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[IDEA] Quicktab - fast Manila-Tab switcher

Hi guys!
I sell HTC devices and saw some interesting stuff on a Legend:
If you press the Home button on the Home-Tab you have an overview of all Tabs on the screen. This stuff would be so nice to have on the HD2.
I wish, my programming skills would be so good like my Photoshop skills. So I ask here if some of you Pro-Dev's is able to make this app?
I already have a design concept (GIF - 3.04 MB):
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What do you think about it?
PS: If there are some grammatical errors, please be patient - German User

Fantastic idea! May I suggest activating this via holding the home button instead? It would be easier I think.
Also - did you see how the latest version of Sense works on Android? Pinching any tab with 2 fingers will show you a list of Sense screens. It would be great, too.

Great idea - someone here will have the knowledge to make this happen methinks!

what also would be nice is not only for tabs, but when you rotate the screen on the home tab, you can scroll through open applications (including the tabs) like you do on coverflow (music tab in landscape)

NSider said:
Fantastic idea! May I suggest activating this via holding the home button instead? It would be easier I think.
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On the Legend you just have to press it short, thats much faster than the long pressing. When you make it on long press you are not faster then swiping the slider to the tab you wish to open.
NSider said:
Also - did you see how the latest version of Sense works on Android? Pinching any tab with 2 fingers will show you a list of Sense screens. It would be great, too.
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The Legend runs fast and smoothly. I don't know something about the Desire - it will come next week - but IMHO with Android you don't need the Snapdragon to run smooth.
The idea with pinching is also not bad. I think it would be probably as fast as the seccond press on the Home button.
mouki_9 said:
what also would be nice is not only for tabs, but when you rotate the screen on the home tab, you can scroll through open applications (including the tabs) like you do on coverflow (music tab in landscape)
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I think, the rotating thing is more eye candy than time saving. But it would also look great.

Image please
WinMobile-Junkie said:
Hi guys!
I already have a design concept (GIF - 3.04 MB):
WinMo
Please post(upload) your image as a jpeg I am unable to see your concept to comment.
I wonder how it differs from Task Facade??
Thanks
Dave
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great idea... that would be a really great mod.
i hope someone can create this mod....

I'd say Maxycy's MaxSense is the thing you're waiting for.. judging from the preview-movies, he's implemented this function pretty well!
See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=625652

davej said:
Please post(upload) your image as a jpeg I am unable to see your concept to coment.
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Here you are! Click through the attached pngs, and you know, what I mean.

Gotcha
Thanks WinMobile!!
3+ gotta have!!
Very tasty indeed!!
Dave

tomasz said:
I'd say Maxycy's MaxSense is the thing you're waiting for.. judging from the preview-movies, he's implemented this function pretty well!
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Sorry, but I like the look of Sense. It's a masterpiece of work for sure, but i like the original design, so that's to far away from the Stock Manila...

[MOD] Clockless Taskbar - Updated 5/26 for Fresh 2.1.2

Updated 5/26/10 with new version supporting Fresh 2.1.2. See Here for download.
First person to notice what's different about the content of this screenshot wins (not regarding the Rosie/Launcher).
Some people were talking about doing this, so I wanted to see if it was possible, turns out it is .
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theres no time in the taskbar what do i win?
edit: I wanted to be first but that is really cool man great work.

The clock is gone.

wtphoto said:
theres no time in the taskbar what do i win?
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No, I was here first. Go away.

wtphoto said:
theres no time in the taskbar what do i win?
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That was fast . You win for being the fastest typer. Not sure of the value, but wanted to see what it might take to do. Any interest out there for this? It does give more room for other "stuff" if nothing else.

clock is gone, and all the icons are pushed over to the right... awesome

how far over do the notifications go?

Giveeemee i like that haha

That's freakin awesome!
I dislike redundancy (clock widget AND time in the taskbar), will you be sharing this one?

You care to share?

thedudejdog said:
how far over do the notifications go?
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Fills the whole taskbar:

metamorph?!
puhleeeeaaaasssseeeee?

thatjerk said:
You care to share?
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It's an edit to a framework .jar file, and my .jar file has additional edits for the white taskbar/notification menu, so it's difficult to distribute.
I could probably do 2 versions. One if your notifications drop down menu is stock, another if it is AOSP style, and thus has some font/button tweaks, like mine.

mountaindont said:
metamorph?!
puhleeeeaaaasssseeeee?
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It doesn't have to be a MetaMorph for this change, as we are not updating a handful of files in an apk/jar file. In this instance, we are replacing the whole thing.
That is one of the challenges in distributing.

JsChiSurf said:
It's an edit to a framework .jar file, and my .jar file has additional edits for the white taskbar/notification menu, so it's difficult to distribute.
I could probably do 2 versions. One if your notifications drop down menu is stock, another if it is AOSP style, and thus has some font/button tweaks, like mine.
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what jar file and what smali file and whats the line?

Jus10o said:
what jar file and what smali file and whats the line?
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Exactly what I was trying to ask. You asked it better. I would like all the the devs to have this in their toolbox ASAP!

id like to include this in my rom, please release what you can, thanks!

Are you in a call with JOHN?
Or do you call your PHONE....JOHN?
Haven't seen that before, looks funny
Thanks,
Bubba.

Lol looks like I inspired you this morning. I think I know where its at. Pm me more info.

VinceOB said:
Lol looks like I inspired you this morning. I think I know where its at. Pm me more info.
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Indeed. Couldn't leave it with all the extra space. Aesthetically, it was killing me. Figured there had to be a better way .

[REQ]Droid X Launcer Icons

I Think I'm Close. but..
I was wondering if anyone had the icons so i can use them with launcherpro seeing you can change the icons to any picture you have. if anyone has them or could get them i'd greatly appreciate it. i'd do it myself but im not great with photoshop or editing pics for that matter.
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I would like these as well.

here you go

smjfosho said:
here you go
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Thanks!!!
Since you know where to find these icons, can you lead me in the right direction to find the stock android icons? I've been looking all over for a high resolution version of them (aka the Nexus One icons), and have had no luck.
Any help would be appreciated.

kpoz said:
Thanks!!!
Since you know where to find these icons, can you lead me in the right direction to find the stock android icons? I've been looking all over for a high resolution version of them (aka the Nexus One icons), and have had no luck.
Any help would be appreciated.
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try this:
http://bharathp666.deviantart.com/art/Android-Icon-Templates-150559012?q=1&qo=1

smjfosho said:
here you go
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Thanks for uploading. Does droid x have any other white icons available?

dukins said:
Thanks for uploading. Does droid x have any other white icons available?
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not that i know of, ive looked through the system dump, dont see any

thks alot now my evo looks very awesome

where'd you get your taskbar from?

smjfosho said:
try this:
http://bharathp666.deviantart.com/art/Android-Icon-Templates-150559012?q=1&qo=1
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Haha you're on a roll. Thanks, again!

maxinspace said:
where'd you get your taskbar from?
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It's launcher pro. The 2nd and 4th icons are set to nothing, and then launcher pro lets to pick custom icons for the bottom dock. It also lets you turn off the home button at the bottom of the app drawer, like in the Droid X.

more icon
is there more icons we can have...im diggin this icons for the evo

Since these end up more spread out than the real icons, could we do a dock background with the icons in the correct places, then just use blank icons, like they do for the sense looking launcher pro docks?
Can a launcher pro dock be pretty tall?
Edit: I figured it out, posted in another thread.

Android tutorial widget?
How did u get that android widget at the top where he says click the button to see your apps or whatever???

Rocklee99 said:
How did u get that android widget at the top where he says click the button to see your apps or whatever???
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It's protips. It's included in a lot of the 2.2 distros, but HTC doesn't include it. One option would be to grab some sort of AOSP rom and get protips.apk from /system/app. I dunno if you can just install a protips apk, or if it needs to be pushed to /system/app on your phone.
CM6 includes their custom version called "brotips." The android is cyan and the 6 original sayings are there along with 6 more specific to CM. Bugless Pete has done one too, I don't remember where I found it, maybe his twitter.
Also try just googling protips.apk.

Remove gingerbread status bar clock?

Hey,
I want to remove the clock from my statusbar because it's just ugly and i don't need 2 clocks.
There are some threads about this, but this are old methods that don't work anymore.
somebody knows how to achieve this easily? I'm running latest MIUI ROM (Android 2.3.3)

Really nobody that can help me?
I've found a tutorial to extract services.jar, i tried editting the files but i couldn't figure it out. Please?

I may be wrong, but I don't believe that removing the clock is an option in stock Android. Many of the custom ROMs have explicitly added this capability, I would image because there is a demand for it.

Wouldn't it make more sense to get rid of the stupidly big and unnecessary one that's taking up half your screen real estate?

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I may be wrong, but I don't believe that removing the clock is an option in stock Android. Many of the custom ROMs have explicitly added this capability, I would image because there is a demand for it.
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It is not a real option, but it should be possible. I've read that the clock removal mods don't really remove the clock, but the clocks are just posisioned outside the screen area. I tried to move the clock myself but i failed
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Wouldn't it make more sense to get rid of the stupidly big and unnecessary one that's taking up half your screen real estate?
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No, that doesn't make sense to me.
I like it like this, but the ugly clock in the corner is bugging me
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I see your point now! Didn't realise your homescreen was so well modded and tasteful. My apologies for jumping to conclusions and thinking that you'd have a Sense style clock.
If i were you i'd want rid of the smaller one too. If i come across anything that could achieve the desired result i'll post it here for you.

DirkGently1 said:
I see your point now! Didn't realise your homescreen was so well modded and tasteful. My apologies for jumping to conclusions and thinking that you'd have a Sense style clock.
If i were you i'd want rid of the smaller one too. If i come across anything that could achieve the desired result i'll post it here for you.
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Thanks, that would be great!

Overloaded said:
Hey,
I want to remove the clock from my statusbar because it's just ugly and i don't need 2 clocks.
There are some threads about this, but this are old methods that don't work anymore.
somebody knows how to achieve this easily? I'm running latest MIUI ROM (Android 2.3.3)
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Check this out, I think this is what you are trying to do:
http://androidforums.com/droid-x-all-things-root/325354-mod-remove-clock-gb-status-bar.html

bouchigo said:
Check this out, I think this is what you are trying to do:
http://androidforums.com/droid-x-all-things-root/325354-mod-remove-clock-gb-status-bar.html
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Thanks! I've asked what the guy changed because this mod won't work on Desire HD with MIUI rom

Overloaded said:
Thanks! I've asked what the guy changed because this mod won't work on Desire HD with MIUI rom
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Are you baskuipers? You could have asked me here.......same "guy"
Check your pm.

bouchigo said:
Are you baskuipers? You could have asked me here.......same "guy"
Check your pm.
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Haha, yes, that's indeed me
Thanks, i'll try it out

Does it works? Can you explain it, like a how-to?
Thanks a lot

I think some of luncher can do that ...
b.t.w.: Cyanogen ROM has that option native in seetings ...

[CONCEPT] Navbar hybrid

I know many users miss the on screen nav bar and are looking to enable it in the latest aosp builds popping up. Now, personally I am not a huge fan of it because it ends up taking up more space on the phone and I feel that isn't worth it. That got me thinking though, since we usually have space taken by the notification bar, why not merge the two into a hybrid and the space issue wouldn't be that big of a deal. In my concept I am only using the recent apps, menu, and back buttons. I feel that the home button is easily pressed and the only issue I have is with the side buttons.
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Please let me know what you think guys and if you feel it would be possible or useful to you.

I really like this. Good work.

That looks pretty neat! However, would there be a place to hold notification icons for a quick glance? And when there is a notification, will there be any indication on the screen? I know that some people (like myself) kinda like being able to glance at what's new wherever they are in the phone.
Also, if the phone was put into "Tablet Mode" like how Paranoid Android does it, I believe you get all of the softkeys and your notifications.
But don't get me wrong here, I still think you have a cool concept here!
Keep up the good work!

yosterwp said:
That looks pretty neat! However, would there be a place to hold notification icons for a quick glance? And when there is a notification, will there be any indication on the screen? I know that some people (like myself) kinda like being able to glance at what's new wherever they are in the phone.
Also, if the phone was put into "Tablet Mode" like how Paranoid Android does it, I believe you get all of the softkeys and your notifications.
But don't get me wrong here, I still think you have a cool concept here!
Keep up the good work!
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Yeah I saw the tablet mode ones but they just feel too squished to me in my opinion. I was looking to make more of a phone version. I completely understand on notifications. I'd say I would need to play with it a bit to find the best way to display them. Thank you for your words of encouragement
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I don't know if this would be a personal preference deal, or functionality, but the black bar that the nav buttons sit in, does it have to be that huge? can it be slimmed down?
Else wise looks amazing!

looks pretty awesome!
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ruvort said:
Yeah I saw the tablet mode ones but they just feel too squished to me in my opinion. I was looking to make more of a phone version. I completely understand on notifications. I'd say I would need to play with it a bit to find the best way to display them. Thank you for your words of encouragement
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I'm no real android dev/themer (and by the attached pic, no artist:silly but I do have an idea for the notifications:
You could perhaps have the color of one of the softkeys change if there is a notification waiting. Pretend a text just flew by, the recents key could change color to an assigned color (say red). That way, one would know that a new text has come by looking at a place they normally look at all the time, without opening the notification drawer. I some AOSP ICS roms, the option to change the color of the softkeys is present. This is where I get some of the idea from..
Just a thought though. (If you do use it, all I ask is for my name to be in the credits ) And I hope my using of your picture to demonstrate doesn't bother you. If it does, I'll remove it gladly .
EDIT: Oh wait, oops! I edited the wrong picture... My point was to not open the notification drawer haha... Just imagine it with the notification drawer closed....