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TAT UI

Hey guys found this over at android spin. I think it looks pretty damn cool. I just wonder how piratical it will be for day to day use. I mean we can always use more software to complicate our UI.
http://www.tat.se/home/

Whoa! I'm excited for this, if the implementation turns out as smoothly as it looks.
It's like Sense: The Sequel.

ohspaceman said:
Whoa! I'm excited for this, if the implementation turns out as smoothly as it looks.
It's like Sense: The Sequel.
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you mean Sense's ugly cousin. Sense all day everyday! brings out the color in my screen

Of course in taking closer looks it's important to separate WOO SHINY EYECANDY from... actually useful.
E.G. will this make my device better, or just get in the way?
In terms of that it's hit and miss. But I do like, for instance, the means of setting the alarm clock (why go into a different screen? This solution seems quick and intuitive), and the 'folding' UI elements - such as the SMS widget, etc. If you don't need them, they fold out of the way. One problem I had with Sense is that most every widget commands the full screen, not leaving me space for much else, regardless of whether or not I'm using the widget at the time.
The widget 'fan' is interesting but I think I prefer the typical 'card' view. The ability to easily drag widgets and shortcuts directly to specific screens is certainly a time saver.
I'm curious to see where this will go in its final iteration -- much like concept cars, everything looks shiny and pretty, but the final product ends up stripping out a lot of the shiny pretty eyecandy in lieu of more practical, intuitive fare.
Good UI design, after all, should be transparent.

ide take this "ugly cousin" over sense any day

+1 Sense is to bulky and doesn't fare well for everyday use. The screens taken for the video were taken fron a MT3G so hopefully we will see that level of smoothness from 1st gen android devices TAT Home is just one of a ton a exciting new things that came out at MWC, cant wait for the beta to drop.

Here is some stuff from an email reply I got from TAT.
We are currently in alfa and expect to reach beta in a couple of weeks.
After that, we will slowly but surely start to roll out the preview to some of the 17,000 people who've signed up so far,
starting with specific Android versions and screen resolutions as we won't target all of them in the first version.
If your are lucky and make it to the list of testers, you'll hear from us in a month or so
I don't remember what forum it was but someone also posted an email reply and they stated that the Nexus1 screen res is supported at start. I also think the G1 should be gtg because it looks like a HTC Hero in the vid.

Some tile pictures for app logos are horrid

i was looking through the marketplace at apps and noticed that some of the pics and fonts used for the application logo are super ugly. The app logos from developers we know and love are solid but it looks like some of these others were just thrown together with no time, thought, creativity, or effort. This may sound petty on my part, but i refuse to load up my home screen with tiles that take away from the beauty of Metro UI.
"Pocket Money" and "Popular Tic Tac Toe" are some examples of half baked tiles.
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Most definitely, there are tons of ugly icons. Even some that were iPhone icons simply blown up to fit a WP7 tile (curved edges and all). Its pretty sad. Its definitely something I look at when I go through the Marketplace. Ugly icons are simply unforgivable seeing as its just an image.
Oh, and I see how some of the non-Xbox LIVE games use the same tile style as an Xbox LIVE game, and I think that is somewhat misleading. There should be some rule that does not allow non-conforming applications from using official Microsoft tile styles (such as non-Xbox LIVE games from using the same style/header tile as an Xbox LIVE game).

I know your 'pain'
I also used to filter by icons first, if they were ugly, no chance I would download it, exception being if I ran into something absolutely unique and useful, which is hardly the case since there are tons of apps for anything.
But you can take charge of the icons! Simply open WinRar and open the XAP with it and in there you will see the tile icons (1 for Pin and 1 for app list). Simply open them and edit them and you're done. A good place to look for WP7-type of icons is the NounProject (which I can't post the link to yet, so just search it)

I do agree with you guys as well
But you must remember wM7 is pretty new for most developers out there and most of the apps out there may be their first.
so coming by end of this year which should have decent apps and icons and stuff
I have found some pretty free apps that are super brilliant in UI and stuff

Well basically, if you sideload your app, meaning you downloaded it with one of the market apps to find here, you can change your icons on the go. The Xap file is not less than a zip file. Opening it with winzip or 7zip or others gives you than the opportunity to change the application icon. Of course, for paid apps coming from Marketplace, it's not possible.

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Most definitely, there are tons of ugly icons. Even some that were iPhone icons simply blown up to fit a WP7 tile (curved edges and all). Its pretty sad. Its definitely something I look at when I go through the Marketplace. Ugly icons are simply unforgivable seeing as its just an image.
Oh, and I see how some of the non-Xbox LIVE games use the same tile style as an Xbox LIVE game, and I think that is somewhat misleading. There should be some rule that does not allow non-conforming applications from using official Microsoft tile styles (such as non-Xbox LIVE games from using the same style/header tile as an Xbox LIVE game).
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I agree, titles pawning themselves off as Xbox live titles seems misleading and underhanded. MS needs to set some guidelines before we have 100,000 misleading games and ugly app logos.

tfn said:
I do agree with you guys as well
But you must remember wM7 is pretty new for most developers out there and most of the apps out there may be their first.
so coming by end of this year which should have decent apps and icons and stuff
I have found some pretty free apps that are super brilliant in UI and stuff
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I agree that developers are new to WP7, but some devs are getting it right. The OEM microsoft tile logos are not the greatest but they do look well thought out and don't take away from WP7's elegance. Don't get me wrong, I couldn't do what developers do in a million years, but if they want to make money they need to keep the logos and tiles as nice as the OS.

tarusdg said:
I agree that developers are new to WP7, but some devs are getting it right. The OEM microsoft tile logos are not the greatest but they do look well thought out and don't take away from WP7's elegance. Don't get me wrong, I couldn't do what developers do in a million years, but if they want to make money they need to keep the logos and tiles as nice as the OS.
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Right, and we're not really talking about the application code itself. Yes, that part is relatively new and such, but this is a simple image we're talking about. People have been making GIFs and JPEGs and PNGs for ages. There is just no excuse for a poorly made colored block.

lmao i dont think i ever paid that much attention to the way tiles look....ha i was looking to see what people were talking about but i don't see anything to "horrid"
i guess it's all subjective

carmeng4evr said:
lmao i dont think i ever paid that much attention to the way tiles look....ha i was looking to see what people were talking about but i don't see anything to "horrid"
i guess it's all subjective
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maybe i'm being petty.

[Tiles] Metro UI Launcher Tiles

Im a huge fan of BitModDev's Metro UI Pro launcher . He updates it like mad, but you can now add your own FULL tiles to the launcher. I have spent a little bit of time editing/resizing some images that have turned out pretty well so far .
My goal is to start a thread for us all to share our tiles with each other. For standard tiles, the size is 120 x 120. For wide tiles, the size is 246 x 120.
Im by no means a Photoshop guru, but so far i have :
Dropbox
Market
IMDB
Angry Birds
Twitter
Zune
MMA Underground
Twitter
TV Show Stream
DOWNLOAD
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11620804/Icons/MetroTiles.zip
Lets keep this thing going. Those are just the apps i use most often, but im working on several more right now that i will upload when i can.
Here is a video so you can get an idea of what you can do. I made it for a contacts beta, but nonetheless applies here.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1OBocFG4Oo
Get Metro UI Launcher here:
https://market.android.com/details?id=chrisman.android.home.metroui.stable&feature=search_result
LETS GET BUSY!!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11764250#post11764250
I started a thread with some
http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/10275021/1/Metro UI?h=45404e
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10275021/Metro UI.rar

Nice , care to post yours in here? I didnt see you had one going already. Id appreciate it.
Also, in his newest update , if you long press your Contacts tile , go to Item Count and select people. That will get the pictures to show up on the tile, the app im running when i click that isnt released yet. but can go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818607 if you want to donate and take part .
Good work on your tiles BTW , ADD THEM!! haha

your quick dude. thanks. maybe a mod can combine the threads since it would make it easier for everyone. good job guys. keep those tiles coming!!

Damn, I have the contacts app with some FB pictures synced.. the people count doesn't work for me

yeah same with me bowsa, i emailed the OP today asking if theres a solution and hopefully if there isn't it will be implemented soon and know the dev it will be tomorrow seeing how quick he is haha.

I've done a music and people icons. Check them out!
http://hotfile.com/dl/108407633/2074ba8/Music.jpg.html
http://hotfile.com/dl/108407635/3974715/People.jpg.html

Nice! I think ill use that for my gallery instead of people though. Thanks
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lucas.scott said:
Nice! I think ill use that for my gallery instead of people though. Thanks
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Lucas, I can't get the contacts tile to show pics. What am I doing wrong bro?
The options are : edit,delete,merge, and delete duplicate....????

Nvm, I'm an idiot...LOL I was using the wrong launcher

Haha all good man. You should switch to metro pro though .. its the most advanced for sure.
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Dang this is some really cool stuff thanks guys
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lucas.scott said:
Haha all good man. You should switch to metro pro though .. its the most advanced for sure.
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You think it'll be better than drizzy's?

I think Launcher 7 is better than Metro UI personally and it's free. Does Metro UI even have any live tiles yet?
Anyways, I'm pretty impressed with the WP7 UI, though I like widgets. Keep switching back and forth.
More tiles are good.

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You think it'll be better than drizzy's?
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i dunno man .. hard to say .. im trying real hard to get involved over there . He posted my sounds to his OP , so im trying to get in nice so i can get an early release . No doubt that the contacts is nearly done .. messaging too .. but i think the launcher will be a while . Until then i am loving metro ui pro ... dude releases like 2 updates a day haha .

syrenz said:
I think Launcher 7 is better than Metro UI personally and it's free. Does Metro UI even have any live tiles yet?
Anyways, I'm pretty impressed with the WP7 UI, though I like widgets. Keep switching back and forth.
More tiles are good.
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while i will say Launcher 7 is a bit smoother and has drag and drop... Metro ui has the Live people tile which i love , and i know for a fact he is working on fb , twitter, and music . The thing about launcher 7 (last time i ran it) , is you couldnt set FULL tile custom icons to 1x1 icons . Only 2x1 , and thats a deal breaker for me . Makes it look way to fake with a baby icon chillin in the middle of a big blue tile .

FTW Metro UI Updated and added drag and drop support to the tiles now!

Oh sh*t! ! Thanks. About to update now
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lucas.scott said:
while i will say Launcher 7 is a bit smoother and has drag and drop... Metro ui has the Live people tile which i love , and i know for a fact he is working on fb , twitter, and music . The thing about launcher 7 (last time i ran it) , is you couldnt set FULL tile custom icons to 1x1 icons . Only 2x1 , and thats a deal breaker for me . Makes it look way to fake with a baby icon chillin in the middle of a big blue tile .
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Yea the lack of full tile images on 1x1 tiles ruined launcher 7 for me too. It is smoother and has fade animation which is a plus for me. It also does have live people tiles. Launcher 7 live people tile actually seems to be a little bit better than metro ui people tile. They both have good qualities. I just wish that either of them advance and gain all the qualities of both combined. But for now im sticking with metro ui, or at least until launcher 7 gives full image tile support on 1x1 tiles
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lucas.scott said:
i dunno man .. hard to say .. im trying real hard to get involved over there . He posted my sounds to his OP , so im trying to get in nice so i can get an early release . No doubt that the contacts is nearly done .. messaging too .. but i think the launcher will be a while . Until then i am loving metro ui pro ... dude releases like 2 updates a day haha .
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do you have to have the pro version to do the contacts pics?

Launcher 7

I remember a thread on here a while ago where people were theming to get the Windows Phone 7 look. There's now a launcher on the market called Launcher 7 that does most of the work for you, you should check it out.
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Just tried it out. Its very smooth, and its the best one I have come across.

im enjoying this launcher,its really smooth.
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Definitely. If there's one thing that I'd like to see more of on the Market, it's more "alternative" launchers like this. Launcher Pro, ADW, Go, etc. all have their differences, but they're more or less the same in that they're all plays off of the whole multiple homescreen and a dock thing. It's nice to see new ideas out there. I remember a while back there was a launcher that showed all of your texts, email, facebook notifications, etc. in kind of an agenda view. It never really took off, but it's good to see devs think outside the box about the homescreen.

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Definitely. If there's one thing that I'd like to see more of on the Market, it's more "alternative" launchers like this. Launcher Pro, ADW, Go, etc. all have their differences, but they're more or less the same in that they're all plays off of the whole multiple homescreen and a dock thing. It's nice to see new ideas out there. I remember a while back there was a launcher that showed all of your texts, email, facebook notifications, etc. in kind of an agenda view. It never really took off, but it's good to see devs think outside the box about the homescreen.
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I strongly agree

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but they're more or less the same in that they're all plays off of the whole multiple homescreen and a dock thing..
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Because thats the core of how android to this point is intended to work. I like Launcher7, its fast, smooth and functional so I play with it here and there but the tile UI is comparatively bland and boring even with widget support (and the custom ones I've seen that arent bland and boring are WAY too busy). I'm gonna put it on my wifes phone since she'll love the big ass simple tiles concept.

stanlalee said:
Because thats the core of how android to this point is intended to work. I like Launcher7, its fast, smooth and functional so I play with it here and there but the tile UI is comparatively bland and boring even with widget support (and the custom ones I've seen that arent bland and boring are WAY too busy). I'm gonna put it on my wifes phone since she'll love the big ass simple tiles concept.
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sir I want to say this without coming off as a hater at all..
but that homescreen needs a little bit of work, it looks gaudy and awful!

majorbro said:
sir I want to say this without coming off as a hater at all..
but that homescreen needs a little bit of work, it looks gaudy and awful!
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without using custom images those 2x1 and 1x1 tiles (and the headphone/camera images) are all there is. I'm not going to spend anytime importing images because I like my android phone as an android phone and it wont get any use anyway. I was basically showing how the UI looks unmolested.

[Q] Hating Motoblur. What can I do?

I'm new to the Android scene (coming from a Touch Pro 2) and I'm really hating the Motoblur interface. Is it possible to install another launcher, or is that something that's hard coded in the ROM?

For some of it you can install a new launcher, ADW, ADW Ex, Launcher Pro are a few examples.
Any of them will allow you customize your homescreens more.

Curious wat you don't like about it? It seems very snappy to me. Much improved over previous versions of blur ui.
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Its snappy and neat but not as snappy as a third party launcher such as launcherpro
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I don't mind this motoblur but go launcher is still more functional for me.
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i suppose i dont disagree... put the topic was that he was "hating motoblur", and while old versions were truly hate worthy, i don't find this version offensive! in fact if they had launched originally with this version, i don't think there would be much hate at all... LP and ADW are still better, and easy solutions for those who like more customization for sure!

The only thing I don't like about this blur, are the 4 launcher icons. Wtf 4? I want/need my app drawer button in the middle, and there's no middle with 4...
So, aside from that, I would be using the stock launcher. When will manufacturers realize people need options, and options are the biggest advantage over iphone. I would be perfectly happy with blur if I could add a 5th icon to the launcher bar.
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I put Launcher Pro on my wife's D3. Apart from a very occasional graphics hangup on the homescreen (which may or may not be from Launcher Pro) it's working really well. She likes that the interface is cleaner, and I don't have to try and explain how "this icon with two squares represents your app drawer", heh! Using the Froyo Wide style for the dock, visually, makes a big difference in not being confused on her first Android device.
Only thing I actually kind of miss is the Moto's QuickContacts widget, which shows up invisible from within LP; and LP's people widget isn't very nice IMO.

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I put Launcher Pro on my wife's D3. Apart from a very occasional graphics hangup on the homescreen (which may or may not be from Launcher Pro) it's working really well. She likes that the interface is cleaner, and I don't have to try and explain how "this icon with two squares represents your app drawer", heh! Using the Froyo Wide style for the dock, visually, makes a big difference in not being confused on her first Android device.
Only thing I actually kind of miss is the Moto's QuickContacts widget, which shows up invisible from within LP; and LP's people widget isn't very nice IMO.
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I get the same graphic hangup on waking the device. It's seen as the desktop area being black while the dock is still visible and showing the wallpaper. Happens every time but clicking the app drawer or rotating the phone makes it go away. This happend on my d1 occasionally with cyanogen as well so I'm fairly certain it is Launcher Pro. Still can't live without LP as the blur home sucks imo.

I honestly love this blur ui. The blueness is awesome, The widgets are sweet, the icons are nice looking, and the 3d-ness is pretty sexy. This is all coming from a touchwiz fan tho

TheMuffStuff said:
I honestly love this blur ui. The blueness is awesome, The widgets are sweet, the icons are nice looking, and the 3d-ness is pretty sexy. This is all coming from a touchwiz fan tho
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Dude... it's okay that you are one, but you don't say things like that in public.

TheMuffStuff said:
I honestly love this blur ui. The blueness is awesome, The widgets are sweet, the icons are nice looking, and the 3d-ness is pretty sexy. This is all coming from a touchwiz fan tho
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I didn't know you got a Droid 3. I loved your themes on the Fascinate. I'm actually getting one myself on the 27th. Can't wait to ditch the Fascy for it. Any plans on making themes for this when it gets root?
And I agree. The blur on the D3 is very nice. I've absolutely hated every version of it besides the D3's. I hate the TW3 launcher but like all of the TW features(like notification bar toggles). I love TouchWiz4.

Overall I don't mind blur at all. I wish they had certain features from the full blur, but I switch launchers like no tomorrow. I have ALL paid versions of LPP, ADW, Mobile Shell, and Go. I wish I could keep the favorites launcher from blur or find something similar to that.

Motoblur is now called "Motorola Application Platform"
Hahaha that sounds like "we don't want to call it Blur because everyone hates Blur."
Under "Operating System" on Verizon's page on the details screen:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/droid-3-motorola.shtml
Also, it's funny that Motorola decides to phase out the name rather than phase out Blur completely: http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/09/motoblur-name-phased-out-due-to-public-feedback/
And by funny I mean annoying!
But as the others have said, it's much less annoying than what it used to be. At least when you get your phone you don't have all of these stupid widgets everywhere preloaded on your screen. I really can't stand having all the VZ apps.

I actually liked the blur ui on this phone, but it seemed too laggy. I put launcher pro on and it has helped, but I still notice a little. I am thinking it shouldn't have any lag at all being a duelcore phone and all. Any settings I can change to help it?

GoogleAndroid said:
I didn't know you got a Droid 3. I loved your themes on the Fascinate. I'm actually getting one myself on the 27th. Can't wait to ditch the Fascy for it. Any plans on making themes for this when it gets root?
And I agree. The blur on the D3 is very nice. I've absolutely hated every version of it besides the D3's. I hate the TW3 launcher but like all of the TW features(like notification bar toggles). I love TouchWiz4.
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I would definitely theme this when the time comes, I planned on it. I kinda dont know if Id want to theme it TBO, Blur is perfect (For me anyways). If someone ends up making an aosp rom or something I could probably theme that for the people that want to be de-blured. Im not sure how this phone will work theming wise.

I really don't mind blur on D3, way better than the blur on that defy I was tinkering with for a while, but I've been a loyal LP user since my OG. What I would like to see though is that quick contacts widget working in LP. That widget is slick, one of the coolest widgets I've ever seen, and I would use it alot. Anyone got any ideas on that?
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Yea, the d3 is seems to be nearly stock android.
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I would definitely theme this when the time comes, I planned on it. I kinda dont know if Id want to theme it TBO, Blur is perfect (For me anyways). If someone ends up making an aosp rom or something I could probably theme that for the people that want to be de-blured. Im not sure how this phone will work theming wise.
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True. There are a few changes I'd want, like making the menus black with white text instead of white with black text.
I got the D3 today. Of course, the one I get has a touchscreen that stopped working after activation. Waiting until Friday for the new one to come in. But, at least my DX2(Fascinate replacement, since mine has issues and I was gonna give it to a friend) came today and works so I have that in the mean time.
EDIT: Got the replacement in earlier. Loving this phone so much. It's extremely smooth and fast(even with Blur), and the keyboard is amazing. This is the first version of Blur I've liked. I would like root to remove V Cast apps and a few other bloatware apps, but meh, I can wait. At least Blur has app groups in the mean time.

Anyone know if there's a way to restore an old LP backup from an OG Droid?
I keep getting no files found... the backup's on my SD card... do i have to create the directory on my internal storage for it?
[edit] Ignore - Figured out solution. Simply copied the LP backup folder from my SD card to my internal storage and it worked.
Guessing since it mounds as sd where as the actual sd card mounts as sd-ext?