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[APP] StriPad, another application launcher

I'm looking for beta-testers now, in order to refine my application and maybe find bugs.
This launcher is described and downloadable on my web site dystroy.org/stripad/
In a few words, it is designed to be efficient and greatly minimize the time needed to find and launch your applications (or to uninstall them).
If you could take the time to visit, test and comment this launcher...
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Hey I had a look at the screenshots, what an Awesome innovative idea! .
I wouldn't want to replace my home screen with it though. Maybe you might want to get into contact with some launchers (Launcher Pro etc) about making it an option to replace the app drawer with your StriPad?

I love this launcher!
I'll test this. This is my new favorite launcher. I've been looking for something like this ever since I went Android. Your launcher is a welcome change.
I love that it's only 63KB, fast, minimalist and low on resources.
I hate having a 1-2MB app just to launch other apps.
I don't use widgets or screens.

I had a FC while holding down a strip to change the color.
I also only see half of the color wheel when changing colors. I have a low resolution phone. 320x240
Checking the Processes I only see
Process CPU Mem.
system_server 129% 0Ko
com.google.process.gapps 129% 0Ko
com.android.phone 129% 0Ko

Took a look at it, not a bad idea, still rather launcher pro.

Good Idea.
But hard to use and could be prettier.
But I am looking forward for updates.

Awesome idea, but I use too many widgets for it to replace my current launcher. I'll be checking back for updates

Awesome work bro!

Thanks for your replies !
@lunigma : can you reproduce the problem and get me the stack-trace ? Do you know how to do it ? What you see on the process list is strange. What device do you have and with what version of Android ?
@TuRDMaN : if enough people are interested I'll continue my work. I'm currently working on an integration of the widgets (the stripes could be all retracted to the left, leaving the background to widgets).

dseguret said:
I'm currently working on an integration of the widgets (the stripes could be all retracted to the left, leaving the background to widgets).
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Sounds cool, can't wait to check it out!

The APP is funny, cool man, great work, i will still looking in this thread for up's.

OK.
I must admit that I'm not any more able to find the time and motivation to work on this project.
So, except if I find people willing to develop it (as open source), I won't finish it and I'll remain the sole user...

hey this is cool are you going to pt it in market place???

motodroidfreak said:
hey this is cool are you going to pt it in market place???
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I was just saying I was dropping the development. I may put it on the market with the goal to search motivated coders. If so I'll let it know here.

dseguret said:
I was just saying I was dropping the development. I may put it on the market with the goal to search motivated coders. If so I'll let it know here.
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I would help to work with this project. I was asking put it on market because I can't insatll form the apk file..... I have the setting allow unknow sources but it never works
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Would you consider making this into an "app drawer" replacement? Or maybe 2 versions. Full launcher version and app drawer replacement version. I think it would be an awesome app drawer. But I personally would not want to replace my launcher with this. It is a great idea though. and thanks for sharing.

dseguret said:
I was just saying I was dropping the development. I may put it on the market with the goal to search motivated coders. If so I'll let it know here.
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Please don't drop this! I love the concept and the fact that it's so conservative on resources.
I'm using Stripad as main Launcher and Quickdesk for some widgets.
There are two flaws, though. On my Samsung Spica, it displays sometimes 8, sometimes 9 bars. The processes windows becomes empty after 3 or 4 seconds.
Again, I think this app is too good for you to drop. Please reconsider.

thepolishguy said:
Would you consider making this into an "app drawer" replacement? Or maybe 2 versions. Full launcher version and app drawer replacement version. I think it would be an awesome app drawer. But I personally would not want to replace my launcher with this. It is a great idea though. and thanks for sharing.
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Sure I would do this.... are you willing to put it in market for sum reason i cant install a apk file :-(

Not able to download the file now, but any chance someone can post screenshots?

Fantastic
Its fantastic and one of the most lovely launchers till today, As I am a graphic UI designer, I hope I can do wonders with this Launcher and its colour effects.
Thanks.

Best Homescreen replacement?

I loved to use adw in the past but recently the updates made it unusable for me... so i am looking for a replacement...
Maybe i should just stick to an old version of adw (i unfortunatly didnt backup mine before updating)
So what are you guys using?
Ps: and please dont tell me to google or "this thread already exists" coz i want new information

Yea, ADW has started crashing on ocassions, its really annoying. Dont know what alternative is good like this.

ADW ftw! Never had an issue with it.

I for one am interested in trying the LG Optimus launcher once we get Eclair. Im an organization freak so the customizable app drawer appeals to me. Also looking forward to trying Launcher Pro Plus with Eclair. Currently using ADW and have no problems.
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brunswick000 said:
I for one am interested in trying the LG Optimus launcher once we get Eclair. Im an organization freak so the customizable app drawer appeals to me.
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Have you not tried the "group" feature in ADW? Open the app drawer and press the menu button - choose group - New catalog, name it, choose apps to be in it, then when you go into the app drawer you just press the menu button and choose your new group.

I had been using Slidescreen pro since last 3 weeks and with facebook and Google reader integration working with it,i have laid Timescape and the old ADW launcher to rest in peace.
I can assure you would get a different experience once you start using it........

XperiaX10iUser said:
Have you not tried the "group" feature in ADW? Open the app drawer and press the menu button - choose group - New catalog, name it, choose apps to be in it, then when you go into the app drawer you just press the menu button and choose your new group.
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Yeah i use the group feature. I like it but the LG has all apps on one screen with groups seperated by heavy lines with titles. Im being fussy here is all ADW is by far my fav to date. Just looking to try something new.
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XperiaX10iUser said:
ADW ftw! Never had an issue with it.
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what version do use use? - even in the market adw is getting a lot of 1 - star ratings recently because its damn bugged ...
ps: if any1 got an old version feel free to upload it ... i really loved it

Thank you got asking this question so I didn't have to. ADW has been going crazy for me since I updated.
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KingCifer said:
I loved to use adw in the past but recently the updates made it unusable for me... so i am looking for a replacement...
Maybe i should just stick to an old version of adw (i unfortunatly didnt backup mine before updating)
So what are you guys using?
Ps: and please dont tell me to google or "this thread already exists" coz i want new information
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After reinstalling adw today i havent any problems.
But before that reinstalling it was crap like you said.
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KingCifer said:
what version do use use?
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1.1.4. Have you tried resetting the settings to see if that clears a few things up?

XperiaX10iUser said:
1.1.4. Have you tried resetting the settings to see if that clears a few things up?
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damn i have to write somewhere in my profile that i started to code my own stuff when i was 15 years old ...
sure i tried to reinstall, delete settings, reset, just restart, play with different settings and i even tried to talk to it (j/k)... none of the things worked ...
can you do me a favor and try to press and hold the home key to switch between recent apps and then press the home key again?
everytime i do this i have to set it as default home again - this is way more annoying then the little crashes i experience all the time and for me it makes adw totally useless now ...

KingCifer said:
can you do me a favor and try to press and hold the home key to switch between recent apps and then press the home key again?
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Hi - I just tried that on mine and it worked fine.. nice and quick too!!!

im_iceman said:
Hi - I just tried that on mine and it worked fine.. nice and quick too!!!
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Same here too.

thx guys ... and wtf i cant get it to work

try LIVEHOME which is also a home screen replacement, nearly the same as adw but has a few more features, one of them is transitions, you can flick through you home screens like pages in a book (love it). Try it out.

KingCifer said:
thx guys ... and wtf i cant get it to work
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ok after playing around a lot with settings i have to apologize to my beloved adw launcher
ok it still crashes a lot in the newer version but my main problem - that it cant remember the default home - is on the stock android homescreen too so i guess somehow my software is ****ed up *cry* ...
guess i have to reflash (god damnit this **** is more buggy then windows 95)
edit: btw livehome looks really nice ... i like that you can change the icons in the drawer

Update: after reinstall and some hours later i got crashes again and that home-button problem too.
Now i set only the adw-homescreen to "dont auto-rotate" and i have no problems now.
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Running ADW. but slidescreen pro is pretty cool too.
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I use zeam launcher. It's stable fast and not bloated with features
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[Q] SE Xperia Arc Launcher For Galaxy Tab

Can someone port SE Xperia Arc Launcher for galaxy tab?
I really like this launcher and it's animations are great, but I have some problem with it which you can see in the pictures.
It would be great if someone could do it.

Have you changed your lcd density? And did youvdownload thevright one for our screen size? There are a lot of different versions out there and one that fits perfectly. It seems like youve picked the wrong one.
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I didn't know there are different versions, I'll look for it.
About lcd density, no, I haven't changed it.

Yeah, last time i checked there were at least 50 different versions for different screen sizes and different mods.
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These are the sizes that I found:
(960x540), (480x854), (480x800), (480x640), (320x480), (240x320).
The best one is (960x540) and as you can see in the pictures its really close but not perfectly.

you may try this
i mod this for my tab, it may work for you.

pimuser said:
i mod this for my tab, it may work for you.
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Still off for me, but my lcd density is 200. Going to change it back to normal and try it again.
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I don't know what happend, but every time I want to install the launcher, it says "Aplication Not Installed". It wasn't like this before.

sohrab1985 said:
I don't know what happend, but every time I want to install the launcher, it says "Aplication Not Installed". It wasn't like this before.
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Try using Root Explorer to push it to system/app?
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I tried that, but it didn't work. Thank you, anyway.
Btw, I found this single post here and there is a "Guide" which says you should change some .xmls to make a right arc launcher for you device.
Here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11856283&postcount=43

Thank you!!!!!!
pimuser said:
i mod this for my tab, it may work for you.
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Damn, this is one sexy launcher

pimuser said:
i mod this for my tab, it may work for you.
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Works great on stock dpi. One minor thing is the icons in the app tray is not centered perfectly, its shifted a bit to the left. Another great tweak would be to mod it so that it can be 5x5 columns and rows in desktop. But all in all, runs smooth!

Thakns to pimuser for uploading the launcher which works great on GT.
Like Vorpal said, the icons in the app tray are not centered perfectly,
I'm working on that, but for now because the laucher has just
3 homescreens I made two more with 5 and 7 homescreens.

sohrab1985 said:
I'm working on that, but for now because the laucher has just 3 homescreens I made two more with 5 and 7 homescreens.
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Thanks sohrab1985 for undertaking the task to making this launcher run more perfectly. Hope you manage to fix any slight problems (centering) and keep us updated!

Xperia Arc Launcher
Here is another one.
5x5 Apptray.
5 Homescreens.
Everyrhing works great except one thing.
As you can see in the picture No.3, When you drag one app from apptray to
your homescreen, it takes the room of two icons instead of one.
I can fix that but when I do, some other widgets don't work properly.
Of course you can put the apps in a folder in your homescreens, they work fine.
Does anyone know what would be the problem?

pimuser said:
i mod this for my tab, it may work for you.
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I found two solutions for the problem in the last version:
1. Instead of draging apps from apptray into your homescreens, make a shortcut.
2. when you drag one app or more from apptray into your homescreens, put them in a folder and then take them out to your home screen again.
In both of these ways apps take just the room of one icon, not two.

I love this launcher =)

Thank you for this, it's working fine and is very fast, any way to make it work in landscape?
Regards
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[email protected] said:
Thank you for this, it's working fine and is very fast, any way to make it work in landscape?
Regards
[email protected]
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I haven't tried it, but look here maybe you find something:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11856283&postcount=43

[Request] original Tochwiz optimizing for 182dpi [Please Vote]

Hello guys!
Would somebody create a port of the original Galaxy Tab TouchWiz that is optimized for use with 182dpi? I think 8x8 rows would be nice.
Why to Hell original TW?
Because I like the original Launcher very much but as you all know, it does not work well with 182 (or similar) dpi-mode.
What do you think? let me know.

Is anybody able or interested to do this? Because of the view counter I'm thinking there are a few people who want to see a port of this.
I would do it by myself but i'm no programmer and not able to do this.

i can make this happen
but make at least 30 to 50 persons vote for it and i'll make it

Yes kOsh. I know you can do it. You did/do also a awesome job with the TW4. So i hope there are other peopel those whant to have the simple and original "look&feel" of the standart TW from the Tab.
Basicly the Homescreen is just a simple modification of the Stock GB launcher. Maybe it is possible to port it also for other devices.
For me, the point is that the app-drawer and the two "main positions" (next to the app-drawer button) are customizable. But the Launcher have still to be fast as hell like the original, combined with the usability of the 182dpi-mode.
I hope the best!

odysseus84 said:
Yes kOsh. I know you can do it. You did/do also a awesome job with the TW4. So i hope there are other peopel those whant to have the simple and original "look&feel" of the standart TW from the Tab.
Basicly the Homescreen is just a simple modification of the Stock GB launcher. Maybe it is possible to port it also for other devices.
For me, the point is that the app-drawer and the two "main positions" (next to the app-drawer button) are customizable. But the Launcher have still to be fast as hell like the original, combined with the usability of the 182dpi-mode.
I hope the best!
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forgot about it
go check my touchwiz 4 thread after awhile and you'll see what i'm doing

Someone have finished modify the TW4 to the TAB with 182 and 240 long time ago. You can find in this forum. I can't remeber the name but started with 'M'(really sorry).
He had ported it since MAY 2011.
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His name is Mssmison
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1077641
and here is the video after installed Mssmison's TW4 three months ago.
http://youtu.be/M8sAOv88akc
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Oooohhhhh realy? I know that. But i did writhe that i like the original "look&feel" of the tab. I don't like the TW4. So your post was not helpfull.
But it's okey. I burried my hope after kOsh's second post. And it looks like no one else is intressted for a port.
Too bad
Thanks anyway
Sent from my GT-P1000 (armed with Kratos)

sorry if i may be off topic, but is there any chance to replace the dial, contacts, logs, groups and favourites with the original gingerbread theme, the one with black background. I am so mad about the actual theme. thanks in advance!

Yea guy, you are off topic but it doesn't matter anymore.
I don't know exactliy what you asking for. Maybe you can load an other dailer (with a darker skin) from the Market.
BtW: i don't remember at a black dailer app on the Gtab. I think it was allways white.

i also need 182dpi original touchwiz
im using korea's galaxy tab (m180s)
tw4 not working on my tab
sorry to my bad english
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[App] Claystone Launcher 2.4

UPDATE (9/21/2012): We've posted a new version of Claystone - v2.4 - to Google Play @ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.claystoneinc !
We've taken a lot of the feedback discovered here in this thread to improve the app, including re-introducing theme support, weather panels, and more.
Check it out and let us know what you think. Thanks!
Claystone Team
http://www.claystoneinc.com

Great launcher
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This launcher rocks!!!!! Thanks
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yeah so I've used just about every launcher out there, and this launcher made me jizz myself.
only issue is the built in browser doesn't support java?
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Fuuuck me this is a...confusing beauty.... still a beauty. Will give this a go! Foooooooooooooooo sure
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I love the update and hope they keep coming. Here's a few things I tried to do but couldn't and some I'd like to see:
Ability to add, change, and customize the dock,
Multiselect apps to add to a pane
Change the transition effect from fade
Pinch and zoom to activate expose'
Swipe up and down actions
Would love a running apps dock
LANDSCAPE SUPPORT!
Ability to change themes or customize them more....especially icons
That's all for now,
Cheers!
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adzidek said:
yeah so I've used just about every launcher out there, and this launcher made me jizz myself.
only issue is the built in browser doesn't support java?
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Haha - hilarious.
Re: web + java. No, not right now. I know it's an oversight, but definitely something we want to tie in sooner rather than later.

D_one said:
I love the update and hope they keep coming. Here's a few things I tried to do but couldn't and some I'd like to see:
Ability to add, change, and customize the dock,
Multiselect apps to add to a pane
Change the transition effect from fade
Pinch and zoom to activate expose'
Swipe up and down actions
Would love a running apps dock
LANDSCAPE SUPPORT!
Ability to change themes or customize them more....especially icons
That's all for now,
Cheers!
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Great, great feedback. Thank you!
Some of these are already on our plate - working on getting dock customization in ASAP - but those that aren't are going straight from your keyboard to the developer's ears. Thanks, again!

My phone's being repaired right now, so I can't try this. Are scrolling widgets supported?

Awesome work !! Really a good launcher. Makes my iFriends go green
Will post any features needed/ bugs

willing to try this and have great faith in the project. I love seeing a launcher with a difference and will download in the morning to my vibrant running cyanogen mod. finally if you are in need of a beta tester please let me know and I will do anything to help.

I like it.
Down points-
Slow to scroll from screen to screen
Confused on how to resize widgets.
I didn't see how to change what screen goes in what order. Example-I could never get my homescreen to be the middle screen instead of the 1st screen.
I think I'd like a swipe up gesture that allows quick screens glance rather than the middle dock button being the quick screen glance.
I give you props on this. It's turning out nicely and will continue to do so!

Nitro_123 said:
Awesome work !! Really a good launcher. Makes my iFriends go green
Will post any features needed/ bugs
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Haha - glad to hear. Thanks!

Vulpix said:
My phone's being repaired right now, so I can't try this. Are scrolling widgets supported?
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I'd like to say yes, but unfortunately they're not in this latest release. That said, let me see what I can do to sneak them into an upcoming build.
Hope your phone comes back better than ever.

Bean can said:
willing to try this and have great faith in the project. I love seeing a launcher with a difference and will download in the morning to my vibrant running cyanogen mod. finally if you are in need of a beta tester please let me know and I will do anything to help.
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Great, glad to hear. It's always a challenge trying to do something different, but totally worthwhile.
Any feedback you could offer would be much appreciated!

kiltedthrower said:
I like it.
Down points-
Slow to scroll from screen to screen
Confused on how to resize widgets.
I didn't see how to change what screen goes in what order. Example-I could never get my homescreen to be the middle screen instead of the 1st screen.
I think I'd like a swipe up gesture that allows quick screens glance rather than the middle dock button being the quick screen glance.
I give you props on this. It's turning out nicely and will continue to do so!
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Gotcha.
In terms of the widget resizing, if you long hold on a widget and tap 'Resize' you'll notice the bounding box + arrows pop up. From there, you should be able to resize by tapping and dragging on the arrows to get the dimensions needed (if you're not seeing the arrows or that functionality's not working, definitely let me know).
Re: setting the order of screens - we don't have that included now, but it's already in the works for a release in the very short-term.
Lastly, hadn't considered the upward swipe gesture idea. Let me stew on it for a bit and see if there's something we can do there.
Thanks for taking the time to drop the feedback - love it!

I am trying the Launcher (although I prefer plain vanilla LauncherPro). It's tricky trying to get use to using this. I am so use to using an almost empty, plain desktop.
I wanted to try this because of the news feeds as it seems easier than opening the browser and going to the news sites.

really good, but on my sensation (960x540 px resolution) the themes doesnt resize properly, there are blurry icons and backgrounds. only the widgets are looking ok. i hope youll make it compatible with qHD (960x540) resolution.
glad to see that you are working on the screen order feature
a setting to change the transition effect and a running apps panel (task manager) would be very nice!
i dont like the photos panel, i cant scroll through the photos when i select one from the list, i must first go in fullscreen mode... it should be more like gallery 3D ^^
waiting for the next update

Falen said:
I am trying the Launcher (although I prefer plain vanilla LauncherPro). It's tricky trying to get use to using this. I am so use to using an almost empty, plain desktop.
I wanted to try this because of the news feeds as it seems easier than opening the browser and going to the news sites.
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Totally understand - it's a bit of a departure from layouts featured in ADW, LauncherPro, etc.
In fact, one area in which we need to improve in is explaining the basics of Claystone. Once you play around with it it starts to come together, but we've got to do a better job in bridging that gap.
Thankfully, I've got a Word doc in front of me ready to be dumped into an HTML layout with the aim of having that ready within the week!

nicu96 said:
really good, but on my sensation (960x540 px resolution) the themes doesnt resize properly, there are blurry icons and backgrounds. only the widgets are looking ok. i hope youll make it compatible with qHD (960x540) resolution.
glad to see that you are working on the screen order feature
a setting to change the transition effect and a running apps panel (task manager) would be very nice!
i dont like the photos panel, i cant scroll through the photos when i select one from the list, i must first go in fullscreen mode... it should be more like gallery 3D ^^
waiting for the next update
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Of those, I can tell you that a 'Running Tasks' panel is ridiculously close to being included (as in: we've had it in there, but haven't quite finalized it yet in deference to other features).
In terms of qHD compatibility and revised photo functionality, I can't promise that they'll be featured in the next build or two, but can say I'll bring them to the team and see where we can slide them in on a priority scale amidst other feature development.
Really appreciate you helping out - thanks!