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[G1 Apps and Games] Redflea:
Very glad to hear that...I'm not sure that the dialing app I'm using (SuperDial) is able to set itself as the default dialer, so being able to set a specific app for dialing via the toolbar icon, as opposed to the default app, would be the height of coolness. :)

Thanks for the excellent info, I appreciate it.

I did find one bug/issue last night.

I have five screens enabled...three had various icons on them, as well as the following widgets:

Counting screens from left to right...

S1: 1 icon

S2: 10 icons and Battery Widget

S3: 8 icons and Beautiful Home clock/weather widget

S4: three icons & Laik Calendar widget 4x2

S5: 1 icon

When I added either the Pandora or Slacker widget to screen five, I would get this problem where the home screens would blank temporarily when I moved back and forth between them - all the contents of the screens would disappear and then reappear. Remove the widgets from screen 5 and all would be fine again.

So I must be bumping up against some limit here...but I only have three widgets installed (oh, I also have the GDE app doc on screen 4 w/three icons in it). Someone else on Android forums also said they say this w/the Slacker widget. This occurred before I actually used the widgets...just placing them on the screen would result in the problem occurring.

Loving GDE so far...
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
No, that's nothing. GDE should fly with that little. We're still working on some heap size issues, which has been an ongoing battle. I have the Pandora widget on my screen full time (passed on Slacker). I bought Beautiful Widgets, but with the Power Manager widget in donut, and the Android Apps Weather Clock donate, I really have no need for it, so I don't have it installed (just like OpenHome :D). When the blackouts happen (hopefully being fixed by next update), change orientation to landscape and back and see if that helps. If not, try a reboot.
[G1 Apps and Games] Redflea:
Thanks.

I'll try adding the widgets again after the next update. And I forgot, I also have the Power widget on screen 4...
[G1 Apps and Games] natcom:
where can get GDE i search on the market but i cant find :(
[G1 Apps and Games] Redflea:
Just had another glitch...

I made a call (using easy dialer, another program I use for dialing frequently called numbers) and when the call ended I returned to a blank home page - wallpaper was showing but nothing else.

After about three or four seconds things popped back into place and it was normal again.

First time that's happened since I loaded GDE yeseterday...it is set as my default home page.
[G1 Apps and Games] BSDADON:
It might not have been a glitch, maybe the phones memory was running low and had to stop gde to run the other programs. It's happened to me when I am multi tasking on the phone (ex: using the browser, listening to music and I get a notification, check hello im!, facebook) without going home. Sometimes it takes a few seconds, other times it doesn't. I think it just depends on what other apps are running in the background.
[G1 Apps and Games] Wysie:
Personally i will say about 250ms, but i suggest to make it configurable? Thanks!
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
i agree shorter the better- configurable is even better..... suits everyone then.
[G1 Apps and Games] Redflea:
Thanks for the info...I wasn't running anything at the time other than just making the call, so I would expect that the phone wouldn't be over-maxed. I've never seen that before on the phone, so that's why I figured it was related to GDE...

I'll keep an eye on that if it happens again and see what's running/happening on the phone.

Also wanted to post that I had the duplicate (and triplicate/fourplicate) icons in the appslist today...rebooting the phone fixed it.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
I'll see what can be done. Worst case, it will be a noticeably shorter pause. I'm obviously with you guys though, the more user definable options, the better.

@ Redflea: As BSDADON said, that's going to happen with any app from time to time if your phone is running under memory duress. For the most part, I'm experiencing instant return to home. If you really think about it, GDE is in many respects quicker than the default launcher and improving each update. I don't think I remember any complaints of app tray population speed. How many times has anyone here tried to target a jumping app as "Stocky" loads the tray? It never works out. The Advanced Launcher just keeps the tray blackend until completely loaded, so we can't even try.

Little features are being added here and there just to mix some fun in with the work. We want the base to be as lean and glitch free as we can get it before the big fun begins. We're not completely satisfied with performance yet...it's possible we never will be. Rogro and I share the same affiliction of perfectionism. It gets irritating. :eek:
[G1 Apps and Games] pkwjr:
First off, great job with GDE. Using the Droid and I installed GDE last week and it was just too buggy, but tried it again today and wow, great improvements and it runs flawlessly for me.

One question and I have tried to figure it out myself but have been unable to do so.

In the Application Dock, can the icons be moved? I want to rearrange them but when trying to move them to a certain place, when I let go of the icon, it just defaults to where it was.

Thanks
[G1 Apps and Games] Redflea:
Thanks...I really appreciate how active the development behind this app is.

You should know that nothing I post should be considered a "complaint." I work closely w/a SW dev team, and am just doing what I do at work, passing info on to the dev team so they can act on it if it's useful. If what I'm posting is redundant or isn't helpful, just let me know. :)

Just to be clear, the issue I reported wasn't about app icon loading in the app tray or app dock, it was about the home screen itself not populating (blank, showing wallpaper only) for 3-4 seconds when returning from a call. I'd never seen that before on my Droid, even when making calls with GPS/maps and music programs playing in the background, so I figured it might be a GDE-related issue and you guys would want to know about it. Hope that makes sense.

I know what you mean about the perfectionism issue...as I said I work w/a dev team and our biggest problem is prying the software from their cold, dead hands so we can actually release it... :)
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
Ha...I get done posting my rant about the tray, then read this. :confused:

A few questions...

Which device are you using?

Are you stock or rooted running a custom rom? If the latter, which build?

I assume you're running the latest GDE version, but I have to ask.

Is there any one transition in which you notice the issues more prevalent?

Some of the problems you're reporting, we haven't seen in some time, and were presumed fixed. My OCD is working overtime now.:eek: If you haven't done so already, grab Spare Parts from the market and enable the last option "Keep Home App in Memory" to see if that helps. In any case, when you experience odd behavior, before rebooting, first try flipping orientation to portrait and back and/or going to Desktop Settings in GDE control panel and press the restart button.

EDIT: Just read your previous post so ignore questions 1 and 2...you've also got a good memory advantage over my G1.

I'm also not sure if Spare Parts is compatible with 2.0...check it out.
[G1 Apps and Games] Redflea:
I'm known as "the breaker" at work...give me any device or software and I'll report back w/something significant not working within a day, minimum. ;)

Yes - just checked for updates again.

Nope, not yet. I did go through and "sanitize" my wallpaper so that everything is standard size for the Droid.

I've got Spare Parts, I'll give that and your other suggestion. Thanks! I'll let you know how things go.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
Apparently, somewhere along the line, you've learned the valuable lesson of sugar coating your *****ing and whining with a compliment curtain call.

I'm kidding of course. :D

We never view bug reports as complaints...especially coherent ones. Just ask bkmo and Wysie.

I'm aware you joined this forum because of GDE, or rather, GDE's issues.

Until there's a stable port of 2.0 for the G1, our most accurate means of "taste testing" Eclair is via emulator in the SDK. Even then, screen dimensions and other specs are vastly different. If I'm remembering correctly, root is not required to collect logcat output from a device. Just enabling USB debugging in settings, installing the necessary drivers and a path to ADB. Or just simply installing log collector. Am I right? I forget what sin-root feels like. Pm me with your email address if you'd be willing to maybe test a copy or 2.

Rogro has final say on these matters, so the preceding idea may have been typed straight outta my ass (not at all uncommon...over-sized keyboard). If you prove willing and that idea get's ixnayed, glad I could get your hopes up. :p
[G1 Apps and Games] Redflea:
Killer Feature Request:

Option at first start-up, or after startup, to import all widgets/shortcuts from any existing home screen on the device, or at least from the stock home screen if others aren't accessible.

That would make the transition to a new home screen really nice...you could still modify/remove/move stuff around on the new screen, but you could start w/ a base of what you spent time setting up. Leaving out icons, as home page design often makes icon selection more specific to the home screen app...

What do you think? dxTop imports existing icons/shortcuts from the stock home-page, so it's technically feasible. :D
[G1 Apps and Games] bkmo:
Ummm, ahhhh,daaaaa, what the hell are you trying to say? :)

Hey you uninstalled my pink theme didn't you? The active installed count is going down. ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] durangojim:
New guy here and really love the app! One thing I've noticed is that the stock power manager widget does not allow you to turn off the sync function while using GDE, if you could fix that, it would be great! Thanks!
[G1 Apps and Games] PaulGiz:
AndroLib is showing updates over the last 2 days, but the market isn't reflecting that.

I'm on version 40--is this where I should be (MyTouch, V1.6 Android)?

P.
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
Hell no, I didn't. I often am struck an uncontrollable pink fetish, and fear the turmoil I'd suffer if subjected to download delays.:p<---see?? pink!
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
Mine works. That widget really has nothing to do with GDE except depend on it to update the on/off view. Press the widget button, then manually navigate to settings to see if background data is enabled or not. If the widget is reporting a different status than in settings, then there may be a refresh problem within GDE.

Where are you getting the version number from? The market reports v0.1.8.1 as the latest.
[G1 Apps and Games] PaulGiz:
Version 40 comes from application settings on the phone. I used to get versions like 1.7.3, then 2 versions ago it turned into version 38, then 40.

Still loving the app.
[G1 Apps and Games] butterfras:
It would be nice...

I'm new to this app, so please don't hate me if I'm mentioning stuff that you already know.

1. setting the soft buttons to do whatever I want would be awesome. I use aContacts instead the stock dialer, i would love to get it with a softkey

2. It would be nice if you could include some soft of way to change what the stock buttons do. Like the search button or others.
[G1 Apps and Games] Redflea:
Same here...v40 in manage apps, Marketplace Downloads shows it as 0.1.8.1.
[G1 Apps and Games] Redflea:
Could not have put it better myself... :D

Coherent is a tall ask, but I'm game to try.

PM shall be sent (that sounds oddly biblical)...if there's something I can run to grab some log data for you, i'm happy to try it out. You'll have to tell me what's possible, however...I work with a bunch of high-powered tech guys, but I'm the customer experience manager, so I'm three kilometers wide and 2mm deep. :)
[G1 Apps and Games] skedone:
sorry to ask guys lol its probably somewhere in this post but is there a gallery of the themes would like to see what there like before i install p.s im on a htc hero running modaco 2.9
[G1 Apps and Games] brucemcl:
Simple theme

I really like GDE. I have tried many of the home replacement apps on my mT3G (with stock 1.6 OS) and GDE is the first one I'm really happy with. I have five screens, and I have good performance. Thanks much for writing GDE.

I do have one request, and that is for a very simple theme. This theme would have two goals.

1. To fit in with the rest of the Android UI as well as possible.

2. To make it as easy as possible for people to discover how to use GDE.

Don't get me wrong, I'm actually using the Hero theme and liking it with Android 1.6, so I'm not exactly a user interface purist. But here is my suggestion for a simple theme.

A. Make your menubar resemble the top of a regular open folder window in Android.

B. Make your toolbar resemble three standard silver buttons in Android.

Here's the reasoning behind my suggestions:

A. Some people know how to make folders in Android. They know they have to click on the X to close the folder. They might be encouraged to click on the arrow or the horizontal lines in the corners of your menubar if you make it look like the top of a normal folder.

B. Three buttons at the bottom, what could be simpler. Even though your main window slides up, you don't really have something that the user grabs on to slide it up. The three areas you have at the bottom work just the way normal buttons work in Android. Trashing an icon or folder is the exception, but that's exceptional behavior in Android as well. Using the red tint the way you do makes sense there.

Again, thank you and congratulations on writing such an excellent app. GDE is something to be proud of.
[G1 Apps and Games] guttyla:
anyone know if we can switch which screen is the main home screen?...i would hate to move all widgets.shortcuts around
[G1 Apps and Games] be0ne:
@ guttyla > Menu > Desktop setting > Set default desktop (at the botton) and then hit the button ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] n1k0n:
:)

Hi,

I love GDE and it works great for the exception of few very annoying things :). I have MotoDroid and my home and search buttons no longer work. Also camera button does not work and now phone wakes up whenever any hardware buttons are pressed (camera and volume), which kills the battery because those button on the side and with belt case they get presses when ever i sit down or drive. Please help, I love this app, but can not use it with those problems :(.

Thank you and sorry if this already was answered.
[G1 Apps and Games] Mouse2007:
Please help me.

I am nothing find GDE on Android Market....where is?

Sorry to my bad EN i am live in Czech Republic,bye.
[G1 Apps and Games] n1k0n:
Its under Apps>Tools> GDE - new home exp....
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
1. On the todo list...we're still doing the boring work of hunting and sniping unnecessarily used memory. Can't say exactly when, but we'll see custom soft button actions soon, hopefully.

2. Since all devices are not uniform in their hard button layout, It'd be fairly difficult to make settings that would satisfy all devices. But, we'll keep it in mind. If something can be done, we'll try.
[G1 Apps and Games] Mouse2007:
Thanks you...i try this.

On find tool and wrtie "GDE" market nothin find this apliacation....
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
Do me a favor and go to Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>GDE and select "clear defaults" if available. Then press the home button and when given the choice select "Home". See if the problem still persists, and post back.

@ Redflea and any other Droid users: Anyone else experiencing these issues?
[G1 Apps and Games] overground:
Go to the market home screen. Press the apps button. Scroll down to tools. Should be listed somewhere in the top 10.
[G1 Apps and Games] Mouse2007:
GDE not found:( i scrooling xx apps and not found this apps
[G1 Apps and Games] Hotas:
That's true. If you go to androidlib.com, search for GDE and the go to Czech Market at the bottom of the page, you will only find themes, but not GDE itself. And no paid themes. Are there no paid apps in Czech Market?
[G1 Apps and Games] n1k0n:
Beautiful, it works. Also my hardware button problem is solved too (now it only turns on when power button is pressed). Thank you!:D
[G1 Apps and Games] Nidisa:
New to forums!

What is the wallpaper size needed for GDE please?
[G1 Apps and Games] Redflea:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-rogro-gde-zwAp.aspx
[G1 Apps and Games] eminembdg:
First off, LOVE LOVE LOVE this app! I bought open home, tired aHome, and others as well. But this one is the fastest with no lag out of all of them. And not to mention the most unique with the cube and different transition effects.

I'm just curious if you've thought about trying to also offer a 2nd cube effect that you can spin around 360 degrees. Like compiz does on linux distributions?

Is it possible? Would that really make it lag a lot?

This is just pure curiosity. And even though it is already the most unique home replacement app, a 360 degree cube , that you can have a home screen on top and bottom of the cube, would make this app amazing!
[G1 Apps and Games] tytech:
I Love it, a couple of questions though.

I Love this. Installed on my nonrooted mytouch and it works great!

I do have a question though. I apologize if you already addressed this and I didn't see it. Can you have a different wallpaper for each screen? IF so, how is it done?
[G1 Apps and Games] Breezer23:
This easily has the most potential of all the Home replacement apps. My only complaint, other than the landscape issue on the droid, is the ability to change icons like you can in Panda.
[G1 Apps and Games] brucemcl:
Simple One theme

This is my first theme, my first project using the Android SDK. The directions given at the beginning of this thread were very helpful.

This theme is trying to be simple and to fit in with the rest of the Android OS. Using the normal transition works best with the wallpaper I chose.

You can get Simple One in the market, search for it or for GDE.
[G1 Apps and Games] eminembdg:
Not bad for you very first theme! It's not for me but you have done way better than I ever could of! You should see if Diceman or someone else here could upload it to the Market for you! Good Luck! Hope to see more of your work soon
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
i just published a new one to the market- Blue Droid. As for the wallpaper, the way i did was include a second wallpaper for cube transitions. what i did was just cut the original one down the middle and put the middle 50% duplicated next to each other. Download my theme to check out the result- see attached wallpapers....

if you want me to publish it for you let me know...
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
btw: just checking if more apps inside folders on the desktop is still a works in progress (same as dxtop and advanced launcher do), and also a grid view for the folders in the drawer so i can see all of them without scrolling down....

couldn't see any of these in the todo list.....
[G1 Apps and Games] brucemcl:
Themes, suggestions, bugs

eminembdg - Thank you for the encouragement. I appreciate it. I'm working on my second theme now. It's turning out to be nearly all white for some reason! :-)

MontAlbert - I tried out your Blue Droid theme, nice work there. The wallpaper problem using the cube transition is definitely something they are aware of, but you've got a good workaround. I like your folders and the toolbar in Blue Droid as well.

Thanks for the offer to publish my theme. I definitely want to get my work out to the market. I'm thinking of doing it myself. I've got a birthday coming up, maybe the $25.00 fee will be a birthday present to myself. :-)

I have a suggestion or two for the GDE developer, like you do. I think the last post I read on this thread from him said he is concentrating on improving performance. He's already doing a great job on that compared to the other home screen replacement programs. I'm glad it's an ongoing priority for him. I'd hate to see GDE get all bloated and slow.
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
Good on you mate- its addictive i tell you. I enjoy making themes, although i do get sick of people emailing me saying the theme wont work and what is GDE?

Even though in the description it says you must have gde installed for this to work- they think once installed they should be able to open the theme like an app....
[G1 Apps and Games] brucemcl:
It may be possible to have something happen when a user tries to open one of our themes and they don't have GDE installed. A screen could come up giving them a link to GDE in the market. The GDE developer would have to add this feature in.

By the way I'm an official developer now! I hope to have two themes in the market in a few hours. Thanks again for your encouragement.
[G1 Apps and Games] pcunlimited:
I made the right choice

I have been using GDE for a week now and love it. I was worried I had made the wrong decision till I had a chance to actually sit down and go through this forum line by line. I found the answer to my problem and fixed it. Thanks agian for creating the best home screen for android on the market. I am still new to android coming from winmo. I have to say that I tried all of the home screens and took a chance on this one with no trial version. Once I had it installe my decision was made as to which one i wanted. I can't wait to see what you come up with next. I am going to try and get a buddy of mine to let me rework some of his winmo themes for GDE. I got a lot of learning to do about android yet but i am looking forward to this in my free time. I am running this on my samsung moment and it just screams along. I am looking forward to any updates you have for GDE and will personaly try and pimp it around to anyone I know with an android phone. Thanks again for all your hard work.
[G1 Apps and Games] brucemcl:
Hey, welcome. I just posted my first theme to the Android market. There is definitely a learning curve but the tools are free and there are lots of people that can help out. Good luck.

Plus one from me on that!
[G1 Apps and Games] mrnv45:
can anyone post a mirror link to the google chrome them apk for gde..... i know its in the market but when i downloaded it it froze my phone and when i tried to open it it wasnt in the theme section in gde and the open/uninstall in the market were greyd out.. try clearin cache and all that but nadda. so i figure it would be easier to just post the .apk and i can reinstall it on here! i cant find it in the system/app/ or nothing.. so yuh!
[G1 Apps and Games] j00nior:
idea

Make something like advance launcher where you could drag an app to the recycle bin and it will give you the option to uninstall or hide because there's a lot of icons that take up space in the app drawer like better keyboard audiohack etc and look at dxtop to get ideas from there like being able to change fonts icons stuff like that
[G1 Apps and Games] MontAlbert:
here it is- i will look into why it didnt work for you. just remove the .zip extension and it is good to go. let me know if it doesnt work for you.

just uninstalled and installed theone from the market and it worked ok..... not sure why it didnt work for you- can someone else try it?
[G1 Apps and Games] jay652:
The development for this app seems to have slowed; any substantial updates coming soon?
[G1 Apps and Games] xmnj:
So far, loving GDE on my Moto Droid. One issue I have noticed, I'm running a Hero Theme specifically for GDE and whenever I install Apps, the App window does not update with the new App, I have to open the App window under Control Panel for it to refresh.
[G1 Apps and Games] rogro82:
Development hasnt slowed down, but only my forum activity has lowered to spend most time on development. As soon as I have the new version done I can spend some more time in here.

@xmnj i will look into that issue. It should update. Have you tried going to another menu and then re-open the all applications list?