Doktor Oswaldo 904 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) 40 minutes ago, EskeRahn said: You can do the page thing 'sort of' by making your own category, and drag things into that. However items are placed list style in the worst possible way for one handed right handed usage, as they are displayed book-style, starting top left, where they are hardest to reach. It would be nice if they offered a setting to allow the lines of icons to 'sink' to the bottom, so any empty lines would be at the top. I would also prefer that. Currently if this is important to you, you could move the category column to the left and change between them by swiping (which is not that nice, but it works). You would still have all the power of launchtime if needed, but can also use it one handed. Edited January 22, 2020 by Doktor Oswaldo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,455 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Doktor Oswaldo said: I would also prefer that. Currently if this is important to you, you could move the category column to the left and change between them by swiping (which is not that nice, but it works). You would still have all the power of launchtime if needed, but can also use it one handed. Thanks I'm almost ambidextrous, so hold it in the left hand, and operate either by right index or by left thumb. So mostly an issue of top/down more than right/left. If filled from below, it would allow me to make a group with say a dozen of the most frequently used apps. Another option would be to make the bar multi-line (MUCH better than scrolling!), but that would waste space when I'm not interested in the most frequent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EvilDragon 164 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I'm using Total Launcher, as you set up different layouts and even widgets for Landscape and Portrait 🙂 3 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,455 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 12 minutes ago, EvilDragon said: I'm using Total Launcher, as you set up different layouts and even widgets for Landscape and Portrait 🙂 It is surely a better way to do it than, stretching and squeezing. I will have to test that one more, Thanks!! Would be nice if there is an option somewhere so when you add an app or action for one direction, it was 'thrown in' in the other direction, so you just had to move it. I would claim that most would have the same set of apps in portrait and landscape. (Though off course some might want to rigorously put all their landscape apps (like video) in landscape only and others that do only do portrait in portrait only, so they turn the device before selecting the app to launch - but I bet that would be a minority) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_DW_ 628 Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 35 minutes ago, EvilDragon said: I'm using Total Launcher, as you set up different layouts and even widgets for Landscape and Portrait 🙂 Sounds interesting will put that on my list 🙂 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silversolver 849 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) I really should read this thread more slowly. For a brief moment I was trying to figure out if launching lawnchairs was a traditional cultural activity or a new sport of bored rednecks. At some point one does grow bored with launching pumpkins, after all.....LOL! Edited January 24, 2020 by silversolver 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_DW_ 628 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 6 hours ago, silversolver said: I really should read this thread more slowly. For a brief moment I was trying to figure out if launching lawnchairs was a traditional cultural activity or a new sport of bored rednecks. At some point one does grow bored with launching pumpkins, after all.....LOL! Try rolling cheese 😄 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
auvo.salmi 135 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 On 1/22/2020 at 11:04 AM, Doktor Oswaldo said: You can just correct all of this you know? Move apps to other categories, add new categories (long click on any category for that) and so on. Well, I didn't know that (and didn't manage to find it out by myself. But just wanted to point out that I find the way launchtime categorizes the apps very strange. It is good thing it can be modified, but still I think they [developers] could do it better. Anyway I switched to lawnchair, and it's pretty much what I have been looking for. I love the way it has to freely resize widgets and to extend them to the side edges of the screen. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Doktor Oswaldo 904 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 26 minutes ago, auvo.salmi said: Well, I didn't know that (and didn't manage to find it out by myself. But just wanted to point out that I find the way launchtime categorizes the apps very strange. It is good thing it can be modified, but still I think they [developers] could do it better. Anyway I switched to lawnchair, and it's pretty much what I have been looking for. I love the way it has to freely resize widgets and to extend them to the side edges of the screen. Yep it is strange. However this may not be the fault of the developers but the one of the apps. I suppose Launchtime does just have a look at the app-tags in the store. However auto-categorizing can be turned off and it is a good thing 😄 Glad you are happy with lawnchair! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,455 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 31 minutes ago, Doktor Oswaldo said: Yep it is strange. However this may not be the fault of the developers but the one of the apps. I suppose Launchtime does just have a look at the app-tags in the store. However auto-categorizing can be turned off and it is a good thing 😄 Glad you are happy with lawnchair! You can actually report back, so I assume they use that, and have a database on where the most common apps belong 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
silversolver 849 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 5 hours ago, _DW_ said: Try rolling cheese 😄 Rolling cheese and launching chairs both have the advantage over pumpkins of launching objects which are readily available year-round. Whole pumpkins are hard to find 10 months of the year. LOL! We should organize some Pro1 "Cheese and Chair Chucking" competitions. :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MickH 211 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I've tried Nova Launcher. But had to uninstall it as it really fudged up the widgets when you went from portrait to landscape. Might give that Total Launcher a looksee though. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MickH 211 Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 4 hours ago, silversolver said: Rolling cheese and launching chairs both have the advantage over pumpkins of launching objects which are readily available year-round. Whole pumpkins are hard to find 10 months of the year. LOL! We should organize some Pro1 "Cheese and Chair Chucking" competitions. 😛 There was an app for the N900, called Launch900, I think. What you had to do was start the app and then throw your N900 in the air to see how high you could throw it. They even had a league table on Talk Maemo.😂🤣😂 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flo 22 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Smart launcher 5 works pretty well for me except that the switching between landscape and portrait takes annoyingly long. It does handle the different orientations well and navigation with the keyboard works too. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gigadoc2 54 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 @Waxberry: Did you (fxtec) program the stock launcher? If so, could you open-source it? That might allow users to improve it or install it on LineageOS and such. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,455 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 47 minutes ago, Gigadoc2 said: @Waxberry: Did you (fxtec) program the stock launcher? If so, could you open-source it? That might allow users to improve it or install it on LineageOS and such. It is clearly based on the AOSP launcher. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gigadoc2 54 Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 @EskeRahn: I know, that is why, if they have programmed the changes themselves, they may have the rights to open it :) 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
spencerjohnson 11 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 I've been sticking with Quickstep for now but I'm slowly building up Total Launcher to eventually replace it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flo 22 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 I like the way that Total Launcher handles the different orientations but every time I open or close the keyboard it shows the pages overview. Is there any way to prevent that? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wilhelmfitzpatrick 47 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) I'm an Action Launcher fan and I've continued using it. It does okay in landscape as far as icons are concerned, widgets get stretched an flattened which is not as nice (although in my case, mostly useable). I'm addicted to the left side app drawer, which works great in landscape. Oh, and I also like that typing on the physical keyboard while on the home screen invokes search. Edited February 7, 2020 by wilhelmfitzpatrick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,455 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 On 2/7/2020 at 7:21 PM, Flo said: I like the way that Total Launcher handles the different orientations but every time I open or close the keyboard it shows the pages overview. Is there any way to prevent that? Yes really odd. Only tried out the most basic of the launcher, not open&close. For some reason F(x)tec have chosen the 'keys' to be sent at close&open as F5 & F6, so at first I thought if total Launcher reacts to those, but that is NOT it. If I fake the keys by one of these adb shell input keyevent 135 adb shell input keyevent 136 The bug does not follow. So the slide open/close does more than just sending those - that was new to me.... Interesting... ADD: Please note that the above is not entirely correct, @Sean McCreary pointed out that it sends Fn-F5 & Fn-F6. And the above faked keyevent does not reflect that. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ahunter 108 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 (edited) I have been using the stock launcher coupled with side menu app. This has made it easier getting to settings and apps etc in landscape and portrait mode. Side Bar Lite FREE with upgrades https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mohammad.adib.sidebar.lite Offers shortcuts and great app draw to scroll through. Everywhere Launcher FREE with upgrades https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appindustry.everywherelauncher Offers shortcuts, widgets and nearly everything in your phone. A bit more involved in setting up to look great, every item is customisable BOTH CAN BE USED AT THE SAME TIME. I PREFER SIDEBAR LITE FOR APP DRAWER AND EVERYWHERE LAUNCHER FOR WIDGETS AND APPS. Edited February 8, 2020 by ahunter 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ahunter 108 Posted February 8, 2020 Share Posted February 8, 2020 ABOVE SCREEN SHOTS "EVERYWHERE LAUNCHER" MORE SCREEN SHOTS BELOW OF "SIDE BAR LITE" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_DW_ 628 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Microsoft have version 6 of their launcher in preview, this one supports landscape mode!! 🙂not tested yet as got sailfish installed still. (It's a separate install from the main one and is available in play store) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EskeRahn 5,455 Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 1 hour ago, _DW_ said: Microsoft have version 6 of their launcher in preview, this one supports landscape mode!! 🙂not tested yet as got sailfish installed still. (It's a separate install from the main one and is available in play store) Quite a number of launchers do support landscape mode, but most often just be stretching and squeezing the grid from portrait... Until now the only one I have seen with the two block approach (one over the other or side by side) is the one that comes with the Pro1. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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