I wanted to respond to someones else's post about Windows phone's notification
system and I ended up creating something and showing it to a few people they
thought it was cool enough so I like I'd share.
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here is a quick explanation ,
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The notification tile/hub acts like a normal tile on the homescreen . It flips
and rotates different notifications as shown in the gif, but based on the
setting it can also be static.
when double pressed like launching an app it expands to fill the rest of the
screen , all this happen on the home screen. The remaining apps darken like it
does when moving around live tiles and the notifications show up as shown int he
second image. you close it and it returns to the normal home screen.
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SIDE NOTE:
I have zero developer knowledge but am quite good design and using a cooked
ROM version of WP7.8 I can olnly imagine what can
be done with Windows Phone. Any one who finds this cool enough and have
developer experience can contact PM me. Maybe we can work to
have this work on Windows Phone .
Good idea:good: (+) I wait for beta test:cyclops: (I'm not a developer but I can tested it).
very good idea!
hopefully some coders like ultrashot,heathcliff74 and of course all other coders have time to look into it...
First one is debatable, but I dislike the notification tile concept, the live-tiles itself are notifications, so there is no need for an extra tile to 'mirror' the other tiles.
It's sort of contracting to the Live-Tile concept even.
MarysFetus said:
First one is debatable, but I dislike the notification tile concept, the live-tiles itself are notifications, so there is no need for an extra tile to 'mirror' the other tiles.
It's sort of contracting to the Live-Tile concept even.
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I agree with you that the live tiles itselfs are notifications... but with a notification tile, you dont need additional tiles like E-Mail, Messages,..
One Tile with all notification, where you can see all incoming mails, messages,... and i would be great if you can open your mails from this notification tile directly
Exactly.
If we have eg. four email account we have to add to homescreen four tiles. In Windows Phone Notifications concept we have all email box in one tile + messages.
Looks awesome, but wouldn't every single app need to be patched to send notifications to the tile? Like Facebook, twitter, blah blah?
Interesting concept, but very hard to make. I don't think there is an easy way to intercept notifications from other apps. Expanded view is also something new on the platform, so it could require OS itself to be patched. Personally, I don't think it can be done, but good luck with the project.
Looks awesome, but wouldn't every single app need to be patched to send notifications to the tile? Like Facebook, twitter, blah blah?
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Interesting concept, but very hard to make. I don't think there is an easy way to intercept notifications from other apps. Expanded view is also something new on the platform, so it could require OS itself to be patched. Personally, I don't think it can be done, but good luck with the project.
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Yeah i thought so too, the most difficult part will be to intercept notification from the apps, which seems quite impossible .. but one can only dream,
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Hello,
I made redesign of Windows Phone 7. What do you say (on the left is my redesign, on the bottom is MS design)?
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EDIT: Small changes... on the right image is preview of scrolling. Updated current WP7 preview (thanks DatDereX1).
its..not bad at all...I likey
Looks a hell of a lot better than MS boring UI!
i like it! better than metro
Scotsman828 said:
Looks a hell of a lot better than MS boring UI!
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Exactly! Now that's what I'm talking about!!
It's better than Metro UI but maybe You can make UI like HTC Sens but for WP7...
For me, it must be more color...
NarSan said:
It's better than Metro UI but maybe You can make UI like HTC Sens but for WP7...
For me, it must be more color...
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Yeah it still needs more color, this blue thing is not working fro me, but this is still much better than the original UI! I really can't understand what they were thinking when they created this dull UI!!!
I like the original. Yours is too busy. Sometimes simpler is better.
MS design is betterer.
and that's an old pic of WP7 bro. Just sayin'
Looks like android with a wp7 theme, i like wp7 layout better
havox22 said:
Looks like android with a wp7 theme, i like wp7 layout better
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Looks a bit like MotoBLUR to me.
Too much going on with that one. I like the new homescreen not the one you have.
Nah, your homescreen is too busy. You have to consider the fact that WP7 tiles are animated too.
I like the big targets of WP7 because in day to day use it will be easy to hit those without too much slowing down and aiming. I thinks its one of those user experience things people may not notice until the phone is actually in their hands.
The only change I would like to see in the home screen is some transparency to the background image.
yours is too much old windows mobile... frankly.
In my eyes your little arrows are too "iPhoney". Also the round edges and ultrabig buttons at the bottom kill it for me.
Sorry, but i'll have to go with MS' design.
Yours is very busy, while theirs is elegant and clean.
i think that the standard wp7 metro ui it already complete and doesn't need label for icon, because they are already "explicit" for the target, adding label it's a duplication of information (label + icon) and result it's an heavier ui...
i'd like having the ability to change te background color of every tile, having the possibility to set a gradient, and the main background.
i think that it's only a matter of time that wp7 is released and we become familiar with the new ui and os
yours looks like the "modular" n97 homescreen ... i prefer titanium over both its the real eye candy , not some blue boxes on black
I think you did an excellent job. I always thought WP7 looks a bit too simple, but I guess that's what Microsoft wanted...
for me..
it's better..
release a skin theme XD..
I created these simple wallpapers with transparency. The grey is 75% transparant.
New! Windows Logo pack:
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WP7 wallpapers:
Stars pack. These are also 75% transparant:
The lockscreen becomes transparant when there is an animation, so when you touch it is tranparant.
Download:
WP7 Wallpapers.zip
Stars Pack.zip
Windows logo pack.zip
How to:
1. First download the zip file with the wallpapers.
2. Mail the wallpaper you want to yourself.
3. Go to the mail with your Windows Phone.
4. Tap on the pic in the mail. This will download it. Like pictures in e-mails.
5. Open the pic.
6. Don't save it to your phone. Tap 'use as wallpaper' from the options.
7. Now you have a nice lockscreen.
It won't work with password on!
Let me know what you think about them.
really like the idea of this, just one question, when I set it as wallpaper and wake the phone up (Not touching it) it shows the wallpaper as it should but in the background it shows the full image of the lockscreen off centre faintly in the background..
It's quite hard to explain but I don't yet have a camera I can take a picture of.. although when I do touch the screen to open it the opacity shows and looks nice..
I'm running mango if that may mean anything.
Cheers,
MVP
iammvp said:
really like the idea of this, just one question, when I set it as wallpaper and wake the phone up (Not touching it) it shows the wallpaper as it should but in the background it shows the full image of the lockscreen off centre faintly in the background..
It's quite hard to explain but I don't yet have a camera I can take a picture of.. although when I do touch the screen to open it the opacity shows and looks nice..
I'm running mango if that may mean anything.
Cheers,
MVP
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Glad you like the idea. It isn't working because of Mamgo. They took it out of Windows Phone 7.5. But maybe I will make wallpapers without transparency for Mango.
Tbo-art
Its possible on Mango too http://www.1800pocketpc.com/transparent-wallpapers-on-windows-phone-mango/23802/
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Its possible on Mango too http://www.1800pocketpc.com/transparent-wallpapers-on-windows-phone-mango/23802/
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Didn't know about that trick. Thanks
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Didn't know about that trick. Thanks
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Anytime
-the guy that stumbled on that trick
Thanks for the find.. Bit disappointing that there is no work around for the vertical pattern =[
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Thanks for the find.. Bit disappointing that there is no work around for the vertical pattern =[
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I don't like it too.
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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
Hi,
It's a simple Idea which I got while travelling yesterday.
While I was travelling, my co-passengers loved the way I use my phone and WP design and responsiveness. However they don't know that WP7 exist and didn't have enough courage to ask me, though they kept on looking my phone by comparing with thier android.
So I got an Idea, We can have a very simple app [Windows Phone Badge].
1. Create a Landscape tile [like Pictures/Calendar] and pin to Homescreen
2. This tile should display "Windows Phone 7.5 Mango" with caption "Put People First"
3. Ability to change background colors for every 3sec/duration.
That's all. As application it has nothing except settings to select the duration for live tile update.
It's simple and very interesting app which is a Badge for WP users.
Anyone interested to develop? [hardly takes 1 hour]
Is the point of this just so the user see's its a WP7 device, or is there another reason?
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Hi,
It's a simple Idea which I got while travelling yesterday.
While I was travelling, my co-passengers loved the way I use my phone and WP design and responsiveness. However they don't know that WP7 exist and didn't have enough courage to ask me, though they kept on looking my phone by comparing with thier android.
So I got an Idea, We can have a very simple app [Windows Phone Badge].
1. Create a Landscape tile [like Pictures/Calendar] and pin to Homescreen
2. This tile should display "Windows Phone 7.5 Mango" with caption "Put People First"
3. Ability to change background colors for every 3sec/duration.
That's all. As application it has nothing except settings to select the duration for live tile update.
It's simple and very interesting app which is a Badge for WP users.
Anyone interested to develop? [hardly takes 1 hour]
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Go for it.. develop it and show us some screenshots.
Screenshots always represent the idea well!
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Is the point of this just so the user see's its a WP7 device, or is there another reason?
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Just it's a Wp7 device with some live tiles experience.
There could be a problem. I think only OEM's are allowed to make 2x1 tiles. Devs cannot do that for their apps.
This is what I managed using custom tiles maker.
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There could be a problem. I think only OEM's are allowed to make 2x1 tiles. Devs cannot do that for their apps.
This is what I managed using custom tiles maker.
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is that so?
I'd suggest a simple solution to the OP. Try using a wp7 lockscreen
Nice work justhink. M not sure if I'd use this but this can help the OP for sure.
It's awesome. But can you add some tiles to that wallpaper and make it clear black
here is a transparent wall paper version and a solid dark background version
files attached below
I've done a ton of searches and come up mostly empty.
I'm looking for a notification widget to put on my lockscreen/homescreen. I'd like for it to display all of my notifications and I REALLY want to be able to change the widget's font.
NiLS Notifications Lock Screen is fantastic and has everything I'm looking for, but it doesn't let me change the font and I'm trying to make a really nerdy homescreen and I'd like all of the fonts to be the same. I feel like I could potentially make this work through zooper widget and tasker, but I think tasker is above my skill level. I tried using a font changer to change all of my font to the font I like for the homescreen but it's a really wide font and it's all caps, so everything else looks like a nightmare.
Here are a few screencaps of my current set up. I intend to pin the notifications to the bottom so they'll remain when I slide up to the other homescreen (with the weather/calendar/toggles).
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Still a work in progress, for sure, but the notifications are the only thing that are really bugging me for the moment, as I want to have the status bar out of there, but I still want to see notifications.
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I've done a ton of searches and come up mostly empty.
I'm looking for a notification widget to put on my lockscreen/homescreen. I'd like for it to display all of my notifications and I REALLY want to be able to change the widget's font.
NiLS Notifications Lock Screen is fantastic and has everything I'm looking for, but it doesn't let me change the font and I'm trying to make a really nerdy homescreen and I'd like all of the fonts to be the same. I feel like I could potentially make this work through zooper widget and tasker, but I think tasker is above my skill level. I tried using a font changer to change all of my font to the font I like for the homescreen but it's a really wide font and it's all caps, so everything else looks like a nightmare.
Here are a few screencaps of my current set up. I intend to pin the notifications to the bottom so they'll remain when I slide up to the other homescreen (with the weather/calendar/toggles).
Still a work in progress, for sure, but the notifications are the only thing that are really bugging me for the moment, as I want to have the status bar out of there, but I still want to see notifications.
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If you spend a bit of time tinkering with UCCW (universal custom widget), you can build anything you want. Here is a thread where you can find many others have built. Maybe you can use them as a base for what you want.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38834770