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REQUEST: Finger Friendly Today Plugin

there seem to be much of Touch/Finger Friendly apps looming around..
how about a Finger Friendly application launcher? i know, Most, now uses HTC HOME as their all in all, time, profile and app launcher plugin.. but the HTC HOME launcher only permits 7 shortcuts and the icons are ugly, and shortcut name is not supported..
and for those who don't want their homescreen/todayscreen be eaten up by a 180 pixel high plugin (HTC HOME), maybe a better touch friendly launcher is a good approach..
how about a 40 pixel height single-row app launcher.. it can't go higher than that.. what makes it different? it can stack lots of shortcuts even it is on a single row..
HOW IT SHOULD LOOK?
initially it shows only 5 icons.. but if you swipe your finger left or right.. it moves or slides the icons and reveals other icons/shortcuts in the horizontal list (originally hidden off screen).. when you reach the end of the list, you are then looped back to the first icon.. much of a carousel.. maybe icons can be changed using TGA or PNG, and customizable shortcut names is applicable..
the concept saves a hell lot of Today Screen space (so faster to redraw) and is fun to use, also, it would be the first Today plugin to utilize the Touch drivers/concept..
how about it guys? if only i have programming prowess, i'll be the one to create this..

Good thought, but one thing i hate about the HTC Home is it is bog memory hooging application.
I want one with less memory consuming.
Very nice concept hope someone will take up this project.

Such thing exists already. Just google for RLTODAY. It's not only a clock, but also does a good job as launcher. Can be easily customized for any requirements.

I use clauncher, works great, icons the size you choose, tabs etc. but sometimes it doesn't appear after a sr. with wm6. Ilauncher is similar, but I think not free.

I second the vote for RLToday, highly vertasile, and very easy to use.

http://www.pdagold.com/software/detail.asp?s=1519

Hmm, I'll have to look into what famewolf posted, but I'm still a fan of either HTC Home or RLToday. I know a while ago there was a post on how to exactly duplicate the iPhone look with RlToday and some themes, but I believe it's been taked down due to copy right reasons by Apple.

yes i know and already used RLTODAY CLAUNCH and ILAUNCH.. the only drawback is, as i said earlier, is the todayscreen usage..
RLTODAY and ILAUNCH eats up today screen estate.. as you add additional icons, additional space is required and more columns are made.. imagine, if you want 16 shortcuts at 32-40pixels each, that means you will have 4 columns having 4-5 shortcuts each.. eating up almost 200pixels of today screen space..
separating the shortcuts in TABS, once again eats up space, for TABS eat about 16-24 pixels of estate and they are uber ugly.. added the fact that they are NOT FINGER FRIENDLY..
a feature i want to utilize in my concept is the DRAG AND SWIPE method.. USE TOUCH CONCEPT ON TODAY SCREEN!
USE ONLY 1 COLUMN OF SHORTCUTS and HORIZONTALLY SWIPE YOUR WAY TO THE LIST.. no need of itching the tabs..
and NO! (@famewolf) i think we don't need another AYEPHONE clone.. it's time we stick to what we have and THINK OF NEW CONCEPTS on how we utilize OUR own interface.. another FULLSCREEN AYEPHONE like launcher is another RAM killer and a launcher takes more time to load than the application you want launched is crazy..

The launcher I posted is the "whoneedsaniphone.com" launcher which uses flashlite 2.1(adobe flash). It leaves the today screen alone. It's been mentioned in multiple threads on this board.

@famewolf.. i appcreciate the reply and the link.. thanks..
yes i know WNAIP.. i've participated on the beta testing of that app (tried it more than once).. and that's my point.. it is a LAUNCHER application.. it is not a today screen plugin..
using a LAUNCHER APPLICATION means, you need to START the LAUNCHER first, before launching your desired application.. it takes more time and RAM.. and it runs on FLASH.. and rendered in full screen makes it more slower to redraw.. and as far as i can see.. it IS an IPHONE springboard (the original iphone launcher interface) clone.. and i can say for most that it is starting to become SICKENING..
we're killing the ESSENCE of our TODAY plugin.. why not just improve what we have instead..

ytsejam_ said:
@famewolf.. i appcreciate the reply and the link.. thanks..
yes i know WNAIP.. i've participated on the beta testing of that app (tried it more than once).. and that's my point.. it is a LAUNCHER application.. it is not a today screen plugin..
using a LAUNCHER APPLICATION means, you need to START the LAUNCHER first, before launching your desired application.. it takes more time and RAM.. and it runs on FLASH.. and rendered in full screen makes it more slower to redraw.. and as far as i can see.. it IS an IPHONE springboard (the original iphone launcher interface) clone.. and i can say for most that it is starting to become SICKENING..
we're killing the ESSENCE of our TODAY plugin.. why not just improve what we have instead..
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YOu asked for:
there seem to be much of Touch/Finger Friendly apps looming around..
how about a Finger Friendly application launcher?
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I believe I gave you what you asked for. As far as a "today screen launcher" various solutions already exist..everything from the laucher built into batterystatus to claunch, the favorites in pbar..etc. I personally like my today screen just like it is showing my appointments and status of various things.
As far as the flash interface...all new PROVIDER rom's are going to start coming with adobe flashlite installed by default..the trend in future will be to use more flash based apps so you might as well get used to it at some point. Personally the "launcher" I like most is Microsoft voice command..hit a button and say "run xprogram" and it does.

Check out V2R. Think this is one company and product most of us here are not familiar
Tried it before. Pretty good. But I'm using iLauncher, so didn't want to add this in.

Can't you do a scrolling row of apps with SPB PocketPlus?

What you are looking for is UltimateLaunch:
http://www.ultimatelaunch.de/index_en.html

Other softs
You can use Vito winterface or panoramic launchpad (all are not free).
Vito : http://vitotechnology.com/vito-mobile-shell.html
Panoramic : http://www.panoramicsoft.com/mobileapps/launchpad/LaunchPad.php
Hope it will help.

That thread was 2 years ago @[email protected]

Very nice concept

squint said:
What you are looking for is UltimateLaunch:
http://www.ultimatelaunch.de/index_en.html
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+1 for UltimateLaunch
It's fast, smooth, light and highly customizable.

Take a look at iphonetoday
iphonetoday is a good one. light and easy to use and is being supported in XDA forum. Highly recommended.

Today Screen launcher

im looking for a good today screen launcher...ive looked through tons and tons of pictures of today screens on here, and found a couple that look close to want i want, but i dont know how they did it.
im looking for an app so that my today screen is a launcher like the iphone/ipod touch kinda layout...
or like the programs folder but with a custom background.
ive used spb plus and clauncher but you cant use decenct quality icons, and there always small...
also...when i use a background image on my phone, it always adds a transparent white layer over top of it, how do i just make it my image?

The HTC Home plugin combined with the HTC Home Customizer is pretty widely used and allows for a lot of customization.

i installed that but i didnt have much time to play with it.
didnt like it that much, and i accidentally called a friend of mine at 1am...i think i hung up before it rang but im not sure
is there a way to do what im walking about with the htc home customization tool?

Berserk87 said:
i installed that but i didnt have much time to play with it.
didnt like it that much, and i accidentally called a friend of mine at 1am...i think i hung up before it rang but im not sure
is there a way to do what im walking about with the htc home customization tool?
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you could try something like wisbar advance desktop. you can create whatever icons you want or use the high quality ones already built in. check out my today screen here: link. i use it in conjunction with htc home as well

i got the htc customizer to get close to what i want.
i removed all the other tabs exept launcher.
is there a way to remove the bar under the icons?
and maybe add another row of icons?

the htc home plugin puts some weird icon on my taskbar to show battery charge but it looks really weird and removed my time/date :S
and it slows my phone down, smaller alternative?

Berserk87 said:
the htc home plugin puts some weird icon on my taskbar to show battery charge but it looks really weird and removed my time/date :S
and it slows my phone down, smaller alternative?
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Take a look at some of these, you may have to do a little work but you should be able to get what you want.
http://rotlaus-software.de/forum/viewforum.php?id=5
p.s. There is a reg edit for the battery icon/time/date issue. I will see if I can find the link.
Here it is - http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=5108&highlight=reg+edit+cab

Which "shell" is the fastest? (SPB, ultimatelaunch,...)

Hi,
I own a Nike and wanna change its "GUI". There are great skins available (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=421944) but I want the Nike to be also as fast as possible, so which one is the fastest? Thanks a lot

PointUI home, is very fast - just uses quite alot of resources.
>> See more details about PointUI Home, click here
SPB mobile shell is also fast, but I find ulitmateluanch and throttle launcher the slowest.

UL is still my favorite. It's customizable and uses the least amount of resources.

I think it's homescreen++
Tried a bunch of them, and it's the lightest, fastest and most stable IMHO !

Homescreen++ isn't a shell, it's a today plugin

I tried them all, and each time I come back to Ultimate Launcher. It seems that it's the only program my Trinity can handle well.

Napbree said:
Homescreen++ isn't a shell, it's a today plugin
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well ultimatelaunch is a today plugin too dude !
I guess you're talking about fullscreen app, but that's not the question

Somehow I prefer the today plugin style because then I don't have to worry about red button taking me out of the launcher/UI/whatever.
I used UL and BatteryStatus (before it turned into Homescreen ++) but I found in general the full UI has better response. My favorite is Pointui but currently they're hanging in development so I'll wait till they come back to it.
I also use MortButtons now, strictly for program launcher.

i would say either htc home or battery status, both use very little resources

xboxhaxorz said:
i would say either htc home or battery status, both use very little resources
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Aren't we talking about shells tho?

What about yrgo, guys ? It is low memory application, quite fast, highly customizable.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=422190
http://www.2daysoft.com
http://www.2daysoft.com/yrgo/forum
Luky

I prefer Large HTC Home
It works good and no too much resources consumed, and in my fantastic 3.5" VGA screen looks very nice!
Cheers to all

yargo is vary customizable but dont know how far i can customize it. i like to use htc home with ul

Ive tried most of them but I always end up going right back to Ultimate Launcher.. My current setup is Homescreen++ as my main main screen in Ultimate laucher

aditional pulldown "tray"?

The notifications tray is great, easily pops down most of the time and the apps tray (with ALL the apps) is just as nice.
But i would like a extra tray for settings and/or favorite apps instead of clogging the "desktop" with shortcuts.
like a tray that flips out from the side of the screen.
is it even possible to add a off-screen container such as the above mentioned dropdown/up trays?
and if yes, are there any available at this time?

I know this isn't going to answer your query, but what is wrong with just populating one of your home screens with shortcuts?
I mean, if you do this with one of the screens either side of the "centre" home screen, you effectively get what you require.
Regards,
Dave

I do use the screens as placeholders for my everyday apps, but most of the time i need a app thats on another screen, meaning i have to go look for it.
With a pulldown tray that would pop out from the side, i could keep my most used apps more conviniently located, just a tap away, instead of 1 to 6 swipes away.
since the apps and notifications are dropdown/up i feel its missing dropdown left/right, witch is the real reason im wondering.
it would be great with apps on one side and settings on the other, then i wouldnt use more than one or two homescreens for widgets only.

I seem to recall one of the home replacement apps had this...I can't recall which.

I know, what you mean.
It's not so nice, to put hundreds of widgets and Shortcuts on the screen.
I don't like it on Windows Desktop, too.
Therefor, I have loaded Apps Organizer from Market.
I put my Apps in 5 Folders, sorted.
Is that something to try for you?
http://www.androidpit.de/android/de/de/market/apps/app/com.google.code.appsorganizer/Apps-Organizer
I love it, really.

Perfect thanks
Formel-LMS said:
I know, what you mean.
It's not so nice, to put hundreds of widgets and Shortcuts on the screen.
I don't like it on Windows Desktop, too.
Therefor, I have loaded Apps Organizer from Market.
I put my Apps in 5 Folders, sorted.
Is that something to try for you?
http://www.androidpit.de/android/de/de/market/apps/app/com.google.code.appsorganizer/Apps-Organizer
I love it, really.
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I recently converted from a strictly WinMo user to Android and having struggled to find apps stored on my phone because of a lack of folder organisation, am thrilled to find this app. Many thanks!

Formel-LMS said:
I know, what you mean.
It's not so nice, to put hundreds of widgets and Shortcuts on the screen.
I don't like it on Windows Desktop, too.
Therefor, I have loaded Apps Organizer from Market.
I put my Apps in 5 Folders, sorted.
Is that something to try for you?
http://www.androidpit.de/android/de/de/market/apps/app/com.google.code.appsorganizer/Apps-Organizer
I love it, really.
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actually you can do that with the stock sense widgets, as there are folders for the homescreen. afaik they don't support custom icons though.

Looking for a weather widget

I'm trying to fill a specific need.
Before this i had a Ibex Flytouch 3. It lasted 4 days from new before the battery exploded and melted it to scrap.
BUT - it had a very nice weather widget that shows time and weather from lots of world places. Specifically Newbiggin-by-the-sea, Northumberland, UK.
No other weather app I've seen shows Newbiggin, the closes is Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland. OK, the weather will be the same, but I'd like to see Newbiggin listed and shown.
I've got the apk from the FT files, and it installs and runs as a widget, but I can change the settings (It used to be a tap on the widget would open its settings window, tapping it widget on my A500 does nothing).
Anyone know how to make it allow settings, or of a weather widgety that shows Newbiggin?

try beautiful widget...

I'll try him, thanks.
Palmary weather does the job I need, but it add TOO many widgets - I just want one simple little thing - why do they have to bloat things out so much?

In that case, you can use the basic widget available on the Acer.
But beautiful widget offers choice of different widgets from simple to sophisticated...

well the ACER one is not finalize... cut the text on the bottom...
and concerning beautifull.... hummm no comment.
Ressource eating, too much things.... but normal it's meant to be like this
but I will release asap my widget, minimalistic, nothing more than temperature, and simple graphic... just need too study more about Java

ms893 said:
In that case, you can use the basic widget available on the Acer.
But beautiful widget offers choice of different widgets from simple to sophisticated...
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Don't get me wrong, i don't mind sophisticated..
I just don't want all the other widgets still installed after I've got the one I want running.
It's good it gives you a choice - it just needs to delete the ones I don't choose.

http://www.google.ru/webhp?sourceid...=1&fp=e7be68f0ea50d0d6&ion=1&biw=1440&bih=742

anusthegreat said:
http://www.google.ru/webhp?sourceid...=1&fp=e7be68f0ea50d0d6&ion=1&biw=1440&bih=742
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Thanks for the link.
I've already tried it - the water live wallpaper works fine and looks great, but the weather app/widget fails (installs, but on run force closes all the time).