Cut features - What I miss in Windows Phone7.5 Mango that was in WP7 - Windows Phone 7 General

There are many, many (and more to come) new featurs in 7.5 and I love them all!
But I miss something in WP 7.5 (7.10.7712.60):
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Was nice when listening to long audiofiles. (also on lockscreen)
WP7___________________________________________________WP7.5
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The "search website" features is missing
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Please MS, let us change the reload icon/button to the tabs or favorites icon/button!
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The Imagequality when uploading from picture hub to Facebook is horrible now!
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The colors have been renamed. i.a. limettengrün to lindgrün.
Some (all?) of them (I noticed it on limettengrün/limegreen) are less colorful
Do U miss more features from WP7.5 that was in 7?
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Several Members: Transparent lockscreen wallpapers gone (IMO this isn't a cut feature, some of us just used a glitch...)
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jakelou said:
Editing (saving) old Word files (97-03) ... doesn't work anymore. -.-
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Whoa, and I thought the picture quality was horrible already in WP7 NoDo.
Hope its not worse, maybe just a bug that now appeared on your phone too?

Damn they removed that track timer in MANGO??? Thats so important.. no bar showing length?

I miss the old browser, don't really like how the new one is set up now
Sent from my HD7 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

Don't forget, they removed transparent wallpapers too. I was looking forward to this feature.

alexrodri0 said:
I miss the old browser, don't really like how the new one is set up now
Sent from my HD7 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
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Why so?
I think the new placement of url etc is awesome.
What is it that is bad?

I don't think there'll be one single update,wp7 is too big a mess to solve in one swoop. Next year April probably we'll be smiling from ear to ear and sideloading apps we haven't even thought of. Until then its slim pickings,should have waited for the bloody Nokia.
Sent from my 7 Trophy using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

However as a Chinese user I have to upgrade to Mango to get the CHinese IME...

Dj21o said:
Don't forget, they removed transparent wallpapers too. I was looking forward to this feature.
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My current wallpaper is transparent..

Dj21o said:
Don't forget, they removed transparent wallpapers too. I was looking forward to this feature.
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I'm wondering if the transparent wallpaper "feature" was actually a bug that we just took advantage off. I noticed that the squares in various hubs, such as office and picture, no longer go transparent when I move from page to page like they did before mango.

Yeah I'm pretty sure wasn't a feature, it was more of a hack

Purple11 said:
My current wallpaper is transparent..
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Yeah man, they had to do something with Zune on the lockscreen, and it made it a huge mess. It's too bad, I did it to my friends focus and it looked beautiful. And I don't own a WP7 currently, so I will never get to enjoy it.
Maybe if we get a poll going, we could bring this to Microsoft's attention?

nizzon said:
Why so?
I think the new placement of url etc is awesome.
What is it that is bad?
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well i miss the favs button and the tabs button being on the screen, instead of having to use the menu, i honestly didnt mind the URL bar at the top, but whatever, I cant wait for the official Mango update to come out

Editing (saving) old Word files (97-03) ... doesn't work anymore. -.-

I have to agree about the browser. It's not a make or break problem for me, but is kind of annoying to have that extra step. I also wish they'd give IE a Forward/Back Button instead of using the hardware Back button. Would be nice for the URL to be on top & auto-hide, swipe down to show it in portrait & landscape. Make it thicker since it'd auto hide. Just my 2 cents on it.
Also, don't like them (MS) breaking homebrew native app (INTEROPSERVICES). That is a big deal for me. That's the main reason I'm not using the Beta2. The new features are nice, but the lack of homebrew kills it for me.

Dj21o said:
Yeah man, they had to do something with Zune on the lockscreen, and it made it a huge mess. It's too bad, I did it to my friends focus and it looked beautiful. And I don't own a WP7 currently, so I will never get to enjoy it.
Maybe if we get a poll going, we could bring this to Microsoft's attention?
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https://windowsphone7community.uservoice.com/forums/84435-feature-feedback
If you put it up there, i'll vote for it.

Quick little template of my idea, not perfect, but you get the point.
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hardcoreplur said:
https://windowsphone7community.uservoice.com/forums/84435-feature-feedback
If you put it up there, i'll vote for it.
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Going on my laptop as we speak.

Ok I put it under "personalize" and the title is "Transparent Lockscreen (Wallpapers)". Vote for it if you missed this feature!!!
https://windowsphone7community.uservoice.com/forums/84435-feature-feedback/suggestions/2107533-transparent-lockscreen-wallpapers-

drkfngthdragnlrd said:
Quick little template of my idea, not perfect, but you get the point.
http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m240/drkfngthdragnlrd/IE9Idea.png?t=1312429620
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pretty nice concept, that would be a perfect setup

Related

ipcalc

One app I would like to see when WP7 comes out is a good, functional, yet nice looking IP calculator. This is the one that I use for my class, but it isn't for WM nor (obviously) for WP7. http://www.radmin.com/products/utilities/ipcalculator.php
I have tried getting someone to port the iPhone version http://www.addressplus.net/iphone/ipcalc/ because it looks pretty, but have gotten no responses either here or over at modaco. If someone could make a great ip calculator for WP7 then you would definitely have at least one buyer when WP7 comes out lol. (a WM 6.5.5 version to tide me over would be great too lol)
Subnet Calculator
I figured I'd give this a shot. Here's a few screenshots of what I've got so far:
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It's all working pretty well at the moment. Clicking any of the buttons will bring up a popup list of the values to select from and you can drag the sliders to adjust the settings as well.
I'm thinking of setting it up so when you swipe the screen left/right it will go to the previous/next subnet and maybe adding a main page where you can select from a class/classless calculator.
If I have sometime later tonight I'll try to make a video of it running in the emulator.
Not bad, the idea is there. I think you need some more spacing between elements to make it proper touch friendly, but looks like we got a handy app for sys-admins here!
Yeah. There's definitely not much room for fat fingers on there right now :-( I think the lists could use a little more padding between the values, and maybe there could be a little more space between the buttons and the Subnet Bits slider. It's difficult to tell what's too close for sure without playing with it on an actual device, but I should probably take another look at the design guidelines (I remember reading something about the recommended minimum spacing between elements).
Anyways, here's a quick video of it in action. The emulator runs kinda crappy on my laptop because I don't have hardware assisted virtualization, so I apologize if anything looks choppy (could just be my amateur code too, hehe).
http://screencast.com/t/YmYxMzIz
Nice work man.
That is totally awesome! I am glad someone decided to give it a go, now I really can't wait for WP7
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I'm thinking of setting it up so when you swipe the screen left/right it will go to the previous/next subnet and maybe adding a main page where you can select from a class/classless calculator.
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Any progress on this?
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Any progress on this?
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Yup. I added the main page where you can select the type of calculator. Right now I'm pulling out the code that can be shared between the two calculators into a separate class.
I rearranged the way you select the subnet class and enter the IP address as well. The class selection is now a button with a popup menu like the Subnet Mask, etc, and the IP address is now a single textbox as opposed to the 4 separate textboxes.
I'll post an updated video once I have everything working again.
awesome. This is going to be a huge help to us net-admins. Doing subnetting is annoying as hell without the calculator lol
any updated video or screens?
Yup. Here's a quick screenshot of what it's looking like now. Now that the official pivot controls are out, I'm toying with the idea of making the calculator mode selection a pivot...
abledanger said:
Yup. Here's a quick screenshot of what it's looking like now. Now that the official pivot controls are out, I'm toying with the idea of making the calculator mode selection a pivot...
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looking good can't wait, sadly I have to wait until verizon gets WP7, but when It does (hopefully when the LTE 4G is active) then I will definitely be getting this app . One thing I might put, instead of Classed and Classless, I would put Classful and Classless. I was taught that it was refered to as classful when all the subnets have the same mask. Other than that, looks awesome!!!
Haha, showing my ignorance I suppose :'( names fixed
cool that is awesome. Thanks again for doing this.
Looks great but could do with adding slash notation for subnets
enak said:
Looks great but could do with adding slash notation for subnets
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That's what the Mask Bits slider is for
Hi,
This looks awsome. I can't wait to start using it.
can you tell us when its going to be released?
Is it gonna work on HTC HD2 ( Windows Mobile 6.5 Pro)?
The Screen resolution is: 800x480
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Hi,
This looks awsome. I can't wait to start using it.
can you tell us when its going to be released?
Is it gonna work on HTC HD2 ( Windows Mobile 6.5 Pro)?
The Screen resolution is: 800x480
Thanks,
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Thanks
I suppose I need to register for MarketPlace first, and then it would be available at the release of WP7.
In regards to WM6.5...I'd need to rewrite the application since WP7 development is a different beast. I'll look into the amount of work that would be required to port it, and if it's not too bad, I'll release it in the WM Development thread as well.
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Thanks
I suppose I need to register for MarketPlace first, and then it would be available at the release of WP7.
In regards to WM6.5...I'd need to rewrite the application since WP7 development is a different beast. I'll look into the amount of work that would be required to port it, and if it's not too bad, I'll release it in the WM Development thread as well.
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awesome. Be sure to let us know if you do release it for wm6.5. I could then use it until verizon gets a wp7
edit: did a really crappy and fast paint of a screen shot to show you what I mean.

Windows Phone 7 - Multitasking conecpt

Hi Guys,
hope i'm somehow right here and you are - more or less - interested in my concept/idea.
I didn't really know about this forum, but some guy in an other forum suggest i should post it here. Well... i do, don't know...
Anyway. Since the day i knew that WP7 wouldn't have any multitasking from the start, i was pretty sure how i would let it look like.
And a few days ago i saw the pictures of version 7753 with this search-button on the rightside and i realized, that MS could actually use that space.
So i decided that it would be time to visualize my thoughts, so here they are:
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Instead of the search-button i'd put a taskbar-icon at that place. Pressing the icon drops the actual taskbar with all running programms. By pressing an icon you can directly go into the programm/app, by pressing and holding the icon you can close it. And with the little up-showing arrow you can close the taskbar.
I also made the mail-hub a "wide-hub" (don't know how to call it...). First of all, i love those "wide-hubs", but it would also be nice, to see who wrote your latest recieved email and whats the topic is.
And last but not least i would like to split the zune-functions. I use the zune-hub basicly for listing to my music for example, so it would be nice, to sort out that function and create a music-tile on the homescreen. This could also work with videos, podcasts etc.
And... while i was in the mood i made some customization-concepts. I tried to keep all basic Metro-elemnts and just improve some things.
The transparancy is not knew, i know that it was introduced in an earlier conecpt by someone else, but it's a nice idea and i'd just love to see something like that. Of course it only make sense, if you can put pictures or at least gradients (like in the mentioned concept) on your homescreeb background.
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At last i thought about some all-over-themes, where you can't individually customize your UI, but use themes. For exempale i love the zune-look with, which is why i even made three different zune-themes.
htt p://img202.imageshack.us/img202/7904/themesl.png
C&C is of course appreciated... in any way.
And sorry if i'm totaly wrong here.
Buddy i can not see the pictures...It says to login to imageshack! Please Upload them somewhere else or you can upload them here.
Regards.
No. I'm a first-time-poster so i can't put outgoing links into my posts. At least as long as i havn't made 8 posts. ;-)
But i put a [space] between the htt_p. Thats why those links won't work with simple copy-paste. You just have to erase that little space there and the links will work.
At least they do it for me and i also have no imageshack-account. o.0
I can see the pictures okay. It makes good use of the blank space below the "next screen" arrow in WP7.
Maybe this is why Microsoft left the area blank The only thing I do not like is the way you did the close menu. I would do it like the OS has the menu system - bottom. It would also give you more options.
Can you give me wallpaper on the second slide?
wow! i think your concept of multitasking is fantastic! i really like the way it looks and its a very smart use of the space on the right of the home screen!
Looks really good! But what if you want to switch while being in an app?
I can see the wide eMail icon come really soon! Hopefully ;-)
Cyruss89 said:
Looks really good! But what if you want to switch while being in an app?
I can see the wide eMail icon come really soon! Hopefully ;-)
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Ditto to your comment. I was wondering the same thing about switching within an app.
After all, having return to the home screen is what we CURRENTLY must do... There's no advantage in this unless you can call up the task manager from within any app.
TexUs said:
Ditto to your comment. I was wondering the same thing about switching within an app.
After all, having return to the home screen is what we CURRENTLY must do... There's no advantage in this unless you can call up the task manager from within any app.
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well honestly i wouldn't have a problem with it. by the time multitasking comes out we will be so accustomed to returning to the home screen to do anything so it wouldn't be much of a hassle
TeNsTrKe15 said:
well honestly i wouldn't have a problem with it. by the time multitasking comes out we will be so accustomed to returning to the home screen to do anything so it wouldn't be much of a hassle
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This is just adding a second set of tiles to the homescreen. That's it. Unless there's some way to open that taskmanager up within any app- it's no different than what there currently exists.
TexUs said:
This is just adding a second set of tiles to the homescreen. That's it. Unless there's some way to open that taskmanager up within any app- it's no different than what there currently exists.
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yea i can see what you mean. opening the multitasking in an app would be nice. but it would not affect me to have to return to the home screen
Yeah, you're right. That was, was I was kinda missing.
But here is where the actual multitasking that MS showed before could come to work again. While you're in an app you press the back-button a litte bit longer. What than shows up could look like it does now in the "officel concept", or maybe like this...
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... just a quick idea.
I'll have a second thought about it.
And thanks for all the comments anyway. Made my at least think of something i obviously forgott.
TexUs said:
Ditto to your comment. I was wondering the same thing about switching within an app.
After all, having return to the home screen is what we CURRENTLY must do... There's no advantage in this unless you can call up the task manager from within any app.
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Agreed.
I like the minimalist use of that side space, but I'm not sure a multi-tasking menu there is any improvement over the Mango demos. However, it might be a decent space for a "recent app" history bar, a toggle-able notification menu (a la Android/WebOS), or something along those lines.
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Yeah, you're right. That was, was I was kinda missing.
But here where the actual multitasking that MS showed before would come to work again. While you're in an app you press the back-button a litte bit longer. What then shows up could look like it does now, or like this...
htt p://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4185/multi2d.png
... just a quick idea.
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i do have to say that is a fine idea. keeps all the tiles as the are on in the games area (like how if you enter multitasking on iOS the icons pop up with the same size as if they were on the main screen). so yea everything stays equal. both ideas are great! would be awesome to see microsoft impement one of them!
Very cool work! All of these are pretty realistic additions and I hope Microsoft eventually does something like this.
Your multitasking and customisation concepts look really good. I'd love to have multitasking like this.
After all, I would start the taskmanager by longpressing the Windows-button too.
Official concept says it will be longpressing the back-button but in my opinion you'll need the taskmanager more often than this useless voicecommand.
since ms is not yet done with their own concept of mt., i hope they are still open to other great suggestions such as this one. it maximizes the blank space on the right side, simple and neat. its a great concept. hope what they have presented in mwc will not be the final code for mt. they need to think of ways on how to simplify it and one good example is this one.
there are also pic in wmpoweruser about themes and transparent tiles
http://wmpoweruser.com/another-windows-phone-7-multi-tasking-concept/
good job on the concept.
Loved your ideas when I read them on WMPoweruser this morning (thumbs thanks to WMPoweruser). So here are some pics to help spread the good word:
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HOLY ****! ;O
This is even better than I ever thought! Hey there, Microsoft, we are talking to you!
Pay attention on this. Seriously.
The multitasking concept is absolutely brilliant.
Fits to metro in a much nicer way than these webOS cards.

Mango Compatible Custom Ringtones (Collection/Please Share Yours Here)

I just made a few Ringtones for Mango Users. They are cut to be under the 40 second & 1 MB limit & already have their Genre marked as "Ringtone". Just add to your Zune library & drag to your Mango WP7.
List of Ringtones;
Agonoize - Drowning In Isolation
Agonoize - Sacrifice
Hamster Dance
Serenity Theme
Transformers Sound
Tron Legacy - Arena
Tron Legacy - C.L.U.
Tron Legacy - Derezzed
Tron Legacy - End of Line
Tron Legacy - Fall
Tron Legacy - Reflections
Tron Legacy - The Grid
Tron Legacy - The Son of Flynn
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Nice thanks for this!
Nice work. Thanks mate. Btw, where's that "scary" Avatar of yours gone? oO
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Nice work. Thanks mate. Btw, where's that "scary" Avatar of yours gone? oO
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LOL, I changed it recently. This picture is newer. I have far "scarier" pics than that old one lol.
drkfngthdragnlrd said:
LOL, I changed it recently. This picture is newer. I have far "scarier" pics than that old one lol.
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Way better now. I almost didn't recognize you on the previous one.
What I'd really like as a ringtone on my phone was the main theme from Turrican 1 or 2. Kinda hard to get it in a decent quality though.
Works! Thanks guys
I can't believe it. I finally found the Turrican II main theme in a good quality. I edited it a bit so I can use it as ringtone now. So awesome. Even though I think most of you guys don't even know it or simply might not like it, I'll share it anyways.
dkp1977 said:
I can't believe it. I finally found the Turrican II main theme in a good quality. I edited it a bit so I can use it as ringtone now. So awesome. Even though I think most of you guys don't even know it or simply might not like it, I'll share it anyways.
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Nice, ty. Also, please everyone, feel free to use this thread to post any ringtones you've made Mango Compatible so we have them all in one place.
double rainbow, anyone?
Here are some of the ringtones I have ready for my phone as soon as Mango hits. Some I made myself from various music clips, others I found on free ringtone web sites and cleaned up a bit. I broke them into two files, one for "all around" ring tones, and one for Christmas for those who might like them.
Strike_Eagle said:
double rainbow, anyone?
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That one is hilarious!
RoboDad said:
That one is hilarious!
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LMAO, I agree... I can imagine being on a bus or in a crowded public place & getting a call with this ringtone, lol.
RoboDad said:
That one is hilarious!
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LOL i know
drkfngthdragnlrd said:
LMAO, I agree... I can imagine being on a bus or in a crowded public place & getting a call with this ringtone, lol.
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LOL, my phone play this ringtone almost everyday and people start looking at me and laughing... (even the teacher)
Any way of putting these on my NoDo HD7?
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kvizz said:
Any way of putting these on my NoDo HD7?
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Use Windows Phone Device Manager's File Explorer & copy them to \My Documents\My Ringtones\ & they'll show up in the ringtone list. This is how I added them on my NoDo HD7.
PS: You must be Dev/Chevron Unlocked.
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Thank you so much, I finally got it working!
Adding the Ringtones was the easy part. Using WPDM was the hardest part lol.
Kept getting the 1.3.2 version is needed or whatever.
Thanks!!!
Here's 2 of mine. see attached.
Fringe Intro.zip - The intro music to the television show Fringe.
regina_spektor-edit.zip - This is a segment from a Regina Spektor song called Edit. I extended the first part of it because the segment I wanted to use was too short.
here are a few that I made.
includes clips from
Dreamer - Supertramp
Hanna Theme - The Chemical Brothers
Wall-E - Thomas Newman
Knuddelmaus - Ulrich Schnauss
my favorite is Dreamer
kvizz said:
Thank you so much, I finally got it working!
Adding the Ringtones was the easy part. Using WPDM was the hardest part lol.
Kept getting the 1.3.2 version is needed or whatever.
Thanks!!!
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RingRing7 will also work on NoDo, simple drag and drop application.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=990022
Ren13B said:
Here's 2 of mine. see attached.
Fringe Intro.zip - The intro music to the television show Fringe.
regina_spektor-edit.zip - This is a segment from a Regina Spektor song called Edit. I extended the first part of it because the segment I wanted to use was too short.
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Thank you for Fringe. goes well with X-files.

The next version of Ziggy is going to make the old one look like dirt

http://www.wpcentral.com/ask-ziggy-temporarily-busted-major-overhaul-horizon-exclusive-first-pics
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look really good then.
Time to do some Apple Siri-Comparing!
Just Downloaded v1 from the marketplace out of curiosity. Definately needs some help with accuracy lol
I like positive news and this is positive, WP needs to keep up the good work and listen to what we want and need, if they do then I can see them reaching their goals in 2015 but if the don't then, well... it's not good and you all know how I feel about that so I'll spare you my complaining.
The new update looks awesome..cant wait for it..And the best part is that it is totally free!
Symondo said:
Just Downloaded v1 from the marketplace out of curiosity. Definately needs some help with accuracy lol
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Agreed, I read some where that the dev of this app has actually been trying to get Ziggy to do more but you know MS and their damned restricted API's. I'n my opinion they need to hire this guy.
The screenshots look cool. I may dl it again.
I tried it before, and 90% of the time the response was just "would you like to do a websearch for that" or whatever it says.
I could save myself time and a couple steps by just voice-searching Bing.
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The screenshots look cool. I may dl it again.
I tried it before, and 90% of the time the response was just "would you like to do a websearch for that" or whatever it says.
I could save myself time and a couple steps by just voice-searching Bing.
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I know I hardly use it my self, I'll use it from time to time to entertain my self for a few laughs but it's great to see it evolve. You have to give it to the dev of the app; he has to improve it even with the MS restrictions.
I really don't like it when developers use a panorama design and put "Settings" as a screen to swipe to. They really should put the settings in the app bar. If he only wants the microphone icon in the app bar then add the settings to the "more" 2 dots part.
Otherwise I'm looking forward to this update!
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I really don't like it when developers use a panorama design and put "Settings" as a screen to swipe to. They really should put the settings in the app bar. If he only wants the microphone icon in the app bar then add the settings to the "more" 2 dots part.
Otherwise I'm looking forward to this update!
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LOL, I think he did it that way because people asked him to make it more metrofied.
Much better design and definitely if Microsoft know what they doing, they would hire this dude. These are people that are ready to dedicate their full time to Windows Phone.
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LOL, I think he did it that way because people asked him to make it more metrofied.
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Then he should look closely at how MS design their panorama apps. Settings are always in the app bar in People hub, messaging, xbox live hub, calender etc
Generally when a user swipes along a panoramic screen its to see more content. Settings isn't more content. Most users don't even fiddle with it each time they launch the app unless they need to change something, so therefore dedicating an entire panoramic screen to it is bad design and not metro.
That is my opinion
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Then he should look closely at how MS design their panorama apps. Settings are always in the app bar in People hub, messaging, xbox live hub, calender etc
Generally when a user swipes along a panoramic screen its to see more content. Settings isn't more content. Most users don't even fiddle with it each time they launch the app unless they need to change something, so therefore dedicating an entire panoramic screen to it is bad design and not metro.
That is my opinion
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+1
It's the case with so many major app developers. It's the mindset from other OSes. That brings us to badly developed apps argument. There is always an app for what we need, if not official, a client - majority of the times. But most apps are so horribly metrofied that it's mortifying. Making apps esp free ones, is an amazing task! But then full hearted approach to match the metro concept will streamline an user's experience and they will love your app more. Else someone too choosy about how his phone looks might find distasteful breaks in his streamline experience. Most WP users gotta be choosy with UI, why else would you love this new UI so much!?
May be people here won't agree, but this is what I generally consider as a factor whether any particular app will stay on my WP. In my WM and Android days, that wasn't an issue because OS UI was ugly anyway. But can't let the UI experience be ruined just because I want some functionality of an app that I might only use once a week or once a month!
Oh this looks so much better. I'm not a big fan of how it looks right now.
I do agree with previous comments about settings. A whole screen to swipe to is uneccessary. Put it in the bar.
I can agree Ziggy looks dirty. I hope developer ask some designers to help him make ui better.
Function over finesse. It's more important to get the core working well, than to tweak the look and feel.
For the most part the real use is a 1 button deal. Make it listen. Make it stop and process.
The app without a function update was only a cool concept, but not much worked properly. Since it is a 1 person team, I am glad the focus is on getting it to function properly.
Once the guts are working properly, it can be delivered. Then, we will have a great functional app while the user interface tweaks are done. Then we will have a superb app.

[ICON PACK] Burnt Wood [TAKING REQUESTS]

Here's a new icon pack. A nice, wooden texture with the details burnt into it.
Enjoy and let me know if you need any other icons added to the theme.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Here are my other icon packs:
Splash: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1535615
Light Edge: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513550
Dark Edge: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513232
request
anyway you could theme the droid-life icon, as well as droid forums, and chase bank mobile?
p.s. icons look killer! would add a screenie but i haven't got enough posts!
Hey, glad you like them. Sorry for the very late reply. I was a bit away and busy at work so did not quite have the time to make the icons but here the are now!
Enjoy!
Amazing icons!!!!!
Nice icons now serching a wallpaper for them
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Nice icons now serching a wallpaper for them
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How about something like this:
If you like the idea I could modify the icons with slight random rotations so they would seem scattered on the background.
It will be a good idea...
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It will be a good idea...
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Ok, will get to doing that over the weekend probably. I have to do some work work now. A man has to get paid
These are awesome but how does one go about installing the icon pack? Or is it only for docks?
Edit: never mind. Figured it out lol
Could you by any chance make one for nfl mobile, tapatalk, and fb messenger? Thanks in advance
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
manningfan10 said:
These are awesome but how does one go about installing the icon pack? Or is it only for docks?
Edit: never mind. Figured it out lol
Could you by any chance make one for nfl mobile, tapatalk, and fb messenger? Thanks in advance
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
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Here you go!
These are awesome! Great work man. I've wanted something like these for a while to match one of my favorite wallpapers. How about a couple to fill in my blanks?
Google + Messenger
WiFi Tether
Tagg
Any chance for some widgets like "Battery Life" or Tune In Radio?
KWKSLVR said:
These are awesome! Great work man. I've wanted something like these for a while to match one of my favorite wallpapers. How about a couple to fill in my blanks?
Google + Messenger
WiFi Tether
Tagg
Any chance for some widgets like "Battery Life" or Tune In Radio?
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Here's G+ Messenger and Tagg. Can you please tell me which exact app you use for the WiFi Tethering (market link). There's a lot of those and can't find the one that has the icon from your screenshot.
As for widgets, I never tried that and I think it would be a bit hard since I would have to actually modify the contents of the apk and that causes trouble...I don't know how to successfully resign a modified app and as far as I know, all modifications would disappear as soon as there's an update anyway.
You rock! Thanks man! I didn't think about widgets being much harder to break down.
It's this Tether App [Google Market Link], but I went ahead and attached it. I'm on Verizon, and I know that it's one of the ones that Verizon has blocked from the market.
Are you taking requests purely to try and build up your Icon Pack? I totally hate being someone that is "give me, give me, give me!". If you ever want any help, let me know. Although I totally get wanting to keep it totally yours. I just hate being a "demanding" moocher.
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You rock! Thanks man! I didn't think about widgets being much harder to break down.
It's this Tether App [Google Market Link], but I went ahead and attached it. I'm on Verizon, and I know that it's one of the ones that Verizon has blocked from the market.
Are you taking requests purely to try and build up your Icon Pack? I totally hate being someone that is "give me, give me, give me!". If you ever want any help, let me know. Although I totally get wanting to keep it totally yours. I just hate being a "demanding" moocher.
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Thanks for the link. I do this stuff only for fun. So if ppl like my work and and give me a "Thanks", I will gladly work some requests over. Plus, from requests like yours I learn new stuff (like how to change widgets - which I now can, btw) so it's a win-win situation.
I believe that the icon for the WiFi Tether is also a widget, right? I made a test run last night with Battery Life and it worked well. Still got to give it a nice polish but will post it for you later today I hope
WiFi Tether
Here's the WiFi Tether I modified. Please let me know what you think.
In order to get it to work you have to:
1. Uninstall WiFi Tether from your phone
2. Install attached version with the modified files.
3. Let me know if all is ok
Will get to the rest later. Got to run to work and make some money to spport my hobbies
mrfenyx said:
How about something like this:
If you like the idea I could modify the icons with slight random rotations so they would seem scattered on the background.
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Might not be of interest, but I would recomend this wallpaper, because then the perspective wouldnt be distorted, and a little tipp, if its necessary. To make it look like the icons are laying on the ground use a black outer glow with the glows blending mode set to normal and play a little with the width and the opacity.
In my opinion that looks more like laying on the ground than a shadow
Cool, I like the idea! Thanks
That was only a quick proposal. Unfortunately I didn't get to doing the new icons as I was really really sick over the weekend. But will probably get to it this week
Well this is a great Icon Pack if not even the greatest! Been using it for two days on my Note II now and I'm very happy with it.
But there are a few icons missing for me.
Would you mind to put these little guys up?
- Quickpic
- Galery (maybe touchwiz like)
- Instagram
- Dolphin
- Handcent
aaaaand maybe even
- S-Note and Memo (classic touchwiz or any other memo icon)
Cheers from Germany!
*push*
Still using and loving it. Isn't there any chance to get the requested icons?
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Still using and loving it. Isn't there any chance to get the requested icons?
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Hey, sorry to disappoint you but my HDD crashed a while ago and I lost all my templates/action scripts to generate the icons :crying:
Which means I can not make any new ones. Really really sorry

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