Idea about desktops organization

[David]

Android has 7 desktops and i'm tired to pass from one to another to
see the desired, .

Why not organize them differently? Like the numpad in a keyboard:

1-2-3
4-5-6
7-8-9

So we'll have 9 desktops and only need 2 steps to anyone, moving
right>left, left>right, up>down, down>up or the four diagonals (up
right>down left, down left>up right, up left>down right, down right>up
left).

[Mark Yin]

good idea.  It will be efficient.

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[David]

I've seen one problem: some widgets use the vertical move to
interact. :-(

[Adam Hunger]

Love it

[Dane Hidden]

There ya go. Beat apple to that one.
I dig it.

[Sam Berro]

+1

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[John Vidler]

Neat, although as David pointed out, it does break some widgets that use vertical scrolling.

Any ideas on how to make that work?

I suppose you could check to see if the event reached the desktop by only consuming it if you use it, but that would trap people on desktops with "full screen" widgets with vertical scroll, requiring them to hscroll first :/

[Ievgenii Nazaruk]

How about if user uses only one finger, he or she may only slide left and right. But if two fingers are used then "numpad" navigation takes effect.

[David]

I think it better to use only one finger, in order to handle with one
hand.

Maybe, as John suggests, touching out of the widget, i don't know if
any widget uses the full screen.

On 8 feb, 15:57, Ievgenii Nazaruk <ievgenii.naza...@gmail.com> wrote:
> How about if user uses only one finger, he or she may only slide left and
> right. But if two fingers are used then "numpad" navigation takes effect.
>

> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 10:50 PM, John Vidler <j.vid...@lancaster.ac.uk>wrote:
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> > Neat, although as David pointed out, it does break some widgets that use
> > vertical scrolling.
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> > Any ideas on how to make that work?
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> > I suppose you could check to see if the event reached the desktop by only
> > consuming it if you use it, but that would trap people on desktops with
> > "full screen" widgets with vertical scroll, requiring them to hscroll first
> > :/

> > On Feb 8, 2012 4:25 PM, "Sam Berro" <sambe...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> +1
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> >> On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:15 AM, Dane Hidden <daneb...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >>> There ya go. Beat apple to that one.
> >>> I dig it.

> >>> On Feb 7, 2012 8:03 PM, "Adam Hunger" <adamhun...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >>>> Love it

[Kris Wolf]

Screen previews in the pull down menu to select homescreen.

[Creverex Johnson]

I'd argue that the benefits to the OS outweigh the negatives of a single or even a few widgets.

[Dianne Hackborn]

Vertically scrolling widgets are increasingly extensively used.

And this discussion really doesn't belong on android-platform.  The home screen is just an app.  There are tons and tons of alternative home screen replacement apps on Market.  Probably even one that does what you are describing.  Or go and write your own app that does what you want.  This has nothing to do with the platform itself.

Dianne Hackborn
Android framework engineer
hac...@android.com

Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails.  All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them.

[Kris Wolf]

Well, if google could sponsor a hackathon, we've already somewhat organized here, we could make this the new UI for ICS.

[Viral Mehta]

Ah,

On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 11:23 PM, David <david....@gmail.com> wrote:

Android has 7 desktops and i'm tired to pass from one to another to
see the desired, .

Why not organize them differently? Like the numpad in a keyboard:

1-2-3
4-5-6
7-8-9

Go, patent it !!

So we'll have 9 desktops and only need 2 steps to anyone, moving
right>left, left>right, up>down, down>up or the four diagonals (up
right>down left, down left>up right, up left>down right, down right>up
left).

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[Dianne Hackborn]

On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 8:39 PM, Kris Wolf <xmrsi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Well, if google could sponsor a hackathon, we've already somewhat organized here, we could make this the new UI for ICS.

To be completely frank, we are not at this point interested in such a thing for the "new UI for ICS," so are certainly not going to pay you to implement it. :}

[Kris Wolf]

Who said anything about paying anyone?

Dianne Hackborn <hac...@android.com> wrote:

[Dane Hidden]

The folks asking for a sponsorship for a "hackathon".
Wait a bit and I'll be releasing some source code and whatnot.

[jitesh adnani]

i would really like to try and implement this idea. can u tell me wat part of android source code would be for home screen apps. and to implement the gestures..