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[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Thanks, tgtoys. I hadn't considered a fading title bar; curious to see what the rest of the team thinks of that. Great stuff.

We'll often post a pre-release APK to our Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/claystoneinc - so if you'd like to help us test there, that'd be awesome. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
That's great to hear. Thanks for helping us out!
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
There's a RC APK from our previous version now featured on our Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/claystoneinc - if you want to check it out (you might have to scroll down a tiny bit).

We're also featured on Appia, SlideME, Handster, and Amazon Appstore.

If this is a common issue, maybe we'll make a point of issuing RC APK's on our FB page prior to each release.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Totally. We've always wanted to do social widgets within the panel interface, but before we do, we want to be certain we've totally nailed the execution of the launcher, itself.

Once we tack on a few of the feature requests mentioned thus far in this thread, we'll be that much closer and can begin building out those types of widgets.

Thanks for the suggestion!
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Hey, jackleung -

Re: New Home Screens -- Right now we have it setup so that, once you add your first item/app/widget to the new panel, you can long hold on the panel, itself, and select 'Rename Home Screen'. I think I get what you're saying, though; no one wants it to be called 'New Home Screen' and the user should immediately be prompted for a new title without having to go through extra steps later. Let me see what we can do.

Also, unfortunately, you can't currently drag and drop items from one panel to the next (the only method of doing this is by long holding and copying/pasting).

I hear you on the back button. We've had it setup exactly as you've specified, but feedback to the implementation wasn't overly positive. Might be time to re-examine that.

Thanks for all the feedback - huge, huge help.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Another request for an APK link? I'm sensing a serious trend, here. ;)

Right now we've posted a RC APK to our FB page - http://www.facebook.com/claystoneinc - from the previous release. I think what we'll start doing, though, is posting a RC there prior to every update.

Hope that helps.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Hmm. You could try downloading the v.11 RC APK featured on our FB page - http://www.facebook.com/claystoneinc - and see if that works for you.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Gotcha. I think step 1 for us was to effectively deliver the panel interface to the user in a manner we were pleased with. We still have a few things to address, certainly, but we're creeping closer and closer.

Step 2 will be an expansion on that foundation, meaning more extendability and customization similar to what you're thinking of.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Awesome, thanks! Landscape mode presents an interesting challenge both back and front end-wise, but we have a few prototypes kicking around designed to address this.

They're not quite ready for showtime, but I'll keep posted as we do more to support that.

Thanks, again!
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Really? That's the first I've heard of any performance issues on the Evo 4G.

We do offer performance tweaks via 'Menu -> Preferences -> Performance' that might alleviate some of that strain. Thanks for checking it out!
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
So nice to wake up to all this feedback. I'm really thrilled you guys have taken the time to try out Claystone, and moreso that you're enjoying it!

It's not perfect - yet ;) - but we're getting there.

We've already started working on some of the feature requests listed here and can't wait to push them in an upcoming release. Obviously, as alluded to earlier, we can't attack them all at once, but the debug version we're playing with is already better than yesterday's release thanks to your help.

Claystone (hearts) XDA. Thanks, again - and keep the feedback coming! Every last ounce of it gets relayed to the team. :)
[Android Apps and Games] TDuran:
Still playing with it and trying my best to stress it out... I've gotten a couple FC's but no major problems on an Infuse 4G running Infused 2.2.3 with Infusion 1.1.
[Android Apps and Games] -Grift-:
runs smooth on my slighty lower-end phone.

sent from my gt540 running cm7 2.3.7
[Android Apps and Games] VDK:
Look good but this launcher is killed by the task manager of galaxy s2. Appreciated if you can fixed it since the task manager is often used to free ram. Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] TDuran:
One more small issue... I'm liking your browser but I am unable to zoom in and out with multi touch. The browser loads full web pages but fits them to my mobile screen and doesn't let me zoom out. Also, when i have more than one web page opened, the left/right swipe is so sensitive that when i try to move around on one page (left or right) it'll take me between open pages on different panels instead of moving the open web page i'm on. The fix I've foundso far is I need to move slightly up or down so the browser knows I want to stay on that particular page, then move left or right. I'll keep playing with this though. It's amazing so far. Seems the newest update stopped fc's for me.
[Android Apps and Games] GiffordHesketh:
Appreciation and Feedback

Thank you for this launcher; it is fresh, attractive, and useful. Are you accepting donations anywhere ?

Here are a couple of my suggestions / requests :

- ability to re-order home pages

- ability to clear favorite apps

The second item there refers to what I think is the favorite apps tab on the "My Apps" page -- i.e. the left-hand tab. It is a subset of all apps but shows the vast majority of them and does not seem to reflect what I mark as favorite.

Thanks,

Gifford
[Android Apps and Games] TDuran:
Also, just noticed some pretty high battery drain: 16% from Claystone Launcher under battery stats when using the browser and messing with the launcher for a while...
[Android Apps and Games] stremax:
my 2 cents

graet app! I'm using since a couple of day,

after thrilling first look now I really like it

I'm on a nexus s i9023 running gingerbread 2.3.6

just my 2 cent:

some FC, most on fast swiping from a panel to another

after app installing in 3d view the new app it's not showed, I've to go back to that panel and from that go to 3d view

just a little blur effect still not perfect

i've changed the background image fromyour blueberry theme to another ,but now I'm not able to go back, where the blueberry original one is now??

I'd like to edit widget and app on the panel, I really like apps like texticoncreator,

so if in future update you will give us thisopportunity you will rock!

some other personalization are welcome for geek like me...

like alpha channel setting or icon resizing in dockbar or upper panel

that's a really great work

go on!
[Android Apps and Games] blunatic:
can i have a direct Download ?

Iam on 200dpi and cant download at market

THX !!
[Android Apps and Games] TDuran:
Just tried a reboot to see if it clears the battery drain problem
[Android Apps and Games] leonardoaraujo:
because I can not carry it out in my Cliq?

528 MHz ARM 11 processor

256MB RAM

CM7 2.3.7 (also tested at 2.1 and did not work)

Opengl 1.1

can you help me?:confused:
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
TDuran, you nailed it. One area where we definitely need to improve is in regards to the web browser. I can assure you, my friend, that's well under way! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
I'm really glad to hear that - thanks, Gifford!

You're certainly not the first to mention the ability to re-arrange the home screen panels and, as we speak, I'm en route to logging an internal ticket that addresses just that. ;)

Also, re: 'My Apps' - it's designed to showcase the apps that you've installed on the phone, yourself. We hadn't considered going the route of a 'Favorite Apps' approach but did do something similar at one point by showcasing a 'Recent Apps' tab similar to what you'd see in other launchers. At one point, unfortunately, it was decided we simply had too many tabs visible in the App Drawer and it was removed.

If there's a big push to do so, we could always consider putting it back in (or, potentially, creating an App Drawer option that allows you to control the tabs visible).

Also, we're not currently accepting direct donations - thanks! - but if you'd like to help out, you could always purchase a theme (or 2, or 3...) for $1/each via Market! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
TDuran, you rock. Outstanding feedback all the way through.

On behalf of the team, thanks!

(Also: the bulk of this next release will focus on some of the performance/memory issues being reported thus far.)
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Great stuff, stremax.

I'll have to look into the issue w/ Blueberry wallpaper disappearing. This is the first I've heard of it, but will poke around on the subject.

Also, as I mentioned to TDuran, this next build will look to address a lot of the performance/memory issues being reported thus far. I'm really sorry to hear that you've had to experience a few FC's.

Thank you for trying us out!
[Android Apps and Games] leonardoaraujo:
and I? I have to buy another phone? lol (nothing works for this crap phone ... kkkk)

:)
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
There's a RC APK on our Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/claystoneinc - from version 1.11, if you scroll a bit.

Prior to our next release, we'll also make sure to post another RC APK for everyone here to play around with.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
I'm hoping the RC APK on our FB page helps you out. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] kangi26:
Looks great, just downloaded it and going to give her a run. On Miui 1.10.14. I'll let you know how it runs. I'm excited to try it
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Update: for those asking for a direct download of the APK, we've updated the Dropbox link featured on http://www.facebook.com/claystoneinc with the latest.

Hope that helps!
[Android Apps and Games] leonardoaraujo:
had tested their version of facebook (I have read all the pages of this post to see if I found a solution). same thing for me, I only see the icons of the bar ....

Thank you for your attention!:)

tested new version of FB, not work for me .... my phone says it opengl1.1, but seems to not work right .. :(

my Motorola Cliq = crap, crap, mega crap!lol
[Android Apps and Games] GiffordHesketh:
Thanks for the response.

What does happen when I "Add to Favorites" from the app grid ? I was expecting this to correlate to the contents of the tab to the left (although that would make more sense if the star were a heart). To me, seeing apps that I mark as favorite is more valuable than seeing apps that I installed.

I just bought the dark glass theme and am thinking about the cartoon theme ...

-- gifford
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
I'm really sorry to hear that. Unfortunately, I think your phone may not be compatible at the moment with our latest build.

Thanks for giving us a shot, though!
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Hey, Gifford - this adds the item you've selected to your 'Favorites' folder, available via the Content panel.

Hope you like Dark Glass!
[Android Apps and Games] kangi26:
This looks REALLY good. Obviously it's very different from most other launchers, and will take a little bit of work re-training my brain to know where to find things and how to navigate. One issue I do have is, the wallpaper seems to be split, and I have not found a work around yet

Edit** Never mind a reboot resolved it

2nd Edit**Whenever I change a wallpaper, it comes up split, kind of like the 2 ends of the wallpaper meet joined in the middle of the screen. A reboot does fix it though
[Android Apps and Games] thompson2009:
awesome

This launcher is awesome.

Gonna impress all my mates at the weekend. lol.:p

Tried most of my apps and widgets. opened lots of screens. And not a single issue so far. Runs really smooth and fast.

great job.

p.s still miss my launcherpro widgets though whenever i try a new launcher.
[Android Apps and Games] MoWeb:
Great work on not creating another me too launcher. It takes some getting used to but I really like it so far. There's some unique elements here. Excellent work and I'll be recommending it to everyone I know. :-)
[Android Apps and Games] MoWeb:
I select the TMZ app and it says failed to parse. How do I fix this?
[Android Apps and Games] typ_ex:
dont know if anybody has posted this yet, but claystone youtube item isn't as good as the youtube app. both in terms of visual, and audio.

I unfortunately dont know how you would go along fixing it either :(
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Hmm. That's something on our end if it's a persistent case. Let me look into it.

Thanks for the heads up, MoWeb.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
I presume you mean the quality of the videos? We've looked at addressing that in the past, but unfortunately, YouTube doesn't make it the easiest of tasks for our use case.

That said, it is something we've kept on top of, and I'm hoping I can come bringing news of a better experience in the future.
[Android Apps and Games] serega26:
Russian is possible?
[Android Apps and Games] edolba:
claystone rocks

Great launcher. Different,great to use
[Android Apps and Games] mstfkaratas:
Nice launcher, a cube effect between screen would be nice.
[Android Apps and Games] shr33kant:
I like the concept devs! one thing i couldn't do was remove the app drawer from the shortcut thing at the bottom...that was irritating. I also had a thought that if you swipe up on one of the icons at the bottom it could bring up a sort of mini drawer with a list of apps that you put in there? Also i would love to be able to drag and drop into the quick launch thing at the bottom,.
[Android Apps and Games] barqers:
I think it's a really cool launcher. One thing that caught my eye though was the fact that I couldn't really customize my quick launch bar and app drawer+folders very effectively.

Other than that, great launcher!
[Android Apps and Games] The Impaler:
Very nice concept, yet hard to scroll up and down since the panel keeps switching on me. will take some getting used to, but I love it!
[Android Apps and Games] dbozam:
Not only that, but GO Calendar displays all currently in-progress FULL-DAY tasks in alphabetical order (while stock widget does not display them at all on the widget).

I use that widget as a to-do list because I just say, for example, I need to pay my bills by 10/21/2011... I just list that task as a full-day task scheduled from the day I add it (today would be 10/15/2011) until the deadline... and thus all my to-do list items are displayed every day easily until they expire or are deleted by me.

Additionally... am I missing something? when I open other applications, I expected them to be in the 3D panel viewer... without that... the 3D panel viewer is just a souped up panel previewer and gives me no real advantage over other launchers besides not being able to see my desktop background clearly (due to semi-transparent black overlay).

If I am using the launcher correctly and this is not an existing feature, it should probably be added because trying to force a whole bunch of users to migrate over to your various app replacements (youtube, browser, file manager, etc) may be distasteful to some (me) because learning to use a new launcher is enough work.... I've got a 3 yr old... I'm not going to spend hours trying to learn to use all kinds of new software that may not even have all the features I am used to.

Good luck and keep up the good work. Innovative... just seems like some key features are missing due to the project's youth.
[Android Apps and Games] catman51:
Small request, a way to turn off the reflective screen covering, so that the wallpaper actually shows. Right now it's impossible to use any designed wallpaper as it doesn't show through.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Great suggestions, thanks.

You're right; the fixed app drawer shortcut will be removable in the next release.

In terms of drag/drop functionality, let me pitch it to the team and see where we can go with it. Thanks, again!
[Android Apps and Games] typ_ex:
Its no big deal. If you guys can do the stackable apps similar to webOS, than the problem would be solved.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Totally understandable. Trying to go in a new direction with a launcher, we're certain there's to be: a) hiccups along the way and, b) features and aspects that won't necessarily appeal to everyone.

That said, we definitely appreciate you giving us a shot and taking the time to help us out. Positive and negative, I can assure you we're listening to every piece of feedback that comes in. It's been invaluable so far in charting where to go next with an app that we're incredibly excited to be developing! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
I can assure you of this: the ability to set the opacity of your background panel has become a major cause for at least one member of our team.

It's not quite as easy as it should be, but we're working on it and once we're satisfied with the solution from a usability and stability standpoint it'll be bundled into a release ASAP.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Also: to users reporting issues with sluggishness or FC's, our next build will be focused on alleviating several of those by tightening up a few things under the hood. It's not always the sexiest of releases (when compared to those where we can unleash a major new feature or two) but it seems a good time to fine tune the application.

In the meantime, you can configure transition speed and a few other performance-related settings by tapping 'Menu -> Preferences -> Performance'.
[Android Apps and Games] barqers:
Awesome job being so responsive to user's comments! If I could pitch the ONLY thing that's really bugging me right now is the ability to show only contacts with phone number :) Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] CBax:
You'll see from my post count that I never post, but this launcher is unreal!

I've only just grabbed it, but it clearly opens up some amazing possibilities in terms of productivity...once I figure out how to make use of it properly.

Obviously I have very little other feedback so far, but here it is:

1. Given the drastic differences in this launcher from the traditional interfaces, one of those fancy introductory videos on youtube showing off the various features and how to best make use of them would really help out new users.

2. It would be nice to be able to customise some of the panel buttons someday. eg. option to replace contacts with something else.

Feel free to tell me I'm an idiot if you've already addressed the above feedback elsewhere.

Thanks heaps for an amazing piece of development.
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
Our pleasure, we're really glad you like it. Also: consider your feedback pitched and received - thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] claystoneinc:
That's great, thank you! I'm really glad to hear you're enjoying what we're doing with Claystone. It's always tough to try something different, but the response (particularly here in the XDA community) has been tremendous.

Re: a video/user guide - you're right. Given the wholesale changes we've made to Android navigation, we're working to ensure the directions are as clear as possible.

Currently, if you tap 'Menu -> Preferences -> About Claystone -> User Guide' we have a built-in HTML overview that gets things started. We're also working to have a revised version posted sometime this week.

In regards to customizing 'panel buttons' - would you be able to clarify a bit? Sorry, not 100% sure what you're referring to.

Thanks, again! ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Helluuum:
Great app thanks
[Android Apps and Games] shr33kant:
Perhaps pinch to zoom out to get the 3d view? thus freeing up a button on the quick launch bar at the bottom. I also thought maybe grouping certain screens, phone/contact/sms/email in one row, browser, gallery, video, general media in another row, app drawer, settings, claystone settings, superuser apps etc in another row. or the ability to customise them at will. OH! maybe if you have a swype gesture on a quick launch item it pushes out a mini screen above it with a mini drawer for any of the above grouped apps?...opacity is definately an issue tho tbh, i have a picture of my gf and i can't see her face :(. Ability to create your own custom shortcuts like launcher pro would be epic also. Perhaps some fancy screen transition animations would be cool i guess. like a book page being turned, etc,. Just some random ideas i had lol.
[Android Apps and Games] skimminstones:
looks beautiful on the galaxy s2 screen, seems really complicated though. Ill have a proper play with it later but as above the very first thing that struck me was no pinch to zoom to see the other screens?
[Android Apps and Games] kiltedthrower:
On LG thrill-

It acts fine and then after a short while, it will stop the ability to add any new content (widgets/apps/etc). And when I go to view all the panels, they're all blank except for the app panel.

Also noticed I can't add individual folders, only the folder organizer app itself.
[Android Apps and Games] NicholasQ:
I have noticed this as well... no option for folders.
[Android Apps and Games] kangi26:
I think you guys have a great thing going here. I like the layout, and the screen options. One thing that I don't care much for is, with the "home screen" bar in addition to the default system task bar, we're losing a pretty significant amount of realestate along the top of the screen. Is there a way to, say add the "home screen" name into the system task bar? Or if nothing else, give the option to hide the system task bar?

Other than that, I think this project looks great. Nice work to everyone involved!

Edit: works great on the captivate with Miui 1.10.14

Sent from a autonomous device
[Android Apps and Games] hbk19:
How about the option to save panels?

We can create a panel (or multiple panels) and put whatever apps or widgets on it (such as a separate panel for games, utility apps, web apps, comic apps, etc...), and save it for later access from the Claystone integrated panel launcher (or whatever you call it). That way, we sort of create our own integrated panels that we can open up at the press of a button.

In fact, this is practically a folder option, where instead of a pop-up folder on top of the same screen, we open up a brand new panel instead. And the plus side to this 'folder' is that we can add widgets to it, another advantage over other homescreen launchers

Also, please add the option to use the wallpaper from different Claystone themes. I bought your Honeycomb theme (very sleek looking, :D), but want to use the wallpaper from the default theme, but I can't seem to find that option.

In any case, I'm looking forward to further improvements. The internet and Youtube panels still need some work (they're quite slow and laggy, even on my Captivate).

Thanks.

EDIT: Expanding on the post before mine by Kangi, an option to collapse the title bar (where it says Home, or Claystone, i.e. at the top of the panel, below our notifications) would be good to save screen real estate, not to mention an option to change the number of rows and columns we can have on a page (a la ADW / LauncherPro style). I kind of miss my 5 rows / 4 columns set up on ADW EX.
[Android Apps and Games] MoWeb:
I don't know if this has been mentioned before but it would be nice if swiping through panels can loop to the first one instead of stopping at the last or first. Add dock looping also :-)