Today Screen Launcher IDEA.. please develop..

[ytsejam_]

hi. i first posted this idea on the PointUI forum.. so forgive me for the blasphemous screen.. anyway.. i jsut want to share this idea for those developers, willing to create a scrolling today screen launcher..

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4396/puiconceptqr8.th.gif (http://img165.imageshack.us/my.php?image=puiconceptqr8.gif)
click thumbnail for the animated demo..

the idea is, to create a launcher that is customizable (custom icons - TGA or PNG for transparency), scrollable, and FUN.. hehe..

anyway.. it's a simple horizontal swipe and scroll.. but the added feature of the - what i call - default pane..

the default pane should be a set of five shortcut icons (user configurable) that can be easily accessed from anywhere in the horizontal list.. how? double tap the space above the icons..

for example, you have a 16 icon horizontal list, if you are in the end of the list, and you have to go back to your default pane, just double tap the space above the icons, and the list will scroll back to your default pane..

also, there should be an option for memory or default..

the memory option remembers the last position of your launcher and remains where it is even after you launched a program or switched to another window..

the default view scrolls the list back to the default pane after launching a program or every time the today screen becomes active..

this idea could not just be a today screen plugin.. it can also be a launcher that can be called via screen gesture (FtouchSL/FtouchFLO).. the difference with this launcher, is if implemented, would just be an over-window rather than a full screen launcher.. it may also be a task switcher.. depends on the developers choice..

here's a quick demo..
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/6123/popupyo5.th.gif (http://img515.imageshack.us/my.php?image=popupyo5.gif)
[/i]click on the thumbnail for the animated demo..[/i]

once again, this is just an IDEA.... for someone else with the programming prowess..

i'm just good with photoshop and ideas. but binaries and hexadecimals kill me..

[ather90]

Good idea..i hope some one develops it...u can try Throttle launcher

[flaviopac]

Where did you find the picture?
Have you done it by yourself?

[vamarris]

look into ultimatlaunch also... very similar to what you are wanting

[rtakeo]

with customize icons and wallpaper... wold be good.. and a feeds infos too on the clock and events apperance

[ytsejam_]

the upper part of the picture/animation is the PointUI Home interface.. no credit for me with that..

the bottom part however is mostly my creation.. (the icons used were modified from bundled stardock icons for windowsXp)

i created the bottom part and the application launcher ribbon as an idea suggestion for the developers of PointUI..

a bit inspired by the leaked wm7 pix and the iphone springboard hacks they created over at cre.ations.net

i don't really like PointUI that much (YET, but i'm getting there), so i also suggest the idea as a native Today Screen plugin.. and an all around launcher.. a minimalist approach, compared to the touchFLO cube and it's encarnations..

i don't like ultimate launcher that much.. i'm not into Tabbed launchers.. too much space consumed..

throttle launcher looks cluttered at the moment.. too much things are rendered on screen at the same time.. it takes up much time loading and, again, screen real estate.. i'm still eyeing for its future improvements though.. especially if it will be able to get customized, as in, to be able to select the features that will be loaded, and will not..

it's not likely that all people want to see a big clock, a bunch of contact pictures, all of the shortcuts, and running programs cramped in their screen at the same time..

[Synned]

Would be awesome...good idea buddy.

[Re-Mi]

throttle launcher looks cluttered at the moment.. too much things are rendered on screen at the same time.. it takes up much time loading and, again, screen real estate.. i'm still eyeing for its future improvements though.. especially if it will be able to get customized, as in, to be able to select the features that will be loaded, and will not..

it's not likely that all people want to see a big clock, a bunch of contact pictures, all of the shortcuts, and running programs cramped in their screen at the same time..

they have a single line launcher now, it the same thing you ar requesting. I'm also keeping an eye on them ;) i think the single line can be a nice addon to every rom. (but it has to be easy customiseble)

[netzcoyote]

If you combine Ultimate Launcher with some clever today screen plugins, especially with rltoday, you can do at least the first part with customization only.

[theme freak]

if only the creator wants to make pointui for VGA sigh..:(

[Vukile]

That concept has been done here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=360941)

[1loudsvt]

i tried v2r and though it was not that good....this idea is awesome though i would love to see it developed

[APBilbo]

I like the concept.... I'll try to achieve something similar with my app (ThrottleLauncher) and report back with what can be done ;). Some questions:

Any way of getting the art work used on your screen shots?
What are the left and right arrows on the clock for?


Thanks for that cool concept!

[APBilbo]

I like the concept.... I'll try to achieve something similar with my app (ThrottleLauncher) and report back with what can be done ;). Some questions:

Any way of getting the art work used on your screen shots?
What are the left and right arrows on the clock for?


Thanks for that cool concept!

This is what I've so far. I know the look is not the same but without the background's it's the closer I can make it for the today plugin. For the "poping up" app, the same theme can be used without the clocks on throttle main app. A little modification on the app will be needed to show the prevous window as background.

[Michaelr219]

This is what I've so far. I know the look is not the same but without the background's it's the closer I can make it for the today plugin. For the "poping up" app, the same theme can be used without the clocks on throttle main app. A little modification on the app will be needed to show the prevous window as background.

awesome! if you could release your today plugin ribbon, my theme would be complete! really looking forward to this

[APBilbo]

awesome! if you could release your today plugin ribbon, my theme would be complete! really looking forward to this

The today plugin ribbon is really eassy to achieve with my app ;-). I've made a simple theme for you. Just uncompress the zip file into your instalation dir of ThrottleLauncher (see my signature).

After that, go to ThrottleConfig app (it must be on your programs menu) and set plugin height to 38 (or higher if you customize the icons to be bigger), then sellect Ribbon on the combo box and click "Set Today's" button. Then on the actions menu (left softkey) select Edit AppDB, add as much app's as you wish (needed fields are title, name and exec, only select an icon if you wan't to override the default of the app). Select the app's you want to be on the Used list. After all that add throttletoday plugin to your today screen.

If you wan't to make some playing with the setup you can take a look at this tutorials

http://www.throttlelauncher.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=8

You can for example eassily set the ribbon to be 2 rowed, add a clock, add contact photodial ribbon, etc etc ;).

edit: removed atachment as it contained an error. Look some post's below for the correct one..

[Michaelr219]

The today plugin ribbon is really eassy to achieve with my app ;-). I've made a simple theme for you. Just uncompress the zip file into your instalation dir of ThrottleLauncher (see my signature).

After that, go to ThrottleConfig app (it must be on your programs menu) and set plugin height to 38 (or higher if you customize the icons to be bigger), then sellect Ribbon on the combo box and click "Set Today's" button. Then on the actions menu (left softkey) select Edit AppDB, add as much app's as you wish (needed fields are title, name and exec, only select an icon if you wan't to override the default of the app). Select the app's you want to be on the Used list. After all that add throttletoday plugin to your today screen.

If you wan't to make some playing with the setup you can take a look at this tutorials

http://www.throttlelauncher.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=8

You can for example eassily set the ribbon to be 2 rowed, add a clock, add contact photodial ribbon, etc etc ;).

awesome! thank you soo much, im going to incorporate this to the m-series of my iStyle theme, youll get much credit deserved for this. im gonna test this right now! thanks again!

[APBilbo]

awesome! thank you soo much, im going to incorporate this to the m-series of my iStyle theme, youll get much credit deserved for this. im gonna test this right now! thanks again!


If you need more help or find any probs you know where to find me ;).

[Michaelr219]

If you need more help or find any probs you know where to find me ;).

i installed the latest version... and unzipped accordingly, i didnt get the "ribbon" as an option in the dropdown menu... and i cant find that clock ribbon like in your screenshot, if you could post that theme like in your first screenshot, itd be much appreciated, im trying to find something similar to the ribbon in pointui... i dont know how to design it, i just would like to easily scroll through a clock, calendar, and if possible, notifications... mainly just clock and calendar... also, is it possible to have it automatically "fall into place" on the flick/scroll... all your work is appreciated... and thank you in advance

[APBilbo]

i installed the latest version... and unzipped accordingly, i didnt get the "ribbon" as an option in the dropdown menu... and i cant find that clock ribbon like in your screenshot, if you could post that theme like in your first screenshot, itd be much appreciated, im trying to find something similar to the ribbon in pointui... i dont know how to design it, i just would like to easily scroll through a clock, calendar, and if possible, notifications... mainly just clock and calendar... also, is it possible to have it automatically "fall into place" on the flick/scroll... all your work is appreciated... and thank you in advance


Sorry... my fault... there was an error on the zip. Setup xml must be inside a folder called Ribbon on the setups folder and not directly inside it. Here you have an update of the simple ribbon setup and the one of the screenshots above (this last will require a little work still but I upload it so you can test it ;) ).

[Michaelr219]

im not very familiar with xml stuff, my knowledge on that aspect i leave to the authors o the script. I might have to bail on this idea though, i tried to set it up and i kept getting an error. if you figure out a way for me to set this up, i as well as others who i share my theme with will appreciate it... especially if you could have the transparency at like 70% or so. thanks, and feel free to pm me if you have any questions

[APBilbo]

im not very familiar with xml stuff, my knowledge on that aspect i leave to the authors o the script. I might have to bail on this idea though, i tried to set it up and i kept getting an error. if you figure out a way for me to set this up, i as well as others who i share my theme with will appreciate it... especially if you could have the transparency at like 70% or so. thanks, and feel free to pm me if you have any questions

Ok, I'll try to post a cab for this two setups so there's no need to do anything but enabling the today plugin ;) and adding the app's you wan't (I'll also include some WWE standar app's selected by default). About the transparency... I think I can achieve it only for the ribon using a back for the icons... then is 70% transparent... any choice for the other 30%? ;-). Black? White?

By the way, just for you to know how far the ribbon can take you ;-). Take a look at this screenshots and setup made by Sergio:
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/3637/test1de8.gif
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/4021/test2bx5.gif
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/6857/earthxc3.gif

[Michaelr219]

awesome stuff... i like the simplicity behind those ideas... i dont know if youve seen the theme i made with ultimatelaunch. my objective is to incorporate as many useful today plugins to create the utmost simplicity and style for my taste and preference. im mobile, so i cant give you a link, but if you search iStyle, im sure youll find it. I have v2 comin out called the m-series and id love to get that clock and appointment scrolling on there, just like point ui... i appreciate the help a lot!

[kaiser47]

single line with horizontal scrolling on the bottom of the screen is nice but why not several lines ? with a vertical thub gesture on the icon line zone we could choose the "game line" or the "gps apps line" or ....
it's just my 2 cents idea. don't know if it can be done

[APBilbo]

awesome stuff... i like the simplicity behind those ideas... i dont know if youve seen the theme i made with ultimatelaunch. my objective is to incorporate as many useful today plugins to create the utmost simplicity and style for my taste and preference. im mobile, so i cant give you a link, but if you search iStyle, im sure youll find it. I have v2 comin out called the m-series and id love to get that clock and appointment scrolling on there, just like point ui... i appreciate the help a lot!

Here you have the cab file for both the ribbon only (called ribbon min height 38 pixel for the today plugin) and the one with the clock (called ytsejam min height about 200 pixels for the today plugin, 270 if you want it full sized, and 292 if you want it full sized and you don't have the bottom bar). If you wan't some changes please send me a concept shot and i'll try to please you ;).

Update: new setup.xml inside setup.zip for ytsejam setup. Just replace the file inside Setups/ytsejam folder of your throttlelauncher folder.

[APBilbo]

single line with horizontal scrolling on the bottom of the screen is nice but why not several lines ? with a vertical thub gesture on the icon line zone we could choose the "game line" or the "gps apps line" or ....
it's just my 2 cents idea. don't know if it can be done

With throttlelauncher you can have as much scrolling and not scrolling rows as you wish ;). Also you can have multiple pages. It's all configured inside the xml setup file.
Check this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31lwenMH0t8

It from 0.6 release, I've recently released 0.8 and many changes and improvements have been implemented.

Sorry double post. didn't see kaiser47 post until i send the previous one.

[APBilbo]

hi. i first posted this idea on the PointUI forum.. so forgive me for the blasphemous screen.. anyway.. i jsut want to share this idea for those developers, willing to create a scrolling today screen launcher..

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4396/puiconceptqr8.th.gif (http://img165.imageshack.us/my.php?image=puiconceptqr8.gif)
click thumbnail for the animated demo..
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Hi ytsejam!

I know It has been a lot of time but... I think I've it done.... more or less ;).
Check this out!!

http://www.throttlelauncher.com/portal/index.php/screenshots/36-09-shots/62-09-beta-video

[ogabriel]

Hi ytsejam!

I know It has been a lot of time but... I think I've it done.... more or less ;).
Check this out!!

http://www.throttlelauncher.com/portal/index.php/screenshots/36-09-shots/62-09-beta-video

OMG!!!!:D:D:D

[brunoisa10]

Hi ytsejam!

I know It has been a lot of time but... I think I've it done.... more or less ;).
Check this out!!

http://www.throttlelauncher.com/portal/index.php/screenshots/36-09-shots/62-09-beta-video

hi apibo

i've tested your "ribbon" , all around is gray , I want to know if possible to have my bakground with my icons instead of this grey screen

[APBilbo]

hi apibo

i've tested your "ribbon" , all around is gray , I want to know if possible to have my bakground with my icons instead of this grey screen

Hi brunoisa10!!!

have you used the today plugin or the main app? To enable the today plugin use Start > Settings > Today > Items > ThrottleToday. Please post a screenshot if you still have troubles ;). By the way, the video is of the new release I'm working on... so it's not what you could achieve with current release, sorry....

Thanks for giving it a try!! :)

[Gash81]

Hi ytsejam!

I know It has been a lot of time but... I think I've it done.... more or less ;).
Check this out!!

http://www.throttlelauncher.com/portal/index.php/screenshots/36-09-shots/62-09-beta-video

ENG: It look amazing!! can't wait to try it. Btw i have one question... will it be able to run from Ultimate Launch as a plugin like htc home or other plugins? Combining with it would be wonderful. I will make more questions... hehe

SPA: Tiene una pinta cojonuda tío! Una pregunta, se podrá usar desde el ultimate launch o combinar con él como otros plugins? De cualquier manera el preview se sale, grandisimo trabajo! Ya te haré mas preguntas... jeje

[APBilbo]

ENG: It look amazing!! can't wait to try it. Btw i have one question... will it be able to run from Ultimate Launch as a plugin like htc home or other plugins? Combining with it would be wonderful. I will make more questions... hehe

SPA: Tiene una pinta cojonuda tío! Una pregunta, se podrá usar desde el ultimate launch o combinar con él como otros plugins? De cualquier manera el preview se sale, grandisimo trabajo! Ya te haré mas preguntas... jeje

ENG: Thank you very much for cumpliment pal ;)! Theorically any today plugin (dll based) can be used inside ThrottleToday plugin, and also, as it's an standar today plugin it can be used inside UL, but it may conflict with some of the gestures.... I've tryed it inside UL and only there's one "special" thing that needs to be done manually,start ThrottleTodayPlugin manually. Ask whatever you want ;).

Regards

SPA: Muchas gracias por el cumplido :)! Teóricamente cualquier plugin (basado en dll) puede funcionar dentro de ThrottleToday , y también, como es un plugin stándar, deberia funcionar dentro de UL, pero puede entrar en conflicto con algunos de los gestos... He probado a incrustarlo dentro de UL y sólo hay una cosa que hay que hacer manualmente, arrancar el proceso ThrottleTodayPlugin manualmente. Pregunta todo lo que quieras ;).

Saludos!!

[ryomahino]

hi. i first posted this idea on the PointUI forum.. so forgive me for the blasphemous screen.. anyway.. i jsut want to share this idea for those developers, willing to create a scrolling today screen launcher..

http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4396/puiconceptqr8.th.gif (http://img165.imageshack.us/my.php?image=puiconceptqr8.gif)
click thumbnail for the animated demo..



Hi ytsejam, you need to try the last version of batterystatus for do that.
Im waiting to test the last version of throttlelauncher too, it looks amazing.

[ytsejam_]

Hi ytsejam!

I know It has been a lot of time but... I think I've it done.... more or less ;).
Check this out!!

http://www.throttlelauncher.com/portal/index.php/screenshots/36-09-shots/62-09-beta-video

WOW! thanks for the great response and heavy effort in fulfilling my request.. i didn't really thought that it'll get any major attention..

i was out from the net for almost 3 months, been busy with some graduating stuff from the university..

anyway.. i'll check on your development really soon and i really appreciate it.. thanks!!

i'll give feedback soon..