There are 3 ways to navigate thru Hubdog:

Hardware Key Navigation
TouchScreen Navigation
Gesture Mode Navigation

The recommended way is to use the Hardware Key. It is pretty convenient and straightforward.



Let's begin by introducing the main view of Hubdog 2.0 and the different zone. We will use the following zone name to help you get started.



How to navigate using the Hardware Key

You can use Hubdog with only one hand using the Hardware (Recommended)

Once in the Item zone, you can press Left or Right to get to the previous or next item of the current channel. By pressing the down key, you will be able to scroll down inside your item.

If you press the Up key you will go to the Item Action zone. From there you can play or stream podcast, send the item to your blog or to an email recipient, browse the item web source and soon much more. Those actions are also available thru the right soft key menu in the Action Menu.

By pressing the Up key again, you will get to the Channel Zone. Hitting the Left or Right key will open the previous or next channel of your “My Channel” list. By pressing the Enter hardware key, the Table of Content of the current channel will be displayed. You can then navigate thru it and go directly to a specific item.

If you press the Up key again you will get to My Channels zone. Hubdog 2 allows you to create folder to organize your content. When folders have been created, pressing the Left or Right key will get you to the Previous or Next Folder. You can also bring up the Table of Content of your “My Channel” by pressing the Enter key within the Table of Content you can manage your Channels, i.e.; create folder, move channel, modify your channel settings and more.


2 more ways to navigate for Pocket PC


Touch screen navigation is pretty straightforward, most visual elements are clickable.

To navigate thru the item, click the Left or Right arrow in the Action Item Zone to go to previous or next Item. The Channel zone has 4 clickable elements; clicking on the left or right side will direct you to the previous or next channel of your Hub, clicking on the middle of the zone will show up the Table of content of the current channel. From the table of content, you can open an item by clicking and holding it, a context menu will be shown.

Gesture mode is an experimental navigation. By dragging your pen or your finger from left to right on the screen you will be able to read your news like a book, drag up and down to scroll the story.