This is probably a lame thread, but maybe others have similar issues and we can whine about them, because we're lucky and can afford to waste time worrying about our homescreen setup on our smartphones, and not where our next meal is coming from. (wow, where did that come from?)
It's not in any way a development/tech problem, it's just aesthetics: I get so frustrated trying to find a cool wallpaper that still alows me to see the apps/widgets on my homescreens cleanly! I always wind up reverting to a semi-boring wallpaper like a black grid because with busier wallpapers of things I'm actually interested in, they clash so much with my homescreen items that I can't read half my widgets! So just curious as to how you all have your homescreen set up? Do you have a busy wallpaper with minimal apps/widgets? Or do you use a bland "backdrop" wallpaper so that you can see/use the apps/widgets cleanly? This has always been a peeve of mine, because both elements (wp and widgets) seem essential to customizing your phone, and yet it's so hard to get them to play nicely together for a clean, visually pleasing display.
I'm currently using Regina Launcher and have five independent wallpapers.
I just use a "blah" one for busy work spaces and use good one for lesser crowed screens.
That's actually not a bad topic. There are tons of images I'd like to use as a wallpaper but I run into the same problem you do. I always end up settling for something not as bright, so i can see my widgets/apps clearly. Recently though, i just started editing my images to a darker tint so the white lettering stands out. This brings up the concept of integrating text color editing into the existing top launchers.
hmmm...
The one stickied thread in the themes section has a whole host of options with both minimalist and "busy" wallpapers. Some just don't work well, but there are compromises. Its more about finding the right Widgets/launcher to compliment your style.
Yeah, I know, it seems like a silly thing to complain about, you just gotta make it work however fits your tastes/needs. And you're right, the launcher is a big part of it, I've been using stock sense since getting the phone, but finally decided to try a replacement for various reasons, and I'm loving launcher pro plus, it's got many of the sense-type widgets, plus they work better lol, not to mention the dock and other things. Between that and a little finagling, I think I've found something that works.
If you use ADW then you can change the background box to whatever color and transparency you want to. I do this for some of my wallpapers so that the icons stick out.
Thanks for the tip! But honestly, I think I'm sticking with Launcher Pro Plus, I spent the $ already, and it's the only replacement I've tried that can truly top Sense, IMO.
I tend to use brighter more vibrantly colored wallpapers and i run into this issues once in a while. But i usually just place icons and widgets around the spots that make things hard to read or add a shaded box behind the widget.
And considering the amount of time we spend on our phones, it's pretty easy to remember what icon are for what apps. I stopped displaying names a long time ago. Now I even use icon sets not made for android and just use random icons for apps that in some way relate to them.
Hi all,
Just a quick question, does anyone know of any scrollable sense 3 live wallpapers? besides the streak? I'm sick of these static wallpapers, its too iphonish, the old sense wasn't as pretty but anything you stuck on your desktops scrolled and it would make a pretty much blank canvas look interesting
But the sense 3 ones (the live ones anyway) take up too much memory and cause too much lag.
Does anyone know of any working, scrollable (smooth hopefully) live wallpapers? Something which we can use, even as a starting block so it can be optimised.
Cheers
I'm a huge Nova Launcher fan and have totally avoided using the stock Motorola homescreen that has become available with the 2nd line of the Droid Razr devices. At any rate, I performed a factory reset today and noticed how totally awesome the unread count icons on the Moto homescreen are compared to any others I have seen. I wanted to see if someone could port those to Nova Launcher, maybe? I'd appreciate it. Might even donate. Thanks!!!
II'm not exactly sure what to look for here, I Googled a bunch of things and found nothing. Basically it's like this, I'm running Buzz Launcher, but for the sake of my question I don't think it's really tied into the launcher. I have 6 home screen set up, and I would like for the widgets & icons to fade in & out instead of scrolling as I swipe between screens. Apparently nobody really cares about this as I didn't find any threads when I Googled it. But if it's possible, I'd love to know how to pull it off.
Friends,
I love all android launchers especially that has some 3d effects to it. Suddenly i came across two beautiful launchers, TSF and Next.
Frankly, l love both the launchers and i have both installed on my S5.
I have been searching the web to find some homescreen setup with one of these launchers and it's really hard to find them. So i decided to create this thread where you can share your 3d launcher setup with either of these launchers.
In case there are any new launcher with such an expectation and recognition, it will be included in this thread as well.
I will be posting mine soon....
Sorry!
Already a place for these!
here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=476483
or even here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1391561