[Hero CDMA General] sinistermeshes:
sheesh, i disappear for one night...

I am simply going to ignore all the negative comments, and actually make it a rule. If you're in, then stay tuned. Lets not aggravate the community, lets do our own things for now. If theres some way of deleting comments I will make sure to do it in the near future. I will also be starting up Google Wave to collab on, once we get something up to show. Then a massive link to the Wave :-)

Keep posting you're idea's, this UI will be sure to encorporate all your needs. BUT; keep in mind we're still only on the first step. FOUNDATION.

Some people here have given the vote of confidence and also the "aye"! So, lets get started.

WHO CAN DO THIS?

GET IN CONTACT, LETS GET STARTED!

The first thing we need is to make the new skin. Unfortunatly, fixxer it correct. There isnt much space on the Hero, therefor, for the beta, it will have to be small. *Fashion* will come later, lets stick to *function*. We need something simple, just an overlay of home screens. I have a vision for the helicopter view which shouldnt be to hard to impliment. When you pinch to view, how about the screens coming into a 3D view of a cube...you can then spin the cube to the homescreen you wish, tap it to expand. From what I saw by iHome (search in the market and try the demo out, it has alot of pontential!), the cube idea is possible even on 1.6!

For NOW, lets leave the toolbar (app arrow, phone button, and add sign) and notification bar. But leave room for this to be manipulated later, as to me those seem clunky (if the majority votes to keep them, then so be it, but lets leave our options open.). The phone button is nice, but the add button is obsolete with long press (why make a button for something you can do anywhere on your screens?!). The app drawer I've ALWAYS felt is ugly, but obviously a musthave. Does anyone have an idea for how we can completely remove the toolbar to have something a bit more uptodate and alot more functional? I picture some sort of dockbar, where you can pick your most used apps. Lets take a look at the picture, and break it down by figure

Figure A)

The cube. When pinched to view, or "helicopter", the screen come together into a 3D cube. From the cube, we are able to swipe it up or down, left or right, to switch from homescreen to homescreen. The cube should be...ahem...jiggly, loose, and very reactive to the touch. When we've reached the desired home screen, tapping should expand it.

Figure B)

The NEW toolbar. If you've ever used the home alternative Home++, then you know you have the option of removing the notification bar and actually PLACING it along the bottom, a scrolling toolbar that rides along the screen changes. An infinite dockbar. In settings, users should be able to place the most used apps in the dockbar, to be able to scroll left to right to acsess them. To the left, is the app drawer arrow, to the right is the phone button. The colored boxes are respresenting the user scrolling left to right and right to left. The dockbar stays, and you are still able to acess your homepages and widgets.

Thanks to everyone who is joining the team, and thanks in advance to all who support. I will of course be answering questions and posting smaller updates throughout the day, so please stay tuned and dont be shy!