I really like the look and feel of Ubuntu tablet. Specifically the large desktop. I hate the limited space on my nexus 10. It makes sense on a phone but I wish I could scroll like on a PC or Ubuntu when using a larger screen.
Anyone know if there's anything out there that resembles the Ubuntu desktop. I like stock jelly bean. This is just one of a couple of things that bugs me.
kosmab said:
I really like the look and feel of Ubuntu tablet. Specifically the large desktop. I hate the limited space on my nexus 10. It makes sense on a phone but I wish I could scroll like on a PC or Ubuntu when using a larger screen.
Anyone know if there's anything out there that resembles the Ubuntu desktop. I like stock jelly bean. This is just one of a couple of things that bugs me.
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I haven't heard of any projects like this, which is I think why Ubuntu started developing Ubuntu Mobile.
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kosmab said:
I really like the look and feel of Ubuntu tablet. Specifically the large desktop. I hate the limited space on my nexus 10. It makes sense on a phone but I wish I could scroll like on a PC or Ubuntu when using a larger screen.
Anyone know if there's anything out there that resembles the Ubuntu desktop. I like stock jelly bean. This is just one of a couple of things that bugs me.
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I also like a full desktop and use the following products to acheive that and also keep quick access to notifications and menu bar functionality.
full!screen - Hides both the notification and menu bars. You set a button (can be invisible), in one of the four screen corners, which has the ability to pop-up the notifications and other functions with a long press such as a last apps list. I liked this app so much that purchased fullscreen+ eventhough I do not use any of the enhanced features.
LMT - The PIE feature adds an autohide user definable menu where I have the menu bar navigation actions and a number of quick launch apps plus other functionality. This is a free app on XDA. Make sure to read the post's "Commands" documentation as it will help you understand how to get the most out of PIE . You access PIE on one side pf the screen or the other.
You need to be rooted but those apps work very well on Stock 4.2.2.
kosmab said:
I really like the look and feel of Ubuntu tablet. Specifically the large desktop. I hate the limited space on my nexus 10. It makes sense on a phone but I wish I could scroll like on a PC or Ubuntu when using a larger screen.
Anyone know if there's anything out there that resembles the Ubuntu desktop. I like stock jelly bean. This is just one of a couple of things that bugs me.
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Sidebar pro, lmt launcher, and a ROM that can hide the status bar or an app like the one the user above told you. You can find all those apks on the googleplay or on the forum of xda.
Greetings.
Glovebox is an app that adds a shortcut bar that pops out from the side of your screen like Ubuntu Touch has.
If you have rooted device you can now hide soft keys (and keep notification bar) without modifications and reboots. Just try my new app:
GMD Hide Soft Keys
It also adds Quick NavBar - soft keys that can be opened with simple swipe from bottom and then autohide when not needed.
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The notifications tray is great, easily pops down most of the time and the apps tray (with ALL the apps) is just as nice.
But i would like a extra tray for settings and/or favorite apps instead of clogging the "desktop" with shortcuts.
like a tray that flips out from the side of the screen.
is it even possible to add a off-screen container such as the above mentioned dropdown/up trays?
and if yes, are there any available at this time?
I know this isn't going to answer your query, but what is wrong with just populating one of your home screens with shortcuts?
I mean, if you do this with one of the screens either side of the "centre" home screen, you effectively get what you require.
Regards,
Dave
I do use the screens as placeholders for my everyday apps, but most of the time i need a app thats on another screen, meaning i have to go look for it.
With a pulldown tray that would pop out from the side, i could keep my most used apps more conviniently located, just a tap away, instead of 1 to 6 swipes away.
since the apps and notifications are dropdown/up i feel its missing dropdown left/right, witch is the real reason im wondering.
it would be great with apps on one side and settings on the other, then i wouldnt use more than one or two homescreens for widgets only.
I seem to recall one of the home replacement apps had this...I can't recall which.
I know, what you mean.
It's not so nice, to put hundreds of widgets and Shortcuts on the screen.
I don't like it on Windows Desktop, too.
Therefor, I have loaded Apps Organizer from Market.
I put my Apps in 5 Folders, sorted.
Is that something to try for you?
http://www.androidpit.de/android/de/de/market/apps/app/com.google.code.appsorganizer/Apps-Organizer
I love it, really.
Perfect thanks
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I know, what you mean.
It's not so nice, to put hundreds of widgets and Shortcuts on the screen.
I don't like it on Windows Desktop, too.
Therefor, I have loaded Apps Organizer from Market.
I put my Apps in 5 Folders, sorted.
Is that something to try for you?
http://www.androidpit.de/android/de/de/market/apps/app/com.google.code.appsorganizer/Apps-Organizer
I love it, really.
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I recently converted from a strictly WinMo user to Android and having struggled to find apps stored on my phone because of a lack of folder organisation, am thrilled to find this app. Many thanks!
Formel-LMS said:
I know, what you mean.
It's not so nice, to put hundreds of widgets and Shortcuts on the screen.
I don't like it on Windows Desktop, too.
Therefor, I have loaded Apps Organizer from Market.
I put my Apps in 5 Folders, sorted.
Is that something to try for you?
http://www.androidpit.de/android/de/de/market/apps/app/com.google.code.appsorganizer/Apps-Organizer
I love it, really.
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actually you can do that with the stock sense widgets, as there are folders for the homescreen. afaik they don't support custom icons though.
I would like to start a new project for Android tablets: recreating the conceptual function of the classic Mac OS Finder for Android.
I am not a developer but that doesn't mean I cant put the design out there and hope people will help me realise this dream. I admit I don't know the complexity of combining the two applications together but I can say one of the biggest hurdles most independent Android app developers have expressed is design and that is what I am offering.
Why?
Anyone who knows about classic Mac OS before Mac OS 8 can see a massive amount of similarities between it and Android. Android is much better suited as as a desktop replacement in my opinion than for a phone OS, but even on tablets people still can't get out of the mindset restrictions of phone and pretty much all launchers show this (almost no difference conceptually between a phone and tablet launcher).
NO MORE!
I would like a launcher that replicates the core concepts behind the Mac OS Finder. This includes app launching and file management built together. Nothing that I propose is actually new, it just requires combining functionality of already open-sourced projects like Trebuchet (which already has several offshoots). This takes some of the concepts MIUI has but further towards a desktop concept.
My Ideas:
There will be only be either 3 or 5 (user selectable) screens or desktops. The main desktop dedicated as Home and widgets would not be allowed on Home. The desktops to left and right would be only for widgets.
There will be a persistent bar at the top fulfilling many of the same functions as the Mac OS menu bar. There would be an Android menu that would link to favourite applications and standard android shortcuts as well as to the settings app. All the way to the right would be the persistent search spyglass like launchers have now. In between would be Item, Edit, View and Action menus with large touch points (designed for fingers).
On the right side of the screen will be an Applications Icon that will bring up a standard app drawer as launchers do now but it will look more like a window. Under the Applications icon will be icons for inserted media with their Volume label name under their disk type name (MicroSD, SD Card, etc) including internal storage. This is the part that would act just like any standard file system app but all file functions are handled with long presses and through dragging and dropping where options will be presented after the drop (copy here, move here, shortcut here) or through the Item and Edit menu. The file system will be presented with spacial windows and not as a browser (there are plenty of those already and most for free). Windows don't need to overlap (they didn't in Windows 1 and 2) but it would be preferred if they could.
Long pressing on the Home desktop will bring up a menu for New Folder, New Shortcut and Wallpaper. Long pressing on Widget screens will bring up a menu for Widgets and Wallpaper.
Won't you help make this a real app?
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I installed Paranoid Android 2.14 on my Nexus 7 and love it.
The only think I am not happy with is the tiny size of the Notification Drawer when in Workspace,Tablet UI(Small).
I like the small dock, as it takes the least amount of screen on the bottom, but, as a result, the Notification Drawer is way to small and hard to read.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO RESIZE THE Notification Drawer to make it larger and easier to read?
Another question. in System, I can select Auto hide.
Yet it does not seem to work.
Is there any way to hide the dock and recall it when needed?
How would I recall it?
And lastly, in System/Navigation Bar, there is an option to show/hide on screen software buttons.
I would love to uncheck them so they disappear and do not take up the limited screen real estate.
HOW DO I ACCESS / RECALL THESE SOFT BUTTONS WHEN I NEED THEM?
Thanks very much for your help. Much appreciated
retfeg said:
IS THERE ANY WAY TO RESIZE THE Notification Drawer to make it larger and easier to read?
Is there any way to hide the dock and recall it when needed?
How would I recall it?
HOW DO I ACCESS / RECALL THESE SOFT BUTTONS WHEN I NEED THEM?
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The notification drawer is part of the workspace. I believe you can change it's size by switching from tablet UI (small) to tablet UI (mid) under paranoid settings.
I don't think there is a way to have a dock and still have your launcher be sized for tablet mode. You might get that feature from another launcher like Apex or Nova.
You can get rid of the soft buttons and recall them in any app with expanded desktop mode. You can access expanded desktop mode by holding the power button for about 1 second, then select expanded desktop mode. To get the soft buttons back just select expanded desktop mode again.
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Paranoid settings isn't it user interface isn't it status bar mate
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E_Goldstein said:
Paranoid settings isn't it user interface isn't it status bar mate
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What?
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Just wondering if you can do this with previous Android phones that have these buttons? I dunno why Google think they're a good idea when they just take up screen space. I'd love to have them function like the Windows task bar when I can hide it but it comes back when I put my mouse cursor over it. I'd love to have it functioning so like I do a gesture and I can make it appear and disappear and have a setting also to make it appear and disappear when I have just one finger down there, not two so I can pinch to zoom.
Thanx.
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Don't know about bringing it up at will, but you can certainly hide them so that you get the entire screen for usage. Search for LMT Launcher. I personally prefer on screen buttons to the comparatively 'ugly' hardware/ capacitive ones. Allows for complete customization. Go through the threads on the i9250 forums and you'll see what I mean.
Hi!
I want Tablet Mode on my Stock Nexus 7, but the Tablet-Mode-Patch is for the oldest Stock ROM. Does it still work with 4.2.1? Cuz I dont like DPI Change...
Its rooted
It seems that the patch still work on 4.2.1 according to the folloing post. (sorry, I'm still on custom rom based on 4.1.2.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35408239
I just used it,worked perfectly for me on stock 4.2.1 rooted/unlocked via twrp.
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Kodiack99 said:
I just used it,worked perfectly for me on stock 4.2.1 rooted/unlocked via twrp.
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kodiak, how did u deodex it?
You don't need to deodex. Grab the 4.2.1-TabletUI.zip from the following link (Post 912) and apply in recovery. Laucher is messed up but Nova Launcher free works great.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1780970&page=92
you could also install paranoid android, where you can choose which layout (phone, phablet, tablet...) you wish to use, you can even set layouts for individual apps or app groups (e.g. Launcher + google mail in tablet mode, other apps stay phablet)
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you could also install paranoid android, where you can choose which layout (phone, phablet, tablet...) you wish to use, you can even set layouts for individual apps or app groups (e.g. Launcher + google mail in tablet mode, other apps stay phablet)
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I am currently running paranoid androids latet rom, and the main thing I'm struggling with is that the 3 buttons (back, home, and the 3rd button that brings up recent apps) are centered, when I want them on the let side. Does the patch fix that?
Also, is there a way to remove the lock screen tiles? I think I saw other threads saying that this change was related to the lawsuit but didn't find anything that allows you to take those off. At the very least I'd want to change the font if I have to keep it.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
nikeair112 said:
I am currently running paranoid androids latet rom, and the main thing I'm struggling with is that the 3 buttons (back, home, and the 3rd button that brings up recent apps) are centered, when I want them on the let side. Does the patch fix that?
Also, is there a way to remove the lock screen tiles? I think I saw other threads saying that this change was related to the lawsuit but didn't find anything that allows you to take those off. At the very least I'd want to change the font if I have to keep it.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
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Yes the tablet patch takes the 2 seperate nav bar and task bar and puts them to the bottom like they should be imho.
I dont even run the lock screen so I cant answer that question.
nikeair112 said:
I am currently running paranoid androids latet rom, and the main thing I'm struggling with is that the 3 buttons (back, home, and the 3rd button that brings up recent apps) are centered, when I want them on the let side. Does the patch fix that?
Also, is there a way to remove the lock screen tiles? I think I saw other threads saying that this change was related to the lawsuit but didn't find anything that allows you to take those off. At the very least I'd want to change the font if I have to keep it.
Any guidance would be appreciated.
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In Paranoid settings, change the UI to Tablet UI (mid) and you'll have the navigation bar buttons to the left hand side like you want.
Also, the way to get rid of the lockscreen tiles is to install Lockscreen Policy.
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