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Re: simple launcher -- known problems

same problem with the the white background.

Re: simple launcher -- known problems

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Originally Posted by TA-t3 (Post 41785)

Ok here is one problem, just confirmed after testing:

- If the launcher applet is present then after any program addition or removal by the application manager the background of the home screen goes completely white, and the 'Home' menu (in the upper left) is invisible (but still there, click and it shows up).
- If I reboot the screen is ok again
- If I go into the home applet menu and remove the launcher applet before any application installation or removal then everything is ok (I re-add the launcher applet afterwards, things are still ok).

I just did the same operations twice (added and removed app), with and without the launcher applet present and the behaviour is consistent: There's a problem if the launcher applet is present during program installation/de-installation.

This is with the newest N800 firmware and simple-launcher 0.9.3

Thank you very much for a detailed report. I updated the first post in this thread with this information :)

It seems to be a problem when the applications that request icon theme cache rebuild (which is required when you add new items, like application icon). I'll check what's happening and what can be done to deal with it.

Re: simple launcher -- known problems

How about making the launcher buttons independent items on the Home? That way the application would require much simpler configuration UI. This is how it could work:
1 user checks the apps she wants to use on the settings dialog
2 user accepts the dialog
3 layout mode opens with all selected items
4 user can position them anywhere she wants or remove those buttons she doesn't
5 user accepts the layout

Also I would make the button by default a bit bigger so that you can tap them with finger, say something like 6-7 mm per dimension. Maybe an option is needed if someone wants to make them really small, by I'd expect most of people would be satisfied with one size.

Re: simple launcher -- known problems

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Originally Posted by NoBoy (Post 42910)

I, for one, wouldn't. If anything, I want the icons even more compact, with less wasted whitespace.

Also, I already have several other shortcut apps on the home screen, so the design of having a set of apps in a single launch bar appeals to me. They're all together, I can sort them, there's no fuss with the endless and tedious process of finding a screen layout (which never ever turns out to be what you want). In short, Simple Launcher as it is now is a very useful and productive app. The only thing I would add (but only after much testing and pondering) is the ability to add a user-defined text label below each icon -- but only if it wouldn't impede on the number of icons that fit on the bar. A dedicated Bluetooth icon that links directly to the Control Panel applet would also be nice, mainly because it would circumvent the annoying -- and still not fixed! -- bug Nokia put in.

If anything, Nokia should adapt the homescreen so that the user can put anything she/he wants on it. But asking Nokia for something is not a good idea; before you know it, they'd axe support on the N800 for being a troublesome user.