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[G1 Apps and Games] reynchan:
so im guessing, judge a book by its cover.

i agree with the UI being hideous.

but compared to ahome, dxtop and open home, all they're done is the same thing, a couple widgets, extra pages (that just move differently from each other) and changing icons. that's it..

yehs, sweeter home is not good to look at, its the ugly duckling right now, but with all its features and the developer open for suggestions and implementing things, it's far better than the other home applications.

i gave it a chance and tested the product out before making any ASSUMPTIONS and i like the features but not the UI, but everything is a work in progress and the developer actually went beyond just chaning major icons, adding an extra page and widgets like what OTHER HOME applications have already done.
[G1 Apps and Games] Misty Blue:
I make no assumptions, merely observations. I don't like the UI and attraction is the first step to any partnership. I never said I wasn't willing to give it a shot later, you assumed that. I said as it is now, it sucks.

From my experience with dxTop, the UI works with the theme I have on my phone. There are no extra downloads or specifics that I have to implement. I'm not saying it's the best, but that's a lot better than any of the others are doing.
[G1 Apps and Games] xdavidn88:
Tried it, a little too much for me.

I like it simple. Open Home for me.
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
Here's screen 1, 2 and 3 I've set up so far. Few bugs I've found (app TRAY has started duplicating the actual apps in it for every new tray added, not sure why)... anyway, looks pretty good and once more stability and features are released this will be my default home I think...

Left is SMS's with quick links to contact apps below.

Middle is (top) most used apps, (middle) all apps, (bottom) communication apps, (here's where I want more app trays but won't really work atm, I want a utils tray, games try, notes tray, and comms tray with all apps on a different screen).

Right is contact list.

--- Photobucket died right when I updated the images, stand by --
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
I think I figured out the tray duplication thing, just gotta test it. RENAME the trays! LOL.

EDIT: updated screen above. Got extra trays working - all scroll horizontally. Added labels to app trays and added labels to SMS and contacts list.

Next: "all" apps tray on the lower screen, and skin the calendar (even though it's broken) on the top screen...
[G1 Apps and Games] sinbot:
I tried getting this app last night and a few times today but I keep getting "download unsecessful".
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
There we go...
[G1 Apps and Games] apfroggy0408:
Wow, I definitely need to sit down and make some pretty stuff like that. You think you could link the wood wallpaper?
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
I put a quick vid on youtube too so you can see it in action.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNPK35NQFSs

Can't find it man, I think I got it from http://g1wallz.com/ - or maybe in the wallpapers topic on here? I'll upload it later when I get time.
[G1 Apps and Games] Dreddge:
See, I cant find it in my market. Im assuming that Im having so much trouble with my market because I have an ADP Phone? I cannot purchase, Ahome or Open home (the paid versions dont show up)
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
i can't find it on market either- i did yesterday but it gave me download unsuccessful. since then i can't find it- maybe it has been taken off for fixing or something?
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
I tried backing it up with Astro but couldn't do it.

http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.sweeterhome.preview1 - Doesn't do it for you? There's a new version, I'm about to update.

EDIT: You can now long press in a tray to bring up shortcuts. Nice. Works with Anycut too, not BetterCut though :(

My working shortcut options:

Any Cut

Astro

Bookmark

Bookmark2

Contact

Gmail Label

Music Playlist

Note Everything
[G1 Apps and Games] mannyb:
I've been getting a lot of "Download unsuccessful" and "Application install unsuccessful" with my ADP1.1h dev phone lately. Something's wrong, and I'm guessing it's funky copy protection issues that is screwing me (and other ADP users) over.

Hopefully it's just a temporary glitch, something Google will sort out, but if this keeps up my phone will be rendered useless as more and more apps become "off limits".
[G1 Apps and Games] Dreddge:
Thats the open home is doing for me. Im glad to know Im not the only one with issues.
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
i can see it on cyrket but when i search on market for sweeter it can't find it- also when i do the barcode thingy from the cyrket webpage the market still can't find it.......
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
Eesh - must be an ADP thing? Bummer!!!

I've asked the Dev if he can provide an APK and RSS updates while it's still in Beta. Will let you know.
[G1 Apps and Games] mannyb:
If this indeed is a copy protection issue for ADP users I have to say don't see the point in enabling copy protection on free apps. I can see why they would do it for paid apps, but free ones? It's just stupid, pissing people off.

No wonder people start going underground to find alternative sources when "the system" craps all over them. Great way of alienating potentional future paying customers.

/rant.
[G1 Apps and Games] q426669:
Anychance you would share your theme file? If it's even possible =)
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
Sure thing man. I still have to skin the top screen (calendar) and the bottom screen (all apps).

Alos not sure how sharing the skin will react with non-standard apps (ie: if you dont have an app that I have loaded). I could try with with empty tray too though I guess.

I'll experiment and share one as soon as I can - might take me about a week though... v busy at work! :rolleyes:
[G1 Apps and Games] Dreddge:
See...Mines opposite (except this particular app) I can DL free apps, but Paid Apps arent showing up....GRRR
[G1 Apps and Games] mannyb:
Neither paid nor free apps are available to me :D

Well, I can download most free ones, but some of the free ones seem to be copy protected, which stops me from downloading/installing. Paid ones aren't showing up at all in my market. Not a single one.

ADP + wrong country ftl.
[G1 Apps and Games] q426669:
I know the feeling. I have been putting it off since I started using this. That's actually why I asked for it. I simply don't have the time to sit down and set it up. And I really like the way you set it up. I was going to stare at your SS, and just try to make it the same lol.

I'll use the builtin caramel theme untill you get a chance to post yours.

Thanks again.
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
Tomorrow night I'll try and make a basic theme with trays and those name labels I chucked on there (took a little bit of fiddling) and you can tweak from there. Give me 48 hours, going to see Fat Freddy's Drop tonight and then off site from work tomorrow...
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
Ok, here's the response:
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
why copy protect something that is free anyway?
[G1 Apps and Games] dissonance:
Have to say I'm really digging this. Would be nice to be able to skin the blue arrows. Seems to interact very poorly with wall calendar.
[G1 Apps and Games] shaneaus:
I was using dxTop until I found this app.

I love some of the things he has done with it. I have set up five screens.

The only thing I don't like is that I use a photo of my wife as my home screen and it doesn't re-size photos very well at all!

On the original home screen it did a good job of re-sizing photos. But, this app then makes the photos very pixillated.

Besides that I am loving it. I think the dev is working on being able to change the arrows. I personally, (if he provides a gradient) will be just making them completely transparent. I have no need of them. I know what screens are on my own phone! LOL
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
Yeah, the devs been asked a few times about those blue arrows, I'm sure he'll get to it.

Wall Calendar creates a cache copy of the wallpaper and drops it in the root of your SD card. So when you add a pic in Sweeter Home and choose Wallpaper it grabs that and resizes to "fill" I think. I just turned Wall Calendar off for a while. when you go back into the standard home it still shows up for me.

I've asked the dev to consider a similar calendar tray that is skinnable and shows todays date.
[G1 Apps and Games] kathi17:
I'm having the same problem, and I'm in the US.

edit: Oh, I just saw the above. I have a dev phone. Guess I'll just have to stick to programs that we are allowed to buy, or the free unprotected ones.
[G1 Apps and Games] mannyb:
Kind of OT, but the Android Market is so far the single most annoying part of "going Android". Almost everything else is up to my expectations. It's just all these issues with the market that is bringing the average down; problems with access, copy rights, stalled downloads, problems getting refunds, etc, etc. It's just waaaaay too beta for my liking. They have a lot of kinks to work out.
[G1 Apps and Games] bjehsus:
Something I'm working on..
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
is there a shortcut for the tray still?
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
What do you mean bro? You can set shortcut in an app tray now by long-pressing.
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
i mean, with the pics i see i can't see the tray handles.... are they still there?
[G1 Apps and Games] shaneaus:
Something that I find really cool about this app...

No TRAY HANDLES!

What you can do is use what he calls the "Application Grid" which is... TaDa! The tray that displays all of your apps.

The difference being that you can skin the "tray" however you want. In my set up the application grid is in the bottom screen. So, you flick your finger up to get to the screen with the grid.

But, I have the tray totally transparent. So, I can see the pic of my wife (my screen saver) behind the apps. I leave just a little space on the left edges of the application grid and use that space to move back to the center home screen.

Also! The application grid stay where it was when you left it. So, unlike the native tray where every time you open your application tray it resets the app list so that they are in alphabetical order with the A's at the top... This app leaves the grid where you last used it. So, if you keep going back to the same app in the grid it is no problem. Every time you go there that same app will be displayed and you won't have to scroll down to it.

One request I made for the Dev is that if one selects the "home" button one is sent back to the center screen.
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
sounds good- now if only i could access it!
[G1 Apps and Games] veda_sticks:
This is the best hgome screen replacement so far, i had even paid for ahome then tryried this, and after an hour of messing with the editing, got a nice basic theme going.

Cant wait to start getting more fancy with it. I see a few already have some really nice themeses
[G1 Apps and Games] groucho51:
Sweeter Home is Getting Sweeter All the Time!

The following is from a post I made on Sweeter Home's forum:

I LOVE this app! And it's only getting better with each update!

One user tip I have is to leave some space between the 'Live areas' such as icon trays, grids, and scrolling lists, so that you can easily swipe to other screens. I noticed that when I had too many live areas too close to each other, I had trouble getting to the other screens quickly. When I put space between them, or 'static areas' such as pictures and text on screen, scrolling is much easier.

I really like having a text block on screen, I only wish I could long press the area to edit the text without having to go into 'edit layout' mode, kinda like a sticky note. Or it would be cool to be able to copy and paste text to and from a file, or view from a text file and save to a file.

In the current version the calendar events now show up, until you go to edit an event. When you come back to the home screen after editing, the events are no longer visible. You can get your events back on screen by switching to 'edit layout' mode, and then exiting back to your home screen.

It would be great if you had the option to see a monthly calendar, as well as upcoming events. It would also be great to be able to long press to have the option to add events, not just edit existing ones, or open the calendar app.

I can't wait to see new widgets, or integration of other apps.

I also agree with others who suggested being able to rename and change icons.

Another cool feature would be a block for RSS feeds.

Great job, so far! I wish I could post screenshots to show you how much fun I'm having designing my interface.

I look forward to further development of Sweeter Home!
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
Yeah that's a good tip, I editted all my screens to leave "grabbing" room on the edges of each screen and it's more intuitive to flick between screens now.

Also there was an update released about 10 hours ago, I DL'd it but haven't had a chance to look at the new features yet. Stand by.
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
The Dev turned off copy protection but due to an Android bug it broke all existing themes. Wah :(
[G1 Apps and Games] fdorr:
Where can i getit? i read the app forum but its not there, i have ADP and i cant find it in the Market, please!
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
It's not available to ADP phones due to copy protection right now. The dev removed the copy protection but due to an Android DB bug it killed all existing themes. I've asked again if he'd be willing to make the APK available on his site... fingers crossed for you guys.
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
Observations from the new release: the blue arrows are now gone by default. You can turnt hem back on in preferences. The wallpaper now spans the horizontal 3 screens and behaves like the native home app, which is nice - the trays look good scrolling left to right. Contacts has been filtered to only people with mobile numbers (I think) still no option for your own filters though. Overall performance seems a bit faster... Oh and if you're on the left, right, top or bottom screen, the Back button zips you back to the centre screen.
[G1 Apps and Games] shaneaus:
I love this app. The new version is improved by a very large degree.

I have attached screen shots of my setup. Ignore the woman she is not on the market... She's my wife! This is my third setup I have made. I'm still not sure if I am real happy with the screen setups. I'm going to continue to play around with it. There is a LOT more potential!

The center screen has 12 apps that I can scroll vertically.

The top screen has three app trays. Tray 1 has some tools I use, 2 has some common apps, and three has games. All 3 trays scroll horizontally. I may change it to show three vertically scrolling columns... hmm.

The right screen has my calendar, contacts, and some utility apps. All scroll vertically.

The left screen has Messages on top and call log on the bottom.

The bottom screen has my application grid.

I took these photos between reviewing competition themes so you can see how it looks with the stock notification bar.
[G1 Apps and Games] dweller88:
^^good work on that shaneaus,

I need to find some time to figure this thing out,

I like what you've done, but haven't had time to sit down and

work it out.

I wonder if you can you export basic layouts that other people could download

and apply as themes, of course we would then add our own chosen apps at that point.
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=3514667#post3514667

:D
[G1 Apps and Games] maydaysos:
failure to launch

I really wanted to try this so I downloaded it now but it won't open for me.

Is anybody else having this problem
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
You launch the app through your HOME button. Not through the app drawer.
[G1 Apps and Games] maydaysos:
:eek: opps thanks:)
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
I just got 0.16RC1 from the dev for testing. One new feature is off the charts cool. Stay tuned the new release should be out soon...
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
OK team, 0.20 of Sweeter Home is out. Go update. :D

NEW is springboard icons! See it in action!
[G1 Apps and Games] veda_sticks:
springboard is awesome, i only use 1 screen for most things now with a few action trays on another screen.

is anyone else having problems with the action trays scrolling, being really laggy? Or is it just me.

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[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
Yeah I've logged a bug for this. They used to scroll really fast and smooth. The dev is always pretty quick to respond.
[G1 Apps and Games] jawash22:
Slow...

Mine is really dragging since update. Action trays keep refreshing constantly and I can barely go from screen to screen
[G1 Apps and Games] phanaks:
Just registered here...and I absolutely love my G1

I am seriously impressed with Sweeter Home. This is pretty much exactly what I was hoping for out of a home replacement app. I love the customization possible with Sweeter Home and the gui is intuitive to boot. The others (dxTop, aHome, Open Home) are so out of the box and dumbed down.

One thing I would like to see though is the ability to better adjust margins/spacing. At the moment these options seem to apply to all sides (top, bottom, left, right) at once. It would be nice to be able to adjust each margin seperately (something similar to the way you can adjust margins in div layers when designing a website would be ideal). Just a thought.

On a side note, does anyone know if Sweeter Home works with BetterCut? I am thinking about buying it, but if they arent compatible...

P.S. Love these forums.
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
No icon replacement yet. It's on the devs list but apparently it's a tricky one for him to implement.

CSS style margins and padding would be awesome - I've though about that before. I'll log it as a feature request.

I asked him how the edit boxes snap - each screen has 16x16 snap guides, but because the res is different the snap boxes are different sizes in landscape than portrait. Might help people with layouts... :)
[G1 Apps and Games] phanaks:
ah, good to know. i was wondering what the default was. i just updated and .20 is significantly slower than .16, but i like the additions (bug report menu, springboards, etc). home the slow down goes away quick. :/
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
0.21 fixes the action scroll prob. Should be out tonight maybe!
[G1 Apps and Games] diaztradeinc:
Hey guys I just recently updated to the magic build 4.9 and now I cant seem to find sweeter home in the market. Any one have a copy of the apk?
[G1 Apps and Games] clefky10:
It's my favorite out of all the alternative home apps, but still doesn't beat the default in my opinion.
[G1 Apps and Games] phanaks:
Not to be rude...

What about the default home do you like better? If you wanted, you could actually recreate the default home in sweeter home only you would be able to add in things like a scrollable wallpaper calendar, scrollable wallpaper contacts, scrollable and expandable areas on each page for apps, different fonts, control over icon sizes and spacing, and on and on.

I have basically just recreated the default home but have a nice easy to navigate contacts page, am able to fit more apps on each screen, and can see my calendar with a quick flick. not to mention my landscape layout is greatly improved over the default. Basically I am using the normal 3 screens (middle, left, and right) the same way i did with the default home, but added the contacts window and a few side scrolling app trays. the bottom screen i use just like the default app tray (vertical scroll, with an app tray covering all but the top 10% so i can flick back up to the home screen) only i modified the icon size and spacing so it would be five across instead of four. the top screen i covered all but the bottom 10% with a wall calendar so I can quickly see what my day/week/month holds for me. I added in small bands of color at the top and bottom of each screen for continuity within the theme and it makes for a really nice effect especially when scrolling up to the calendar or down to the app tray (it feels more like youre pulling up a tab than scrolling to a new screen). I just cant get enough of this app!

Screenshots: (sorry for the uglification, my work computer only has microsoft paint)
[G1 Apps and Games] corzo002:
Sweeter Home NOT in market

I'm not seeing Sweeter Home:confused: in the market, and would really appreciate it if someone could show me(and the other who might have this problem) where I(we) could get the apk from. Thanks in advance.

Yes, Ive used the search button.
[G1 Apps and Games] zoetrope:
Its there, I just searched sweeter home and it shows up.

http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.sweeterhome.preview1
[G1 Apps and Games] erickrios:
it's not showing up for me either, not even with this link.
[G1 Apps and Games] corzo002:
I found it! I was searching for sweeter home instead of Sweeter Home. Thanks bud:)

So note to all who has this problem: search the market for Sweeter Home, not sweeter home.
[G1 Apps and Games] erickrios:
aaaarrrgghhhh this sux, I can't find it, I've tried Sweeter Home, sweeter home, sweet home, sweeterhome, every combination I can think of and it still doesn't find it, I've even gone down the list of apps one by one and nothing. Can some one send me the apk please.
[G1 Apps and Games] corzo002:
Just did a search on my GFs G1 and its not showing up on hers. I tried backing it up with Astro but its not showing up in the backup file. HUmmm....:confused:
[G1 Apps and Games] erickrios:
I searched it on my wive's G1 and it found it immediately, unfortunately it will not let me back it up since it is protected. I don't understand why it doesn't show on my phone :(
[G1 Apps and Games] enritt:
X2.

I've used all terms to search for it but nothing.

It is listed here http://www.cyrket.com/asset/4654171455234801866 and I even sent the link to my phone and when the market link is followed, it

opens up the Market search with this "com.sweeterhome.preview1" which I assume it's the real app name known to the phone. So if it fails to find it like

this then it's just not there.

Anyone please upload the package, it's free so i dont see any issues.
[G1 Apps and Games] Lakers3408:
Found this, I cant install it on my phone (MyTouch Rom) :(

Rename to apk

I think people cant find it due to what ever ROM your using, I am using MyTouch and I CANT find it on the Market
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
http://sweeterhomeskins.blogspot.com/2009/09/sweeter-home-preview-2-video-preview-1.html

:)
[G1 Apps and Games] Chahk:
Looks very promising. Any idea on when the rest of us could play with Preview 2?
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
A few weeks I'd say. I'm sending back bugs etc to the dev as I find them.
[G1 Apps and Games] kirandeep:
I watched the youtube video with preview 2 and i have to say it looks amazing, so much potential..good job.

take nothing away from the other home replacements but this allows some amazing customisation. I am currently with DXTOP and like the dual launcher and "diamond" shape screens that was very clever, but had a play with preview 1 last night and i would switch when this project is complete..

look forward to preview 2
[G1 Apps and Games] punkweakling:
More vids of Preview 2 in the next few days. Completely stable enough to run as a full time replacement now. Latest build I got has drag/drop reordering in trays, as well as some other reordering goodness.
[G1 Apps and Games] phanaks:
I have been waiting for updates to Sweeter Home for months. I absolutely can't live without it, but it sucks how often it force closes and takes 20 seconds to show my home screen most of the time, but being able to completely control how my phone's UI looks and acts is still worth it. So excited for improvements!