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I am constantly amazed by this community.
In order to discuss about this last topic, I just created a new community. It will help us to share on various topics such as icons, default setup or even marketing without spamming too much this community which is geared toward using the app. Let’s continue – and finish – the discussion about icons here!
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I have the following question: I like light screens with white background(s) but during evening this is not really comfortable and a dark setup would be more convenient for the eyes…
is there a (easy) possibility to change this automatically “from white to black”?
I have the wallpaper as well as my zooper widget in both variants available…
]]>I have tried many launchers and during KitKat moved to LLX and now Lollipop 5.0.2 without looking back
Here’s what I don’t get.
On Play store LLX is listed as having ~10k installs. By comparison Nova launcher is listed at ~10,000k installs. LLX is rarely, if ever, mentioned in a review of launchers and when it is the review is, imo, way off the mark … leaving the impression that LLX is complex and for the “experts”.
If the intent is to keep LLX in a small community then it has a passionate and dedicated community .. but if wider exposure is desired then I think Carolyn Boyle hit it in a post I remember …. MARKETING. Better marketing is required.
]]>I am working on the default setup at the moment.And I need a little help!
As you know, the current one is fairly minimal and I would like to add a few more icons (such as phone, play store – exact list not defined yet).
The issue is that some apps are device specific. For instance Samsung will have its own phone app, same for HTC and others. Worst, these apps may change from a firmware to another. This means that the launcher may have to test several “app internal names” before to find the right one.
I couldn’t find a public database of internal names, so I am requesting your help to build a small one.The idea is to run a script for a set of applications on your desktop and share the result of this script (or post it in a comment). To do this, please load the script from the APK below (Lightning menu / Scripts /Load a script), long tap on some app on your desktop (not the app drawer) and select Scripts / Share app’s component name. This will prompt you to send an email to me with the app internal name, label, device name and android version. The apps I am interested in for possible addition on the home screen are:
– phone
– camera
– settings
– browser
– app store
– calculator
– agenda
– contacts
– clock
Not all these apps will go on the desktop, but I will rather use alternatives if some app is missing (for instance no phone on tablet, then use contacts). That’s already a long list but if you feel some app should be on the home screen, feel free to let me know
Many thanks!
http://www.pierrox.net/android/applications/lightning_launcher/apk_script/ShareComponentName.apk
With all the discussion on LLx icons, and especially what is LLx, I was wondering about the name.
Lightning Launcher “Extreme” made sense at the time where there was 2 version of this launcher. The free LL and the paid LLx.
But now that Pierre took the free version out and only LLx Remain. I feel like the extreme is not required anymore. Worst, in my opinion, whenever It might even give a wrong signal. Not to say that LL is not a fantastic or extreme tool. But extreme is a very strong word, that only takes its meaning by comparison (extreme means there is something between the extreme). Being a mild nature, I tend to doubt most “extreme” names seeing it as a marketing tool aimed at teen.
So I’d think going back to the more simple LL (which is in itself a great name) might be a good idea.
That’s just food for thought… I am not asking for a name change, just that I don’t see the justificaiton for extreme anymore.
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I just surprised myself. Thanks to +gerd reuter who drove me into the mode.
I tried to merge some ideas mentioned by +Carolyn Boyle and others. Its my first try to design an icon myself, it is nothing great. Take it more as an idea which has to be realized in good quality by a real designer if – and i bet it won’t – it would get selected by pierre / the community.
Suggestions and feedback of any kind appreciated.
With all due respect to those who may think otherwise, or are puzzled by the volume of discussion on the topic,…
It’s a front door to the app, the way it introduces itself to strangers. It’s important. It’s a marketing thing.
When a search returns hundreds or thousands of results, it’s either spend the whole day in the play store or use an arbitrary rule to select which apps to consider.
The rule I usually use is “skip the ugly icons.” A quick glance at the icon (picture, thousand words and all that) reveals a lot. If it looks like an icon from 2010, it’s often because that’s the last time the app was updated.
I am confident I am not the only one out there who uses the ugly icon rule.
Some good ideas have emerged from these discussions . Sometimes it gets a little heated (to be honest sometimes it feels like stepping into a snakepit); but that’s because people are passionate about the app and want what’s best for it.
And if Pierre Hébert wants to change the icon to something outside of current design guidelines, or even to a photo of his kid, for that matter, he can do that. And if after that he finds something he thinks is more appropriate, he can and should change it again.
Because it’s his app, and we are lucky to have the opportunity to continue to help him to make it as uniquely good as it is.
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