[Rada-Dash] Launcher Design

[Radakast]

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

http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=109875&d=1220157900


enjoy.

There has been an update in progress.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2595022#post2595022

[do7d]

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.

[FatBoyExtraordinaire]

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.

[NJackal]

kewl one waiting bro any expected date for release

[Radakast]

kewl one waiting bro any expected date for release

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.

[the0ne]

looks great.. hope to try it soon..

[wacky.banana]

Radakast,

Looks good. Hope to see the finished article soon.

WB

[Vision77]

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. :D

[N1c0_ds]

Brilliant idea! Your design is way too dark however.

Seriously one of the best home screen concepts!

[jerkules]

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.

[Radakast]

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...:cool:) 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

[Radakast]

reserved for possible update

[molesaied88]

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!!

[mssmison]

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.

[thenewshaft]

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

[wacky.banana]

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

Thanks

WB