I'm sick of modern UI styles. The worst thing about 'em is "Hamburger menu".
1) It's button is in FAR LEFT corner of the screen. Of my 4.8" screen! And there are 6"+ screens already.
2) Oh, you think "there is a gesture to open the menu if you don't like the button". But it's conflicting with PIVOTS!
So... I made an example app with a usable interface. And I release it as a source so YOU, developers, can use it. No license, you're free to use it as you want (without warranty of any kind of course). However I'll be happy if you mention me in about page of your app.
First of all screenshots:
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What's done:
1) Menu button moved to the bottom.
2) First (and most used menu item) is lowest. ListBox is upside down.
3) No gestures.
4) No pages with crazy navigation history. Most used features are on main page, others are on external pages.
5) Each PivotItem can easily have its own AppBar (it's not system AppBar).
I have more ideas and this project will evolve for some time.
Now, the source: https://github.com/LONELY-WOLF/InterfaceSample
Added "..." button with menu. Style is ugly for now.
Hamburger now closes if you tap right from it.
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Is there a way to make the icons unde Start->Programs, Start->Settings etc., smaller and/or display in a list like in Windows on a PC ?
Maybe a 3rd party program or a setting on the device itself?
Thanks
Anyone ?
GSPocketMagic makes the start menu list all apps in cascading menus much like Windows XP does. If you have more apps listed than fit on the screen you have scoll through them and it's rather slow to get to those at the bottom if you have a long list. In landscape mode I've gotten pretty quick launching apps using the keyboard - Windows key - [P]rograms - then type the first letter of the program you want to laucnh and it takes you to the first program that starts with that letter, keep pressing that letter and it will cyle through all of them, hit enter and the program will launch.
I find this method to be much quicker than scrolling through a long list of programs.
Thanks, I'll check out GPSPocketMagic and try your system.
Is it the start menu, or the programs explorer you wanted small?
This is possible:
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Vijay,
This is exctly what I'm after. How??
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?p=183108#183108
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So I've been working on a theme to post at mycolorscreen.com and when I was creating the wallpapers I took a screenshot
to get the exact size of the screen not realizing the soft key buttons covered the bottom portion of my theme (in Tablet UI).
I can get around using Apex Actions to see my recent apps and quick settings, but the problem is when I'm in expandable
desktop mode and I'm using an app I don't have the back or home button therefore I have to hold down the power button and
get out of expandable desktop mode and its just a pain in the butt and such a hassel. My question is is there anyway I can
use my volume up button for home and the volume down for back? Or perhaps an app someone knows off that could help me
with my situation?
Thanks in advance, elRei
Flash the latest Paranoid beta (v2.99 1/14/13) and turn on pie controls under Settings>Toolbars and you'll have this when swiping from the bottom of the screen in expanded desktop mode.
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lol I knew I should've updated when Goo Manager told me too, thanks
Yea, the stickied thread has 220+Pages of people arguing about wether or not idia will get it before singapore or why one should bother with it or not.
I just want a simple change log of things different from the original.
I have noticed the following: (in addition to the basic lists)
*LED blink disappears if you read the message preview
*2 finger swipe down for quick settings
*Daydream added (screensaver for when plugged in)
*Home button swipes
*Magnification gestures (3 tap on/off/hold and pan etc)
*Blinkfeed back button-to-top
I'l add more if this thread isn't merged
More video highlight themes, ae/af lock.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4 Beta
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In the WIFI settings, (advanced) there is now an option to optimise battery power when WIFI is on.
Not sure what that does tbh
Auto Screen brightness SEEMS a little dimmer (a good thing imho)
I've added the info from this thread to the updates discussion thread (post #2)
Split-screen Gesture in Nougat Beta
The beta Nougat update has a new gesture added for split screen. When this setting is activated, you can drag your knuckle across the screen and it will go into split-screen mode. Obviously split-screen is a feature exclusive to nougat so that's why you wont find this in your marshmallow firmware. Here are some screenshots of what it looks like.
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The split in the apps is determined by where you drag your finger across. Not a huge deal but kind of a cool feature.
Thats a good feature
@DrGreenway could u kindly create one single topic for this instead of xx Multiple ones?
I found out that there are actually 4 ways to launch the split-screen mode :
The knuckle gesture, as explained in the first post,
or Open an App then long press the "recent apps" button :
https://media.giphy.com/media/26FKZGistzE3FBywM/source.gif
or Use 2 fingers to slide up from the bottom :
https://media.giphy.com/media/l3vRlGlbxueAOx3bO/source.gif
or finally, in the "recent apps" screen, simply long press one of the app and drag it to the top :
https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7TKq6GAZtVQjokkE/source.gif
split screen has been on honor phones for ages, the gesture is pretty useless ad long pressing the multitasking is easier
It is, but it's still a nice way to activate multo-window.
Plus it's integrated in Android now.
Here's a nagging Android riddle I'd like to understand just out of curiosity, as opposed to researching an 'issue' that needs to be resolved. We all have better things to do (laundry, pull weeds, floss) than to make a case out of this post.
I'll ask anyway.
In my graphic the shortcut on the left shows normal behavior from the Settings widget in Oreo. The shortcut on the right, however, just showed up on the home screen out of nowhere. I'm clueless about how it got there and why it has color. Is anybody familiar with this?
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I think it's a spyware from mobile-tracker-free.com . Coz I used it before and it comes as the name of WiFi in the settings to avoid attention of the user.
rahulvidh said:
I think it's a spyware from mobile-tracker-free.com ...
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It's not spyware. But mystery solved. The peculiar green shortcut is an Oreo feature.
In my case it showed up by accident. Here's how it's done on purpose:
Long-press the Settings app icon until a pop-up box appears with a short list of widget items that can be dragged to the home screen. In my case there are only 3 options -- battery, data usage and wi-fi.
There are similar effects by long-pressing other apps like Gmail and Messages.