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Which Android launcher "spins" the circular desktop around a corner?
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Horace Algier
Sep 28, 2016, 6:31:15 PM9/28/16
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Does anyone know what Android launcher has an option to put the icons in a
circle with the focus being one of the corners of the screen and with the
ability to "spin" the icons in a circle to get to any desired icon?
I was waiting in line when I saw the desktop of the guy in front of me and
asked him *what* desktop it was.
He didn't know - but said it was a $31 Android phone which he just bought
online which did it.
The icons were set in a quarter circle in the bottom right quadrant of the
screen, where he could "spin" them to get to all his icons (which were
automatically arranged in a circle around a "sun" icon in the bottom right
corner).
So, there was a yellow "sun" in the bottom right corner, and all the icons
were three or four levels deep (as I recall) where he "spun" the thing to
get to the various icons, and it spun smoothly without hitches or screen
lag.
Does anyone know what launcher this was that has an option to put the icons
in a circle with the focus being one of the corners of the screen and with
the ability to "spin" the icons in a circle to get to any desired icon?
circle with the focus being one of the corners of the screen and with the
ability to "spin" the icons in a circle to get to any desired icon?
I was waiting in line when I saw the desktop of the guy in front of me and
asked him *what* desktop it was.
He didn't know - but said it was a $31 Android phone which he just bought
online which did it.
The icons were set in a quarter circle in the bottom right quadrant of the
screen, where he could "spin" them to get to all his icons (which were
automatically arranged in a circle around a "sun" icon in the bottom right
corner).
So, there was a yellow "sun" in the bottom right corner, and all the icons
were three or four levels deep (as I recall) where he "spun" the thing to
get to the various icons, and it spun smoothly without hitches or screen
lag.
Does anyone know what launcher this was that has an option to put the icons
in a circle with the focus being one of the corners of the screen and with
the ability to "spin" the icons in a circle to get to any desired icon?
tlvp
Sep 28, 2016, 7:50:44 PM9/28/16
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On Wed, 28 Sep 2016 22:31:12 +0000 (UTC), Horace Algier wrote:
> Does anyone know what Android launcher has an option to put the icons in a
> circle with the focus being one of the corners of the screen ...
> Does anyone know what Android launcher has an option to put the icons in a
>
> He didn't know - but said it was a $31 Android phone which he just bought ...
>
> Does anyone know what launcher this was ... ?
Sounds almost like the alternate desktop view of Motorola's old WinMo 6
device, their Verizon-branded Q9m. But that doesn't quite qualify as "a $31
Android phone", does it? Still: HTH. Cheers, -- tlvp
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Joe Beanfish
Sep 29, 2016, 9:24:46 AM9/29/16
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But I've stumbled across things similar to that before. Don't recall
any of them. A quick look came up with CircleLauncher, Circle SideBar,
Easy Task Launcher, Honeycomb Launcher, Smart Launcher 3...
Horace Algier
Sep 29, 2016, 2:43:56 PM9/29/16
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On Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:24:34 -0000 (UTC), Joe Beanfish wrote:
>> Sounds almost like the alternate desktop view of Motorola's old WinMo 6
>> device, their Verizon-branded Q9m. But that doesn't quite qualify as "a $31
>> Android phone", does it? Still: HTH. Cheers, -- tlvp
>
> If it came with the phone you might not find it in the store for your phone.
> But I've stumbled across things similar to that before. Don't recall
> any of them. A quick look came up with CircleLauncher, Circle SideBar,
> Easy Task Launcher, Honeycomb Launcher, Smart Launcher 3...
Thanks for those suggestions, as I hadn't expected the word "circle" to be
>> Sounds almost like the alternate desktop view of Motorola's old WinMo 6
>> device, their Verizon-branded Q9m. But that doesn't quite qualify as "a $31
>> Android phone", does it? Still: HTH. Cheers, -- tlvp
>
> If it came with the phone you might not find it in the store for your phone.
> But I've stumbled across things similar to that before. Don't recall
> any of them. A quick look came up with CircleLauncher, Circle SideBar,
> Easy Task Launcher, Honeycomb Launcher, Smart Launcher 3...
in the launcher name, so I didn't search on that keyword in the name.
Here are the URLs to those suggested launchers:
CircleLauncher light By db-ware
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.dbware.circlelauncher.light
Circle SideBar By Zeeshan!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zeeshan.circlesidebar
Easy Task Launcher By pacosal
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pacosal.easytask&hl=en
Honeycomb Launcher By Launcher Apps
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.honeycomb.home
Smart Launcher 3 By Smart Launcher Team
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ginlemon.flowerfree
None look like the one I saw, but the closest is the Easy Task Launcher, at
least upon first inspection, so I'll try that one first.
Thanks!
FLX
May 27, 2017, 12:35:12 AM5/27/17
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Joerg Lorenz
May 27, 2017, 1:07:49 AM5/27/17
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Am 27.05.17 um 06:35 schrieb FLX:
Was a very good tool a couple of years ago. Nowadays it is only bloatware.
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