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With everyone trying to copy folders from iOS and Android i kind of got bored of it. Either way folders on WP7 will never work cause they don't match the design language.
Making application lists would save clutter and would act as storage folders to store certain app you want to hide out of the full application list.
My concept isn't new. Just different approach to categorising your apps. Which lets face it is pretty brutal in WP7. Jump lists are sort of a pain in the a$$ as well.
By clicking on a thread header (just like in the email threads) you will pop out the application list that you added to that thread.
If you pressed and held onto an app. Instead of the option pin the app and uninstal it to the start screen another option would pop up for making a new application list, as well as extra option to add the app to an existing list or remove it from the list if it is already in it.
Once you click on make a new list, you would be asked to name it.
After making a folder you can click on an app you want to add. Select add to a folder and a pop up would come up which folder do you want to add it to.
I think the start screen takes good care of making sure most apps you need are on it. This would ensure that the must need applications for you that you don't want to pin to the start screen are always there without a long list to scroll through.
Now to find some one to make it?
It's not a bad start (although I completely disagree with the idea that folders "don't match the design language", but that's a topic for a different discussion).
Your idea is a good one, but what I would rather see is a design where "opening" the folder/list would not expand it in place (that would just add more clutter IMO), but open a new pane to the right of the full app list that focuses on just the apps in the custom folder/list. Then, to get back to the full list you only need to swipe back to it, even if your custom folder/list more than fills the screen.
Maybe a people hub like group function can be implement to the app list too?
That could work too. It might not be as seamless as the people hub groups, but it could still be a possibility.
honestly I love the app list and the alphabetical jumplist. Finding apps is no problem. However they could implement "groups" for apps the way they do people. With the app live tile cycling through the app group main tile. So If I have "news" group with USA Today, Fuse, Fox news etc the Group live tile should show me the weather, latest national and tech news.
How I would change the app list is universal search. When you hit the search icon and enter some text say "microosft" it should present several pivots "apps" "emails" "documents" and "web" filtering out the search results in a metro manner. Infact if they could hardwire the bing key to do that I'd be happy.
Well its an idea I dont think a hub for apps would work cause it would mean you have to go into and out of the hub. Where as with a "group" "list" "thread" or a "folder" you can quickly open them and close them
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The misses has just received here DHD and found that the standard HTC People manager only shows the address in a small scrollable field and it's really awkward to see the full address at a glance.
Does anyone have any ideas how to make the address easily visible?
Or an alternative contact manager app?
I'll post screen shots later if it'll help.
I had a quick surf earlier and couldn't find any info that was helpful...
So we can view a complete contract address, does anyone know how to get the standard Contact viewer to replace HTC's?
HTC Contact Address is truncated on a single line e.g.
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Android Contact Address is shown over several lines e.g.
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I had the same problem with my last phone - a Nokia E71. You had to hit 'edit' to view the address in a seperate window. A pain in the posterior! And, like you, I've noticed that the HTC People app does the same thing. So you can either a) use the 'edit' mode or b) tap the address, it comes up on Google maps, tap the flag and then the full address pops up. Doh ....
Thing is, with the more basic Nokias, and I've just checked with the wife's 2730 Classic, you can use the 'View' option to look at the complete address. If the address was so long it wouldn't fit on one screen then you just scroll down. Simples! Now, how can Android do the same?
Dave
Same problem with birthday... Can't see the year until you edit it, annoying
OK. Been looking into this as I was getting a bit hacked off with it. Something so basic .... Anyhow, downloaded 'AddressBook for Android 2' and at first it looked quite good but soon noticed it had no 'comapny' field ... But you could view the complete address in a single window.
Then tried Youlu. Now this seems to meet all my needs (at present anyway!). It gives all the same info as the 'people' app but when you choose the address you get ..... the full postal address!!!! Only then, if you tap the address you get Google maps showing where it is.
HTH
Dave
Thanks for the suggestions, although I don't see many favourable reviews for Youlu - how have you found it?
I sent this issue to HTC a few weeks back. Maybe if more of us do the same they may consider addressing it (if you'll pardon the pun) in a future update.
I'm getting a little fed-up with having to consider using 3rd party apps to replace basic functionality. I'm using Handcent because Sense SMS is broken, the Sense calendar is full of holes and doesn't include tasks, so I'm looking for a replacement... And contacts (which is otherwise ok) doesn't show complete addresses!
Ok, so I feel like I'm missing something or just unable to find it...
It seems that the feature which allowed the user to "hide" contacts without numbers is flat out gone. I've checked everywhere I could think of, and found nothing.
Anyone have any idea where it went, or why they would get rid off such a feature? Very much so lame...
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Ok, so I feel like I'm missing something or just unable to find it...
It seems that the feature which allowed the user to "hide" contacts without numbers is flat out gone. I've checked everywhere I could think of, and found nothing.
Anyone have any idea where it went, or why they would get rid off such a feature? Very much so lame...
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I think it is gone due to it being deprecated, in a way. Google eliminated a lot of features that they feel might overly complicate things and this was one of them.
If contacts without number are hidden, then users added new contacts, instead of existing previous one that simply missed the phone number. This leads to better contact management and less duplicate contacts in a world where phone number is only part of the whole range of methods of contacting a person.
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I think it is gone due to it being deprecated, in a way. Google eliminated a lot of features that they feel might overly complicate things and this was one of them.
If contacts without number are hidden, then users added new contacts, instead of existing previous one that simply missed the phone number. This leads to better contact management and less duplicate contacts in a world where phone number is only part of the whole range of methods of contacting a person.
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That's terrible justification, if that's the case...
This has led to far worse contact management, for me, due to Google's innate ability to deem everyone I've ever emailed a 'contact', with no easy way of pruning...
It's still there (in a way)...
1. Open up the Phone application
2. Go to the last tab (the one that looks like an icon for a person)
3. You should see your starred contacts at the top, with their 'magazine layout' pictures.
4. Scroll down. You will see all your contacts that have phone numbers under the heading 'All contacts with phone numbers'
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It's still there (in a way)...
1. Open up the Phone application
2. Go to the last tab (the one that looks like an icon for a person)
3. You should see your starred contacts at the top, with their 'magazine layout' pictures.
4. Scroll down. You will see all your contacts that have phone numbers under the heading 'All contacts with phone numbers'
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Thanks. I guess it's better than nothing. I still prefer how it used to be, though...
Since "Contacts" has become "People" I agree that this feature makes not much sense in the people app.
Good to know that they put it in the dialer where it belongs. In the dialer I only want to see people I can actually call. I think this is one of those changes that as an "old user" you might need to get used to but is just more useful and accessible for people new to Android.
I have found a caveat with this however, when having Google+ enabled and logged in.
A few (rather stupid people) have entered a text string into the telephone number field of their Google+ profile, which results in an entry in this list where there shouldn't be. Example below:
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Hello, recently I've gone from ios to Android, and I was looking for a couple of apps, essential for me, that should work on the page of apps.
I state that I do not know if they exist, given that I've looked everywhere without success.
Ios are the corresponding :
folders in folders
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Folders in folders makes it possible to create subfolders, with this app in the apps menu, go to generate, for example a root folder that contains subfolders like multimedia audio, video etc.. . Grid lock the opportunity to place the icons where you want the apps, leaving gaps between one app to another.[/IMG]
Folders in folders makes it possible to create subfolders, with this app in the apps menu, go to generate, for example a root folder that contains subfolders like multimedia audio, video etc.. .
Grid lock the opportunity to place the icons where you want the apps, leaving gaps between one app to another.
Thank you all for your help, for my bad English, is the fault of google.
i asked this question last week about folders within the app drawer. problem was i updated rooted modded my gs2 and as the updates got better and more functions unfortunately the create a folder option disappeared within the app drawer and it doesnt look like it will be implemented in ics either. if it something that important to you i suggest going back to gb 2.3.3. or find a launcher that has the option to create the subfolder i the app drawer i havrnt been able to find a launcher to do it so stuck with adw ex.
hope someone can help you be intresting to read if they can
I'd like to find a launcher that gives the possibility to create subfolders, to date I have not found, and I must say that I have tried several of the launcher.
If by chance know the name of a launcher that can do this, let me look that I run to try it.
you can try Folder Organizer ... you can create subfolders
Go launcher ex let's you create folders in the app list.
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Thank you all, I tried folder organizer but is not for me, go for the former launcher allows you to make some folders but not subfolders.
Calmly is all (and here it is the calm served a lot because it seems that no one uses or affect the subfolders), the launcher is called tag home launcher, not only gives you the ability to manage apps on the page of a kind of subfolders, but I'll be available in the main form, that, to be placed where they are the widgets (which technically does not know his name).
I hope I can serve others, and if you found other similar apps because if I communicated to me very interested.
Thanks to all
Android 4.3 has a hidden feature! It's called "App Ops" and it lets you selectively disable some permissions for your apps. Is some misbehaving app constantly pinging your location and draining your battery in a few hours? You can fix that now.
It's not really ready yet, so Google has hidden it. It seems to work though. You can download App ops Launcher from here, this tool is help to launch the hidden "App Ops" from android, but it only works for android 4.3.
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Tap the icon and you'll see something like this. There's list of all your apps and the permissions they use, categorized into 4 handy tabs. The tabs are broken down into "location," "personal," "messaging," and "device," so it's easy to see what app uses the permissions you're concerned about. On the right is a timestamp for when the app last used a permission.
Once you pick an app, you'll get a screen with easy on/off buttons for each permission. Don't want Facebook to know your location? Just hit the "off" switch. The app will still work, it just won't have any idea where you are. This screen also tells you the last time each individual permission was used.
The one problem I see (and hopefully the reason why this isn't a user-facing feature yet) is that there is no explanation for why your location is broken in Facebook. A system notification that says something like "App Ops is currently limiting this application's permission access" would probably stop some tech support nightmares.
The way this list works is actually highly annoying. Rather than just read the declared permissions in App info (above), App Ops tries to do "detection" for certain permissions.
For some permissions, the app has to make use of them before they will show up in App Ops. For instance, on the left is my permissions list when I first fired up Facebook; in the middle is the list after I told it to import contacts; on the right is the list after I posted a picture from the camera. You have to go and hunt down all the permissions and make the app use them before you are allowed to disable them. That's a lot of work. Is this list complete? Will it ever be complete? There's really no way of knowing.
That's about it for App Ops. Just please, take care when you mess with this, and keep in mind it's not ready yet, so you might run into problems. Also, even when it does work, you are messing with settings the app developer never intended for your to have control over. If you happen to horribly break something, don't blame me!
And if you want to try to launch the "App ops", you can scan this QR to download and start it, enjoy yourself!
Me and my team are developing a brand new kind of Android Launcher called THING that we think you'll find is really cool. Check out thing.se and sign up for our private beta! In short, THING is a behavior driven, API powered Android Launcher that simplifies and automates your life. As I'm a new member, I can't post proper links just yet - sorry. Again, thing.se is where you want to go.
THING listens to your behavior and presents you with apps you're most likely to use at any given time of day and activity. THING lets you create your universe - if you can write a text, you can create an Agent that listens and acts on your behalf. Any API can be implemented to enhance your power and reach – the building blocks of Your Universe. Thing puts you in control - of everything.
Thing analyzes your app usage history and activity to determine what apps you're most likely to want, whenever you want them. The idea is to make app discovery easy instead of relying on a wall of apps and muscle memory to know where a given app is. (Pro tip: long press on the secondary hotseat to force an update).
Thing uses NLP to interpret what you want to do and how to do it by letting you program your surroundings - to create your universe. For example, if you're in Boston, an agent might be:
Code:
When I land at Logan Airport on Wednesday, get me an Uber and text John "I've arrived safely" if it's raining in Madrid.
We interpret and map keywords to services and actions to create a logical flow of events that calls API endpoints.
Feel free to ping me or email me if you want to sign up for the beta or if you have any feedback - good or bad!
Home screen with the secondary adaptive hotseat
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Thing AppDrawer, sorting apps alphabetically
Thing AppDrawer, categorizing your apps as they are categorized in Google Play
Thing AppDrawer, categorizing your games as they are categorized in Google Play
Search - app name and/or category
Create Agent [in alpha stage]
Looking forward to hear what you think. Thanks!
/William
Hi all,
As a small, small token of my appreciation, here's a THING wallpaper for you to enjoy. 1080x1920 PNG.
Check out thing.se and sign up for the beta if you haven't already! We'd love your feedback. Thanks again!
/William
Hi all,
As a small Thank you to the community, here's a zip with some Thing wallpapers! Ping me if you have any requests Thanks a lot to everybody who has signed up!
https://thing.se/wallpaper/thing-wallpapers-20160103.zip
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