Re: Launcher/Home Page (alpha) Release 0.20

2009-06-05 Thread Cameron Frazier
The toolbar in illume's settings is easier to use because it doesn't
 scroll vertically.

  I know. But I don't know how to stop that.

 Michael Zanetti wrote:

I've noticed this in other apps too. All lists scoll slower if the
smooth-bounce-back-at-end feature is enabled.

  Can't seem to stop that either. Hmmm. Help Needed!


in python it's[1]:

sc = elementary.Scroller(parent)
sc.bounce_set(bool X, bool Y)

in c (derived from [1], look at the bottom):

elm_scroller_bounce_set(self.obj, h_bounce, v_bounce)


[1] 
http://trac.enlightenment.org/e/browser/trunk/BINDINGS/python/python-elementary/elementary/elementary.c_elementary_scroller.pxi

Hope that helps,

Cameron 'Toaster' Frazier

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Re: Launcher/Home Page (alpha) Release 0.20

2009-06-03 Thread OpenMitko
Hi to all,

In contrast to Warner I really like the scroll bar at the bottom, and I find
it not only nice looking, but also very easy to use with one hand. The only
problem I found so far is that it scrolls not only horizontally but also
vertically.

Keep up the good work, C_C!

Regards,
Mitko

2009/6/3 c_c cchan...@yahoo.com


 Hi,

 Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
 Yeah, I could contribute some wallpapers - probably under a
 CC-Attrib-Share
 Alike license, if that's acceptable to you...
 
  Sure, whatever license that allows users to use them and lets me
 distribute them with the launcher.
 Actually, I just need a few (maybe 2 or 3). You could look at making a
 small
 wallpaper ipk that can be downloaded by the user from your site / opkg.org
 .
 That will give you more freedom and exposure. How about that?

 Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
 And how do you feel about tasteful nudity?  :-)
 
  Hah! I don't mind it at all. But maybe it would be better to have them as
 another ipk - to prevent offending some people.

 Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
 I'm not sure about the scroll bar at the bottom to select the
 categories...   I agree it's prettier - but it's also slower to find the
 category you want.   Before it was always just two clicks, now it can be
 'drag, drag, drag, click'...
 
  As I see it - these are the advantages :-

  * Almost infinite amount of categories
  * looks nicer / sexier

  and the disadvantages :-

  * slower
  * needs dragging and then a click
  * is it just me or the the dragging seems less responsive
  * Less Intuitive (maybe just me again)

  I have asked for feedback about the toolbar - but haven't really gotten
 much. I'm still not decided one way or the other - but I personally prefer
 the combo box / hover drop down - primarily because its faster.

 Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
 also - I can't figure out how to edit the list of category in this
 version
 - how do I do that?
 
  Click on the configuration part of the toolbar (extreme right) and you'll
 get the preferences window.

 Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
 Hmm - do you track when and how many times each app is launched?   I'd
 love to see automatically populated categories for 'most recent' and 'most
 popular' or something like that...
 
  I'm not doing that yet - but I'll add it to my TODO.
 Thanks for all the feedback.
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Re: Launcher/Home Page (alpha) Release 0.20

2009-06-03 Thread Petr Vanek
In contrast to Warner I really like the scroll bar at the bottom, and
I find it not only nice looking, but also very easy to use with one
hand. The only problem I found so far is that it scrolls not only
horizontally but also vertically.


yes, i was looking at the same scroll bar used in illume settings and
there it doesn't scroll up and down, which might be the reason why the
response is so funny...

the one hand usage is great.

Petr



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Re: Launcher/Home Page (alpha) Release 0.20

2009-06-03 Thread Warren Baird
Makes sense - I'll try to come up with a few in the next couple of days.   I
guess drop 'em in a directory like /usr/share/wallpapers?   then you can
make that the default folder to browse in your prefs UI?

For the category picker - how much work would it be to maintain both modes
and let the user pick in the prefs?

And for editing the categories - I found the 'configure' button at the far
right - but I don't see how to add or remove categories from there - I was
able to assign apps to certain categories, but not edit the list of
categories.

Warren

On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 1:30 AM, c_c cchan...@yahoo.com wrote:


 Hi,

 Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
 Yeah, I could contribute some wallpapers - probably under a
 CC-Attrib-Share
 Alike license, if that's acceptable to you...
 
  Sure, whatever license that allows users to use them and lets me
 distribute them with the launcher.
 Actually, I just need a few (maybe 2 or 3). You could look at making a
 small
 wallpaper ipk that can be downloaded by the user from your site / opkg.org
 .
 That will give you more freedom and exposure. How about that?

 Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
 And how do you feel about tasteful nudity?  :-)
 
  Hah! I don't mind it at all. But maybe it would be better to have them as
 another ipk - to prevent offending some people.

 Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
 I'm not sure about the scroll bar at the bottom to select the
 categories...   I agree it's prettier - but it's also slower to find the
 category you want.   Before it was always just two clicks, now it can be
 'drag, drag, drag, click'...
 
  As I see it - these are the advantages :-

  * Almost infinite amount of categories
  * looks nicer / sexier

  and the disadvantages :-

  * slower
  * needs dragging and then a click
  * is it just me or the the dragging seems less responsive
  * Less Intuitive (maybe just me again)

  I have asked for feedback about the toolbar - but haven't really gotten
 much. I'm still not decided one way or the other - but I personally prefer
 the combo box / hover drop down - primarily because its faster.

 Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
 also - I can't figure out how to edit the list of category in this
 version
 - how do I do that?
 
  Click on the configuration part of the toolbar (extreme right) and you'll
 get the preferences window.

 Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
 Hmm - do you track when and how many times each app is launched?   I'd
 love to see automatically populated categories for 'most recent' and 'most
 popular' or something like that...
 
  I'm not doing that yet - but I'll add it to my TODO.
 Thanks for all the feedback.
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Re: Launcher/Home Page (alpha) Release 0.20

2009-06-03 Thread Michael Zanetti
On Wednesday 03 June 2009 12:02:46 Petr Vanek wrote:
 In contrast to Warner I really like the scroll bar at the bottom, and
 I find it not only nice looking, but also very easy to use with one
 hand. The only problem I found so far is that it scrolls not only
 horizontally but also vertically.

 yes, i was looking at the same scroll bar used in illume settings and
 there it doesn't scroll up and down, which might be the reason why the
 response is so funny...


Yes, thats true... The toolbar in illume's settings is easier to use because 
it doesn't scroll horizontally.

I've noticed this in other apps too. All lists scoll slower if the 
smooth-bounce-back-at-end feature is enabled. Altough it looks very nice, it 
may be too heavy for the freerunners hardware.

But, this also seems to be a common problem of elementary. For example look at 
Neon. It scrolls really smooth. I have no idea what toolkit they use, 
though...

Apart from this I'd vote for the toolbar and against the dropdown list.

Thanks c_c!

Michael

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Re: Launcher/Home Page (alpha) Release 0.20

2009-06-03 Thread Michael Zanetti
On Wednesday 03 June 2009 19:49:01 Michael Zanetti wrote:
 On Wednesday 03 June 2009 12:02:46 Petr Vanek wrote:
  In contrast to Warner I really like the scroll bar at the bottom, and
  I find it not only nice looking, but also very easy to use with one
  hand. The only problem I found so far is that it scrolls not only
  horizontally but also vertically.
 
  yes, i was looking at the same scroll bar used in illume settings and
  there it doesn't scroll up and down, which might be the reason why the
  response is so funny...

 Yes, thats true... The toolbar in illume's settings is easier to use
 because it doesn't scroll horizontally.

Sorry, of course I meant vertically...


 I've noticed this in other apps too. All lists scoll slower if the
 smooth-bounce-back-at-end feature is enabled. Altough it looks very nice,
 it may be too heavy for the freerunners hardware.

 But, this also seems to be a common problem of elementary. For example look
 at Neon. It scrolls really smooth. I have no idea what toolkit they use,
 though...

 Apart from this I'd vote for the toolbar and against the dropdown list.

 Thanks c_c!

 Michael

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Re: Launcher/Home Page (alpha) Release 0.20

2009-06-03 Thread Michael Zanetti
On Wednesday 03 June 2009 12:02:46 Petr Vanek wrote:
 In contrast to Warner I really like the scroll bar at the bottom, and
 I find it not only nice looking, but also very easy to use with one
 hand. The only problem I found so far is that it scrolls not only
 horizontally but also vertically.

 yes, i was looking at the same scroll bar used in illume settings and
 there it doesn't scroll up and down, which might be the reason why the
 response is so funny...


I have also noticed that the toolbar uses resizes all entries according to the 
longest name. Perhaps it would be worth a try to rename Uncategorized into 
Others to make way to scroll shorter.

Cheers,
Michael

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Re: Launcher/Home Page (alpha) Release 0.20

2009-06-03 Thread c_c

Hi,

OpenMitko wrote:
 
The only problem I found so far is that it scrolls not only horizontally
but also
vertically.
 
 Can't seem to change that from 'C'. Any ideas elementary gurus ?

Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
Makes sense - I'll try to come up with a few in the next couple of days. I
guess 
drop 'em in a directory like /usr/share/wallpapers? then you can make that
the
default folder to browse in your prefs UI?
 
 Yes. That should be fine. I'll use /usr/share/wallpapers as the default
directory in the prefs UI.

Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
For the category picker - how much work would it be to maintain both modes
and let the user pick in the prefs?
 
 Not sure. I guess the initial work will be a bit. Thereafter, hopefully, no
constant changes should be required to that part. I'll start work and see
how far I can take it.

Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
I don't see how to add or remove categories from there - I was able to
assign apps to certain categories, but not edit the list of categories.
 
 Missed that. The new version should resolve the regression.

Michael Zanetti wrote:
 
The toolbar in illume's settings is easier to use because it doesn't
scroll vertically.
 
 I know. But I don't know how to stop that.

Michael Zanetti wrote:
 
I've noticed this in other apps too. All lists scoll slower if the
smooth-bounce-back-at-end feature is enabled.
 
 Can't seem to stop that either. Hmmm. Help Needed!

Michael Zanetti wrote:
 
I have also noticed that the toolbar uses resizes all entries according to
the
longest name.
 
 Thanks for the tip. All names are shorter now.

  New version.  http://n2.nabble.com/file/n3022613/launcher_0.21_arm.ipk
launcher_0.21_arm.ipk 

 * scroller for icons if more than 3 rows
 * center icons if there are 2 in a row
 * (re) added edit categories in the toolbar
 * larger icons for missed calls and sms's

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Re: Launcher/Home Page (alpha) Release 0.20

2009-06-02 Thread c_c

Hi,

Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
Yeah, I could contribute some wallpapers - probably under a
CC-Attrib-Share
Alike license, if that's acceptable to you...
 
  Sure, whatever license that allows users to use them and lets me
distribute them with the launcher.
Actually, I just need a few (maybe 2 or 3). You could look at making a small
wallpaper ipk that can be downloaded by the user from your site / opkg.org.
That will give you more freedom and exposure. How about that?

Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
And how do you feel about tasteful nudity?  :-)
 
  Hah! I don't mind it at all. But maybe it would be better to have them as
another ipk - to prevent offending some people.

Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
I'm not sure about the scroll bar at the bottom to select the
categories...   I agree it's prettier - but it's also slower to find the
category you want.   Before it was always just two clicks, now it can be
'drag, drag, drag, click'...
 
  As I see it - these are the advantages :-

 * Almost infinite amount of categories
 * looks nicer / sexier

 and the disadvantages :-

 * slower
 * needs dragging and then a click
 * is it just me or the the dragging seems less responsive
 * Less Intuitive (maybe just me again)

  I have asked for feedback about the toolbar - but haven't really gotten
much. I'm still not decided one way or the other - but I personally prefer
the combo box / hover drop down - primarily because its faster.

Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
also - I can't figure out how to edit the list of category in this version
- how do I do that?
 
  Click on the configuration part of the toolbar (extreme right) and you'll
get the preferences window.

Warren Baird-2 wrote:
 
Hmm - do you track when and how many times each app is launched?   I'd
love to see automatically populated categories for 'most recent' and 'most
popular' or something like that...
 
  I'm not doing that yet - but I'll add it to my TODO. 
Thanks for all the feedback.
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