning notes on compatibility issues.

ClearHack - - Removes the dotted underlining from all multi-line fields, such as in MemoPad. By Neal Bridges. [Shareware.

ClipHack - - Eliminates the 150 word clipboard limit. Gives word and character count when performing cut and copy operations. [Shareware.

CorrectHack - - Configure a list of commonly misspelled words or abbreviations that will be automatically replaced with the correct spelling or expanded text when entered into any edit field. [Shareware.

Crash Hack - - Automatically resets your Palm on most fatal error conditions. Very useful if you test a lot of Palm software. Freeware.

FindHack and SymbolHack - - Features FindHack tool which remembers the last 6 searches, allows configuration of 4 permanent searches, and allows wildcard characters. SymbolHack allows access hard-to-write symbols from a keyboard. By Florent Pillet. Shareware.

FlipHack - - Lets you use your PalmPilot with the screen rotated by 0, 90, 180, or 270 degrees.

FontHack 123 - - Replace the PalmPilot built in fonts with your own in some or all applications. Source code available. Freeware.

GlowHack - - Automatically turns on the backlight whenever you turn on your PalmPilot or between the times you specify. Freeware.

LightHack - - Inverts the screen when the backlight is on. On a Palm III, when the backlight is activated, the dark pixels light up instead of the background as on the Palm IIIx and V. On the Palm IIIx and V with this hack, the screen has a glowing background. By Neal Bridges. [Shareware.

McPhling Hack - - Allows you to quickly switch back to the last-used app or popup a list of the most recently used apps with a stroke of the pen. Based heavily on Phlegm Hack. Source code available. Freeware.

MenuHack v1.2 - - Lets you click on the titlebar of a PalmOS application to display the application's menu. Works the same as pushing the menu button, but is much more intuitive to PC/Mac users.

Open Logo Hack - - A program to display images (BW, grayscale, or color) every time your Palm Pilot is turned on. Includes a tool to create the image databases. [Open Source.

PowerButton Hack - - Allows you to select an application to automatically run when your Palm is powered on. Distributed with source code. Freeware.

ScreenShot Hack - - Captures the current screen of any application on your PalmPilot to a Windows BMP with a single stroke. [Shareware.

ShiftHack - - Regain control of Shift. Eliminates PalmPilot auto-capitalization, and maintains your chosen shift-state between applications. By Neal Bridges. [Shareware.

Swipe Hack - - Assign up to 7 pen strokes to launch your favorite apps, Desk Accessories (DA), or built-in functions. Freeware.

SwitchHack - - Bypass your Application launcher. Switch back the most recently run application with a single stroke. With a different stroke, get a menu of the ten most recently run applications. It's like Alt-Tab for the PalmPilot. [Shareware.

TealMaster - - An enhanced Hackmaster-compatible system extensions manager. Supports advanced features such as multiple profiles, hack priorities, delete-protection, timed automatic enable after reset, and hack status and analysis tools. [Shareware.

Watcha! Hack - - Switches back to the previously used application after you draw the user-defined Magic Stroke. It's like Alt-Tab for the PalmPilot. Also shows a popup menu list of either the ten last used or ten most used applications. Freeware.