[Q] AT&T One X Apps (screen Utilization // menu bar)

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Hi guyz

Is is just me or does anyone else also feel that the majority of the apps take up screen estate with the lone lingering menu button at the bottom

I wanted to move away from sense launcher and thought of adopting the Go Lancher, but for this the home screen itself shows the menu bar below (ugghh!).
Thankfully apex/nova came to the rescue.

But many other appls like XDA, reddit ... show that wasting part of the screen.

So do we have to wait till developers update their apps for OneX? (i thought since galaxy nexus already is a 4.6 " screen this issue was already behind us)

Originally Posted by carporsche

Hi guyz

Is is just me or does anyone else also feel that the majority of the apps take up screen estate with the lone lingering menu button at the bottom

I wanted to move away from sense launcher and thought of adopting the Go Lancher, but for this the home screen itself shows the menu bar below (ugghh!).
Thankfully apex/nova came to the rescue.

But many other appls like XDA, reddit ... show that wasting part of the screen.

So do we have to wait till developers update their apps for OneX? (i thought since galaxy nexus already is a 4.6 " screen this issue was already behind us)

It's an ICS menu button issue. There's a great post on the Verge discussing it as well. http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/6/300...ton-an-insight

Because the HOX didn't use a menu button on the bottom of the phone (good) it does this instead (bad)

I'd personally like to see the menu key functionality replaced by a long press of home/recent apps. That way you can just bring it up when you need it, like older Android phones.

Should see something like this once we get that BL issue resolved.

Originally Posted by zonk7ate9

I'd personally like to see the menu key functionality replaced by a long press of home/recent apps. That way you can just bring it up when you need it, like older Android phones.

Should see something like this once we get that BL issue resolved.

Or if developers followed the development guide the problem wouldn't exist at all since the overflow menu would be located on the top bar.

edit:

As per the Verge post linked earlier:

The menu button. It's a button, that won't, just won't, go away. Google have already attempted to kill it by introducing the action overflow in Ice Cream Sandwich. They've removed it from the default roster of buttons on the Galaxy Nexus, and with good reason. But it refuses to die.

This mainly because app developers are not reading the guidelines and saying "Let's follow these." They're keeping with the archaic menu button. Worse still, the apps are not Holo themed, and in many cases, still made for Gingerbread. Take Google Currents. While a very nice app, it still has menu button support and is made for Gingerbread. This is an app BY GOOGLE, and it still has menu button support. This needs to - must - change.