Ok when will people start to create new look tiles to replace the Call,Email, Calendar, Internet Explorer, and market place tiles?I like WP7, but these tiles are awful!!!!
davidebanks said:
Ok when will people start to create new look tiles to replace the Call,Email, Calendar, Internet Explorer, and market place tiles?I like WP7, but these tiles are awful!!!!
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You are so right, I can't beleive it's not done yet
What for? They are nice. At least, I like it. And there is no need to change. I guess..
there is an app to replace your tiles in the marketplace, just can't remember the name of it.
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Just what the title says. Is there any way to remove icons from the slide up menu without actually removing the application? Sounds silly but it would be more convenient to have some icons on the "desktop" but not on the menu.
Have thought about this myself... would be good to hide something like pintail etc.
Maybe that's windows thinking but: I'd love to have subfolders like games, office, fun, ...
that would solve the problem too.
Or maybe just organize the apps based on download date, last used, size, or type would be nice as well.
I got a friend with a G1 who puts folders on his desktop and lables them as Games, Misc, and Apps so je doesnt clutter his desktop or have to shift tho the menu tab.
call me crazy but how does your friend put folders on the desktop?
so uh... nevermind. lets pretend i didnt ask that question
Hey people, i have been looking under tree and rock to finde some sort of way to organize Apps in to folders, in the main menu. With no luck so far.
I am i just blind and stupid or have Android made the same mistake as apple did with no way of organizing applications (albiet, appels problem is a bit bigger than Android's).
Anything to help me keep my Main Menu Organized ??
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Vicster!
(HTC Desire)
"main menu" being application launcher drawer/cube? Or home screen?
Stock application launcher drawer/cube doesn't have the option, and I fail to see why anyone would need such an option, given that -
1) Home screen supports folders.
2) There are plenty of apps that allow grouping applications in "folders" of some kind (virtual ones) on the home screen.
Your "main menu" is the home screen(s), not the application drawer.
How about 'Apps Organizer' from the market.
- You can set up categories
- Apps can be in multiple categories
- Assign custom or predefined icons to these
- Both widget and shortcut support to put these categories on your home screens
- Fave apps so they stick to the top in the folders
- Optionally have all folders/categories as subfolder from 1 main folder. Now that cleans up everything into a single icon.
It's a lifesaver if you use a ton of apps and want to stay organized imho.
nice apps organizer
for me it has been FolderOrganizer by Fabio Collini for quite some time...
After trying every app organizer I could find I settled on "tag home" to fix this problem. You can create tabs in the launcher, sort the apps by tab, prioritize the items in the tab sort them, have an app under multiple tabs, (easier than remembering if gmail is in internet or communication) and you can shortcut the tags onto the desktop as folders. plus, it's free in the market.
Just my 2 cents, and that's about all my advice is worth....
vicster said:
Hey people, i have been looking under tree and rock to finde some sort of way to organize Apps in to folders, in the main menu. With no luck so far.
I am i just blind and stupid or have Android made the same mistake as apple did with no way of organizing applications (albiet, appels problem is a bit bigger than Android's).
Anything to help me keep my Main Menu Organized ??
Kind Regards
Vicster!
(HTC Desire)
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I am also looking for an efficent solution! But i think we have to wait until apple releases its OS4.0, which will be able to organize apps.
Then suddenly there will be apps developed for android who do the same thing. Its sad, that it has to be this way...
senjin said:
How about 'Apps Organizer' from the market.
- You can set up categories
- Apps can be in multiple categories
- Assign custom or predefined icons to these
- Both widget and shortcut support to put these categories on your home screens
- Fave apps so they stick to the top in the folders
- Optionally have all folders/categories as subfolder from 1 main folder. Now that cleans up everything into a single icon.
It's a lifesaver if you use a ton of apps and want to stay organized imho.
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well, that's helped with my problem... thanks
korbi said:
I am also looking for an efficent solution! But i think we have to wait until apple releases its OS4.0, which will be able to organize apps.
Then suddenly there will be apps developed for android who do the same thing. Its sad, that it has to be this way...
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Why would you think that? There was Advanced Launcher for 1.6 that did this, and many home alternatives that do this. It's harder for rosie because it is closed source.
PS. You can make a folder on the home screen for a long time and dump applications into it, just like the magical iPhone can't do yet.
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Why would you think that? There was Advanced Launcher for 1.6 that did this, and many home alternatives that do this. It's harder for rosie because it is closed source.
PS. You can make a folder on the home screen for a long time and dump applications into it, just like the magical iPhone can't do yet.
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Advanced Launcher doesnt work at all.
Does Rosie mean Sense? (Sorry i just got my first android device)
I didnt find a decend Homescreen replacement that has this feature. Only Tag Home Launcher, but this app slows my phone down (very noticeable!).
The Replacements, which worked fine (for example ADW Launcher or Launcher Pro), didnt have the ability to sort apps in the draer/starmenu...
If you could point me to an working replacement I would be happy!!!
But, coming from windows mobile my experience is: nothing new is developed until apple does it and then sudenly the market is flooded with apps, that do this. ( I was looking for more finger usability since Windows Mobile 2003SE ^^). Of course there are few exceptions...
But please proove me wrong!
About the ability to create folders on the homescreen: I know this ability exists! But in my opinion one big advantage of android is the widgets on the homescreen. I like my homescreen to show me the time, my appointments, the weather...
For launching purpose i would like a simple menu with all my apps (categorizeed, sorted the way i want it )
the way I see it: the iphone has no homescreen it only has a launcher. But soon this launcher will get better than the one from android (now they are equally bad^^) and that is when i think apps will be released to overcome this differnce. But it should be the other way around...
But again: please proove me wrong!
Greetz
Korbi
And here is a video showing how apple implemeted it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZcjyZ2suBw
@3:15
its low res, but i am sure there will soon be a better video...
So until I find the perfect solution I'm using the folders created for the on-screen but I'd like to be able to rename the folders. As an Android n00b is that possible?
gavinKingsley said:
So until I find the perfect solution I'm using the folders created for the on-screen but I'd like to be able to rename the folders. As an Android n00b is that possible?
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To change the folder name:
-Open the folder.
-Touch and hold the bar at the top of the folder.
This should give you the "Rename folder" dialog box.
Good luck.
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Ok so I'm coming from the symbian world (all hail the legendary N95). I like my captivate for the most part but one thing I find slightly annoying is scrolling thru a couple pages of apps to find what I want. I would like to have application groups or folders (i.e. Games, Utilities, Commerce, Misc). Is there a way to do this on Android?
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Ok so I'm coming from the symbian world (all hail the legendary N95). I like my captivate for the most part but one thing I find slightly annoying is scrolling thru a couple pages of apps to find what I want. I would like to have application groups or folders (i.e. Games, Utilities, Commerce, Misc). Is there a way to do this on Android?
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My best advice would be to use a home page to hold folders that house the apps that you use. You can put folders on your homes pages but not in the app drawer.
Another idea: LauncherPro puts your apps in alphabetical order which makes it a little less annoying.
Ok thanks. I suppose the adding folders to the home pages is one workaround.
Yeah the OS on default lets you choose to sort your apps alphabetically in the app drawer, but then you have those times when you know the app you're looking for but can't remember the name (maybe just I do). Would be nice to have some kind of order...
If you leave it in Customizable grid I belive it will add the new apps to the last page, in the order you install them.
But I agree the folders on your home page sounds like the best solution for you. I don't use them myself but I have heard that once you restart your phone the contents of said folders will alpabetize themselves, so you cannot keep a specific order within a folder on the homd screen.
"Apps Organizer" (free) is what you need.
"More Icons Widget" might be good, too, but I haven't tried it.
Another vote for Apps Organizer - labels for apps, multiple labels per app, folders for your labels with custom icons, and the ability to star favorite apps and have them appear first in folders. Auto App Organizer is nice enough too, but I always ended up having to fixs its categorise by hand anyway, auto-categorize never uses your custom categories, and somehow it has completely lost the ability to launch Maps on my phone.
skinien said:
My best advice would be to use a home page to hold folders that house the apps that you use.
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This is what I do. The only time I touch the app door is to add a newly installed application to a folder on the home screen.
I use app organizer and it is wonderful.
My issue is the massive apps folder. Is there any way to remove the entries in this folder?
I segregate my apps in appropriate folders but I would like to pare this folder down as I move the apps to wherever, I would like to use this folder as an indicator of those apps that I haven't yet moved to their new homes.
An alternative would be to have all new apps appear in some other entity from which I could move their references around.
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What i want is a nice fast calendar software. I need it to display small user definable icon in the month overview. And it would be great if i could copy multiple appointment at once.
Also it would be great if i could define some standard appointments wich i could save and easily create on a selected day.
Is there something like that out there?
Have you tried Thumbcal?
dino_Donis said:
Have you tried Thumbcal?
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Why should i? It doenst have the features im looking for..
I'm trying to get pics for my contacts that also fit nicely onto a live tile without much/if any editing. I have plenty of editing tools so just curious if someone knows the magic number for live tile image size. I have one image that's 450 x 375 and it was perfect. No cropping, but if there's an actual # out there I'd rather have that just bcs I'm a weirdo Thanks!
This Windows Phone Icon Maker might help
Have you trued making them square?
wpxbox said:
This Windows Phone Icon Maker might help
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It force closes immediately when I launch the .exe I'm unfortunately on XP if that has anything to do with it...
Custom tile maker
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Custom tile maker
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I actually have that but the app doesn't give the option to assign an action to open a specific contact and update the tile when you get a new message from that person like it does when you just pin the contact yourself...plus it doesn't save the tiles you make anywhere...that's a slight bummer =/ Otherwise its been pretty fun to use to customize the home screen a little more.
I was googling and ended up finding an article that mentioned Live tiles are 173px by 173px so I guess I'll re-size my images to that size if I wanna be all picky about it