ReadMe First: Welcome to FitalyVirtual

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FitalyVirtual Installation - Windows

To Install FitalyVirtual, run the installer program FitalyVirtual.exe. The installation creates a FitalyVirtual folder on your desktop computer, with documentation files as well as copies of the files to be installed on your Palm organizer.

The installer will also let you select files to be installed on your Palm organizer the next time you perform a Hotsync. These include:

FitalyVirtual.prc — always installed
FVSetup.prc — always installed
X-Master.prc — optional
FitalyLetris.prc — optional
FitalyLetrisDB.pdb — optional

X-Master

FitalyVirtual requires the presence of an Extension Manager such as X-Master, HackMaster, or TealMaster. The installer offers X-Master as an installation option, which you should select if you do not already have X-Master or another Extension Manager on your Palm organizer.

FitalyLetris

The installation of FitalyVirtual adds FitalyLetris to the FitalyVirtual folder. FitalyLetris is both a word game and a training tool for fast text-entry with Fitaly or FitalyVirtual.

FitalyLetris lets you practice the 400 most frequent English words as they are falling like the pieces of a tetris game. It helps FitalyVirtual users develop a visual memory of these most common words on the Fitaly keyboard layout.

If you choose to install FitalyLetris, the optional files FitalyLetris.prc and FitalyLetrisDB.pdb will be installed.

After HotSync

  1. Tap on FVSetup and on the Setup page
  2. Tap on Install Fitaly Skin
    This will cause a soft reset. Upon return:
  3. Go to XMaster and enable FitalyVirtual. This will show the Fitaly skin with an Application Bar containing only the leftmost and the two rightmost icons.
  4. Tap on the FVSetup and select your applications for the Application Bar.

You can now start using FitalyVirtual. For example, tap on an icon of the Application Bar to start working with an application.

FitalyVirtual Installation - Mac or Linux

To Install FitalyVirtual, unzip the zip archive FitalyVirtual.zip. This creates a FitalyVirtual folder on your desktop computer with documentation files as well as copies of the files to be installed on your Palm organizer.

Then use the Palm Install too to install the files FitalyVirtual.prc and FVSetup.prc, as well as X-Master.prc, if you do not already have an Extension Manager. Finally, after HotSync, do as in the case of the Windows installation.

Notes on Upgrading

If you are installing this version over a previous version of FitalyVirtual, you must first uninstall the prior version. (See the next section or the User's Manual.)

Note that for upgrading, you are going to delete FitalyVirtual but not the companion program FVSetup, which handles registration information, Application Bar settings, and your user-defined slides. So when you install the new FitalyVirtual software, it will find out from FVSetup that it is already registered.

Un-Installing FitalyVirtual

To uninstall FitalyVirtual, perform the following two steps:

To uninstall the FitalyVirtual skin, tap on FVSetup and on the Setup page. Then Tap on Uninstall Fitaly Skin. Note that this will cause a soft reset.

FitalyVirtual Users Manual

Read the attached User's Manual for a description of what you can do with FitalyVirtual. This is the place where all usage options are described.

Additional information is provided in the following documents:

Compatibility/Incompatibility

The current release, dated 2002-11-01, works with Palm OS version 4.1 for the Clié NR70. FitalyVirtual works with essentially all applications. The known incompatibilities are with the following applications:

Partial incompatibilities exist with the following applications:

This list is based on the release dated 2002-11-01 and may or may not apply to later releases.

Digitizer Requirements

The correct operation of FitalyVirtual depends highly on the precision of the digitizer.

If your device has been used extensively with Graffiti and the Graffiti area is worn out by this usage, you may experience mis-taps with FitalyVirtual as the digitizer will produce incorrect tap coordinates. Note that the single taps required by FitalyVirtual are different in nature from the moves required by Graffiti: more precision is required for single taps as the averaging effect of moving across several points is not available.

Consequently, the use of FitalyVirtual may reveal preexisting digitizer problems that were previously unnoticed in Graffiti usage. In particular heavy usage of Graffiti may have damaged the center left area, causing problems around the letters d and i, where most Graffiti gestures start.

You can use tools such as TealEcho or the freeware Graffity Aid by Chris Crawford to check the condition of the digitizer. (If a digitizer is faulty, these tools may show an irregular or spotty line when drawing a straight line.) Check also for the absence of the so-called tap bug and for possible cures. If these fail, the only way to fix this problem is to have the screen repaired.

If you are experiencing digitizer problems, try to use the Sure Mode which you can select in the Key Options menu. While slightly slower, the sure mode is often able to compensate for mild digitizer defects and deliver a better precision. (On the other hand, if your digitizer is in perfect condition, the normal mode allows faster entry.)

On this subject, see also the article by Hannes Frischat "What to to about the tap bug" in the Fitaly FAQ.

License Information

The use of FitalyVirtual is subject to a License Agreement which applies to registered versions as well as to demo versions of the software.

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