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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox 4 (4.0) and Shortcut Key for Search Bar
« Last post by phitsc on March 25, 2011, 02:20 AM »Kind of surprising, after so many betas.
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Wow. You all really use all that?
I've abandoned a lot of software because my carrier's network is so bad. It's just too painful to try using networked software. It's more like being in space - 0G instead of 3G. Loading a news article can sometimes take several minutes and is sometimes just futile. I've tried using Google Maps on my phone, and it's simply impossible. I could chart the land myself before a map loaded.
Sometimes network speeds are fast enough if I'm using Wi-Fi, but my ISP is similarly poor.
A friend of mine is a sys admin at Princeton and has used Skype on his phone for video conferencing while driving and said it worked well. I'm envious.-Renegade (March 24, 2011, 08:04 AM)
without 3G these phones are next to useless.Great stuff! I love my Android phone and there are a world of apps out there. Most of these I've never seen. Do you mind if I post some alternative or additional related options? Also curious if you have (or have tried) Swype as an alternative keyboard.
- Oshyan-JavaJones (March 23, 2011, 04:08 PM)
| When Bloglines announced the termination of their service I moved all my RSS subscriptions to Google Reader. When a short while later they announced that the service will be pursued my transition was already done. Shortly after I got my Android phone, Google released the Google Reader app. Besides the communication apps it is probably the one app I used most on my phone. |
| K-9 is a powerful Email client with so many features I won't even go start listing them here. While Android's built-in Gmail app would probably do just fine for me the main reason I'm using K-9 is because of its combined Inbox feature. |
| Quick Settings allows you to quickly turn on or off settings such as WiFi, Bluetooth or GPS. It also gives quick access to phone volume and vibration settings. It is fully localised and visibility and order of the settings on the Quick Settings window are configurable. As a nice bonus it shows you memory usage and battery percentage. |
The Setting Profiles app lets you define profiles that are activated depending on rules you define. These rules are defined using a combination of conditions such as date/time, Battery state, Calendar, current location etc. I'm currently using the app for two purposes:
It might not be as powerful as Locale or Tasker but then it's cheaper and simpler and perfectly fits my needs. |
| SwiftKey is a virtual keyboard with intelligent word suggestion / auto completion. Unlike other such keyboards it not only analyses the characters typed for the current word, but also the previously typed word(s) (don't know exactly to be honest). Fact is, it works astoundingly well. Sometimes, I don't even need to type a single letter and SwiftKey already suggest the word I have in mind. The one problem I currently have with SwiftKey is that its main layout does not offer keys to move the cursor left and right. This is a big problem on phones like mine that don't have a trackball. They've promised to resolve this in a future update. |
| Tricorder gives you access to your devices sensors. It displays acceleration, magnetic flux, sound, compass, WiFi and cell signal. It also shows solar activity which it downloads from somewhere (NASA?). I couldn't say that I use this app very often, but then it's just cool. And it makes that distinct Tricorder sound |
) in a few minutes.| This is a simple widget that lets you keep track of your network data usage. The widget shows distinct numbers for Wifi, 3G and Tethering. Tapping the widget will open a full-screen view showing the detailed statistics: in, out and total per month, week, day or since installation. The widget offers a useful set of configuration options like if it should display daily, weekly or monthly data usage, update rate, colour options, a custom start date for counting and more. Especially the custom start date I find very useful as it allows quite precise tracking of data usage to make sure I keep within my monthly quota (my data usage always runs from the 7th of a month). The free widget doesn't contain any ads. There's a pro version that offers some more colour options but mainly serves the purpose of supporting the developer. |
| Of all the weather widgets I've tried or read about I liked this one most. It comes in different widget sizes. There are plenty of forecast icon skins to choose from. Its weather data comes from the Swedish Weather Service and seems to be quite accurate at least for Europe. Tapping the widget opens a full screen pop-up window with detailed forecast data for the next 5 days. It has plenty of configuration options like update rate, units and formats to use, colour options and more. I have three minor complaints about the widget:
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| Multicon allows you to put several smaller app links in the place of one big one. I'm using it to have direct access to 8 of my most frequently used apps on the same space that 2 app links would cover. Although the icons are now only a fourth of their usual size, they still look very good and the links are still quite easy to hit. |
| While Android has the concept of folders that can be placed on the screen it seems like it's not possible to choose a nice icon for them. Apps organizer solves this problem nicely. Within Apps organizer, you first define labels and assign them an icon. You then assign one or more of these labels to your apps. Finally, when you put an Apps organizer widget on your screen, you define the label it represents. What you'll get is a nice icon which, once pressed, will open a perfectly sized pop-up window with the apps that have the respective label. |
| This is a highly configurable calendar widget that comes in many different sizes. Among the many aspects that can be configured are colours, transparency, text of labels, visibility and behaviour of buttons, date and time settings, etc.. It is also fully localised. Android Agenda widget is actually very powerful and would easily warrant its own mini-review. The whitish area you see on the right of the widget are two soft-buttons. While I think they too are configurable on my phone the upper one opens a full-screen pop-up calendar list with the upcoming appointments of the next two weeks. The lower one opens a pop-up window with some useful commands, the most important one for me being the one right at the bottom which opens the Calendar app. The free widget doesn't contain any ads. There's a plus version that offers no additional features (but I think is usually released a bit earlier than the free one) but serves the purpose of supporting the developer. |
| Of all the photo frame widgets I've tried I liked the HTC one best. It can't do slide-shows and you also can't slide the photos manually which is a pity. But the resize quality is very good and tapping the widget will open the photo viewer app. (the two widgets on the left of the screen shot are two individual photo frame widgets) |
| None of the contacts widgets I've tried I liked better then the HTC one. It shows all the contacts marked as favourite. If it contains more contacts than fit the screen you can slide up and down. While tapping the contact pictures dials the contact's main number, tapping its name opens the contact giving you the possibility to call any other number, or send a text message or email. It has a big button at the bottom to open the address book. The only thing I don't like about it is the fact that it only uses low-res contact pictures (don't worry, they are a bit more high-res than one could assume from looking at my screen shot ) (the contacts widget is the one on the right of the screen shot) |
I don't just think it would be nice for the Xoom to be about half price, I think it really needs to be about half price. But I'm certainly no expert. I'm just a consumer who saw the price and thought Apple's prices were tame in comparison.-Deozaan (March 22, 2011, 06:19 AM)
I don't make parametr "/repeat" in my task. I write "rtm a nametask /t:tagname /r:everyday", but repeat-parametr no set. What do i incorrectly?-ilq (March 22, 2011, 07:13 AM)
Seems like not all experts agree though that the control rods were really put back in to stop the nuclear chain reaction. Or is that confirmed?I missed that --phitsc (March 15, 2011, 03:20 AM)
anything I've read above says that this was done.-tomos (March 15, 2011, 05:05 AM)
Running Mac OS X on Windows is possible using VirtualBox. But, as was mentioned already, it's illegal.That's what she said - the bitch-queen Steve Jobs.-phitsc (March 07, 2011, 04:14 PM)-f0dder (March 08, 2011, 01:39 AM)
Do you, mahesh2k, phitsc (or anyone), really think people wouldnt come back because the theme isnt changedor because it isnt 'modern'?
I'm curious actually - any examples of a 'modern' forum (looks-wise) ?
Most of the forums I visit are software related and are bog-standard/out-of-the-box = ugly as sin-tomos (March 03, 2011, 06:08 AM)
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