Is it better than you thought or not i didn't think I would use it but i find myself using it every day so for me it's a great
Yes it is good. I am also using it everyday. I like it. The interface is beautiful however I want more control on the contents and content choices.
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Yes it is good. I am also using it everyday. I like it. The interface is beautiful however I want more control on the contents and content choices.
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Agreed, it will be nice once more content is made available. As it stands, I certainly wouldn't use it as a replacement for Flipboard.
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I quite like it, although it did spoil last weekends F1 race for me! Must make sure I stay away from it on race weekends as I'm often unable to watch live!
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i really like it! the only drawback, as you already mentioned, is that we cannos choose exactly what we want.. we should be able to input some rss feeds as well.. as example, i'm in portugal and i can't see any information form my country (unless they are on the international news)..
I use it everyday and i love it! Dont use it for Social, i have the apps for that, but at least now, without opening loads of apps to read, i can keep on top of the news and info for the stuff i love! Its great!!!
They need more content by country of i cant see The Journal, etc or any Irish online news apps
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Blinkfeed is great, more control would be great and more sources to choose from. Also if it could 'learn' what sources/keywords are used most frequently and show more of them.
Yeah, I didn't think I would like it but it is quite good and looks good also. No good for fb or twitter feeds though ad most of the time the text is cut off and I don't want to go into each part to read a comment. But for news it is a nice thing to have
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I like it.. But more local content would be nice.
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I hate watching f1 races late. You have to be so careful to not ruin the results for yourself.... Looks like I may have to stay away from my phone even.
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I like it and I'm using it every day.
But I agree: more control/contents would be very cool!
Right now the content is kind of rubbish.
I don't understand why when I turn highlights on I get sources that I am unable to manually select.
For example, when I use flipboard I read engadget daily. I saw some engadget articles pop up on my blinkfeed but I am unable to add that as a source. Plus the AP highlights for news are kind of crappy. BF will be nice once it becomes more customizable like flipboard.
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Browsing around in the app I think ever since the overhaul all the pages/sections of the app are html based... Before in older versions it seemed more responsive and part of the app, now everything is less integrated and more html to my eyes...
The regulars mobile page looks a lot better minus the I.M
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In my opinion the Facebook app has always sucked horribly. I have had it rated one star ever since I had my HTC G1. They have a lot to do to improve it and the dev support just seems to not be there, they are more into updating the iOS version assuming everyone is happy with the half ass android version.
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The fact that the mobile version looks just like the ios app proves your point of them being more focused on playing with apples.... Sucks
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yeah,for sure i don't like facebook apps either
but you can try friendcaster
i'm using it till now
*ahem* "worse"
And yes, it's abominable
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Don't use FB. Problem= Solved.
The newer version has a lot of lag, i installed it only for direct-photo upload in general i use the desktop version of the website with Opera
Just use the mobile version of the site. Much better.
agree, facebook does suck, but its still one of the better ways to communicate...although i dont know why the FB developers always try to "improve somethin"...because it always ends like a catastrophy
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agree, facebook does suck, but its still one of the better ways to communicate...although i dont know why the FB developers always try to "improve somethin"...because it always ends like a catastrophy
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Everybody (mostly) has a facebook, we might not like it but to bad some friends aren't as techy enough to switch to something better
conantroutman said:
Don't use FB. Problem= Solved.
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Totally agreed!
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+2 for friendcaster.
-My life is a shooting range, people never change-
conantroutman said:
Don't use FB. Problem= Solved.
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What social network do you suggest so? I think its just easy because everybody has it.
Google+ is getting there with tech minded people, but I don't have one friend who has G+.
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+1 for friendcaster, it just makes more sense.
It is really the worst facebook apps EVER..
Facebook is becoming worse and worse....not just the app
i am keeping my account just to send messages to some friends living abroad.
Let's be realistic and say that the android app faaarrrr exceeds the blackberry app??
V1.8 supposedly is on its way out with some UI changes, as for functionality, well thats to be found out
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Tachi91 said:
V1.8 supposedly is on its way out with some UI changes, as for functionality, well thats to be found out
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Where is it? Well, THEY NO SUPPORT ICS!
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http://m.engadget.com/default/artic...s-app-on-the-way/&category=classic&postPage=1
They emphasize Places.. even though they were going to get rid of it last time i checked
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An elderly relative of mine shall be getting herself a Nexus 7 tomorrow, which she plans to use mainly for e-Reading plus a bit of media usage in the form of BBC iPlayer. I was looking for an easy-to-use interface for her. Any launcher recommendations or simple customisations to make it just a little bit easier? I am sure she could use it as is, but making it easier so I don't have to teach her so much will be good.
How elderly? Talk back might be nifty. I tried it once, it was annoying as hell though
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wiithepeng said:
How elderly? Talk back might be nifty. I tried it once, it was annoying as hell though
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Instructions are poor. You get a quick startup guide on paper and then have to open the book section to read the user manual. I find it harder to learn about a system when I an constantly flipping from the manual to a page to try out what I was reading.
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How elderly? Talk back might be nifty. I tried it once, it was annoying as hell though
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I was more just on about launchers which would allow her to have a nice, clean UI that isn't too cluttered.
Anyone know of such a launcher?
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Instructions are poor. You get a quick startup guide on paper and then have to open the book section to read the user manual. I find it harder to learn about a system when I an constantly flipping from the manual to a page to try out what I was reading.
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Sorry, it was just merely a suggestion as I did not know what he needed.
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wiithepeng said:
Sorry, it was just merely a suggestion as I did not know what he needed.
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Well, thanks anyway.
Brad387 said:
Well, thanks anyway.
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No problem. The only launcher that might suit your needs would be a heavily customized apex launcher.
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No problem. The only launcher that might suit your needs would be a heavily customized apex launcher.
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Thanks. I can install Apex on my Galaxy Note, so I'll fiddle around and see what I can do on it.
Just empty the desktop from every single icon . Than..
1.on home screen Add icons that this person will use the most e.g BBC iPlayer (not sure bits going to work without flash), chrome, play store and a nice looking clock widget or something
2. Set each other screen with categories e.g one for books where you place the appropriate widgets and icons . One for videos and one for whatever else like notes calendar and other productivity ....
3. Do that person a favour and download some games .. yes games . You'd be surprised how often older people like to play ... ideal games would be mahjong, card games , also things like Bejeweled ,Zuma, scrabble type games
Stock android launcher is good enough trust me you just have to know how to organise it. Also wait for chameleon that might change things
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I know you can ignore/not use it, but can it be completely uninstalled without rooting etc?
Super Chimp said:
I know you can ignore/not use it, but can it be completely uninstalled without rooting etc?
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No
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No
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Had a nasty feeling that was going to be answer. Rather like some of the stuff Samsung shoves on their phones & you cannot remove either.
It can't be uninstalled but it can be disabled
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Solution: root your phone. Remove.
Just use a different launcher. Only problem is that you won't have access to sense widgets.
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Just use a different launcher. Only problem is that you won't have access to sense widgets.
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Are any of these widgets useful?
Why would you want to get rid of blinkfeed? That things looks so beautiful and way useful. I still don't understand why anybody wants to get rid of it. I think it's great.
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Why would you want to get rid of blinkfeed? That things looks so beautiful and way useful. I still don't understand why anybody wants to get rid of it. I think it's great.
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I wouldn't go as far as removing/uninstalling Blinkfeed, but I'm curious to what extend this new central piece of Sense can be configured/modified. I just played around with Blinkfeed a couple of minutes in a phone shop. You can configure the sources that are shown on these tiles (like calendar, facebook, twitter, etc) but ...
Can I control how often each tile (is tile the correct word?) is updated? The more frequent the tiles are updated, the more battery is used and more network traffic is generated.
Can I control the placement of the tiles?
Can I control how many tiles are shown? E.g. I would like only a calendar tile and no social network tile or news feed tile.
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Stefan
coupetastic-droid said:
Why would you want to get rid of blinkfeed? That things looks so beautiful and way useful. I still don't understand why anybody wants to get rid of it. I think it's great.
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I am worried about its effect on my data usage & battery life.
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I am worried about its effect on my data usage & battery life.
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Don't add any feed and it won't do anything. Is like it was never there.
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It was one of the features I wasn't too keen on but it's turned out to be good for a giggle when I've got nothing else to play with. I scrolled 2 left of my homescreen yesterday to see the headline 'Study warns that sex in space is dangerous.'
I couldn't agree more. For starters the instant you unzip the fly on your suit your dead! Probably not what they were getting at but it was worth a chuckle.
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In a such a social based century were in, I'm surprised not everyone is praising blinkfeed.
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In a such a social based century were in, I'm surprised not everyone is praising blinkfeed.
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I'm a miserable bastard who doesn't believe in being sociable
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Don't add any feed and it won't do anything. Is like it was never there.
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Thanks. I'll give it a proper look when I get my hands on it.
How different is Sense these days, I haven't used it since the HTC Desire days?
SteelH said:
Solution: root your phone. Remove.
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Please can you let me know how to remove blinkfeed. I just rooted it. But dont know how
Thank you
ongxa said:
Please can you let me know how to remove blinkfeed. I just rooted it. But dont know how
Thank you
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You didn't need to be rooted to remove blinkfeed. Check out Q12 of the HTC One FAQ and you'll see a couple of ways to be able to get rid of it.
The other method, which requires rooting, is to install a custom ROM. I believe some ROMs may still have blinkfeed included though so you'll need to read the first post (at least) of the ROM threads to find out whether it has it or not
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niether is getting rid of it. all that does it hide it in the corner like a kid you pretend not to have...
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In a such a social based century were in, I'm surprised not everyone is praising blinkfeed.
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It's a nice feature to have, but give us the option to remove/disable it. I hate it when companies force stuff on you.
I see it's there, if I like it I keep it and if I don't I remove it, simple as that. Don't force me to use it.
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So after using this for a few hours I'm finding the news feeds are very Americanised... I'm getting American football feeds when I want football (soccer for you Americans out there)...
Is it possible to add my own blinkfeed urls in? Ideally I would like something like BBC's news/sport on my blinkfeed... Is this possible?
Thanks
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Nevermind, doesn't look like it's possible yet
Quote " Unfortunately, with version 1.0 of HTC BlinkFeed you have to choose content from partners who have things set up with HTC. You cannot add your own custom URL or favorite websites at this time. I imagine we will see a future update that gives you more options, but for now there are plenty to choose from."
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Nevermind, doesn't look like it's possible yet
Quote " Unfortunately, with version 1.0 of HTC BlinkFeed you have to choose content from partners who have things set up with HTC. You cannot add your own custom URL or favorite websites at this time. I imagine we will see a future update that gives you more options, but for now there are plenty to choose from."
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I wonder if there's a way to modify blinkfeed to allow custom feeds...not sure how blinkfeed really works. I was thinking something somewhat RSS based...but I don't know
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I wonder if there's a way to modify blinkfeed to allow custom feeds...not sure how blinkfeed really works. I was thinking something somewhat RSS based...but I don't know
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hopefully this will be possible
all i want is facebook, twitter, tv, gallery and 2 RSS feeds lol
any progress?
I don't know why it just doesn't out of the box, but I'd like it to.
Any ideas?
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Cool. I really wonder why some companies take out things like that. Like the company behind the navigation app Scout decided to take out the ability to rename addresses you added via the phone, making it mandatory to be in front of a computer if you wanted to put a name to a place. That kinda destroys the overall usefulness of the app.
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