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I just bought my infinity not long ago and I have been exploring here. I read some threads mentioning floating app and I am really interested in this. So far I come with:
1. OverSkreen - Browser
2. LilyPad - IM Client
3. Super Video - Player
4. Stick it - Player
5. AirTerm - Terminal
7. Floating Notes - Taking Notes
8. Floating Widget - Make Widgets Floating
9. hovernote - Taking Notes
Would you mind sharing your collection so that we have the best set of floating apps in our infinity? :highfive:
Thank you for everyone who contribute.
Hovernote - for taking notes
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HoverNote
Floating Notes (Note Taking)
Floating Widgets (Makes Homescreen Widgets Float)
While not a floating app in itself, SwipePad (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.conduction.swipepad.android) is a nice utility for opening these apps within another app. I don't have my Infinity yet, but this works quite well on my phone
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I believe moboplayer also has a floating video player function now, it should work great on the greater real estate of the Infinity
"Floating browser flux" is another very basic, but free, floating browser.
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Swype beta is a floating keyboard.
Float n split keyboard
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aitype.android.tablet.p
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Love this list. Are there anymore? I'm looking for some pop up sticky note type of thing to record written notes on.
Hovernote should take care of that need - unless I'm misunderstanding the request...
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I think he wants one that you can write on with a stylus. If that is the case, then there is not one that I know of.
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I think he wants one that you can write on with a stylus. If that is the case, then there is not one that I know of.
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Yes, that would be nice to have. I'm surprised that one hasn't been developed yet.
Do that many people really take handwritten notes on their tablets?? Especially with the Transformer series with the keyboard dock - typed in notes just seem so much more practical as they are searchable, etc.... I know that I, for one, can type a lot faster than I could write, especially on a tablet....
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Hi!
I am the developer of Floating Notes and see some requests here: writing with a stylus, recording... If you have ideas how to make Floating Notes even better, just tell me.
If you have wishes of other floating apps, let me know via pm and i will look forward to realize them.
Floating timer I use it for my workouts :3
I really hate switching back and forth between apps and am wondering if there is a floating calculator.
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PAPB0007 said:
I really hate switching back and forth between apps and am wondering if there is a floating calculator.
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AirCalc is what you want then.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myboyfriendisageek.aircalc&hl=en
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Do that many people really take handwritten notes on their tablets?? Especially with the Transformer series with the keyboard dock - typed in notes just seem so much more practical as they are searchable, etc.... I know that I, for one, can type a lot faster than I could write, especially on a tablet....
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I use my Transformer extensively for handwritten notes. As an engineering student it's not practical taking notes with the keyboard at all due to a lot of visuals and equations. And get a good note taking app such as LectureNotes (which I've found to be the best) and there are options to add keywords for each of your pages and you can easily index ("search") the notebook for the content you need.
I use to go through ~50 sheets of paper that would ultimately end up in the recycle bin since it was all just scratch work, but now I do it all on my transformer.
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I really hate switching back and forth between apps and am wondering if there is a floating calculator.
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I'm using AirCalc and it's pretty nice. There is also DarkCalc (I can't remember if this is on the play store or just posted here on xda by the dev) which has the normal calculator interface (takes whole screen) but has a button which pops it out to a floating window. They are both pretty much identical in functionality.
You should update the links in the first post. Floating Notes' link is dead. There is also an free version now.
Is there any way to remove blank or unused pages on the home screen? I organize my apps into named folders so I've no use for the other four pages pages.
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Not in the stock launcher. Some other launchers (like: GO Launcher HD (EX is only for phones, HD is for tablets)) will allow you to control this. Others here have used Apex and Nova Launcher, but I can't speak to them. I do know that there were stability issues with some of those.
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Is there any way to remove blank or unused pages on the home screen? I organize my apps into named folders so I've no use for the other four pages pages.
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try pressing the home button,--> after pressing it, it will show you all the desktop pages, you can click and drag those pages that you are not using up into the trash bin (same process when you delete widgets from your homescreen)
hope it helps .. ^_^
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Not in the stock launcher. Some other launchers (like: GO Launcher HD (EX is only for phones, HD is for tablets)) will allow you to control this. Others here have used Apex and Nova Launcher, but I can't speak to them. I do know that there were stability issues with some of those.
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Oh yeah... i was using nova launcher, that's why i can get rid of mine... hahaha.. silly me...
well, looks like my comment above won't help after all...haha....might as well install a better launcher
Will using a launcher kill my battery?
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Wont let me edit my last post. Grr. I guess what I want to know is if stock launcher will still be running under or alongside apex launcher? I don't want two launchers eating up resources.
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Will using a launcher kill my battery?
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From my consulting days "It Depends."
The launcher itself shouldn't. It replaces the default launcher (the first time you press 'home' you can select the default - go to settings ->apps -> the launcher -> clear defaults (or uninstall the launcher) to get back to the stock one). If you use GO there are a lot of cool ad-ons and widgets that will consume battery but you have to download them separately and add them manually. Since you're trying to keep one screen I'll assume that you wont be adding a ton of widgets.
The only difference in system is that some launchers may take more memory than others and if there is battery drain it's trivial (like checking daily for an update instead of weekly or something not enough to notice by any means).
Note that when you change your launcher you will have to re-setup your home screen. If you revert to the stock launcher your old setup will still be there, so it's not lost. Each launcher just saves their own configuration.
Good luck!
Thanks, everyone. I look forward to participating here in the forums. I am also on overclock.net.
P.S. has anyone done extensive comparisons on which launcher performs the best and uses the least amount of resources while doing so? Im open to opinions.
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Joeful said:
Thanks, everyone. I look forward to participating here in the forums. I am also on overclock.net.
P.S. has anyone done extensive comparisons on which launcher performs the best and uses the least amount of resources while doing so? Im open to opinions.
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Happy to help!
No one has done a full comparison (that I know of) but reading through these might help (some are more general and background, some should give you an idea of problems/questions that other people have.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1829321&highlight=launcher
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1825881&highlight=launcher
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1806256&highlight=launcher
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797671&highlight=launcher
Joeful said:
Thanks, everyone. I look forward to participating here in the forums. I am also on overclock.net.
P.S. has anyone done extensive comparisons on which launcher performs the best and uses the least amount of resources while doing so? Im open to opinions.
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Sounds like you found your own new project, ;p
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Midnitte said:
Sounds like you found your own new project, ;p
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hahah +1
Midnitte said:
Sounds like you found your own new project, ;p
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Indeed. I am comparing them as we spe... type. Apex is very nice.
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Indeed. I am comparing them as we spe... type. Apex is very nice.
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I used Apex on my Droid Bionic. It's VERY close -- as in, nearly identical -- to the stock Moto launcher. I liked it a lot, better than ADW, in fact.
shadow071506 said:
try pressing the home button,--> after pressing it, it will show you all the desktop pages, you can click and drag those pages that you are not using up into the trash bin (same process when you delete widgets from your homescreen)
hope it helps .. ^_^
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Tried your suggestion but pressing the home button doesn't bring the home screen pages in my case.
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megamoz said:
Tried your suggestion but pressing the home button doesn't bring the home screen pages in my case.
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They were using a launcher when doing this.
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i guess Android is not ready for such high resolution because most app icons look like blurry dirt on our screen. Not what i was expecting. It stand out from the screen. When i show my infinity to people they notice the lowres icon right away.
??? No idea what you are talking about.
Pics describe a thousand words.
Had a prime and now have an infinity - everything is sharp on my screen.
Have you messed with the DPI at all or have you installed the TF300 firmware?
My icons are not blurry or pixelated in any way...
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U can see icons like my library, my cloud, file manager etc. They are lowres icon madefor 720p res screen and have been expand to 1080p ending in a blurry icon. I cannot believe noone has notice this. U can clearly tell which app icon were upgrade to this screen and which were expand.
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I know what u mean... look at a iPad 3 then look at our icons. They look horrible. They are med quality icons that are on 7-10 inch tabs with lower res
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gmfeny said:
I know what u mean... look at a iPad 3 then look at our icons. They look horrible. They are med quality icons that are on 7-10 inch tabs with lower res
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i forget that a lot of people aren't into customizing their screens and using alternate icon sets. You can do so much with what's available for free or cheap in the Play Store.
This is the app makers fault, not the tablet. For the Asus apps they're to blame of course, but other apps can only be fixed by the app developers.
But yeah, some apps still have low resolution icons which looks bad. In-app graphics that's low resolution is worse though.
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Stock google app icons look bad too
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eduardmc said:
I cannot believe noone has notice this.
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and this is why i laugh at people who swear by a 1080p 10" device. all the detail they claim they can see but can't see how blurry a lower res icon is. i deal with this all the time at work when customers send low res images.
that's not saying i wouldn't like a 1080p screen, it's just that people really don't notice as much as they think they do.
but really, what can you expect? a lot of apps are just now starting to catch up to 720/tablet sizes.
Believe me - the difference is *very* noticeable! I loaded CM10 on my TF101 this morning - the difference is much bigger than you think! I personally, never really cared about the icons - they are just icons! But the difference in text is immediately noticeable!
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after watching a few review, one of them answer my question. He said the same thing about the icon looking blurry because they have not optimize the icons for 1080p resolution.
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i forget that a lot of people aren't into customizing their screens and using alternate icon sets. You can do so much with what's available for free or cheap in the Play Store.
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Can you customize icons with the stock launcher?
eduardmc said:
Can you customize icons with the stock launcher?
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U cud use desktop visualizer for that sorta thing but ofcourse it limits its use to homescreen only ..I use it to customize all the icons on the homescreen for my Gnote....
Anyone else enjoying the new update? So far, flows so much better than apex and nova. Transitions are smoother more numerous and prettier than ever. So many more options to choose from, I had to share.
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I was playing with the new ADW Launcher EX last night. It is very nice. However, I uninstalled and went back to stock. Because I don't like a pop-up menu appearing when I hold on a widget. I like the JB resize handles appearing. The extra step just turned me off.
I liked 3rd party launchers in the Pre-ICS days. But since ICS forward, not so much.
Absolutely love the new version of ADW EX - they did an excellent job with it. I really like the custom fonts for desktop icons too - looks so much better than the stock font for desktop icons.
Also love the dock reflections - adds a nice touch.
Really don't have anything bad to say about ADW EX - lots of options, great performance and doesn't seem to be a RAM hog either...
Highly recommended.
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One issue that I am running into is that I am a not able to reassign the function of the home icon. I usually use the home button to open and close the dock bar. So far I have not been able to do this?
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One issue that I am running into is that I am a not able to reassign the function of the home icon. I usually use the home button to open and close the dock bar. So far I have not been able to do this?
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How did you re-assign that key with other launchers?
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I had a hubs layout with instant transitions (that is, no transition), and was a big fan. Setting the transition speed to 0 accomplishes that in the old adw ex, but not in the new one. I rolled back to the old thanks to titanium. Not sure if it's a bug, an oversight or intentional.
Not saying it's bad, just doesn't suit my preferences.
Maybe I should try this too. I used stock for a long time until tried Nova. Omg what a difference with speed! Nova is so much faster than stock.
But if ADW faster than Nova I think I could be 95% satisfied with the speed of this tablet. (browser still has many problems)
I had bought ADW maybe 2 years ago and then it had problem not having updates so I changed to others. Might give it a try now. Thanks for headsup!
Try ADWLquncher ex the november update gave it a new life : before it was far slower than apex (my previous launcher) and now it's far faster and smoother
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As everyone knows, when Facebook Home came out, it works on only select phones. Well now there's a Patch APK for Home, Facebook, and messenger. All 3 have to be installed. Login to Facebook then turn on Facebook home. Tell me what you think of the app?
For me personally, I would enjoy it more if you can switch UI's while in use.
Here are the links for the APK's
Facebook Home: http://db.tt/VPcpPEeH
Facebook: http://db.tt/U6aVkdZo
Facebook Messenger: http://db.tt/mbCdSJuF
Enjoy!
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OHH, by the way, your other Facebook apps have to be uninstalled to work.
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These are the MoDoCo apps, and Paul asked that you link back to his thread not upload your own copies...
http://www.modaco.com/topic/361924-facebook-home-download-including-patched-apk-version/
I got it from Android Police. Don't shoot the messenger. Thanks!
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I've tried Facebook Home on my TF700 and I admit to say I don't like it. The landscape changes to Portrait mode and nothing is really exciting about it. I don't exactly like looking at all the pictures my friends post on Facebook, and some of them are just gross depending on whose picture it is my friends posted.
Anyhow, Facebook Home is nothing but a picture scouter for people to just look through and Like things. It's pretty much almost like Instagram. Plus, the advertisements Facebook put forth on TV...they're not quite exactly bright ideas for the scenarios. One of them (the family dinner table in particular) received a lot of negativity about how it encourages disrespect and ill-mannered actions on the family dinner table.
As if it didn't come with enough bloatware already.....
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OHH, by the way, your other Facebook apps have to be uninstalled to work.
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I have both the FB app and the Home on my Note2. Both works =)
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