Wednesday, August 4, 2004
A Fresh Look: Journal Bar Reviewed
Posted by Ryan Joseph in "SOFTWARE" @ 12:00 PM
Getting More Details
Everything displayed in Journal Bar is a link to more detailed information. Tapping on a given day’s weather will bring up an explanation of the forecast.
Figure 3: Detailed Weather Forecast.
The same goes for news stories, stock quotes, sports scores, movie times, TV lineup, etc. It only shows the headlines on the Today screen, but details are only a tap away. The details are opened in Internet Explorer, but are stored locally so an Internet connection is not required to view details.
Figure 4: News Details.
Setting Preferences
Almost everything can be customized in Journal Bar. Users can set which items they want to appear on the Today screen, which news feeds to use, what stock symbols to display (and whether to color gain/loss in stock prices), etc. Journal Bar doesn’t have an icon in Programs or Settings, but requires users to go into the Today settings. Options can be changed from there.
Figure 5: Today Screen Options.
Figure 6: Journal Bar Options.
And although the main program cannot be installed to a storage card, users can define where they want Journal Bar to store the downloaded content cache.
All Journal Bar needs to keep up-to-date is a ZIP/Postal code (for US/Canadian users) or the closest city (for other countries). With this, the program is able to find everything from weather to movie times at local theaters.
