Hi everybody!
I've spent a day on the last long weekend and wrote a simple voice translator with speech-to-text and text-to-speech capabilities. Truly, I did it because I was confused a little of this topic: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352006 . OP treats his app too "top-secret and classified", and put a lot of limitations and restrictions for XDA members. But that kind of app is very simple; there is no know-how or some proprietary technologies involved: all apps (of this kind) are using undocumented Google's speech-to-text and text-to-speech APIs (but very well documented on internet forums! )
Also, AFAIK, most of 'em are using FlacBox project's code but without reference to project page and author's copyright!
I'd like to announce a completely free application (but ad-based); everybody are welcome to beta-test (marketplace version will be released soon after XDA slight beta test).
App has no limitations or restrictions but if you can't hear translation or recognition is not working for your language, it's not a my fault but just not supported by Google's APIs.
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Your comments and feature requests are welcome here; don't forget to post a bug reports too Also, grammar and lexical corrections are very welcome (English is not my native language).
Download and sideload Voice translator v 1.1.0 from attachment!
Update: version 1.1.0 added. Changes: slight UI and performance improvements
Update: VoiceTranslator updated to version 1.3: various bugs are fixed, it loads faster now; added nice new icons.
Marketplace link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/f09151c4-de81-44c5-b540-7830d5a5c192
P.S. If you really wanna thank me, see my signature Dropbox is a great service, and I'd like to expand my free box size up to 16Gb. It's also good for you and you may be sure: I've never had any spam or troubles with dropbox!
sensboston said:
thanks
not bad idea mate
perfect made
but I've got some mistakes in Russian translation
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kirk999 said:
but I've got some mistakes in Russian translation
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It's not my bugs but Google's Try desktop Chrome with microphone - u'll get same results.
P.S. BTW, do you know: Google's translator already knows an "albansky" (you know what I mean - for other's it's a Russian specific internet slang) language Try to pronounce: "V Babrujsk, givotnoe" or "Afftar ggot"
anyway
cool and nice work!!!!
Great app~ Thanks
Awesome app THX man. For Polish work good.
I understand now why you were up my butt about our App, we both basically have the same thing.
Nevertheless, good job ;]
lseidman said:
I understand now why you were up my butt about our App, we both basically have the same thing.
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"No" and "yes" I wrote this app yesterday, just after finishing reading your topic. I was a little confused: you are drastically promoted your app on the one hand but refused of beta testers on the other hand... XDA isn't free beta-testers place or advertising area; it's a community of enthusiasts and homebrew developers. So I decide to give a chance to "unlucky" XDA members to get the same app for free, without limitations and restrictions. BTW, I can afford to spend 10 hours of my time for community needs (but my wife disagrees with me! )
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Nevertheless, good job ;]
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Thanks!
New version with slight UI and performance improvements added. Thanks singularity0821 for comments and suggestions!
sensboston said:
New version with slight UI and performance improvements added. Thanks singularity0821 for comments and suggestions!
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You're welcome
sensboston said:
New version with slight UI and performance improvements added. Thanks singularity0821 for comments and suggestions!
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improvements are seen
Voice Translator is published on the Marketplace
Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/f09151c4-de81-44c5-b540-7830d5a5c192
I have request to all who sideloaded app: could you please reinstall it from marketplace, and rate it? Thanks a lot!
sensboston said:
Voice Translator is published on the Marketplace
Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/f09151c4-de81-44c5-b540-7830d5a5c192
I have request to all who sideloaded app: could you please reinstall it from marketplace, and rate it? Thanks a lot!
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congratulations bro
sensboston said:
Voice Translator is published on the Marketplace
Link: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/f09151c4-de81-44c5-b540-7830d5a5c192
I have request to all who sideloaded app: could you please reinstall it from marketplace, and rate it? Thanks a lot!
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Great job Thanks
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I have request to all who sideloaded app: could you please reinstall it from marketplace, and rate it? Thanks a lot!
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Hmm. About 80 people (at least) are downloaded xap from the first post but only few rated app and left response on the marketplace (as I've asked)
Hey, XDA members, nobody is asking for your money or complicated movements, just provide your appreciation! It takes not longer than one minute...
P.S. I wasn't 100% sure what the "common" xda member is a lazy greedy "freeloader" even when I've collected money for Cotulla's test handset and only 12 people donated... But now I'm going to change my mind
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Hmm. About 80 people (at least) are downloaded xap from the first post but only few rated app and left response on the marketplace (as I've asked)
Hey, XDA members, nobody is asking for your money or complicated movements, just provide your appreciation! It takes not longer than one minute...
P.S. I wasn't 100% sure what the "common" xda member is a lazy greedy "freeloader" even when I've collected money for Cotulla's test handset and only 12 people donated... But now I'm going to change my mind
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Hey man, don't stress too much about it. I know what you feel, we had 100+ "private beta testers" and only 10 responded with feedback the others only asked for the app and never heard of since. Thats the way it works, and some maybe want to do some more experiments before they rate and give feedback. I have not downloaded it yet, just saw this thread and it looked interesting.
Ill check the app out later this week (as Im doing quite some stuff in multiple languages it might be usefull to me) and will rate it. Maybe you have to tune up the logos and the UI a bit (metro style bubbles??) so you will not get critized for that. As I also found out WP7 owners tend to not update their reviews so you will get bashed for inital bugs/ui glitches pretty much permanently.
But thanks for the hard work of the development. I am truely looking forward to what you can come up with in the future with this app.
Keep it up and don't worry too much about it, the people that are interested will show their support, the ones that don't well they don't.
Marvin, thanks for good words! Of course, my criticisms don't apply to you, as well as dozens of busy developers here on xda (also, we have a lot of students and they are very busy now). You know, I helped to lot of people here, and people are helped me too. Actually it's an only thing keeps me on XDA
I'm not an angry or stressed (it's a forum's smiles ); just want to blame people who treats xda like a "warez" or "free stuff" place. But it isn't (at least on my opinion).
Of course I'll continue my work on the funprojects ('cause it's my hobby and not about money) and will continue to help the good people here.
Not all of us are like that! I left both of you feedback/bug reports, sorry to hear that many don't though. I can imagine as a dev that would be frustrating..
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Not all of us are like that! I left both of you feedback/bug reports, sorry to hear that many don't though. I can imagine as a dev that would be frustrating..
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Thanks, man, I know and appreciate that! Fortunately there are lot of a real industry enthusiasts and responsible people here (but of course not all have a time to read all topics).
But take a look to the first post, 161 people are already downloaded app v 1.1 from XDA (app has much-much more downloads now from the marketplace but I don't care about mp strangers). I believe there are no strangers or casual visitors here on XDA so most of 'em are XDA members and reading these forums regularly, and I've asked for very tiny thing (and never asked for 5 stars or good review only - no, I need a people's real opinion) but only few people (let's say, 6 at day one, most of 'em my XDA friends) are rated and left reviews... It's kinda disappointing...
Haha yes, also scoobysnacks it was not directed at you.
But back on topic. It seems to crash for me when I copied a translated text (dutch to spanish) than exit the app trough taskswitcher to go to whatsapp. When i come back with the taskswitcher it will show resume... (is it not mango ready?) and than crashes. Dont know if its consistent, but it just happened. Which is unfortunate since I like to use it in combination with whatsapp eg.
Also, could you implement onfocus --> textbox2.SelectAll so i can easily copy all text when clicking the textbox with the translation. As I will use that a lot.
But it works pretty good, the google api does a good job at recognising. And you built it well. The hold to speak is indeed very smart and works intuitive.
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THANKS TO SAMFIRMWARE/ SAMMOBILE we created a custom version of S8500MBUKI1.
TEAM BADATURKİYE OFFERS
ROM FEATURES :SHP ACTIVED,FACEBOOK,TWİTTER ,POLARİS OFFİCE
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SHP : Options are Active in all Regions
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Savens,Frager,Hakan5637
Download:
http://www.filesonic.com/file/2534628941
Thank you man !
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No credits??
This base rom Was posted by SamMobile!!
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so what? they editted it and its good,almost every bada users know that sammobile
working good too,no need cause tension!
SamMobile should be thanked at least in the head of the topic
these little things annoy us a lot guys
SamMobile take days to bring it and others just mod and reupload it
Please give credit to original FW posters
Best Regards
at last!!! this includes Greek language!! at last!!!!!
Jeshter2000 said:
No credits??
This base rom Was posted by SamMobile!!
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Oh thanks man! .
THANKS TO SAMFIRMWARE/ SAMMOBILE we created a custom version of S8500MBUKI1.
Greek and polish lang try!
can you guys here at XDA can try to figure how to add languiges to a firmware
because my languige only at unofficial firmwares (ironcly from samsung israel the firmware) and they are bad very bad versions
Honestly, both parties deserve credit
Yes sammobile deserves majority of the credit for the hard work they did for getting the base rom and then releasing it.
But then since sammobile had the rom first they could have added the missing features from the vodaphone lite rom themselves so no one else can come along
and do it later.
So hakan added the features to the rom and he deserves even just a tiny bit of credit too.
Sammobile were probably were about to customize the rom themselves
and release it but Hakan beat them to it.
Just be gracious to each other because everybody benefits working together.
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Yes sammobile deserves majority of the credit for the hard work they did for getting the base rom and then releasing it.
But then since sammobile had the rom first they could have added the missing features from the vodaphone lite rom themselves so no one else can come along
and do it later.
So hakan added the features to the rom and he deserves even just a tiny bit of credit too.
Sammobile were probably were about to customize the rom themselves
and release it but Hakan beat them to it.
Just be gracious to each other because everybody benefits working together.
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You should see what that guys did post an day before, its easy to take others work and than say we are the kings. Working together we do already, but not everything is shining like gold as you think. They posted picutres that shows samfirmware with blod. I personally hate such users, one day bad other day best friends.
Mylove90 is able to do this (he done it one day before) but our motto is ORIGINAL Firmwares and not customized, so we the SamMobile Team will never change Firmwares, cause they are always risky for other users.
Anyway we also support others with custom firmwares as yous see, we all are not evil or so. Who cares about it, if some usres burn their phones or make illegal stuff, only developers like i lost the interrest on bada, nothing more will happen, so do it your way how you think that is the best. As i said with this community the interesst every day is lower, let us see how many will stay out there to develop for bada in future.
Regards
larioteo
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You should see what that guys did post an day before, its easy to take others work and than say we are the kings. Working together we do already, but not everything is shining like gold as you think. They posted picutres that shows samfirmware with blod. I personally hate such users, one day bad other day best friends.
Mylove90 is able to do this (he done it one day before) but our motto is ORIGINAL Firmwares and not customized, so we the SamMobile Team will never change Firmwares, cause they are always risky for other users.
Anyway we also support others with custom firmwares as yous see, we all are not evil or so. Who cares about it, if some usres burn their phones or make illegal stuff, only developers like i lost the interrest on bada, nothing more will happen, so do it your way how you think that is the best. As i said with this community the interesst every day is lower, let us see how many will stay out there to develop for bada in future.
Regards
larioteo
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With every respect and no intention to hurt anyones's feelings, let me make some points clear:
First, larioteo, you should not hate anyone for choosing red color to emphasize an issue.
Second, over 80% of users here are not here for original firmwares. They are here for modified/custom firmwares. The only original and official firmware is from Samsung and not from any one else, be it sammobile or XDA or whosoever.
Third, thanks should go to anyone who contributes in any way, big or small, to satisfy the needs and wishes of forum users. So while thanks go to SamMobile for stealing the beta firmwares, it should also go to hakan5637 who devoted his time to modify it and make it usable. Without modified firmwares, I wonder how many WAVE users will still be interested in bada till now. And without the end users, the developers' existence is not assured.
Fourth, we depend much on SamMobile for releasing of the beta firmwares. We give them plenty of thanks. But they too depend much as well on us. Without us, their site will be useless. So we should recognise that we all are equal partners in this provider-user chain. We need each other in order to survive.
Thanks.
why no one answers me i know the change/add languige is inside the system core and is impossoble to do this because then it can destroy the "core"
but there have to be a way unless how samsung give firmwares with diffrent languiges?
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I wonder how many WAVE users will still be interested in bada till now.
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more and more USERS will give up bada ,and the developers too
only samsung himself can save bada
as a user we don't have the freedom to install apps and share apps to each other ， and there don't have Enough usefull APPS
bada os can't Recognition appfiles by himself Directly
In our country more and more people give up from love bada to hate it
The reason is too fewer useful APPS
but i like bada i think it's a good OS better than android
@ gilkzxc
Text is in CSC file... visible in folder SystemCSC\String. Read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=984482
This folder is WRITEPROTECTED because compressed QMD stuff... read also RC1...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928178
Maybe for your Language also other Font needed... NO idea.
Like chinese or arabic letters...
To edit or add Language we have to break into folder SystemCSC\String...
At this time not easy nor someone tried...
It would be usefull for your Language to find ANY Firmware for analyse...
But I have NO time for Language tweaking.
Because German + English is available.
To add ALL Languages makes NO real sense. Because you loose space in memory...
Maybe usefull would be. If we can reduce Languages... to 2 or 3 each CSC...
To have few more Bytes free...
But as no other way known yet... We wait for Compress Algo... Take an look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1028714
Maybe chance is to edit apps_compressd.bin ... but same problem... Compression Algo not finished. So MUCH harder to change something:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895526
Best Regards
Polaris doesn't work here
And those ring and message tones doesn't exist.
So Hakan, thank you for your work, and could you delete this non working app from system and add or change default tones.
Thanks
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bada-Samsung/217293848335335?ref=ts 300mb
Definately not for daily use. Still some bugs and not as fast as 1.2. I'm flashing back to 1.2 right now...
nedooo said:
Polaris doesn't work here
Thanks
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PolarisOffice is working very fine for me.
Though I didn't install from hakan5637 firmware so cannot confirm if the file was corrupt. You can use Wave Remaker to replace the PolarisOffice in SHp.app OSP => Applications folder.This is only so if yours was corrupt.
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PolarisOffice is working very fine for me.
Though I didn't install from hakan5637 firmware so cannot confirm if the file was corrupt. You can use Wave Remaker to replace the PolarisOffice in SHp.app OSP => Applications folder.This is only so if yours was corrupt.
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I think he forgot some .so files. Could you post in what FW Polaris does work?
Thanx
@spacks no for me never he will be a good man until he says officially sorry for that **** he posted before, i am speaking for me here, not for sammobile or others.
And yes without original firmware releases that are in full state, never a custom firmware would come, but the one can coexist next to other, and adding software illegal is in this project the goal.
I am an dev, you know my answer about this, i think it is clear why BADA DEVELOPERS dont like such firmwares, cause they harm in the very end only the bada user, cause no one will be more interersted in bada.
Android is so huge that the big companies don't mind the small thefts but bada is so small that only one such firmware can harm the whole work of an dev, so think twice before using such stuff. See here most devs are running away there is an simple anwer about this. Without supporting devs bada will die, maybe this is an good example for what is more needet.
bada turkiye sucked from the first moment they arrived ... and they will suck in future.
A translator you can really talk to, literally. Say what you need and Speechy VTS will translate and speak out loud what you said in English for others to know what you really need or if you're just trying to learn the language to prepare for your trip.
So when you're at the Airport and no one speaks English and you don't know the native tongue, you can say "How do I get to Terminal B" and know someone who speaks Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, or French can help.
Currently in BETA and as we've encountered 1-error out of 10 so far, we may be needing more testers but on a non-AT&T Network. If you're interested, please let me know as we will contact you if you're deemed needed.
Thank you all for our continued support by XDA and it's users, YOU!
Nice app, but I have question: Does app supports other languages, or only those listed ?
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A translator you can really talk to, literally. Say what you need and Speechy VTS will translate and speak out loud what you said in English for others to know what you really need or if you're just trying to learn the language to prepare for your trip.
So when you're at the Airport and no one speaks English and you don't know the native tongue, you can say "How do I get to Terminal B" and know someone who speaks Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, or French can help.
Currently in BETA and as we've encountered 1-error out of 10 so far, we may be needing more testers but on a non-AT&T Network. If you're interested, please let me know as we will contact you if you're deemed needed.
Thank you all for our continued support by XDA and it's users, YOU!
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you can count on me for testing your app
Budniu said:
Nice app, but I have question: Does app supports other languages, or only those listed ?
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Hi Budniu,
Currently at the time of the screen shot, those were the only languages supported but we've now migrated to a whole new speech service that is using a speech server hosted in the cloud...
We we're trying to make it a non-net connected App but we've gotten requests/concerns wanting other languages like Babel fish, Bing & Google Translators offer.
Good thing is, we don't make App's around us and what we want. We make what YOU, the users want and that is our main goal.
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you can count on me for testing your app
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That is so terrific to hear! We can't wait for you to try it out too and see what you think about it...
Unfortunately though, an automatic closing issue kept occurring on non-US Phone Carriers using SpeechyVTS 0.0.6B. Everyone who got a pre-existing copy, including USA has been asked to please remove from his/her phone, just temporarily.
Good news is, we've spotted the error and I think pretty much done but just want to make sure it's workable and stays loaded before allowing even US users access once again... We will notify you ALL immediately and update the screen shot.
I appreciate your message as it's nice to know we have others interested!
if you still need non-us-testers, i could help out. language: german, englisch
diboze said:
if you still need non-us-testers, i could help out. language: german, englisch
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Hi Diboze,
We certainly do. New Artwork is being applied and version 0.0.9B will hopefully be made available tonight.
Once everything is encrypted and ready for release we will let you and others who are interested aware.
Thank you,
Lance
is this homebrew or will it be available via the marketplace ?
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is this homebrew or will it be available via the marketplace ?
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Hello,
It will be made available to the Marketplace with our other currently available App's. To see all of our App's and where eventually you can find this and any upcoming App's at:
http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/publishers/Compulsive%20Technology
Hope this answers your question?
Thanks,
Lance
0.0.9B
Speechy: VTS got a bit of a face-lift... Here she is! Now with a iPhone "like" scroll list to easily scroll through the list of languages and the list acts just like an iPhone list as it can be flicked and extra "cushion" to the top and bottom of the list when you pull/scroll through it...
Icon's/Tiles are being revamped... All those who were interested in testing, you'll be notified.
Thank you,
Lance
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ill gladly test it as well
tmobile
hd7
id you need another U.S. tester
Hello,
With the new update, all testers are desired. We've changed how Speechy works almost entirely as for functionality to try and make it, without sounding too rude, idiot proof.
I will notify you once the file is encrypted and ready for export.
Thank you,
Lance
knightsoldier said:
ill gladly test it as well
tmobile
hd7
id you need another U.S. tester
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Please provide your emails in private for testing...
BETA Requests ENDING!
I would like to thank EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, you've all been great and have made this very exciting for us.
However, we've gotten an outrageous amount of requests which will be ending, tonight. We will not be allowing anyone else as of 11/23/11 - 9:45 PM PDT. Very sorry but as we didn't want to turn anyone down, we got mass amounts of requests!
Q: Will you have any other BETA's?
A: Yes! We're actually fixing it up for the 3rd BETA release but making this public, just like this as it seems to be AMAZING people wishing to try our stuff.
Q: ... But will it be Voice Enabled?
A: Actually, it is... The App is named TESA (The Extremely Smart App) and it is our take on the ever so popular iPhone 4GS Plugin, Siri.
Q: Is it just like Siri?
A: No. TESA is programmed with a hundred+ (or will be) options/functionality and really to be used to help those who are blind or bad vision and additionally for general use of course.
Q: Hundred options? Doesn't sound like much!
A: It is quite a bit but that's ok as we're making this a public TODO List where you the users get to help add functionality in to an App. With a simple form, submit a desired task OR word/phrase/etc and could be added and in some cases (if verified) instantly!
As for TESA, we'll need a valid Full Name, Zipcode and Email but not everyone will be elected to try it unfortunately and please wait until the thread for it is created before requesting to help.
Thank you all yet again!
Sincerely,
Lance
Quick question: it will be a free/ad-based app, or paid?
For promoting (so aggressively) commercial app you should pick another forum, AFAIK...
It will be free. If you wish to have the entirely other edition with OCR translations included (not shown), that will be paid. TESA will be free as well, maybe a popup but doesn't seem logical since really no UI for it and can use Bluetooth to use it.
I forgot to ask... Which forum should I be directed to for my commercial apps?
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Quick question: it will be a free/ad-based app, or paid?
For promoting (so aggressively) commercial app you should pick another forum, AFAIK...
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I forgot to ask... Which forum should I be directed to for my commercial apps?
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For the paid apps, xda has a corresponding forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=993
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For the paid apps, xda has a corresponding forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=993
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Very good, I will start adding them in once we develop one/release.
Thank you.
Deep Link Download Option
Hello,
If you've been added to the BETA but can't access the file? Please open your web browser to: http://www.windowsphone.com/en-US/apps/1b8d1380-45f9-41ab-bdba-5c1ed248f507.
This is the "deep link" to the App and will allow you to go forth and obtain it. If your email does not match your LIVE Account, you will be forbidden from being able to obtain it.
If you continue to have access issues, please alert me.
Thank you,
Lance
Well, this was certainly frustrating. I needed to use Logmein this morning from my phone, and it appears that the app is broken on 4.2
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
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I unisntalled and reinstalled the app but it did the same thing.
Any one else have the same issue after going to 4.2?
Its going to take a little bit of time for everybody to update their apps to make them compatible, but it will happen. If you HAVE to have that app I would go back to 4.1 and download AppWatcher until all the apps you need are updated.
The last update to their software was Jan of 2012. I would suggest emailing android-feedback [AT] logmein.com and give as much information as you can, that way they can be aware of the issue and possibly hurry out an update.
i always enjoy the threads about "such and such app is broke with version <insert newest android version here> can you help me fix it even tho its the apps fault?"
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The last update to their software was Jan of 2012. I would suggest emailing android-feedback [AT] logmein.com and give as much information as you can, that way they can be aware of the issue and possibly hurry out an update.
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Yeah, I shot them an email this morning but haven't heard back yet. Since the app hasn't updated in 10 months, I'm a little nervous about Logmein's agility and quickness to resolving this issue.
WiredPirate said:
Its going to take a little bit of time for everybody to update their apps to make them compatible, but it will happen. If you HAVE to have that app I would go back to 4.1 and download AppWatcher until all the apps you need are updated.
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I can get by with out it. It was more of a convenience factor for me.
Zepius said:
i always enjoy the threads about "such and such app is broke with version <insert newest android version here> can you help me fix it even tho its the apps fault?"
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That's actually not what I said at all. I was asking for other people to confirm the breakage to make sure it's not a problem with my machine. But thanks for being an ass. Move a long little one, this thread is not for you.
Found this on Google. Same thing is happening on my Nexus 7 since updating...so definitely a software/4.2 issue.
Same thing here, just found this thread on Google. My issue though is LogMeIn is essential as I use it daily for work. I have a full Nandroid from right before the upgrade, can I just restore that or will I have to wipe and start with a fresh install of 4.1.2?
generationgav said:
Found this on Google. Same thing is happening on my Nexus 7 since updating...so definitely a software/4.2 issue.
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Yup, I have noticed RealVNC Viewer is crashing too. Oddly enough, Remote Desktop from Xtralogic still works perfectly.
I did just see that RealVNC Viewer released an update today to fix the Android 4.2 crash. Excellent. Now if Logemein could get it together...
kangy said:
Same thing here, just found this thread on Google. My issue though is LogMeIn is essential as I use it daily for work. I have a full Nandroid from right before the upgrade, can I just restore that or will I have to wipe and start with a fresh install of 4.1.2?
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Yes, you can restore your full nandroid 4.1.2 and be good to go again.
Fortunately I don't RELY on it. It is a convenience thing... but it'd sure be nice if Logmein was a little more responsive considering it IS a $30 app!
I restored back to 4.1.2 last night, it's a shame. Overall I liked the new features of 4.2 (seemed they fixed the low volume issue which is nice, I need to use Volume+ just to hear movies on a plane with bose earbuds). Looks like I'll be running with 4.1.2 until LogMeIn catches up. I have already been through trying all other alternatives and unfortunately some of the options that are necessary are only available on logmein (true blank host screen and pop up keyboard with a sticky shift key option and function keys (F1, F2, etc) are a must for the program I access). Here is the email from LogMeIn, they probably wouldn't care if I jumped ship since it's not a subscription and they already have my $30. Most expensive mobile app I've every bought.
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Thank you for contacting LogMeIn.
I apologize for the inconvenience, but I consulted with our product specialist and it looks like we don't support the Android version 4.2 (Jelly Bean) at the moment, but hopefully in the near future we'll be releasing an update that will allow it to work.
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Thank you for contacting LogMeIn.
I apologize for the inconvenience, but I consulted with our product specialist and it looks like we don't support the Android version 4.2 (Jelly Bean) at the moment, but hopefully in the near future we'll be releasing an update that will allow it to work.
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this to me sounds like no immediate plan. Which i can see the lack of a need because how many 4.2 running phones are there at the moment? Sucks though :/
Thanks for following up
Yep, it's sad the bigger the software producer gets, the higher the price goes, and the slower the support gets. It always amazes me at the top notch level of support you get from the independent dev's even for a $1 app. Most of the time they are FAST, Jrummy and Chainfire are two of the best examples. Yet you can't get squat from a large company for a $30 app that you had to pay for (when the same iPhone functionality is free, which is a whole other rant...) and that is on top of me already paying hundreds a year for premium subscriptions, but to them that is probably chump change. Sucks for me I guess, No 4.2 on my Nexus since I have literally tried them all and can't find any other with those two features that are a must have. A few others had the blank host screen, just not as quick or friendly as logmein, but none have the sticky shift key or pop up F keys, if you know an alterative to logmein that has those I would easily pay for the app in a heartbeat.
*end ramble*
Maybe I should just buy a second nexus for personal use or get the N10 for work and keep the 7 for personal, oh wait, that probably comes with 4.2 preloaded, ****ty! for me.
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Thank you for contacting LogMeIn.
I apologize for the inconvenience, but I consulted with our product specialist and it looks like we don't support the Android version 4.2 (Jelly Bean) at the moment, but hopefully in the near future we'll be releasing an update that will allow it to work.
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Ok... what the hell? A $30 app and they tell you to basically get bent?
That is super shady.
I've been using logmein for a couple years now, but it looks like I'll look in to some of their competition. That's just plain BAD customer service.
At least they replied to you. They never bothered replying to me.
They didn't even respond to you? I guess I can be thankful for a response then, it's the least they could do considering I have 6 Pro subscriptions on my account. I'm thinking of looking into gotomypc. Someone else at the office uses them and the ios app has the functions I need. Here is an email I jut got. You can bet I filled out the survey, if you get around to trying gotomypc on 4.2 please let me know.
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This email is to notify you that LogMeIn Customer Support Ticket#02379015: "Android 4.2 Display Issues" has been closed.* If you need further assistance, please feel free to reply to this email and we will work to resolve your issue as soon as possible.
We would like to invite you to take a brief survey to gather your feedback on your recent support experience.* Please click here to take the survey.
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Yes same here, screen does not display on my N4 or N7........... very frustrating as use logmein most days for work. I have emailed logmein support. Fingers crossed..
My reply was;
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Thank you for contacting LogMeIn.
We currently do not support Android 4.2 (JellyBean) with LogMeIn Ignition for Android.
We are working hard to become compatible with the latest Android OS.
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A bit better, but no ETA and not even an apology!
At least you had a reply, I've heard nothing from them! Fingers crossed it's sooner rather than later as is proving to be a right pain for me....
GldRush98 said:
Well, this was certainly frustrating. I needed to use Logmein this morning from my phone, and it appears that the app is broken on 4.2
I unisntalled and reinstalled the app but it did the same thing.
Any one else have the same issue after going to 4.2?
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I thought it was 'cause I was connecting to a Windows 8 machine for the first time! I ended up switching to Jump Desktop which is free for single computer use and had gesture support for Win8.
Well, Logmein at least updated the description for the current app on the play store with a message saying they're working on a fix for 4.2.
Not really happy that they can't get this update out with a quickness, especially when smaller companies like VNC can get it fixed the next day.
Latest update is confirmed working on a rooted stock 4.2
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Where did you find it? What is the version number?
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I know this board is HUGE and I'm just one voice, but I wanted to get this out there.
Signature images should be disallowed.
That, or sig image sizes need to be heavily restricted.
It has gotten really out of hand as of late and makes the forum a scroll-fest. It is unnecessary and downright frustrating when surfing via a phone or tablet.
Case and point... 2 posts. One with one word, one with a very short sentence. 2 posts take up the ENTIRE screen. Come on...
{
"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"
}
Neither image adds anything useful to either poster's content and neither image is really useful for anything else.
Even more annoying is some user's sig images eat up an entire page by themselves. When half a thread's space is eaten up with worthless sig images, it just makes the board look like a cluttered mess.
Venting over.
you are right about images being a bit large in some cases which annoys me too when i am on PC.. but you mentioned its hard to navigate in site due to this at mobile and tablet.. there are apps for mobiles and tablets for that reason.. so why use site through browser when you have app which doesnt show these signatures?
there are some images which are too large which makes it hard.. but the above 2 doesnt seems to be that big.. but nice suggestion.. may be you should say this here to get mods/admins attention better..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1987254
You should report it to your fsm, with a link to the user profiles...
Do not engage yourself, as people may not always agree with you...
Just report to a mod, works everytime for me :thumbup:
This signature space is dedicated to the OT Thanks feature. RIP OT thanks, you shall be missed.
GldRush98 said:
I know this board is HUGE and I'm just one voice, but I wanted to get this out there.
Signature images should be disallowed.
That, or sig image sizes need to be heavily restricted.
It has gotten really out of hand as of late and makes the forum a scroll-fest. It is unnecessary and downright frustrating when surfing via a phone or tablet.
Case and point... 2 posts. One with one word, one with a very short sentence. 2 posts take up the ENTIRE screen. Come on...
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Neither image adds anything useful to either poster's content and neither image is really useful for anything else.
Even more annoying is some user's sig images eat up an entire page by themselves. When half a thread's space is eaten up with worthless sig images, it just makes the board look like a cluttered mess.
Venting over.
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The first signature doesn't look too big IMO.
The post would be of same length without the signature.
Can't really say something about the second signature, as it does not end at the end of your screenshot.
So that could in deed be too big.
Extremely big signature should be reported to the forum specific maoderator (FSM), but if you feel that it is only "a little bit" too big, than you can PM the user in a friendly way.
I have done this several times like: "You have a very nice signature and a really good looking picture in there. Maybe you can even improve your signature by using a smaller picture or optimizing the arrangement of the parts in your signature so that your post can be read better. And this could also save some space in the threads as well."
All users that I PMed like this answered very pleased that they feel thankful for my tips and changed their signatures.
Maybe I was lucky ... but if you provide your help to optimize their sigantures, most people will at least tolerate it IMO.
It_ler said:
All users that I PMed like this answered very pleased that they feel thankful for my tips and changed their signatures.
Maybe I was lucky ... but if you provide your help to optimize their sigantures, most people will at least tolerate it IMO.
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You are right.. this has worked for me too.. told 2 guys.. they both happily did it..
I did tell they might get into trouble for having such large signature though
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GldRush98 said:
Signature images should be disallowed.
That, or sig image sizes need to be heavily restricted.
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Here's the same shot on my 1920x1080 screen...
...so what you have to complain about others don't, but I do think sig pics/banners should have a limit, your picture is nothing compared to this...
...now that is taking the p*$s!
XperienceD said:
Here's the same shot on my 1920x1080 screen...
...so what you have to complain about others don't, but I do think sig pics/banners should have a limit, your picture is nothing compared to this...
...now that is taking the p*$s!
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Yes, you found the extreme example.
Saw this guy's signature already in another thread ... he seems to like his phone ... and his own face
But some other users may not like to see this large picture below each of his posts.
Here a [HIDE][SIGPIC][/SIGPIC][/HIDE] would be a solution ... for him to keep his big picture and for all other to not see it
@ExperienceD
Holy [email protected]#$% @ the last picture. Damn, that guy's signature is huge!
We do police image sizes to an extent. if one is larger than it needs to be, we'll ask the member to reduce the size or remove it.
But remember you can hide signatures from being shown in your profile settings. http://forum.xda-developers.com/profile.php?do=editoptions
Size pixel? Format?
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the_scotsman said:
We do police image sizes to an extent. if one is larger than it needs to be, we'll ask the member to reduce the size or remove it.
But remember you can hide signatures from being shown in your profile settings. http://forum.xda-developers.com/profile.php?do=editoptions
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The problem with this 'solution' is that you are effectively encouraging people to hide signatures. However ... a lot of the longer-serving members have useful links in their sigs, the sort of things that a noob should see, notice and read to avoid asking stupid questions or breaking the rules of XDA. Hiding signatures means this information is lost.
Many complain they can't see my signature hidden in spoilers.. But I can see.. And when we use xda in 2013 beta 1024 mode.. We can see.. Why is that so?
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Chukudu said:
Many complain they can't see my signature hidden in spoilers
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I'd like to complain that I can.
XperienceD said:
I'd like to complain that I can.
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And I'd like to complain that i can't.
It's because of AdBlock on Chrome...or maybe because his hidden sig pic is huge.
roofrider said:
or maybe because his hidden sig pic is huge.
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Their signature extended takes up my full screen, which is ridiculous, I think some People don't grasp the point of a signature.
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Their signature extended takes up my full screen, which is ridiculous, I think some People don't grasp the point of a signature.
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Ha yep they sure don't.
@Chukudu seriously, remove that gif. Also reduce the font size pls.
What I don't like is that I've observed people that put (LONG TEXT) signature in THE POST, tough with spoiler.. And I've seen an user with high posts count.
BUT the problem is that you just takes precious database space with duplicate/redundant data.
Signatures should be put ONLY in signature section and not in the post.
PS: the in-post signature I've seen really contains pretty long text (about used phone, rom, kernel, etc) and in most cases the signature length is higher than the actual post information.
PS2: I'm not talking about tapatalk signatures "Posted using Tapatalk". Even If I do not agree with those too, because there are work-arounds. Eg: extract tapatalk information from post's user agent [I doubt that Tapatalk doesn't send custom UA in combination of actual mobile). This way you can save a lot of DB tables space.
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What I don't like is that I've observed people that put (LONG TEXT) signature in THE POST, tough with spoiler.. And I've seen an user with high posts count.
Signatures should be put ONLY in signature section and not in the post.
PS2: I'm not talking about tapatalk signatures "Posted using Tapatalk". Even If I do not agree with those too, because there are work-arounds. Eg: extract tapatalk information from post's user agent [I doubt that Tapatalk doesn't send custom UA in combination of actual mobile). This way you can save a lot of DB tables space.
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Really? If you don't mind, can you post a link to such an in-post sig?
Here:
:what:
That is absurd...he can't really be copy pasting all that crap into all his posts!
I still think it's his tapatalk sig..or maybe something is wrong with him.
Err..not all his posts contain that.
Either way it's not right, just report him.
I found him..but i'll let you do the honors.
What is it:
This is a quick extension I coded up to turn XDA threads into an image gallery. The extension button will enable when you're on a topic that it is able to translate, clicking it will open a new tab that dynamically fetches images as your scroll down. Keep in mind this is an Alpha, did it in one day, so it may ( read "most likely" ) will have problems. Its great on those "Post your screenshots" ( wallpapers, cases, whatever ) type threads.
Permissions:
- "Access your data on forum.xda-developers.com" - This is to fetch images from the forum, I haven't messed around with removing it since I was just using this personally but decided to release to you. Promise I don't care, nor gather, anything about what you do on XDA.
- "Access your tabs and browsing activity" - This is to detect when you switch between tabs and enable/disable the extension button. Also I do have this hooked into Google Analytics now, but I only gather extension page views to see what's being used. In the future I'll be hooking it into events as I add features( if it's popular enough ) to decide where to put my efforts. No personal information is collected.
- "Storage": Allow extension to save Extension Settings.
How to Install:
New: Added to official Chrome store now just add via https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/xda-gallery-beta/bohmnlfnbncjhpjagccfgblhcdgicdnp
Reporting Bugs:
If you'd like to report bugs then please give me the thread you had an issue with, and if you can narrow it down to an image then link to the post containing that image ( if it's working, there is a link under each image to bring you to the post. ).
What's Next:
Currently the extension will start showing images from the forum page you launched it from. Going to implement a way to jump to the beginning or specific page.
Implement scrolling upwards to load the previous pages images, this is needed for the next item.
Lots more ideas for "community" type features But gotta get the basics hammered down first!
Change Log:
3/15/2013
Added an "Advanced" options section allowing you to override the number of images and fetch all of them. ( If it doesn't work correctly on some thread blame mon5trum, he requested it )
Some bug fixes
3/9/2013
Now when viewing images in the popup you can click to view prev and next, or just use the arrow keys to navigate!
New Extension Settings page, styled to blend in and match chromes style for settings.
Setting to adjust the minimum number of images to fetch( Careful here as it wont render any images until it finds at least this number, could take awhile if you try and use on a thread that doesn't have many images ).
Setting to turn on debug mode ( Will show logging in the Chrome console. NOTE: I'd leave this disabled unless you need to troubleshoot an issue as it could slow down logic a bit )
3/7/2013
Lots of fixes and enhancements in this one.
First off, thanks to Pooley! He is an awesome guy, and very talented. Thanks to him with have a great, professional looking icon!
Aspect ratio is now respected
Added image zoom capability
Now identify images with broken links and shows in small window( as to not break scrolling functionality for now )
Images should also layout nicely in a column format
Fixed quite a few bugs( hopefully without creating new ones )
Hmmm... seems like there should be more, but I'm too lazy to look at my commit log, so just check it out
3/2/2013
NEW: Now on the official Chrome Web Store
Starting to work on the look a bit, its still pretty ugly lol... What can I say, graphic design isn't my thing, but it'll get better
1/27/2013
Pretty much a complete rewrite
Fixed loading duplicate issues
Better error handling( Will tell you when it's reached the end of the thread )
Asynchronous loading should now be working correctly
Do you find this useful? Click the Thanks button to send me some encouragement... Or if you're feeling really generous buy me a redbull to keep me going at the keyboard ( If not, no worries, it's hardly expected )
Great idea mate, thanks
Thanks great idea.. For me attached thumbnails never used to show from a month or so.. thats y i felt relieved when i saw your thread here..
but, unfortunately.. its not showing anything to me yet.. when it opens in new tab.. all it shows is these.. on all threads page which has images .. same result for me yet..
as its still first build/alpha.. i know it will get fixed when you get time.. so, waiting for that.. thanks for this nice initiative..
{
"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"
}
Deadly. said:
Thanks great idea.. For me attached thumbnails never used to show from a month or so.. thats y i felt relieved when i saw your thread here..
but, unfortunately.. its not showing anything to me yet.. when it opens in new tab.. all it shows is these.. on all threads page which has images .. same result for me yet..
as its still first build/alpha.. i know it will get fixed when you get time.. so, waiting for that.. thanks for this nice initiative..
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Like I stated in the OP, it's really hard for me to help you unless you give me the forum topic URL that you tried to open with the extension. Get me that and I can take a look at what's going on.
RubenRybnik said:
Like I stated in the OP, it's really hard for me to help you unless you give me the forum topic URL that you tried to open with the extension. Get me that and I can take a look at what's going on.
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I got it man.. it didn't work with any off topic section threads...
Does it by any chance only supposed to work with windows chrome version?
I use Ubuntu 11.10 with latest chrome version...
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Deadly. said:
I got it man.. it didn't work with any off topic section threads...
Does it by any chance only supposed to work with windows chrome version?
I use Ubuntu 11.10 with latest chrome version...
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Didn't use anything that would exclude Linux, I'll have to look into that.
Been awhile since I updated this, but did a complete rewrite of the extension, should now be working much better. Replaced attachment with new extension and added changelog in the OP.
Now in the official Chrome Web Store Click here to install
That's an awesome feature mate !
If you want I can made an active/inactive icon suggestions for your extension
Awesome !
Definetly Cool!
The first thing you should fix is to show the pictures in the correct ratio cause at the moment it looks like this:
Hope I voted correct in the poll
Greets Alex
pooley:) said:
That's an awesome feature mate !
If you want I can made an active/inactive icon suggestions for your extension
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Glad you like it... New icons would be great, I just don't have much time to work on icon stuff, unfortunately because I'd like to get better at it PM me if you need any info from me. Thanks!
Alex_R3CONN3R said:
Definetly Cool!
The first thing you should fix is to show the pictures in the correct ratio cause at the moment it looks like this:
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Hope I voted correct in the poll
Greets Alex
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I actually spent quite a bit of time on the photo grid last night, hopefully an update in a couple days
Thanks RubenRybnik, it's awesome!
The OT Images thread just got even more awesome, thanks to you. :good: Looking forward to the updates.
RubenRybnik said:
Glad you like it... New icons would be great, I just don't have much time to work on icon stuff, unfortunately because I'd like to get better at it PM me if you need any info from me. Thanks!
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Ok I'm on it
Will be happy to help on IU rendering.
This is great! Thanks dev! Pretty awesome idea. Hope the Android Chrome gets to ability (support for extensions) to use this one day..
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JohnnyEpic said:
This is great! Thanks dev! Pretty awesome idea. Hope the Android Chrome gets to ability (support for extensions) to use this one day..
Sent from the Mars Rover.
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Yea, that would be awesome... I'm sure it'll come eventually( *fingers crossed* )
It doesn't work if the page contains a gif. But gifs are shown in the gallery though.
Example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38762538#post38762538. And i think sometimes it also happens if a gif is present in a user's signature.
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It's working now. Seems to be haphazard.
Chrome store just told me Android not supported...
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Ok here is the icon. first attempt. zip contains psd + png (512, 38, 19).
Will try another way as I don't see clearly the pic on 19x19 res. But it's a first try, tell me more about color, about shapes what do you eventually like to see in the icon.
FYI no active/inactive as the inactive will be the greyscaled version of the active one
OK second try
I like this one (minimalist and easely recognizable even in 19x19) what do you think ?
Also attach a zip with psd + png (512, 38, 19) ON/OFF mode