[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Andrell:
No. I like being able to access it from any screen.

I'd say that about 75-80% of the time I am using the voice search that I remapped to long press recent apps. But like you said, C&P, as well as the names of people and compound search terms/criteria, are weaknesses in voice search that require typing. I do have it on my homescreen, but as I said above, I'd like to be able to access the search from any screen simply for convenience. Call me picky :o

All of mine are full of my 6 most essential actions (back/recent, home/phone, and menu/voice search). Google search would be #7 on that list.

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Probably something like that. Obviously the issue is ROM related, but from Jan's post it is not tied to the operation of the ROM. It's also an issue that is not open for discussion by the Devs, which suggests one of a few possible thing I can think of. Maybe there is a possible adverse impact from discussion/explanation (legal ramifications), a high likelihood of an undesired flameup resulting from discussion/explanation (suggests a dispute, also possibly legal), it's designed to dampen the monotonous drum beat of the ETA requests, or it's a prank. If it's a prank then it's not very funny, and if it's to quash ETA requests then it's not well timed. Which only leaves some form of dispute, most likely with other software developers. My guess would be HTC... I've seen them slap a few Devs with C&D orders in the past over some stuff that I couldn't imagine they would suffer damages from. However, the timing seems to be orchestrated, suggesting a malicious intent rather than a desire to protect intellectual property. That is something I would associate more strongly with Apple (maybe having the Linkify Fix?). Blah, this is all just speculation. :confused:

I'm sure there's nothing that we can do. The devs know that they have a huge base supporting them, and the fact that they are keeping things under wraps means that we are potentially more of a liability than a means to a solution. So believe me, right now doing nothing and waiting patiently IS the best thing that we can do to help them in this situation.