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[App][2.2+] QuintessArt - Virtual Museum 2.5.12

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QuintessArt, your Virtual Museum/ Art Gallery with 2500 HD greatest Masterpieces of History !
♥ "If you are an art major or are simply attracted to the beautiful and solemn art masterpieces that marked periods in humanity, you must definitely try out QuintessArt [...]. This app will turn your Android device into a virtual art gallery where you will find paintings by the greatest artists in history" (xda-developers.com)
Main features:
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✔ 2500 high resolution masterpieces, 36 painters, 14 movements: 1300 Mb available data at your fingertips !
✔ Galleries per museums/countries/painters/movements/keywords
✔ Set as wallpaper
✔ Zoom to see details
✔ Slideshow
✔ Search+refine with multiple queries (e.g. "portr&186c.im" for "Impressionnist portraits in 60's" )
✔ voice search
✔ Instant Search: see paintings as you type !
✔ Voice synthesis
✔ Suggestions to discover new related paintings
✔ Bookmarks, notes, tags
✔ Share [paintings, bookmarks, notes] with paintings in multiple attachment via gmail/facebook/twitter/picasa/pixelpipe/"Augment" apps...
✔ See trending paintings with "Top Bookmarked/Downloaded/viewed/Real-time downloaded" masterpieces
✔ Shuffle to see random paintings in gallery
✔ Shake your phone in gallery, bend it to automatically slide
✔ Games integrated: Quiz & "Find the Intruder"
✔ Art Events, bookmark/share & add to calendar
✔ Connect to Art print sites (Allposters/EasyArt...) to directly order the framed masterpiece
QuintessArt is an Edutainment application:
➔ See paintings from famous museums Louvre, Orsay, Borghese, Pompidou, Hermitage, Metropolitan MoMa, prado, rijksmuseum, pouchkine, Marmottan museums, Pinakothek, British museum, Courtaud institute, frick collection, gemaldegalerie, tate gallery, uffizi, versailles...etc
➔ Covering greatest movements: impressionism, realism, symbolism, romanticism, mannerism, renaissance, baroque, pointillism, naive, cubism, modern
➔ From greatest artists Monet, Manet, Courbet, Leonard de Vinci,Vincent Van Gogh, Gauguin, Klimt, Corot,Vermeer, Cezanne, Degas, Delacroix, Goya, Velasquez, Rembrandt, Boticelli, Boudin, Brueghel, Caillebotte, Caravage, Pissarro, Rubens, Tintoret, Renoir, Bouguereau, Ingres, Rousseau, Modigliani, Seurat, Signac, Bazille, Poussin, gris
All in one app !
Users:
♥ "Amazing.... Galeria de arte no seu android.. Sensacional" (Rica*)#
♥ "Brilliant all info you need for an art course in one place" (Kar*)
♥ "nice apk, I can see old paintings" (Rud*)
♥ "I love it so far" (Nes*)
♥ "I love this app. Look forward to updates for more painters and artworks" (Jef*)
Changelogs:
V. 2.5.12
-extrememely fast
-integrated database (no need to download it)
-new download interface and new feature for thumbnails (manual, automatic, update or retrieve all at once)
-new design
In gallery:
-new feature for "related paintings" painter/suggestions/museum: see other paintings of this painter and suggestions for thiss painting or see available paintings for this museum
-copy text from description (long click)
-long click on star icon to bookmark/unbookmark all paintings of gallery
-new little thumbnail indicator of saved position
-links: youtube
Intruder game:
-new design
-click on painter name to change painter and long click to see his paintings in gallery tab
And also...
-web version for any device: http://gallery.quintessart.com
-data archive for offline use: http://download.quintessart.com/archives
V.2.5.11
✔ Set lower resolution painting to retrieve medium size paintings (<500Kb instead of 1600KB); see menu/settings
✔ Fullscreen mode for the app
✔ Revamped UI & bug fixes
V.2.5.10
✔ Added stats "currently downloaded" for real-time downloaded paintings to discover more paintings of interest
✔ Bug fix for sharing/send bookmarks
✔ Custom path
Enjoy with QuintessArt ​

A new version of QuintessArt is available in the Android Market.
Version 2.2
Follow us for updates and tips: @quintessart (http://www.twitter.com/quintessart)
Main changelogs:
*new sharing options for paintings/notes/tags/bookmarks pictures+text (text is copied automatically;just paste it ) & single or multiple pictures in attachments (mail/twitpic/twitter-like apps/picasa/facebook/ ...)
*download whole thumbnails for a gallery
*bug fix in gallery/thumbnail download
*gallery/long click on missing thumbnails for options+menu
*minor bug fixes+more stable UI
In gallery, you can long-click on a thumbnail not downloaded yet (yellow arrow); you will be able to download it or download whole thumbnails of this gallery.
The option is also available in menu/gallery/download thumnails of this gallery.
After downloading thumbnails of the gallery you can reload the gallery (follow message box or menu/gallery/reload) or just scroll on thumbnails (those that are appearing are automatically reloaded).
For new sharing options (with mail/twitter+twitpic+other clients like seesmic-touiteur-tweetcaster-twidroyd/Facebook/picasa/goggles/messaging/flickroid..etc); the description text or notes are automatically copied so that you have just to paste it in your message if it doesn't appear automatically (e.g. Facebook that loads only the image or twitter official app):
*from gallery: you can share paintings/notes with paintings/pictures in attachment
*from main activity:bookmarks/tags/notes with all pictures in attachment+description/notes associated to each painting automatically copied
QuintessArt (free with ads)
QuintessArt (1euros)
Some screenshots below
(see http://picasaweb.google.com/quintessart)
For PixelPipe app: picture is not attached=>goggle app/share + paste the text that is yet copied or you can use also mail options

Some links in internal album
http://forum.xda-developers.com/album.php?albumid=2413

Some tips for QuintessArt (see http://quintessart.blogspot.com)
(see also: 1st Tab/menu/help/Tips or http://quintessart.blogspot.com/p/tips-for-quintessart.html )
Materials and complete guide are available at: http://quintessart.blogspot.com
a PDF help resource:quintessart.pdf at http://goo.gl/wTp6C
and more screenshots at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/quintessart
New video Demo available on youtube for QuintessArt: http://youtu.be/A5tB9Kpe5vM and http://youtu.be/GXk9_HX14hI
Follow us quintessart (http://www.twitter.com/quintessart)
General
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First run:if connected (3G+/WIFI) download the database (following the first message)+download thumbnails (menu/data/thumbnails)+enjoy
Shortcuts:with long click on ("gallery button" for "Notes")/("Bookmarks icon in main page" for "sharing bookmarks and retrieve top bookmarks")/("share button in gallery" for "web search")
Shortcut:long click("gallery button" 4 "Notes")/("star icon main" 4 "sharing/retrieve bookmarks")/("share button/gallery" 4 "web search")
Shortcuts:with long click on ("Edit button in gallery" for Tags add/retrieve/send)
Tags
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Tags:Edit/Add/Share/manage tags in "My Tags"=>main activity/gallery button/My Tags or menu/shortcuts/My Tags
Tags:Retrieve Tags for a particular painting in Gallery/the painting you want/long click on edit button or menu/gallery/tags
Tags:you can also import your tags by modifying the file "my_tags.txt" in sdcard/quintessart/my_tags.txt";semicolon separated tags (!important)
Tags:u can search multiple tags by checking multiple entries in "My Tags" and "search selected tags"
Sharing
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Tips/Sharing:text or description is aldready copied to clipboard when sharing,just paste it in your message/caption/tweet
Share with mail/twitter+twitpic+other clients like seesmic-touiteur-tweetcaster-twidroyd/Facebook/picasa/goggles/messaging/flickroid..etc
From gallery: you can share paintings/notes with paintings/pictures in attachment and text/notes copied in body message;paste it if needed
From main activity:bookmarks/tags/notes with all pictures in attachment+description/notes associated to each painting automatically copied
For PixelPipe & like app: picture is not attached=>goggle app/share + paste the text that is yet copied or you can use also mail options
Discovering
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Tips/Ways to discover new paintings with QuintessArt:bulb light icon on main page(based on your bookmarks)(Demo http://youtu.be/A5tB9Kpe5vM)
Tips/Ways to discover new paintings:Gallery/Related Paintings (Links button)/Suggestions (based on actual painting
Tips/Ways to discover new paintings:Gallery/long click on Edit Button (or menu/gallery/tags)/Tags/add to My Tags or "see selected"
Tips/Ways to discover new paintings:Home/My tags (gallery button or menu/shortcuts)/see selected
Tips/Ways to discover new paintings:Top Downloaded/Top Bookmarks (gallery button or menu/shortcuts)+long click or click
Tips/Ways to discover new paintings:Instant Search (lightning icon or menu/shortcuts);start typing whatever you want+long click or click or "red button"
Tips/Ways to discover new paintings:Search:"suggestions" category;long click on a row for options & send all suggested results to gallery
Shortcuts
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with long click on ("gallery button" for "Notes")/("Bookmarks icon in main page" for "sharing bookmarks and retrieve top bookmarks")/("share button in gallery" for "web search")
long click("gallery button" 4 "Notes")/("star icon main" 4 "sharing/retrieve bookmarks")/("share button/gallery" 4 "web search")
Tips/shortcuts:"1st Tab(main)/menu/shortcuts","2nd Tab(gallery)/menu/gallery",long click (star icon/gallery/search/edit/share button)
long click/ ("gallery button" for "Notes")/("Bookmarks icon,main page"=>"sharing/retrieve bookmarks")/("gallery share button"=>"web search")
Tags
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Tips/Tags:in "1st Tab/gallery button/my tags" or "/menu/shortcuts/myTags" or in gallery/long click on "edit button"
Tips/Tags:you can add to your tags/edit them/remove/share/retrieve tags from a painting/add these tags to your tags/search selected tags;
Search
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Search:"portr&186 c.im" (or replace the ampersand by *) will search fir "portraits in impressionism in 60's"
Search:"portr*186 p.mon" (ou bien remplacer l'etoile par une esperluette) vous renverra les portraits peints par Monet dans les années 60
Search with refine:”p.” for ”painter” and ”c.” for ”current”;”portr” for ”portrait” or ”self-portrait”;”wom” for ”woman or women”;
Search ”portrp.m” for ”portrait from painters Monet or Manet or Vermeer";
Search with refine:”portrp.mc.im” for ”impressionnist portraits from Monet or Manet”;”gardp.mon” for ”gardens in Monet paintings”;
Search with refine:”186c.im” for ”impressionnist paintings in the 60's” (i.e. from 1860 to 1869);
Search with refine:”orsp.mon” for ”Monet's paintings at Orsay”;
Search with refine:”franc.fau” for ”fauvist paintings in France”;"francp.mon" for "Monet's paintings in France";"francc.imp" for "Impressionist paintings in France"
Tips /Search:long click on thumbnail will bring contextual informations:"informations"/"see this painting"/"see results of this category"
Tips/Instant Search(lightning icon or long click on search button in 1st Tab):long click brings contextual info;single click send to gallery
Tips/Instant Search:click on red button ("OK" button with number of results) will launch a complete search with the query you were typing
Quiz
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Tips for Quiz:first start, choose menu/new to start the first question
Tips for Quiz:choose your answer+push correct button+push "next button";in menu/#questions: choose your number+start new quiz to take effect
Tips for Quiz:for each question,informations are available about the painter or the current or the painting (see below choices after answer)
Tips /Quiz:the timer is paused if you've answered a question & replay only with a new question:u can do what u want between questions
Tips/Quiz:informations about painter/painting and other is available by clicking on the blue button below the answers
Tips/Quiz:more than 1500 questions about paintings and painters to learn styles/biographies/currents
Tips/Quiz:statistics of your Quiz are availbale in "quiz/menu/score" for each category of #questions
Tips/Quiz:Timer stops when u finish answer a question so that u can do what you want before the next question;"info button" available below
Tips/Quiz:Choices for the same question are re-ordered & restart option re-order also the questions to be more challenging ;-)
Slideshow
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Tips for Slideshow: single click stop slideshow+appears nav-buttons;pause button will replay the slideshow;in menu/effectsause button or "previous/next button" to take effect
Tips/Slideshow:single click stops+appears nav-buttons;pause button replays;in menu/effects:replay or "previous/next button" to take effect
Tips for Slideshow: automatic download of paintings via menu/download/download missing
Tips for Slideshow/gallery: better experience on Wifi or 3G+
Tips for Slideshow/gallery: with automatic download (menu/download/missing)=>better experience on Wifi or 3G+
Tips for Slideshow:toggle to enable/disable fullscreen mode within slideshow in "menu/fullscreen";to see changement push "play" or next/prev if necessary
Tips/Slideshow:toggle enable/disable fullscreen mode in slideshow in "menu/fullscreen";see changement=>"replay" or next/prev if necessary
Gallery
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Tips/Gallery:After downloading thumbnails for the gallery just reload it (message or menu/gallery/reload) or scroll to see changements
Tips/Gallery: =>(settings/the gallery)shake your phone in gallery to load 10 paintings at random !lean on right/left to automatically slide !
Tips/Galleryn Aplication start,QuintessArt loads around 30 paintings at random to discover new paintings at each start of the application
Tips for gallery:in menu/gallery/previous galleries/ you can retrieve previously visited galleries (limit to 50 for the moment)/useful to retrieve particular paintings
Tips for gallery:report button: you can remove the actual downloaded painting or all the downloaded paintings of the actual painter (all paintings of Monet for instance)
Tips for gallery:wallpaper button is at the bottom of the gallery
Tips for gallery:in menu/slideshow you will have a slideshow of the current gallery (e.g. slideshow of all Paintings of Monet from the gallery)
Tips for gallery:long click on "share button" will enable web search for the current painter or current painting (useful to retrieve more informations)
Tips for Gallery:click on thumbnail to see information or download the painting;click on the painting to see details/zoom;multitouch enabled
Tips for Gallery:you can set as wallpaper any painting downloaded within QuintessArt ("gallery/set as wallpaper button")
Tips for gallery:you can see informations about a painting without downloading it (click informations button)
Tips for Gallery:the option "shake in the gallery" will allow to shake your phone in the gallery to load 10 paintings at random
"shake in the gallery" enable also automatic slide of paintings in the gallery if you lean your phone to the right or to the left
Tips/Gallery:long click on thumbnails brings filtering options;you can then bookmark all the paintings of this gallery
Tips/filtering:Monet'S Gallery/filtering:what are Monet's paintings in France?in Orsay?
Tips/Gallery:u can switch from 3D effect to flat when sliding thumbnails=>"1st Tab/menu/display"
Tips/Gallery:in "gallery (2nd Tab)/menu/gallery" u have "previous galleries" that enables to visit again a previous gallery (~50 available)
Tips/Gallery:multi-touch enabled for paintings (in 2nd Tab:Gallery/click on painting)+infos in menu
Tips/Gallery:long click on "share button" in gallery brings "web search" with predefined painter/current to know more about painter/painting
Tips/Gallery:u can put as wallpaper any downloaded paintings (2nd Tab/put as wallpaper button, below info)
QuintessArt (free with ads)
QuintessArt (1euros)

You can Edit/Add/Share/manage tags in "My Tags"=>main activity/gallery button/My Tags or menu/shortcuts/My Tags
You can retrieve Tags for a particular painting in Gallery/the painting you want/long click on edit button or menu/gallery/tags
You can also import your tags by modifying the file "my_tags.txt" in sdcard/quintessart/my_tags.txt";semicolon separated tags (!important)
You can search multiple tags by checking multiple entries in "My Tags" and "search selected tags" and QuintessArt will propose you all paintings corresponding to the selected tags; a good way to discover paintings
Follow us on Twitter for Tips & updates: @quintessart ( http://www.twitter.com/quintessart )

For QuintessArt version 2.2.0 we have more >26 painters, >8 currents, >1600 paintings .... more coming soon with OTA update of the database
See http://quintessart.blogspot.com for details

The thumbnails are not automatically downloaded (orange arrow by default); the choice is for the user ; there are more than 1600 paintings and you can download part of them or whole with different possibilities:
*in main activity (1st Tab): menu/data management/download thumbnails/ then choose the painters or the paintings you want to download (you can choose All also
*in gallery: if a thumbnail is not downloaded (orange arrow), you can long press on it (with newest version of QuintessArt 2.2.0 ); it will ask you to download this particular thumbnail or all the thumbnails of this gallery; this menu is also available in /menu/gallery/download thumbnails of this gallery; the menu is also available when you click on a thumbnail/informations or download the associated painting/ report button (most left) then download thumbnail
*in Quiz: long press the thumbnail; it will ask you to download the missing thumbnail or all the thumbnails of this Quiz; the menu is also available in /menu/data
With the new version, you can share several pictures with your contacts (bookmarks/notes/paintings) or upload them to picasa/flickr and post pictures via twitter-like apps or facebook.
Follow us on Twitter for updates and tips: @quintessart

QuintessArt is available in French and English; if you have problems with default language on your device, you can go to: "main activity/menu/settings/application/language =>modify" and choose your language; the descriptions/ titles/Questions/answers/biographies for paintings/quiz (in gallery/search/slideshow/quiz) will be forced to the language you've chosen (the UI will remain in your default language.
video Demo on youtube for QuintessArt are made with version 1.1.0: http://youtu.be/A5tB9Kpe5vM and http://youtu.be/GXk9_HX14hI
You can see changelogs to see the improvements since
PDF file/screenshots/slideshow/Tips are also available at: http://quintessart.blogspot.com
Enjoy ;-)

If for some reasons QuintessArt crashes while viewing a painting,you can go back to this painting with "recents" button in main activity.
You can also retrieve recently visited galleries in gallery tab, menu/gallery/previous galleries.
If a custom message invites you to "download/reload/quit" due to initialization problem,you can ignore/escape this message:mostly QuintessArt will complete the unfinished tasks itself
Main error that occurs in QuintessArt is "out of memory error".it is due to an optimization difficulty when managing heavy images in Android.we're working on it
Complete Tips are available in "1st Tab/menu/help/Tips" or http://quintessart.blogspot.com or http://quintessart.blogspot.com/p/tips-for-quintessart.html
Enjoy with QuintessArt

Awesome... looking fwd to this. Bravo.
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locknes101 said:
Awesome... looking fwd to this. Bravo.
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BTW. As tosh.o would say... FIRST! Lol
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This is really cool to browse around, spent about 45 minutes last night on it. Crashed twice on me, both times after switching orientation so probably related to that.

locknes101 said:
BTW. As tosh.o would say... FIRST! Lol
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Just because you can or others do, doesn't mean you should.....

locknes101 said:
Awesome... looking fwd to this. Bravo.
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Thank you for your feedbacks
Intensive tests are made on the emulator, on Nexus One/Froyo+Eclair & HTC Legend Froyo. It's ok for the moment
Some force close appears notably due to "out of memory error" on some devices ...optimization difficulty with images management that we're working on
If any ...you can retrieve your recent visited paintings (recent button on main) & galleries (on gallery tab/menu/gallery/previous)

khaytsus said:
This is really cool to browse around, spent about 45 minutes last night on it. Crashed twice on me, both times after switching orientation so probably related to that.
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Ok for switching orientation error; we'll have an eye on these transitions. Which device /android version / QuintessArt version ? (your signature mention Nexus One )
Which activity ? slideshow/gallery/quiz ?
you can send bug report if you want (with report button on froyo message when force close) or with some apps like "bug reporter" to
[email protected]
thanks for the feedbacks

Some users ask for ways to download thumbnails and paintings.
Images (paintings and thumbnails) and Database for QuintessArt are downloaded when using the application (when QuintessArt starts for first time, it asks you to download the database). Thumbnails that have not been downloaded aldready appear with an orange arrow (download invite; the choice for the user to download or not). You have several ways to download these thumbnails and so to preview paintings before downloading them.
There are more than 1600 paintings and you can download thumbnails (for paintings, painters and currents) and pictures, one-by-one (each thumbnail is around 3Ko and each painting is around 500Ko) or part of them or whole with different possibilities.
For thumbnails (see screenshots below):
*in main activity (1st Tab): menu/data management/download thumbnails/ then choose the painters or the currents you want to download (you can choose All also
*in gallery: if a thumbnail is not downloaded (orange arrow), you can long press on it (with newest version of QuintessArt 2.2.0 ); it will ask you to download this particular thumbnail or all the missing thumbnails of this gallery; this menu is also available in /menu/gallery/download thumbnails of this gallery; the menu is also available when you click on a thumbnail/informations or download the associated painting/ report button (most left) then download thumbnail
*in Quiz:long press the thumbnail;it will ask u to download missing thumbnail or all the thumbnails of this Quiz;also available in /menu/data
For paintings (see screenshots below):
*in gallery: one by one by clicking on the corresponding thumbnail (titles are highlighted when you scroll or when you long press on the thumbnail=>escape if message or filtering options appear)
you can see informations on a particular painting without download it (click on thumbnail/choose informations)
*in slideshow:in menu/download you can choose to automatically download missing paintings (the timer is paused when downloading and just replay when the painting is displayed)
Screenshots for thumbnails download:
Screenshots for paintings download:
I can post more screenshots if needed or you can try posting yours ;-) ( see http://picasaweb.google.com/quintessart )
If you have some tips/review to share, do not hesitate, you're welcome
Follow us on Twitter: @quintessart ( http://www.twitter.com/quintessart )

A Log page for errors reported by users and their fixes are available on the blog.
We're trying to provide as fast as possible fixes for bugs reported in QuintessArt.
You can see these logs here: http://quintessart.blogspot.com/p/log-errors.html
Enjoy with QuintessArt

First of all, what a huge amounts of text, I gave up reading it...lol...sorry but I am sure I am not the only one.
Secondly, definately worth trying...
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Intensive tests are made with emulator/Nexus One/HTC Legend on Eclair 2.1/Froyo 2.2;if you experience any difficulties with your device,let us know (device+system version+quintessart version+context if possible)
*mail:[email protected]
*Twitterquintessart
*blog:http://quintessart.blogspot.com
Log-Errors reported by users and fixes:http://quintessart.blogspot.com/p/log-errors.html

A new version of QuintessArt is available in the Android Market (version 2.2.1 ).
It fixes several bugs in gallery/slideshow/main page for thumbnails/paintings/Tags.
Some user Bug reports and their fixes are available at:http://quintessart.blogspot.com/p/log-errors.html
Changelogs:
*display of missing thumbnail when downloading painting
*bug fix for Long click/Download thumbnail
*bug fix for Tags edition/import
*bug fix for sending downloaded paintings to gallery
*other minor bug fixes in slideshow/gallery

[App][2.1+] Masterpieces Wall 1.2.2

Art lovers, discover 2500 HD paintings from greatest masters of Art History with
"Masterpieces Wall" !
Link for the Android Market: Masterpieces Wall
The app displays on a great wall randomly composed masterpieces or paintings of a particular painter.
You can add rows and columns are automatically adapted to your screen view. Particularly cool for Tablets users . Thumbnails are automatically downloaded if missing. You can also retrieve them there http://goo.gl/CMjiT or by mail (15Mb) at [email protected].
-Long click for options (zoom/details/retrieve manually missing thumbnails).
-When you choose a particular painter (menu/painter), switch to random wall with menu/random.
-"+" button to shuffle and add rows
-"refresh icon" to shuffle views
Main features:
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✔ 2500 high resolution masterpieces from 36 painters !
✔ randomly generated walls
✔ Instant Search: see paintings ...as you type !
✔ add rows at your convenience, columns will adapt to your device (especially tablets )
✔ shuffle views
✔ show on the wall paintings of a particular painter among 36 (adding rows and shuffle available for "painter mode" and "random mode")
✔ Zoom to see details and set as wallpaper
✔ Share with friends/contacts with attachment to Gmail/Facebook/Twitter/"Augment" app/Google+ (Plus)/Picasa/Messaging/Pixelpipe...
✔ web search to retrieve more informations on a particular painter/painting
♥ Greatest artists available: Monet, Manet, Courbet, Leonard de Vinci,Vincent Van Gogh, Gauguin, Klimt, Corot,Vermeer, Cezanne, Degas, Delacroix, Goya, Velasquez, Rembrandt, Boticelli, Boudin, Brueghel, Caillebotte, Caravage, Pissarro, Rubens, Tintoret, Renoir, Bouguereau, Ingres, Rousseau, Modigliani, Seurat, Signac, Bazille, Poussin, gris
Web version: http://gallery.quintessart.com/
Chrome app (bookmark): http://goo.gl/Cc84w
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
The changelogs:
V.1.2
✔ Instant search
✔ UI improvements
✔ Performances enhancement
✔ bug fixes
V.1.1
✔ settings added for initial grid size and custom path for data: you can set custom path for quintessart folder (e.g. SGS/TAB/Droid...users may want to move quintessart folder from internal sdcard to external one with complete path /mnt/sdcard/"sd or external_sd or else"/quintessart)
✔ UI improvements; grid size changed
✔ Performances enhancement in display & download
✔ bug fixes
Enjoy with this Masterpieces wall !

Hi, new nice feature for your browser: Masterpieces Wall !
Give it a try here (http://goo.gl/5g8Km): http://gallery.quintessart.com/
If you do not have flash, a flat 2D HTML5 version is integrated ...other phone platform users may test it
keys/features: scroll button; arrows; mouse; fullscreen
Tablet users may enjoy the fullscreen feature and touchscreen enabled in 3D version
Let us know.
A screenshot:

New screenshot for the Web 3D version of "Masterpieces wall" in original post.
Link for Chrome web app (bookmark): http://goo.gl/Cc84w

Due to web hosting errors, we duplicated a version of "Masterpieces Wall for Web" on google site:
https://sites.google.com/site/masterpieceswall/
The issue (affecting all QuintessArt users) will be fixed as soon as possible.
Thanks for your patience
Follow us @quintessart to be noticed of availability.

Our web hosting issue is now solved; the regular link is available: http://gallery.quintessart.com
If you face any issues, do not hesitate to post it in this thread.
On tiny screen devices the experience may be difficult (especially for zooming).
Our QuintessArt users can continue downloading great masterpieces

Hi,
A new update of "Masterpieces Wall" is available in the Android Market with UI improvement (grid size/slider...), custom path for data and performance improvements !
Check it here: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.masterdevx.quintessart_random_wall
The changelogs:
✔ settings added for initial grid size and custom path for data: you can set custom path for quintessart folder (e.g. SGS/TAB/Droid...users may want to move quintessart folder from internal sdcard to external one with complete path /mnt/sdcard/"sd or external_sd or else"/quintessart)
✔ UI improvements; grid size changed
✔ Performances enhancement in display & download
✔ bug fixes

Weird...I use Lookout and Quick Settings...and I'm on Gingerbread as well....that's all I noticed in the screenshots...
But then again this app looks like it has a nice concept.

duboi97 said:
Weird...I use Lookout and Quick Settings...and I'm on Gingerbread as well....that's all I noticed in the screenshots...
But then again this app looks like it has a nice concept.
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Hi,
New version of Masterpieces Wall (1.2) with new integrated Instant Search feature !
Check it now on the Android Market : https://market.android.com/details?id=com.masterdevx.quintessart_random_wall
Changelog (1.2):
✔ Instant search: see masterpieces as you type + randomly generated keywords
✔ UI improvements
✔ Performances enhancement
✔ bug fixes

Hi,
For instant search feature, we recommend to retrieve all available thumbnails as the grid view is refreshed as you type and missing thumbnails are automatically downloaded. You can do so here (extract ldpi folder in quintessart folder on your memory card): http://goo.gl/ShBMG

Added tablet screenshots ;-)

Hi,
New update on Android Market with lower resolution paintings available via settings if problem with data connection or memory issues
Check it now: http://goo.gl/nQZaU

Hi,
We are deploying a global system update of our servers, better adapted/scaled due to the growing interest in QuintessArt and related apps.
During these changements, our database and services will not be available.
The operation will not normally exceed a week. You will be informed of availability as soon as possible.
If you want offline contents (quintessart folder), send us an email: masterdevx (gmail)
This affect the following apps:
-QuintessArt
-QuintessArt Games
-Gallery Lite
-Masterpieces Wall
-Random Masterpieces
-SerendApp
Thank you for your interest,
MasterDevX

Hi,
New interface for discovering paintings like in QuintessArt available for your browser ... and your mobile device !
Current features:
-random paintings
-search for paintings by typing a few letters/digits from title/painter/year/location/museum/city/country
-random keyword suggestion
-paintings suggestions for your search results
-... a 3D wall with cooliris feature (nice in fullscreen mode)
MM
Take a look at: http://gallery.quintessart.com
Save these paintings in "quintessart/mdpi" folder on your memory card to have them for QuintessArt Android app in offline mode ;-)
Enjoy with QuintessArt

Hi,
A new version of Masterpieces Wall is available (V. 1.2.2) !
Revamped UI, fullscreen feature, bug fixes ...
You can download this version in the original post or from our blog http://masterdevx.blogspot.com/2011/10/new-version-of-masterpieces-wall-is.html
Enjoy with this new release !
Do not hesitate to post feedbacks.
If you use the web gallery (http://gallery.quintessart.com ), just save the downloaded paintings in quintessart/mdpi folder to use them for our applications.

[API] API for Automatic apps categorization with Open database !

Hi,
Looking for an automatic way to categorize apps, we decided to propose an app to build an open database for app categorization and offer an API to easily access the available data.
The use of the API and associated database is demonstrated within the app CatApplus (see the associated thread). The app helps to build and consolidate this API and database. We present this app in a different thread to be less ambiguous in the releases and bug reports (note for moderators).
Examples of what you can obtain:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
How does CatApplus works:
-it retrieves all your apps
-it uses our API to retrieve associated categories from our database
-it stores all data in the application database for offline use and propose you categories via folders
-categories are listed below and apps that are not found from our server are put into "uncategorized" category (for manual categorization)
What is done server-side (API):
-each request (namely, the package name of the app) is proceeded via a parsing of available categories from markets (for the moment it is the Android Market but if you know other possible markets, you're welcome); if the app cannot be found in the database or in the available markets "unknown" tag is attributed
-the retrieved data is stored in a database for future use
-a JSON output is provided for an external app to retrieve: category; name; publisher name
-a regular dump sql/csv file is provided to import for your own use, your own app/rom/launcher; this file is free to use;
We offer (with no guarantee, of course !) our API and regular dump copy of the database for your own use ; no guarantees concerning availability in future (server costs), accuracy, maintenance ...etc.
The more the API is used, and the more data is available for your use ! The app will simply help to achieve this quickly. Just download the app CatApplus and let it guides you !
The available categories are the same that are available in the Android Market: 'Arcade & Action','Brain & Puzzle','Cards & Casino','Casual','Racing','Sports Games','Books & Reference','Business','Comics','Communication','Education','Entertainment','Finance','Health & Fitness','Libraries & Demo','Lifestyle','Live Wallpaper','Media & Video','Medical','Music & Audio','News & Magazines','Personalization','Photography','Productivity','Shopping','Social','Sports','Tools','Transportation','Travel & Local','Weather'
Some limitations:
-In CatApplus we defined an "Uncategorized" category for apps with "unknown" category (from teh API)
-"unknown" category for apps that cannot be found in available markets for the API
-Available markets: Android Market only for the moment
-The API:
Code:
http://api.ergsap.com/catapplus/catapplus_ind.php?catApplus_pn=myPackageName
Example (a great game!):
Code:
http://api.ergsap.com/catapplus/catapplus_ind.php?catApplus_pn=com.thevoxelagents.TrainConductor2
will output the JSON code:
Code:
[{"catApplus_pn":"com.thevoxelagents.TrainConductor2","catApplus_name":"Train Conductor 2: USA","catApplus_cat":"Brain & Puzzle","catApplus_pub":"The Voxel Agents"}]
In maintenance mode, the output is simply maintenance.
If the application cannot be found, all fields are set to "unknown", so the JSON output is:
Code:
[{"catApplus_pn":"myPackageName","catApplus_name":"unknown","catApplus_cat":"unknown","catApplus_pub":"unknown","catApplus_cat_pending":""}]
if the app cannot be categorized
or
Code:
[{"catApplus_pn":"myPackageName","catApplus_name":"unknown","catApplus_cat":"unknown","catApplus_pub":"unknown","catApplus_cat_pending":"pending"}]
if the app has not been categorized yet.
3 Dump files of the database (SQL/CSV files) are automatically updated (several times a day) and bzip compressed; raw csv, raw sql and buffered/memory efficient sql (smaller and faster insertions/import; you cannot edit it-one row syntax); see database to download;
Statistics & guide: a great way also to discover 100+ most used apps !
CatApplus in Google Play Store/B]
[*]link
[*]Total available apps: 1023000
[*]Total categorized apps so far: 231 000 000 (yes hundred of millions !)
Nice implementation of CatApplus API can be found in
Folder Organizer
and of course in
CatApplus.
Just check these apps to see automatic apps categorization working nicely !
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CatApplus releases:
database
CatApplus in Google Play Store/B]

Hi,
CatApplus is now available in the Android Market with new features, improvements and bug fixes: Android Market
We now have 473 categorized apps ... but this will increase quickly ! (See statistics here).
The first release of the associated database (SQL/CSV/ODS dump files) will be available very soon for your own use.
-----------------------------
-CatApplus features:
Automatic categorization of your apps
Feed the open database to build more data for the API (see statistics here)
Launch apps
update/reset categories
fullscreen
share, bookmark, hide, uninstall apps
see details of an app and more info with web search feature
hide categories, hide apps
launch apps
launch a random app from a particular category
all games are gathered under a new category "All Games"
A new category at the top of the list "Favorite" gathers all you favorite apps

Hi,
The first version of the database (SQL/CSV/ODS dump files) is now available, see:
app and database
Link for the associated statistics: link
Total categorized apps: 764 [Jan-02]
We'll try daily updates .
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-CatApplus releases:
app and database
Android Market

Hi,
For the current release, when you install/uninstall apps, CatApplus doesn't automatically update categories due to performance issue; hit "menu/update categories" to launch a quick scan for the moment.
Do not hesitate to "reset categories" if "too many" apps have not been categorized (under "uncategorized" category); this may be due to internet connections, delay in server response ...etc

Adding apps to db?
So far I like the app. How do you categorize an existing app that is uncategorized?

bsnipes said:
So far I like the app. How do you categorize an existing app that is uncategorized?
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Hi,
We are working on a "manual categorization" feature, notably for "Uncategorized" apps. Apps that cannot be found on our database or on selected markets are automatically put into this category. For the moment, only the Android Market is supported (i.e. if the app is not listed in this market, its category will remain "unknown"); we're working to integrate more markets to be able to categorize these apps and we will propose probably a "Category suggestion" to our users in the future.
A quick fix for the moment will be to use the "Favorite" category to gather the useful apps you want to categorize, in order to access them more easily. To put an app in "Favorite", long click on it, then "bookmark"; the new category will appear at the top of the list.
An other quick fix is to submit the apps you want to categorize, with their "legitimate" category/link so that we can check and...manually... integrate them into our database; for this fix, the categories must match the ones listed in the original post. We'll try to answer as quickly as possible ; send us a mail or post them directly in this post (other members may help to find the "legitimate" categories/developer/market links...etc); we could also propose an open Google Spreadsheet for the uncategorized apps ...many approaches !
Thanks for the feedback

Hi,
Here are some updates:
We have categorized so far 1357 apps; more statistics data are available here.
Dump files of the database (SQL/CSV files) are now automatically updated (several times a day); we will compress these data into bzip archives in the future for large files; see app and database to download;
We will propose soon an open google spreadsheet to contribute as far as possible to the categorization of apps with "unknown" categories.
More information are given in the links below:
Statistics & guide:
link
Total categorized apps: 764 [Jan-02]
Total categorized apps: 1357 [Jan-03]
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CatApplus releases:
app and database
Android Market
We found this app and API useful, hope it will be useful too for some of you either as users or developers.

thanks. ı Like it
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More features coming soon !

Hi,
We have now an open spreadsheet if you want to contribute to the categorization of "uncategorized apps":
Open google spreadsheet to help for automatic categorization:
http://goo.gl/mHHu6
We will propose also an application-side categories suggestion to help also in this task.
You can check:
Statistics & guide: a great way also to discover 100+ most used apps !
link
Total categorized apps: 764 [Jan-02]
Total categorized apps: 1560 [Jan-03]
and
CatApplus releases:
app and database
Android Market

Hi,
A new release of CatApplus is available in the Android Market (version 1.1); we added desktop shortcuts, manual categorization, import/export features, several optimization:
market link
New features:
desktop shortcuts (folders to access the different categories: long press on homescreen/shortcut/choose catApplus)
manually set/modify apps categories (among available categories for the moment)
import/export the modifications for apps categories (if you reset the categories, just hit menu/manage apps/import to retrieve your manual categorizations !)
Statistics update: data/database & API guide
number of categorized apps: 2334 [Jan-06]
Do not hesitate to add suggestions, request features, the database is "open" and API is available.

Hi,
A new theme is upcoming in the next release of CatApplus with folders instead of list for categories !
It will able you to customize folder icon size (to match your entire tablet for instance), translucent background...
See some screenshots in attachment.
The app screen will be similar to your homescreen with CatApplus desktop shortcuts (long press on homescreen/shortcuts then choose catApplus and your category).

Hi,
The new release of CatApplus (1.2) is available in the Android Market with announced features:
A new theme ! With folders (more compact)
customization for this theme (automatic/manual size, color & free textures background)
compatibility with tablets enhanced with this new theme
performance improvements & bug fixes
Some statistics for the open database & API: link to all statistics & guide & some interesting apps
-total categorized apps: 2812
-last version of the database: dump files-csv/sql

Crash as soon as it opens.
Motorola Photon, rooted, unlocked, stock rom

moonzbabysh said:
Crash as soon as it opens.
Motorola Photon, rooted, unlocked, stock rom
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weird bug, it does the same for the Droid Bionic.
At launch, it tries to create a local database of existing apps; this is probably the cause of the error you experienced. Without a precise log, it is difficult to solve. Could you PM your logs associated to the application crash or send a report (for the market version probably)?
The app works fine on N1, Galaxy Tab, Nexus S, Galaxy S/S2 ...and 2.1/2.2/2.3 emulator...4.0 version is too slow on the actual emulator. We cannot test on every phone model...really weird bug.
Hope this will be fixed soon !

Here are some screenshots of the new theme for phones and tablets:

Hi,
A weird bug to be fixed in CatApplus: persistence of the background preferences (color/texture) when the app is launched after a while; a second launch fixes the preferences. We're working on for the next release.

Hi,
Great update !
32000 apps categorized [Jan-09] ! (among most popular ones !)
new format for dump files (and bzip compression): raw csv/sql and buffered/memory efficient sql (smaller and faster insertions/import; you cannot edit it-one row syntax)
Where ?
Statistics & Guide (discover also interesting top most used apps)
Database csv/sql dump files
CatApplus - automatically categorize all your apps (Android Market)
If any suggestions, you're welcome.

A useful app, thank you!

Spiriteq said:
A useful app, thank you!
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Thanks

[APP][2.1+] CatApplus - Automatically categorize all your apps !

Hi,
Categorize automatically all your apps with CatApplus ! Automatically means that you have nothing to do ! Just launch CatApplus and immediately browse your apps categorized into 30 available categories from diffrent Games, medical, productivity, education, entertainment to tools, media, social !
Folders contain now automatically all your apps, as you downloaded them from the appstore, effortlessly !
Just browse your apps by categories and folders, effortlessly, painlessly! A new amazing, innovative & original organization for your apps list !
Customize your experience with:
-2 themes : expandable list & folders with 9 icons inside each one
-sets of folders icons you can retrieve directly from the app
-sets of background for CatApplus, directly from the app
-you can customize folders icons & backgrounds : just move your icons/backgrounds in CatApplus directories
...and shortcuts, right from your homescreen to launch a particular category !
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
See CatApplus in the Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ergsap.catapplus&hl=en
The available categories are the same available in the Android Market: 'Arcade & Action','Brain & Puzzle','Cards & Casino','Casual','Racing','Sports Games','Books & Reference','Business','Comics','Communication','Education','Entertainment','Finance','Health & Fitness','Libraries & Demo','Lifestyle','Live Wallpaper','Media & Video','Medical','Music & Audio','News & Magazines','Personalization','Photography','Productivity','Shopping','Social','Sports','Tools','Transportation','Travel & Local','Weather','Widgets'
In CatApplus we defined an "Uncategorized" category for apps with "unknown" category (these apps cannot be found in the Android Market; they are generally stock apps, sold with your device or apps downloaded from alternative markets).
CatApplus features:
■ automatic categorization of all your applications into their native categories (32 categories available: see below)
■ update/reset categories + automatic update with newly installed or removed apps
■ manually change categories if you really want to (you can export/import these changes)
■ 2 themes: classic list or folders for categories (more compact)
■ custom color & free textures background + tiny icons of apps on top of the folder + adjust folders size to fit your device screen (folders theme)
■ fullscreen feature
■ share, bookmark, hide, uninstall apps
■ hide categories, hide apps
■ see details of an application and more info with web search feature
■ launch apps
■ launch a random app from a particular category (long click, then choose "random app")
■ all games are gathered under a new category "All Games", simple, isn't it ?
■ "Favorite apps" category at the top of the list
■ desktop shortcuts (folders to access the different categories: long press on homescreen/shortcut/choose catApplus)
■ manually set/modify apps categories (among available categories for the moment)
■ import/export the modifications for apps categories (if you update the database, just hit menu/manage apps/import to retrieve your manual categorizations !)
CatApplus : Android Market !
[UPDATES]
-Fixes for "pending" category and minor bugs
-Update folder design : download new available version
V1.2.8
-Added custom style for folders ! Long click on a folder to change the image or change all folders style
-Added "Pending" category for apps not categorized
-long click on the pending folder to launch categorization for these apps
Version 1.2.4
-major bug fixes to address "infinite loop" issue
Version 1.2.3
-long click on folder category for: launch random app, multiple recommendations/sharing, hide category
-UI improvement
Version 1.2.1
-Automatically update categories with newly installed or removed apps ! (see settings)
-bug fixes
Version 1.2
-2 themes: classic list or folders for categories (more compact)
-Tablet compatibility enhancements
-custom color & free textures background (folders theme)
-bug fixes
Version 1.1
-desktop shortcuts (folders to access the different categories: long press on homescreen/shortcut/choose catApplus)
-manually set/modify apps categories (among available categories for the moment)
-import/export the modifications for apps categories (if you reset the categories, just hit menu/manage apps/import to retrieve your manual categorizations !)
Version 1.0
-share, bookmark, uninstall
-hide categories, hide apps
-random app
-"all games" & "Favorite" categories
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Hi,
The last update fixed the "infinite loop" bug affecting the categorization of some apps.
If you have experienced any difficulties with this last version, do not hesitate to report the issues.
Apps that cannot be found on the Android Market or other integrated alternative markets will generally be put into the category "Uncategorized"; you can place them manually in the 32 available "native" categories. If you reset your categories, you can import these manual changes with "/menu/manage apps/import".

I would use this as my app drawer but ... the folder type is hard to read with the drop shadow. grid set to 153.
a coupl emore options on how folders are displayed would be nice. maybe even tha ability to rename officiel folder names, or merge catagories.
allow our own hierearchy of folders like you did for games. all individual types of games show up in games so enterteainment AND lifestyloe oficial categores go into a local folder "Style"

Something that I have been looking for !
Let me give it try now..
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Not available on the Android market ?

tyroavi said:
Not available on the Android market ?
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Hi,
The app is available in the Android Market: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ergsap.catapplus
Only apps that can be found on the Android Market and a few others can be categorized. All apps that cannot be categorized are put under "Uncategorized" folder (some system apps or some apps generally integrated with the device such as volume/voice/settings/DSP...etc).

dcooterfrog said:
I would use this as my app drawer but ... the folder type is hard to read with the drop shadow. grid set to 153.
a coupl emore options on how folders are displayed would be nice. maybe even tha ability to rename officiel folder names, or merge catagories.
allow our own hierearchy of folders like you did for games. all individual types of games show up in games so enterteainment AND lifestyloe oficial categores go into a local folder "Style"
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Hi,
Nice suggestions, thanks for the feedback
Ok for custom folder type/better grid/shadow control/more display control/rename native categories/possibility to merge categories. The app aims to be better and better
For your own app launcher, i suggest you to use the API used by Catapplus to be able to do what you want with {App_ID, App_Name, App_PublisherName,App_Category}. App_Category proposes 32 native categories (the same that can be found in the Android Market).
CatApplus just use this API and simply shows what can be done with such available information to build a nice app browser tool (the first one ?).
The limitations are several folds:
-the API delivers categories for apps that can be found on the Android Market (some other apps are being integrated progressively); the API outputs
"unknown" category for apps that cannot be categorized;
-the database is freely available to use with your own application (we propose regular dump SQL/CSV files); it is a static database (between releases) but it is, as far as i know, the first attempt to build an open API for this purpose ;-)
So you have two solutions: API or import the entire database for your own app (using JSON parsing functions). For remaining uncategorized apps, manual features can be proposed.
See the thread related to the API and the database (here) to know how to use them for your own application. Let me know if you have any suggestions.

Hi,
We updated CatApplus in the Android Market with several bug fixes (notably favorites, hidden apps/categories ): CatApplus
The database has been updated for performance and set to read-only: if a standard app is not categorized with the current version of the database, check later "Reset Category" to see if your app has been added to the database and thus to get its category. You can set manual categories also directly from the app and import them if needed later. Regular dumps of the database are always available on the statistics page here.
The database has for the moment more than 320000 categorized apps, among the most popular ones ! Plus 17000 apps has been labelled/categorized as unknown because either they are stock apps or simply they are not available on regular markets.
For some of you that find this app terribly useful, do not hesitate to post/send some feedbacks

Hi,
We will post on our twitter account notifications for the updates of our database; so that you can update the categories for your apps !
Follow us at: @ergsap
So, when an update is available for the database:
1) just hit "menu/reset cat." to reset the categories (a few seconds only )
2) then, if you had previously set manual categories, hit "menu/manage apps/import categories"
your bokmarks will be preserved, of course .
If any feedbacks, do not hesitate to share.

Hi,
A new update of CatApplus database is available with 27000 more apps categorized, for a total now of ~350000 apps categorized (great !) ! Just reset categories to see updates for your apps if you have uncategorized apps !
1) hit "/menu/reset cat."
2) if you set manually some apps, hit "/menu/manage apps/import categories" to restore your categories
3) you're done !
CatApplus in Android Market: link
Available database & stats: catApplus stats

Update 1.2.6
Hi,
A new update of CatApplus is available in the Android Market with bug fixes and a new feature !
The new feature is the "Pending" category that indicates if the app has aldready its category in our database.
Just scan your apps ("menu/reset cat." and import your changes if you have made manual modifications of course via "/menu/manage apps/import categories").
=> Each time the database is updated, check the pending folder for avaialble categories for these apps: long click on the "Pending" folder and "reset cat." to scan for category updates only for these apps.
Bug fixes concern mainly the display of "list-style" theme icons and performances.
Upcoming feature: choose your custom folder icon ... !
Check CatApplus in the Android Market: Link
If any suggestions/ideas, do not hesitate.

Hi,
App updated in original post (Version 2.6.1)

Hi,
We're working on faster categorization and new custom icons for your folders,, stay tuned

Hi,
New update of the database with 10000 new apps categorized !
Just check your pending folder for updates
See CatApplus in the Google Play Store

Could it be compatible with launcher category's? ADW f.e.

labsin said:
Could it be compatible with launcher category's? ADW f.e.
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Not in its actual form, but we take it as a suggestion. We'll look at that
The API counterpart of CatApplus make this easy to implement if possible (see CatApplus API discussion here).

Hi,
New update of CatApplus with style for folders !
You can change a folder icon or all folders at once. We provide a preselected set of cool icons (long click on a folder or menu/design/change...).
These data are saved in ergsap/catapplus/folder_style on your memory card. You can thus add your own icons in that folder, they will be available in CatApplus for your customization.
The database has been updated with now 466000 apps categorized !
We have so far categorized 15 million apps ! Huge !
Just check you apps list !
CatApplus in the Google Play Store: CatApplus
Changelog:
Version 1.2.6
-Added custom style for folders ! Long click on a folder to change the image or change all folders style
-Bug fixes

Hi,
A new version of CatApplus is available in Google Play Store with the great possibility to categorize now 820 000 apps, automatically !
Better shortcuts to access directly your categories and also a better design for:
-2 themes : expandable list & folders with 9 icons inside each one
-sets of folders icons you can retrieve directly from the app
-sets of background for CatApplus, directly from the app
-you can customize folders icons & backgrounds : just move your icons/backgrounds in CatApplus directories
and several performance improvements.
Just browse your apps by categories and folders, effortlessly, painlessly!
See CatApplus in the Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ergsap.catapplus&hl=en
See OP for more screenshots and get CatApplus from the Google Play Store.
The open database and our API for developers are available from our CatApplus API page.
Feel free to contact us for any suggestions.

Hi,
We have categorized so far 89 millions apps ! Amazing !
Folders styles are great !
Choose also your freely available textured background among a preselected set inside CatApplus.
If you have any issues with CatApplus, contact us to find a fix.
If you would like beta-testing your app with our API, do not hesitate to send us a message
Check the download page in the Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ergsap.catapplus

ergsan said:
Hi,
We have categorized so far 89 millions apps ! Amazing !
Folders styles are great !
Choose also your freely available textured background among a preselected set inside CatApplus.
If you have any issues with CatApplus, contact us to find a fix.
If you would like beta-testing your app with our API, do not hesitate to send us a message
Check the download page in the Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ergsap.catapplus
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Hi,
New updates for CatApplus with now 940 000 apps with categories available !
Try for yourself and see your apps automatically organized into folders, 232 million users apps have been categorized so far ! Thanks for all CatApplusers !
CatApplus in the Google Play Store : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ergsap.catapplus&hl=en

[APP][2.3+] JReader: Off-line Google Reader app for Android

NOTE: JReader will be switched to a new service which is available for beta testing at http://reader.jyvee.com
JReader is an advanced unofficial offline Google Reader | RSS Reader app for Android, optimized for fast and productive news reading and sharing with clean and easy to use user interface.
Unlike any other RSS readers JReader features filtering and watching for news items. With JReader's watched item notifications you will never miss important news, and with filters - never read the news you are not interested in.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
​
More info: http://www.jyvee.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/JRead...gle-Reader-client-for-Android/138563132956919
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JReaderApp
Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/107919149201653283367/posts
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Main features include:
▪ Beautiful app with clean and easy to use controls and user interface with a variety of dark and light themes to choose from;
▪ Best reading experience: Read fully cached articles in a fast fullscreen browser window without leaving JReader;
▪ User friendly: Powerful capabilities are simple to use for inexperienced users;
▪ Designed for sharing: Easily share news, RSS feeds, recommend links on Facebook, Twitter, Google+, etc.;
▪ Extensive personalization: Fine tune the app's sync and view behavior through a variety of preference settings;
▪ Costs saving: Control mobile networks data usage to save on traffic costs on 2g, 3g, etc;
▪ Watching: get notified when RSS news contain defined search words and phrases and never miss important news;
▪ Filters for automatic marking Google Reader items as read;
▪ Google Reader subscription management: edit, delete, change or add labels for your RSS subscriptions;
▪ RSS Feed manager: Search and subscribe to RSS feeds or Google Reader feed bundles without leaving JReader;
▪ Optimized for fast and productive RSS reading;
▪ Multiuser: support multiple Google Reader accounts;
▪ Fast scheduled or manual two-way synchronization with Google Reader and off-line article caching;
▪ Sync up to 10000 items with Google Reader;
▪ Tablet support with fragments layout;
▪ Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean compatible;
▪ and more...
Want to translate JReader to your language? Check out our translation project: http://crowdin.net/project/jreader
Note: Google account is required.
Keywords: Google Reader, News Reader, RSS Reader, free, RSS feed.
Get it from Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jyvee.jreader

Recent changes
v.1.1.148
- NEW: Context menu to unsubscribe from a feed;
- NEW: Context menu to change feed's labels;
- NEW: Context menu to change feed's title;
- NEW: Context menu to rename a label;
- NEW: Context menu to delete a label;
- FIX: Minor bug fixes and improvements.
v.1.1.130
- NEW: Account Manager has been completely rebuilt.

cool
UI is cool!

nice app, fast and clean.
what is filters?

mario_001 said:
nice app, fast and clean.
what is filters?
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Filters are search patterns you can define to perform a specific action on feed items.
Let's say you don't want to read any news containing "CentOS updates" (or "Apple IOS" ) in it's title. So you define a filter which can be applied to a specific feed or label and you set it's action to mark an item as "read" when any of new feed items contain that search phrase in it' title (and/or context).
Another option is to set action to 'watched'. In this case the item with the search phrase will be placed in "Watched" folder (label) and color coded.
Action "watched and notify" also shows notification when matching items arrive.

New version is online!
New v.1.1.197 is online with many new features and improvements!

rah77az said:
Filters are search patterns you can define to perform a specific action on feed items.
Let's say you don't want to read any news containing "CentOS updates" (or "Apple IOS" ) in it's title. So you define a filter which can be applied to a specific feed or label and you set it's action to mark an item as "read" when any of new feed items contain that search phrase in it' title (and/or context).
Another option is to set action to 'watched'. In this case the item with the search phrase will be placed in "Watched" folder (label) and color coded.
Action "watched and notify" also shows notification when matching items arrive.
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how to star with filter?

mario_001 said:
how to star with filter?
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Automatic starring with filters is not available right now. I intend to implement that option in one of the future releases.

New version .1.1.285 is out
New version .1.1.285 is out on Google Play store with following changes:
Completely reworked current theme, more themes to come...;
App share menu with options to share JReader: via Google+, by posting or following on Twitter, posting, recommending or liking on Facebook and emailing.
Context menu in items view with basic post related and sharing tasks;
Quick share buttons for G+, Facebook, Twitter, Email sharing in expanded item view (More sharing option moved to context menu);
Sharing tasks in feed context menu;
Looking forward to your comments

light theme
rah77az said:
New version .1.1.285 is out on Google Play store with following changes:
Completely reworked current theme, more themes to come...;
App share menu with options to share JReader: via Google+, by posting or following on Twitter, posting, recommending or liking on Facebook and emailing.
Context menu in items view with basic post related and sharing tasks;
Quick share buttons for G+, Facebook, Twitter, Email sharing in expanded item view (More sharing option moved to context menu);
Sharing tasks in feed context menu;
Looking forward to your comments
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where is light theme?

mario_001 said:
where is light theme?
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New themes (including light one with light action bar) will be available very soon in future releases.

Looking for volunteers who may help with the translation.

Trying it now, initial impression is, it's just what I wanted.
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vishy4 said:
Trying it now, initial impression is, it's just what I wanted.
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I hope so , please let me know what you like and dislike about it

rah77az said:
I hope so , please let me know what you like and dislike about it
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Looks really good!
Like: filters, configurability
Dislike: all these share icons - should be configurable (e.g., no point in having a G+ button or a Twitter button if I don't use them...)
P.S.
I found a typo in the about dialog (infromation->information).

raenye said:
Looks really good!
Like: filters, configurability
Dislike: all these share icons - should be configurable (e.g., no point in having a G+ button or a Twitter button if I don't use them...)
P.S.
I found a typo in the about dialog (infromation->information).
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point noted - you are right, i'll keep them visible by default so that new users would know that those buttons exist, but will add a option to hide them
Thanks!

rah77az said:
point noted - you are right, i'll keep them visible by default so that new users would know that those buttons exist, but will add a option to hide them
Thanks!
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Whoa, you're quick
More suggestions:
1) Reading Engadget's feed in the eye-with-list mode, the photos are too wide for the screen.
Can they be auto-scaled like in the just-eye mode?
(My problem with the just-eye mode is that it only shows part of the text)
2) The star icon should IMHO be in the same line with the other icons.
3) The icons are beautiful and effective --- once you know what they stand for.
I suggest you add a help button (that can be configured not to show, once you get the hang of it), that will call upon a quick tutorial (e.g., a screenshot of the interface with individual button explanations).

raenye said:
Whoa, you're quick
More suggestions:
1) Reading Engadget's feed in the eye-with-list mode, the photos are too wide for the screen.
Can they be auto-scaled like in the just-eye mode?
(My problem with the just-eye mode is that it only shows part of the text)
2) The star icon should IMHO be in the same line with the other icons.
3) The icons are beautiful and effective --- once you know what they stand for.
I suggest you add a help button (that can be configured not to show, once you get the hang of it), that will call upon a quick tutorial (e.g., a screenshot of the interface with individual button explanations).
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The eye in the circle is a text (simple) only preview, which also includes an image from the feed. The eye with a list is a 'web' or 'original' view mode, that is original feed content in a webview. I can change the original one, but I think it would be even better to modify text preview. Right now i have limited it to displaying only the first 5 lines of a feed item, but that thing will also be configurable.
Regarding the star, you are also right, will add an option to move it to the item's quick action menu (buttons) or keep it where it is now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atz-GnEDevk is a quick introduction to using the app
Thank you a lot for your feedback!

Some more ideas and comments (tell me if you're fed up with feedback, I'll understand...)
- only after watching the video I could get some of the buttons (e.g., mark previous as read). But the video is almost 10 minutes long, and people don't have much patience for it. A quick what-buttons-do is imperative, IMHO.
- some buttons have a wide, irreversible effect (e.g., mark all/previous as read). An undo button could prove useful. Or perhaps a confirmation dialog?
- since I tend to read feeds with many small items, the most important button for me is "mark single item as read". The button is rather small, so I can only hit it 80% of the time; in the other 20%, I change the preview mode. Maybe there should be an easier way to mark individual items as read, for instance make it possible to choose which button precedes the item title (where the star currently is), so people like me could put the mark-as-read button there.
- when switching orientation (portrait <-> landscape), it closes the current item and resets the preview mode (to text). Usually the reason for me to rotate the phone is to get more width for a specific item that needs it (e.g., has an html table), so please make it remember
- would it be possible to choose whether text/web preview is the default? I always use web preview
- jreader's icon keeps swinging in the notification bar for hours. Does it mean it's working? completed?
- in the filters activity, I think it's better to have similar icons for backup and restore; maybe a diskette with in/out arrow?
- in the add/edit filter activity, I think it'd be more clear to have some other UI element instead of a checkbox to choose between "title only" and "title and contents", perhaps a push button; also, what does the crosshair button do?
- in the movie it seems to work, but on my device I cannot chose to which label/feed a filter is applied. I only have "any feed" / "any label" in the drop-down boxes.
Thanks again!

Feels great...thanks
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