… anyone started working on themes for wearables yet? And would a Dick Tracy theme for smartwatches be considered clever, it really dopey? 😜

http://m.cnet.com/news/google-unveils-android-wear-its-modified-os-for-wearables/57620475

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It’s possible pop open panels and edit them full screen to a limited extent.

I haven’t tested the following on any device but my phone, but I figured I’d post this in case it works for anyone else

It’s not really a feature yet, more of an Easter egg at this point; but if you have a panel that has no horizontal scrolling (vertical is ok) you can make the panel pop out like a folder by swiping left on it. Long pressing puts it into edit mode it & looks just like a folder.

You can then edit the contents like a folder, but after popping it out you have to restart the launcher to be able to click on the panel contents again. I just keep a re-start shortcut next to the panel until I’m done editing it. It can be useful sometimes but at this point objects are not always positioned correctly on the pop out, and it only works for panels with no horizontal scrolling. It can be useful for hunting down objects when they seem to disappear, though.

Pictures 1. and 2. show the panel in place, 3. shows it popped out like a folder after swiping left on it.

To get horizontal scrolling panels to pop out like this is going to be a complicated programming problem & thinking about it is starting to give me one of those headaches but I’m confident Pierre is up to the challenge. ;-P

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This post is a little long, but I thought some of you might appreciate it. Happy New Year!

Originally shared by Carolyn Boyle

So I was sitting at a table next to the window of a coffee shop (the kind with cheap, strong coffee and free wi-fi, because I am, after all, a programmer ;-P).

I’d been in there for a few hours, surrounded by an assortment of electronic devices, totally oblivious to the people and things around me ( because I am, after all, a programmer ;-P).

I’d been grinding my teeth and muttering to myself for the last half hour, cursing myself and the very hard bench on which I had parked with a very large refill of the aforementioned strong, cheap coffee. The cursing was along the lines of why on earth did I click on the Yes button when the thing asked if I wanted to do a software update? Cursing the fact that I had clicked on the aforementioned button over an hour ago. Cursing the fact that after an unmentionable number of decades working on these things, I should know better than to expect it to be simple.

Cursing the fact that I did not have a pillow to place between that very hard bench and the parts of me that had become pretty much numb.

So I asked the nice young woman at the next table to watch my stuff while I went for a stroll to relieve the numbness, etc.

A very very long line meant that etc. wasn’t going to happen anytime soon, so I spun around and headed back to the very hard bench.

Slumping in front of the little bitty screen,

I reached up with my right hand to try to work out the knots in the left side of my neck, when I awoke to the view from the window next to me.

Earlier, I had been reading some very interesting articles on Android design principles , which are based on paying attention to people’s feelings.

The Google I/O mantra is “enchant, simplify, amaze. ”

Google is good, but they’ve got nothing on the view from that window.

My teeth unclenched, the knots in my neck vaporized, along with my impatience. I spent the short time until the machine was finally done updating itself gazing out the window.

I was enchanted, and amazed. So were the children in the horse-drawn Cinderella carriages clomping down the street beyond that window.

So my wish for us all is for a year full of days full of holiday joys. Days filled with wonder, days of enchantment, even when sans our electronic toys.

: )

Happiest New Year to everyone!!!

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Is anyone else having trouble viewing pages on pierrox.net?  For the last couple of days, when I’ve tried to access Pierre’s online help, I’ve been geting “Oops” (web page not available) messages from my browsers.

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The latest update is absolutely fabulous! I haven’t looked at much yet, but I definitely like what I see. Thank you, Pierre 🙂

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