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[Rada-Dash] Launcher Design

Hey everyone. I'm working on a new launcher for my T-Mobile Dash (S620). Its in its infant stages. i have a few sketches, and 1 fleshed out concept. I'd like to get some feedback and see what y'all think. The pin-wheel above the clock would rotate to show day and night. It was inspired a bit by the layout of the xbox 360 dashboard... and every other according menu ever made (microsoft wasnt first)
codename: Rada-Dash
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There has been an update in progress.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2595022#post2595022

love your mock up. Imo, I would see what those tabs cascading from highest on left to lowest on the right might look like. then make every one a different color- user customizable even. I really dig what you got there othrwise great work.

I don't have a dash, but that looks pretty sweet. I would use it if I did and I do have a few friends with Dashes and I would definitely let them know about this.

kewl one waiting bro any expected date for release

NJackal said:
kewl one waiting bro any expected date for release
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I have a little bit of documentation reading to do before i get started on development. I'll try to keep this thread updated for y'all. I'd love to work along side someone who knows what their doing. i can write actionscript and parse xml all day long... What will hold me up this project, is my unfamiliarity with developing software for wm6.

looks great.. hope to try it soon..

Radakast,
Looks good. Hope to see the finished article soon.
WB

Looks like the blade style like the xbox360 uses. Nice! This would be an awsome launcher for my 8525. I must commend you on taking the launcher gui in a different direction. Most people are stuck in the Diamond/Iphone theme rut and its causing a lot of repetitive results. Enough of my babbling. I definitely will be keeping an eye on the development of this launcher.

Brilliant idea! Your design is way too dark however.
Seriously one of the best home screen concepts!

Forgive my ignorance but is your device a smartphone? What program will you use to develop your screen? Having just left a smartphone (Moto Q) I was under the impression that the homescreen customization is limited except for a few programs (i.e. SBSH Facade, phoneAlarm). If there is hope for homescreen customization, i'm all for it. I am just curious how it is possible.

Hey guys. I spent a few hours working on this this weekend. thanks for everyone's replys
@Vision77
Thank you. I'm a web interface designer, and im trying to bring alittle bit of that action to the smart phone platform.
@N1c0_ds
Yes it is way to dark. I designed it in my pitch black room at 2 in the morning and it looked plenty bright. I made a demo for my phone (linked below) and i was tryign to show it off to people yesterday and had to cup my hand over it... not good! my next revision will be much lighter.
@jerkules
You are forgiven. Its written in Flash Lite (Targeted Flash Player 7 written with Actionscript 2). I can blabber on and on about the technical abilities of flash player 7, but I'll spare you. pretty much its going to work like this:
dash.exe will be written in vb or c# and will work as the glue between the phone's api and flash. it will interpret the phone's commands (ie: display that you have missed a call) and my flash api (which will be open source when im done so you can all make custom phone aps in flash...) will update the flash movie with the new information. and then wm6.1 will be told to use dash.exe instead of regular home.exe.
And now for the update.
I'm really excited for this project. yall seem to enjoy it so ive added it to my stack of things to work on.. Here is the progress i've made
And because its made in Flash. i can post a real example, not just screenshots of it.
http://www.motionharvest.com/forums/xda/dash/radadash/examples/clock_and_sliding/
I've made a small movie too. this examplifies N1c0_ds analysis that its too dark. im also not going to win any cinematic awards for my camera work.
http://www.motionharvest.com/forums/xda/dash/radadash/examples/clock_and_sliding/dashexample.wmv
enjoy

reserved for possible update

Great Idea!!! i really like it, if i may just make a suggestion, maybe on the slider for texts, have some type of notification that there are unread texts. maybe something for missed calls as well? cant wait to see where this is going. Good luck!!

Great idea, love simplistic designs. If you need any help with the flash stuff I would suggest twolf, he's done really great work with flash for throttle launcher.

I've just seen this & I must say it looks really interesting. Has there been anymore progress on this recently?

To the OP - are you able to update us on progress please?
Thanks
WB

Where are all of the Android Skins?

I figured someone would have created some by now.
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its kinda ugly in my opinion

I'd personally like to see one.

i dont think anyone cares.. I think its kinda ugly.. the phones ugly too..
the only cool thing is that you can move the icons anywhere you want.. other than that.. its meh..

why not judge the final product when it's done, not in the state it's currently in...

pff, already looks much better that any wm6 version i ever saw even with interfaces like mannilla 2d winterface pointui spb ms wad 3 ore anything like that!

Hey,
I would also like to see an Android Skin.
I like it, and its really nicer than WM, it looks like a fingerTouchOS.
Maybe we'll get a skin anytime.
greets doena

Cant be too hard to skin in Throttle Launcher, especially since the next version will support scrolling both vertically and horizontally and with support of panels and on screen object movement.
Goto http://www.throttlelauncher.com

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why not judge the final product when it's done, not in the state it's currently in...
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It's finished! Final!
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Cant be too hard to skin in Throttle Launcher, especially since the next version will support scrolling both vertically and horizontally and with support of panels and on screen object movement.
Goto http://www.throttlelauncher.com
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I don't think this will be easy in TL. Maybe HS++, probably WAD.

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It's finished! Final!
I don't think this will be easy in TL. Maybe HS++, probably WAD.
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what i think was meant by the TL post is that the new version is going to have moveable widgets.
and honestly .. the way we do the skinning, application dev and hacking, and everything else is done around here..
we can do it.
the device thus far imo looks like a piece o chit!

the device is ugly and the skin itself is just a white topbar, a wallpaper and some icons, can be done with every app here.

Here is my skinned Android. Hope you like it!

egz whats the batt life on it?

I'd like to put here on snooze!

what i like to see now is some Android inspired apps.. i'm quite sick now of pseudo-iPhone apps (well, excluding A_Cs S2 lineup that is)..
how about an application such like the Android drop down notifications.. it's totally replace the bubble notification icon when you have more than 1 notification.. and it's easier to access than pressing that darn icon on the topbar..
it's pretty handy, if you ask me.. i hope someone develops something like that..
here's a video demo of what i am talking about..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy-YcGNyJds

I'm a big for on Android (I just ordered my G1 from T-Mobile), but I odn't think there's much to the user interface. The Standard interface can be completely customized so I'm sure we'll see quite a few variations once people actualy get their hands on it. Personally, I'd like to see a TouchFLO 3D type of interface on Andoid which will give access to a lot more information than simply having a desktop with a few widgets and icons on it.
If you're really interested in creating somehting like this, my suggestino would be to do it with Wisbar Advance Desktop. You can quite easily create the look, but it might feel a bit static since it's hard go get thing animated with it.

I believe this is a better Android Skin...!!!!

Better than to have just a simple skin of Android, would be to have the complete OS in our HTC devices!
That would be nice!hope someone is working on that
Cheers

Once they release the source to Android in October and more devices start coming out, I think Android is going to be hard to beat. I bet people will start skinning it right away. It has so much potential.

Almost all that android (the one in the first post ) does will be possible to do with next version of ThrottleLauncher:
- Scrolling footer.
- Widgets.
- Scrolling programs.
- Scrolling contacts.
I don't know if a miss something .
I plan to end a private beta during this week, and it the beta testing goes allright I plan to release it as "unstable build" publically so pleople can start messing with the new features .
I look forward an android skin too . When I'm ended developing this new release I'll gladly help anyone trying to develop a theme for throttle.

What would you do if you had an opportunity to show off the power of Android?

Like the title says, I'm interested in what you guys consider a feature worth showing off!

Flash (Adobe), Customization and on and on....

Holding the nexus in my left hand and making a call.
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Voice to text and in the UI in general i.e. the ability to add widgets and customize the launcher. After showing my EVO to a new iPhone 4 owner last night, all she had to say was: "why would anyone want an iPhone when they could have one of those?" I said, "you know, that is a really good question." Priceless!
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Google voice, show them real visual voicemail; widgets, show them important stuff without even opening an app; flash, show them the full web experience; live wallpaper, It's a battery hog for most things, but still really cool; replacements for all normal features, handcent, t9 dialer, different keyboard (like swipe).
There's loads of things you can showcase.

I would load some porn apps, since android is for porn right?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IraQfhlMwi4

Use the Maps live wallpaper that comes with Cyanogen while listening to music and doing other things.
If I'm showing off to an iphoner, move icons around and change the battery.

Google Navigation

I can scan your body and know in which pocket is your iphone, using metal detector.
I can sync my flash led rhythm with the beats on a dance floor.

Great guys! Keep 'em coming

Whats your favorite restaraunt ?
Hold search button...
say ""Navigate to mickeys steakhouse""
Show them navigation pop up automatically.
Wipe there drool and sweep away there broken iphone particles.

fubaya said:
Use the Maps live wallpaper that comes with Cyanogen while listening to music and doing other things.
If I'm showing off to an iphoner, move icons around and change the battery.
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Pretty sure maps live wallpaper is stock since eclair. And what makes you think you can't move icons around on an iPhone?
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pwig said:
Pretty sure maps live wallpaper is stock since eclair. And what makes you think you can't move icons around on an iPhone?
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They couldn't on iOs 3... can they on the new one?

eyegor said:
They couldn't on iOs 3... can they on the new one?
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Yes they could. It's always a grid from top left (except the dock), but you can rearrange them or move them to a different screen. It's been that way since iOS 1

cbaltzer said:
Yes they could. It's always a grid from top left (except the dock), but you can rearrange them or move them to a different screen. It's been that way since iOS 1
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big deal

chowdarygm said:
big deal
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Oh, I know it's weak compared to Android, I just don't like people hating on iOS when they're not even informed about it.
Disclaimer: I own an N1 and an iPhone 3GS (and prefer the N1 )

xManMythLegend said:
Whats your favorite restaraunt ?
Hold search button...
say ""Navigate to mickeys steakhouse""
Show them navigation pop up automatically.
Wipe there drool and sweep away there broken iphone particles.
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more like:
Whats your favorite restaraunt ?
Hold search button...
say ""Navigate to mickeys steakhouse""....say it again.....say it again.....say it again.
look around you, friend is already at the steakhouse eating something while you tried to get the search recognize the right words.

Depends on how bad your speech is for recognition. For some reason I can dictate diaries into the phone, while my friend had to take 5 tries to make it understand a sentence.

Showing the resident iPhone lover the trackball alert function. I ask him, how does he know he has an email/voicemaile etc?

Xperia Arc Home (Runs great, no force closes!)

Thanks to an XDA user named Lef.teris here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970643&page=1, the system dump for the Sony Xperia Arc has been posted. Another user named Paolo599 ripped the home launcher (called Sony Ericsson Home)... this can be found:
http://www.multiupload.com/2YETWLF218
I've been using it for the last 20 minutes with no force closes. Sony decoupled it's launcher with it's Time and Mediascape apps, so I'm guessing this is why it's relatively pain free to use.
Try it out, it's very cool. You can drag and drop apps into the dockbar and it has a folder management system FOR the dockbar. 5 screens. Very clean looking. It's app drawer also has "pages" as well. Only thing I see wrong is that it's made for slightly bigger phones because the dock text is cut off.
Lemme know how you like it. I don't know if the demand is there, but I'm sure if the home works this good- all we need to grab is the walls and the sounds and we can transform the look of our Vibrant's pretty fast.
Screenshots: (Credit robertd0619)
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Font in screenshots will not be the font on your device, obviously.

Nice, got any screenshots?

Of it in action on my phone? No. But this is what it generally looks like minus the widgets and the dock text (it's made for higher res phones) http://topnews.net.nz/images/sony-ericsson-xperia-arc-01.jpg

That's pretty clean.. I like the silver battery mod.

Pretty cool, always nice to have new options. It does look a little cut off at the bottom though.

Well, according to the Arc section- Sony has made everything in the launcher open source to distribute and mod so maybe someone can mess with the resolution?
Maybe a full on port?

In the short time you've been using it did you notice any selling points of the launcher beyond the look of it?

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Folders, the app drawer looks nice, at least unique with custom ordering. Btw, its free, small, and you can switch off at any time, why do you need to be sold?

I dont need to be sold. Every launcher has its own set of features.. Was wondering what this launcher had.

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Love the dock/folder integration.

The bottom dock icon doesn't line up. Maybe just mine. Posted some screenshots of the launcher.
3rd screenshot the icons shake to rearrange like the iphone.
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The bottom doesn't line up because the Arc has a higher resolution than our phones. A dev is going to have to mess with it if they want it to be perfect.
I'm gonna add a screenshot or two of yours to the main post and give you credit.

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The bottom doesn't line up because the Arc has a higher resolution than our phones. A dev is going to have to mess with it if they want it to be perfect.
I'm gonna add a screenshot or two of yours to the main post and give you credit.
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no problem sir. i hope one of our themers here can give this a edit to make the icon docks line up.

Flashed it earlier.. I like how the app drawer and how the dock lets you have folders. If the dock were black and wasnt so tall id rock this over adw

Same here. I love how we can do this with android.
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[APP] FlipFeeds: Flipboard 'esq reader for all Android Devices. Complete it?

Hi all,
I have been working on an HTML5 based reader similar to Flipboard that would work in Android, iPad, Windows 8, etc. However, with news that Flipboard will be releasing to Android this year, I'm debating on if it's worth my time to finish. A few things of note:
It's powered by google reader
It actually has a better image grabbing engine that FB for image detection
Around 32 page layouts thus far
Scales areas and fonts dynamically to fit any resolution tablet/screen
Grabs the first few pages, then keeps going in the background for quick start
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What do you think? Should I put the time in to finish it for everyone?
Thanks,
B.

I think if u can manage to create and page transition effect that makes flipping through them as exciting as it is on Flipboard then ur App will sell itself....i don't see that on your video.... it's laying out new nicely though.
try to focus on visuals and gestures.

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I think if u can manage to create and page transition effect that makes flipping through them as exciting as it is on Flipboard then ur App will sell itself....i don't see that on your video.... it's laying out new nicely though.
try to focus on visuals and gestures.
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Yea, it's complete alpha stages right now. I don't even have the code in for viewing an article. I won't be taking the exact FB effect, but was planning on making a swipe effect of some kind, but don't want to spend the million hours finishing this out if everyone says "Why bother, we'll use FlipBoard."
Thanks,
B.

Put in mind that Flipboard announced that the company will release the app only for chosen devices ....so if your app suits older less powered devices and have some cool features that are optimized for smooth browsing and doesn't consume battery ...then i think u should work on it and don't give up .
second of all you should know by now people lke to try out new apps every now and then ...we get bored fast my friend
good luck developing ..but if u loose interest then it's also ok .....maybe u will come up with something even better

typongtv said:
Put in mind that Flipboard announced that the company will release the app only for chosen devices ....so if your app suits older less powered devices and have some cool features that are optimized for smooth browsing and doesn't consume battery ...then i think u should work on it and don't give up .
second of all you should know by now people lke to try out new apps every now and then ...we get bored fast my friend
good luck developing ..but if u loose interest then it's also ok .....maybe u will come up with something even better
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Yea, now that the APK is out I'm seeing that Flipboard is working fine on older devices, I think I'll hold off. While I'm happy to continue building this, I don't see much point unless Flipboard doesn't come out tablet optimized. Happy to give people another option, but I only have a limited amount of time, and could never compete with the feature list that FB provides.
Thanks,
B.