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[Android General] nightangelnp:
TSF UI SHELL Pro Android

Según la web oficial:

The official version of TSF Shell,with more customized features,is set to release in Febuary on the ANDROID MARKET. Please be there and share our joy in the new born TSF Shell!
[Android General] willianssrj:
very amazing :D
[Android General] Ed1ne1:
Looks AWESOME! I need it!
[Android General] Guru Zeb:
OMFG ......... my eyes !!!!!! my eyes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BURNING !!!!!!!

There needs to be a word for "made physically nauseous by pointless Fugly animations" ........ because thats what just happened to me watching the Youtube video.

My 1s reaction was ........ WTF ....... how ugly is that UI, how horrid is the colour scheme, how utterly pointless and very aesthetically displeasing are the gazzilions of dumb anims that seem to form most of this UI.

Particularly foul IMHO where the tilting 3D screen/folder thingies at 0:20.

Visually the whole OS is truly disgusting, the icons look like they are 16 colours or something, the weird clinky borders don't help either. All those fat borders make it look like it was designed for the visually impaired ..... (methinks after a few weeks looking at that OS you would probably actually be visually impaired).

HOWEVER, despite my above flaming, that thing has bat**** levels of customisation and ran all those horrid animations with great speed (though we have no idea what it was running on) As am not exact what they mean by quoting HTC Desire HD as video phone?? do they mean the phone videoed is an HD or the vid was make on an HD??

I also recognise that the visual horridness of the UI would be easy to change once it was released.

So am giving it a cautious thumbs up, as am presuming that anyone with taste could disable most of the silly animations for every action.

Then we might get a UI thats insanely configurable and customisable with half decent functional speed.

Or maybe they are just giving the user too much freedom to many toys to tinker with and really just encouraging users to create a big confused mess.

Oh yeah by the way I am am animator, so its not that i dislike animation, but i hate fugly pointless animation.
[Android General] chirea.mircea:
That's your opinion. Some may hate it, others may love it. Good that we, on Android, have choice. Good luck on iOS; if you don't like Apple's style, you're screwed (that applies to almost everything about Apple).

It's running on MIUI for sure, look at the icons and status bar. I see a fair bit of Chineese, so it's the original MIUI so it must be on one of the popular phones there.
[Android General] hectorpayano:
Omg omg omg, it was real? Did my eyes lied to me, tell me this is real.
[Android General] triosakti:
really can't wait for it to be launched...

it's febuary already

and the "coming soon" banner still there T_T
[Android General] Guru Zeb:
Come on bro?!?!? ........... i think i was pretty balanced. I didn't just do a hatchet job, i was pretty careful both to explain what i didn't like about what i saw and to mention that the visual aspect actually isn't that important since it would be easy to change. I also enthusiastically pointed out that the UI was very fast and must be quite efficient to keep all that crap going on at a smooth rate.

When did i even mention the Satanic spawn of consumer trickery that is any 'Apple' product?!?!?

Look at my kit sig no Apple or mention of and never will be !!!!!

Criticism does not equal opposition fanboy m8 :rolleyes:

Am most critical of things i like and support as am old enough to understand thats how to make them better :D

But being a photographer since the early 90's then Graphic designer/Animator, since the late 90's you develop a certain sense for aesthetics.

NO ONE is going to tell me (and have me take them seriously) that, that UI is anything other than FUGLY actually its one of the FUGLY UI's i have ever seen :eek:

Surely you also must concede that it has far too many utterly pointless and also FUGLY animations ?!?!?

I will list them if you like and explain whats so foul about them, that awful 'icon spray' every time you open a folder with icons in for a start, or the hideous attempt at soft fabric dynamics on the map demo they show.

Sometimes it looks like a badly done info screen on japanese kiddies cartoon show = too many bright primary colours, lots too many swing anims all the time :rolleyes:

Not only are the animations ugly and **** handed (i realise they willl probably be improved before release) but no matter how efficient the system is, a certain amount of sys resources are being used to keep all that junk doing what its doing and caching lots of other crap for when you need it :rolleyes:

But like i said i take the UI and disable most of the ugly crap it does .... then we'll see how it goes.

Be interesting to see how this UI runs on actual users phones ......... we've all seen demos of blistering speed and functionality, that turned out to be slide shows on anything but bleeding edge kit.
[Android General] Kailkti:
Look not everyone is you or likes dogs, cats, lots of colors, cheese, fast moving things, etc. So as reputable as you are, we can still say it is good looking, because like yours, it's an opinion not a fact.

$1 gets you a reply
[Android General] riverstudd:
been waiting for this for what seems like forever, but really just since the beginning of January. I want to see how smoothly it really runs
[Android General] torikorocks:
Id really like to try this out when it arrives in the market. It looks interesting and definitely a good choice for a change of pace on my phone.

Sent from my DROID RAZR
[Android General] Guru Zeb:
Well yeah obviously, i have been at some pains to point out that the visual unpleasantness is fairly insignificant myself !!!!!!

And i haven't stated anything as fact, just put forward an opinion backed with details.

But am interested in the way you cheerleaders only response to my criticism is the 'personal taste' get out. No one has yet defended the sheer volume of animation, or addressed the simple fact that it all takes sys resource to do that and for what??

As i've stated the UI mod looks interesting if nothing else for the huge customisation it has, But what is on show in that vid is hideously bloated with a lot of pointless and fugly, resource sapping routines.

Even if you think its 'pretty' you must have some concerns about the resources being used??
[Android General] mcord11758:
Unless you have a device with plenty of ram
[Android General] sinjiyo:
Calendar widget is on the way too.
[Android General] catman51:
Hope they are releasing an update soon.
[Android General] sinjiyo:
This month if all is good...
[Android General] yaatzek:
That's great, fingers crossed :)

edit:

Do you have problems with scrollable widgets on latest update? Before that they were working ok, but something got messed up. Strange is that on my nexus 7 it works ok, but on gnex they behave strange. Sometimes when I tap on some widget on my current screen it activates the one from other page... little frustrating. I wrote about it to tsf, hope they will fix it in 1.8
[Android General] catman51:
yaatzek,

I am also seeing that problem on my Galaxy S3
[Android General] L00n:
delete, re-size and

lock desktop

- fixed that for me.
[Android General] yaatzek:
Just locked the desktop and it helped (didn't have to delete and resize) , thanks!

edit:

after half a day it doesn't work :( tried also deleting and resizing :( guess will have to wait for new update.
[Android General] catman51:
Mine is locked also, but the widgets love to switch screens. I hope this is fixed in the next update because it's a little bit irritating.
[Android General] smeddy:
Yep I've also had the "switch widgets" problem ever since November-ish.

I would search the market for TSF updates ever day, but now I don't care if it's this month or next - my Galaxy Note was stolen on New Year's Eve :crying:
[Android General] yaatzek:
That is sad but keep your head up. Remember to always look on the bright side of life :D Now you can get a note II :D
[Android General] sinjiyo:
Hey guys,

Dev say : "yes, I know this bug, this bug is fixed"

So you will see on next update. :)
[Android General] L00n:
great news,even if i don't have this exact issue,i'm exited for the update? any news for witch month?
[Android General] sinjiyo:
Impossible to know. But it seems this monh. Dev work with a new designer now. Awesome designer. Stock theme and new widget made by him. :)
[Android General] yaatzek:
Sinjiyo your every post here makes waiting for the update harder and harder :D it will be a very long month :D
[Android General] sinjiyo:
Sorry for that :) ota is a mistery... Cause dev himsel don't know.
[Android General] L00n:
seriously can't wait for the update already,hope is this month.
[Android General] omegavesko:
Hope so too, we're only a week into the month so there's no need to rush I suppose. :P
[Android General] yaatzek:
Sinjiyo is TSF Team planning to implement auto rotation in future (or maybe in next release :D ) ?
[Android General] sinjiyo:
Yes, of course... But not now. It seems to be very dificult to do clean. But it's planing
[Android General] j76ms:
bump

Cause I'm excited for next update!!! :)
[Android General] L00n:
you are not the only one , I've been checking this thread everyday twice a day :D
[Android General] jenizaro:
Me too :D waiting news from sinjiyo :)
[Android General] MadMav88:
Same as you for widgets, they were moving freely on their own.. Solved by locking desktop!

A feature that could be implemented in the next release is a gesture that hide the status bar (on the bottom) exactly the same as hiding the system bar on the top.

I'm asking for those devices like GNex that hasn't soft phisical keys, but only on screen. It might help :)

Thanks for your work :)
[Android General] catman51:
Locking the desktop doesn't work for me, it's locked and they still move.
[Android General] L00n:
Try deleting the whole screen ,create a new one, place the widget and then lock the desktop. Works fine for me, sorry if doesn't for you.
[Android General] jenizaro:
Any news about the update?
[Android General] rexboy:
You can check the update status here http://www.tsfui.com/shell/release_history.html

Nothing yet :(

Sent from my SG3
[Android General] Tapar:
TSF shell is the only home replacement for my ICS rom that show no evidence of lag.

Looking forward to permanent dock!!
[Android General] jenizaro:
I check it 5 times everyday :) I was wondering if sinjiyo know anything about update progress?
[Android General] AndreiNdi:
looks like a complete launcher for me.

pretty nice :laugh:
[Android General] sinjiyo:
Hey guys, dev finish their holiday soon, a new screen switcher come with the 1.8 ( spb like but better) and dock, and new design and widget clock/meteo and widget sms ... calendar widdget later need to be re-design. Take it easy :)
[Android General] catman51:
Amen, I have had to stop using TSF due to crashes and widget problems. Cannot wait for the fix so I can use it again.
[Android General] Mr.Mefisto:
Guys in my opinion TSF is the best launcher!!!
[Android General] sinjiyo:
I think everybody on this tread think like you :)
[Android General] rexboy:
Agreed and there are plenty of great themes available to give it a complete new look :)

Sent from my SG3
[Android General] sinjiyo:
I'm interesting to know wich are yours best theme... :P
[Android General] jenizaro:
Ics Plates and your Ics Meego :)

---------- Post added at 01:52 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:45 AM ----------

I also like your tfou and UC themes. I bought all your themes and they all high quality. if you create a new theme please use light blue (sky blue) colors :)
[Android General] sinjiyo:
Nice to hear :)

Soon user can mix theme (icon pack, ui and folder) not sure in next update but soon :)
[Android General] jenizaro:
Wow! This one is a really special theme :) Its unique! I like it :thumbup:
[Android General] sinjiyo:
:)

Next will have a blue sky ui with cartoon icon...
[Android General] jenizaro:
Thanks mate :) I cant wait to see that :cyclops:
[Android General] sinjiyo:
You can see my screenshot and project in my google+. And speak on post about it. Check my profil.
[Android General] smokyhill:
Looks pretty good. But still it is too much for me.
[Android General] jenizaro:
TSF Shell or the new theme?
[Android General] sd0070:
Is there a shortcut to uninstall apps without having to go into settings or the play store?
[Android General] rexboy:
In your app drawer you'll see a star on your side bar. From there you'll see the bin for batch uninstalling apps.

Sent from my SG3
[Android General] sruf:
anyone encountered errors with the lasso-mode?

it just doesn't work on my device anymore.

no matter which icons on which homescreen i want to "lasso", i tap the icon for "lasso-mode" and start to circle around the icons but it just doesn't show the lasso anymore.

i have restarted tsf shell but no luck...
[Android General] jenizaro:
Another Releaseless Day :rolleyes: Waiting for the static dock...
[Android General] sinjiyo:
Ok, we need to wait a litle more... maybe one or two week.

to take it easy, I can show you the new widget screenshot.

3 widget: alarm clock weather, message and email

in some hours. Maybe I can show you more (dock on home screen...)

if you have question...:p

Widget clock weather alarm could be theme :)
[Android General] rexboy:
Cheers for the teaser, the new widgets looks great.

Sent from my SG3
[Android General] 6jaipur6:
Soo anyone discovered how to have the flag effect from the maps?
[Android General] L00n:
really exited , hope it will be less than two weeks :D
[Android General] yaatzek:
It's not ready yet, probably in next release.

Sinjiyo that looks sick! Can't wait even more!
[Android General] jenizaro:
The clock shows the alarm time or the actual time?
[Android General] sinjiyo:
Actual time.
[Android General] jenizaro:
So its a clock and weather widget with alarm feature. I was so scared that it was just showing the alarm time :good: I like the way of setting an alarm but widget can be better visually. Looks a little bit simple for TSF Shell :)
[Android General] sinjiyo:
This widget can be customised (theme.). widget animation turn round when set alarm

And the white circle is animated wich show the second.
[Android General] jenizaro:
Thats great news! Then I'm gonna use your clock themes :cowboy:
[Android General] sinjiyo:
:) I will
[Android General] jenizaro:
What about the photo of static dock :confused:
[Android General] sinjiyo:
Sorry I haven't it yet. Tomorow it would be good.
[Android General] sd0070:
Gestures won't expand notifications. Is this a known issue or something I'm over looking?
[Android General] uxu:
AW: Android3D UI - TSF Shell Pro

Same problem here.
[Android General] jenizaro:
I dont use gestures but I checked it now and it works for me. No problem here on Galaxy Note.
[Android General] sinjiyo:
Work fine on note 2 too. Wich are your device ?
[Android General] sd0070:
Galaxy nexus (Verizon) with mmuzzy Rom and tiny kernel. Gestures work for everything else, just not to expand notifications.

---------- Post added at 10:09 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:06 AM ----------

Also, does anyone have a way to expand directly to quick settings?
[Android General] dawabz94:
Hi all,

I tried searching the thread and also google'ed it a bit but found no solution

Has anyone successfully ran TSF as a system app ?

I need that to allow it to add widgets on my MIUI rom,

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

Thanks !
[Android General] Atok_fr:
If you're speaking about special miui widgets (clock, calendar...), in my memories it isn't possible to add their on another launcher than MiHome :(

No news ? No update ? No more screenshoots ? :'(
[Android General] dawabz94:
Hi,

Thank you for your answer :)

Nope I'm talking about any android widget, Apex and Nova have to be made system app (with titanium Backup) to be allowed to add any android widget. And it works once applied.

But when I apply the same procedure to TSF, it just keeps on FC'ing ... had to reboot, select another launcher, remake TSF an user app, uninstall, and manually go to /system/app and delete com.tsf.<can't remember the complete name>.apk to get my device back to normal state

I love TSF but as others, I miss auto-rotation, I really miss that - and need it to work with MIUI ...

Maybe the solution to allow other launchers to simply add widgets will come from MIUI's next update for the Galaxy Note 2

And auto-rotation might be part of TSF's next update too ?..

Have a nice day all :)
[Android General] Atok_fr:
I'm sorry, I can't try it because it need the "pro" version of Titanium... :(

On HTC One S, with the latest update (android 4.1.1, ViperOneS 2.0 rom), I can put classics widgets on TSF launcher... on which version of Miui are you ?
[Android General] yaatzek:
I tried some time before to make tsf as a system app but same story, crashing all the time. But I have no problems adding any widget on tsf screens. Maybe it is something with Your rom? When I'm adding first time widget I'm beeing asked to give permissions for tsf shell to add widgets, after that I can add normally widgets. (gnex with cm 10.1)
[Android General] jenizaro:
Yes thats right. Once it asks for permissions than its ok.
[Android General] Atok_fr:
Oooh, ok :)
[Android General] L00n:
any news about the update ..
[Android General] catman51:
Yes, still waiting for the update so I can use TSF again.
[Android General] jenizaro:
As Sinjiyo said we have to wait 1 or 2 weeks more :)
[Android General] Atok_fr:
That was one week ago :P

More informations from dev team could be great...
[Android General] Father Ted:
Did we ever get a resolution to the problem of downloading themes and them not appearing in the theme folder as a choice option?

I bought and successfully downloaded the 'buff' theme tsf.shell.themes.buuf but it doesn't appear in themes.

I have e-mailed the dev but with no response.

It sorta makes me nervous to buy other themes until I figure out if this is an intrinsic problem with all external dev themes.

I'm on cm10 (4.1) on my iconia a500 tablet, and cm10.1 (4.2) on my gsm xt910 razr, and the theme does not show in either.

The free themes (ThemeBox HD and Cyanogen Light) download, appear, and work well.
[Android General] L00n:
Strange i don't have this issue .. my themes apply super easily i'm also with 10.1
[Android General] Rican Bx Bomba:
Using titanium back up, back up the theme, then uninstall it normally through android. Then use titanium back up to install that theme and you should be able to see it in tsf.
[Android General] Father Ted:
You Sir.... are a gentleman.

That worked a treat!

Add another thanks to your meter!
[Android General] romanzi:
Wow, very beatyfull))

Hello from future)

But I think this UI uses much RAM and processor.

For "Student's phones" it won't fly =(

But an idea is cool)
[Android General] sinjiyo:
all paid theme don't work since jelly bean. nedd to contact dev to solve it.

a new icon effect when slide screen...maybe:D
[Android General] heyodee:
End of month is here. Waiting impatiently...
[Android General] Atok_fr:
Yep !
[Android General] yaatzek:
This coming update is getting more and more excited! And it's closer and closer to release :D Besides it's fun to read how we all say how beatiful it is even we didn't see it :D
[Android General] dawabz94:
hi, thanks for your help, I'm running this one : http://miuiandroid.com/community/threads/3-1-25.19413/

=> Grabbed the link for Samsung Note 2 | t03g | JB

No issue when running Stock Samsung ROM ... but once tasted MIUI for my Note 2, I can't look back :)
[Android General] dawabz94:
Hi,

thank you :)

Had the same behavior on stock samsung rom but crashes on miui

And same as you, crashes when trying to set it as a system app

Defaulted back to Nova waiting a fix from miui or tsf :)
[Android General] yaatzek:
Sinjiyo any news? You know, second week is coming to an end :Ds
[Android General] sinjiyo:
Yes, new year is soon in china... Release after that...
[Android General] L00n:
hm,that means at least after 10th of February .. oh well :)
[Android General] jenizaro:
2 weeks again :D
[Android General] scar45:
Hi sinjiyo,

First off, thanks for continuing to inform us of TSF Shell's progress. It's great to see what's coming next.

That said, I am a theme developer myself (I created the PCB Themes for TSF Shell), and it has been quite a challenge without documentation. I am wondering how I might fix my themes so that this Jelly Bean problem can be resolved. As of now, I have a workaround on the Play Store theme pages, but it's not ideal.

I also noticed that the 'window switcher' icon is now a full circle, whereas it used to be a 'quarter circle'. I want to keep my themes as close to perfect as I can, so any information that you could provide to theme developers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks once again, and Happy New Years!
[Android General] Atok_fr:
I came back to Nova too.

Too more bugs... :'(
[Android General] JudgeDredd67:
The go team have almost duplicated TSF with Next Launcher. Not quite but its getting closer and closer with every release.
[Android General] sinjiyo:
Scare45. Windowd switcher is an other png in static mode. To fix jellybean problem, you can use the droindman package. Contact him, he sell his pakage. Work perfect but that's not a really clean way.

I want to say. I have 0 bug on tsf shell on my note 2. No widget problem, no lag, all is perfect.
[Android General] rexboy:
Agreed it's getting better and great efforts for other devs providing a choice for everyone but I wouldn't be at all surprised if they ruin it like alot of their other work. ie. Gosms becoming so bloated and forcing cloud backup not local, unless paid of course and many of the themes having push air ads and tokens etc to get themes advertised for free when their not. Go launcher also headed in that direction with alot of useless features and with each new update they don't seem to address feedback from users as per market feedback etc. They generally start off good then ruin a good thing.

Ps it's a compliment to TSF that Go are blatantly copying their launcher :) just hope TSF keep on their toes and keep ahead in providing the best innovative features they have to date :)

Sent from my SG3
[Android General] JudgeDredd67:
Very true, both come at a heavy price tag so I would be quite upset to see ads pop up. And you are probably correct, they will bloat it up with a bunch of useless crud. It as already started with the proprietary add ons. Would like to see a few more options with TSF like some text color choices, setting transparency on the side dock, width of the side dock maybe even as a list view for favourites.
[Android General] schimm:
I've got both TSF and Next. One thing that bugs me about both is that it won't keep its default setting. I've spent a great deal of time trying to figure this out from downloading home switchers to clearing caches, clearing defaults and data and even uninstalling other launchers. Apex and Nova keep their default setting. But not Next and TSF. Whenever I set one to be the default and then reboot I am asked to choose a default launcher. Each time. But when I reboot I'm asked again. If I chose Apex or Nova this does not happen. Out of ideas. I'm running a stock Note 2.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2.
[Android General] rexboy:
Strange, I have no such problems on my SG3. once set to default, it sticks.

Normally as you suggested, managing apps, and clearing the default for whatever launcher it is defaulting to does the trick.

A bit over the top but perhaps a full wipe and then restore of the apps using something like titanium backup may help. Also clearing cache and dalvik caches.

Sent from my SG3
[Android General] jenizaro:
I also experience the same problem with Note (leaked JB) and my friend also experiences the same thing with SGS2 (JB). Therefore, I just freeze the TW launcher with Titanium Backup and it does not ask it anymore :D
[Android General] schimm:
I've rooted all my phones but I usually wait awhile till I get the itch. Maybe I need to visit those forums to see what's up. The phone is great in stock form imo.

Sent from my Galaxy Note 2.