Android Useful Apps

[saor]

What app would you like to see that has not been created yet? What must the app do and what do you dislike in apps these days?

Start a new thread perhaps.

 

[CranialBlaze]

O ok. So it's a look thing. Screenshots? Does it have no split view?

Actually like it more on my tablet than my phone, its got a nice minimal nav on the left that you just swipe out and there are all your folders and shizzle, massive improvement over the older one. Also much nice than inbox, which I feel is just silly.

I am just used to the way I work with my inbox, I have years worth of filters and processes that are simply habit, so to use this who done method and wipe my inbox of stuff that I actually do want to keep there with all these unnecessary categories. I like "Inbox" and "Priority Inbox" I have specific labels for archiving things, everything else I want to delete not just hide away, and deleting is overly complicated in Inbox.

 

[CranialBlaze]

Start a new thread perhaps.

Ya please, otherwise people are going to think this is a free for all and next thing we gonna hear about what the cat caught and who had s3x last night or what they had for lunch, please lets keep some order here.

 

[padjakkels]

Start a new thread perhaps.

Thought it is on topic as most people come here to find apps, but they are also still searching for special apps.

But here is the link to a new thread

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...ou-like-on-your-phone?p=13932605#post13932605

 

[padjakkels]

Ya please, otherwise people are going to think this is a free for all and next thing we gonna hear about what the cat caught and who had s3x last night or what they had for lunch, please lets keep some order here.

hahaha what order?!?! There is no order in this thread?

 

[Park@82]

Ever wanted to be able to roll back to a previous version after updating an app in the play store? (sometimes certain functionality is removed from a current version, a new version is buggy or unwanted stuff is added like IAP or ads.)

AppWererabbit Backup be set to automatically make a backup of an app when you install or update it and you can set the number of previous versions it keeps...

 

[BigAl-sa]

Actually like it more on my tablet than my phone, its got a nice minimal nav on the left that you just swipe out and there are all your folders and shizzle, massive improvement over the older one. Also much nice than inbox, which I feel is just silly.

I am just used to the way I work with my inbox, I have years worth of filters and processes that are simply habit, so to use this who done method and wipe my inbox of stuff that I actually do want to keep there with all these unnecessary categories. I like "Inbox" and "Priority Inbox" I have specific labels for archiving things, everything else I want to delete not just hide away, and deleting is overly complicated in Inbox.

The thing that I really don't like with the tablet version, is that regardless of which folder/label you're in (including spam), the newest email is opened. I have been very wary of opening emails from unknown bodies since the move away from text only emails in the 90s. Who knows what is embedded in the email?

I've gone back to using Blue Mail:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trtf.blue

 

[CranialBlaze]

The thing that I really don't like with the tablet version, is that regardless of which folder/label you're in (including spam), the newest email is opened. I have been very wary of opening emails from unknown bodies since the move away from text only emails in the 90s. Who knows what is embedded in the email?

I've gone back to using Blue Mail:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.trtf.blue

I never saw that, I have not seen it auto-open any of my mails unless I tap on the notification which excludes the spam folder.

I tried blue mail, I found it to be a retarded insult to email. Personal preferences I guess, but the problem your seeing I am not so not sure why it is happening for you. I would also be a little miffed is my mail client started automatically opening my emails. I know gmail already automatically reads them, but ya.

 

[faniebraai]

I never saw that, I have not seen it auto-open any of my mails unless I tap on the notification which excludes the spam folder.

I tried blue mail, I found it to be a retarded insult to email. Personal preferences I guess, but the problem your seeing I am not so not sure why it is happening for you. I would also be a little miffed is my mail client started automatically opening my emails. I know gmail already automatically reads them, but ya.

I think he means when you are clicking on a folder/label, it out opens the first unread item in the pane to the right.

 

[CranialBlaze]

I think he means when you are clicking on a folder/label, it out opens the first unread item in the pane to the right.

I gathered as much, and just tested now. I have 2 new mails in my account. 1 in my inbox and there other in a nested label.
Opened the app, mail in inbox stays unread int he list, changed to label with email in it, mail remains unopened in the list view.
Change back to inbox, same thing, back to the label and still, for kicks tested the "All Mail" folder as well.
All I am seeing is lists of mails with bold emails being the new ones.

Seeing nothing in the options to enable/disable such a feature closest I am seeing is the auto advance feature and there is also an option to auto download images/attachments, but that does not operate within the spam folder and both of those are old options.

Whatever he is experiencing is somehow oddly unique to either himself, his experience or device. It is not doing that on my Note 8 running slimkat @ 4.4.4.

 

[faniebraai]

I gathered as much, and just tested now. I have 2 new mails in my account. 1 in my inbox and there other in a nested label.
Opened the app, mail in inbox stays unread int he list, changed to label with email in it, mail remains unopened in the list view.
Change back to inbox, same thing, back to the label and still, for kicks tested the "All Mail" folder as well.
All I am seeing is lists of mails with bold emails being the new ones.

Seeing nothing in the options to enable/disable such a feature closest I am seeing is the auto advance feature and there is also an option to auto download images/attachments, but that does not operate within the spam folder and both of those are old options.

Whatever he is experiencing is somehow oddly unique to either himself, his experience or device. It is not doing that on my Note 8 running slimkat @ 4.4.4.

so in the bold step, what is in the view on the right?

 

[CranialBlaze]

so in the bold step, what is in the view on the right?

The list of mails changes, nothing opens but the "folder" the emails are not opening themselves, as in I can real a list of all the emails under that label with the new mail highlighted in bold as per normal. I am unable to read the contents of the email.

The unread mail has 2 shevrons followed by the sender name on line 1 in bold.
Line 2 has the subject line in bold
line 3 has the first line of the email, which is how it works in every mail client I know of including gmail desktop.
On the far left of the list there is an icon for at item and as its not a contact its a coloured disk with a letter in it. Far right has the time in bold and a reasonably nice shade of blue.

Yes I do know I over-explained this into oblivion.

 

[faniebraai]

The list of mails changes, nothing opens but the "folder" the emails are not opening themselves, as in I can real a list of all the emails under that label with the new mail highlighted in bold as per normal. I am unable to read the contents of the email.

The unread mail has 2 shevrons followed by the sender name on line 1 in bold.
Line 2 has the subject line in bold
line 3 has the first line of the email, which is how it works in every mail client I know of including gmail desktop.
On the far left of the list there is an icon for at item and as its not a contact its a coloured disk with a letter in it. Far right has the time in bold and a reasonably nice shade of blue.

Yes I do know I over-explained this into oblivion.

so when you navigate into a folder, does the first unread mail get highlighted and it's contents shown on the right?

 

[CranialBlaze]

so when you navigate into a folder, does the first unread mail get highlighted and it's contents shown on the right?

If by contents you mean I can read the entire email, NO.
I see no difference in mail presentation from a content and visual availability point between 5 and 5, its primarily stylistic changes.
Basically in list view I see no more in 5 that I did in 4 with the probably exception of the compose button that floats bottom right and the left nav being more condensed than the previous one.

 

[faniebraai]

If by contents you mean I can read the entire email, NO.
I see no difference in mail presentation from a content and visual availability point between 5 and 5, its primarily stylistic changes.
Basically in list view I see no more in 5 that I did in 4 with the probably exception of the compose button that floats bottom right and the left nav being more condensed than the previous one.

i think we are talking past purposes.

 

[faniebraai]

If by contents you mean I can read the entire email, NO.
I see no difference in mail presentation from a content and visual availability point between 5 and 5, its primarily stylistic changes.
Basically in list view I see no more in 5 that I did in 4 with the probably exception of the compose button that floats bottom right and the left nav being more condensed than the previous one.

Look at this image i pulled of image search



while the mail items i highlighted in the middle panel (The one with the H as an item image) the mail is visable on the right. Correct?

Does this automatically happen when you enter a folder for this first item?

 

[CranialBlaze]

Look at this image i pulled of image search



while the mail items i highlighted in the middle panel (The one with the H as an item image) the mail is visable on the right. Correct?

Does this automatically happen when you enter a folder for this first item?

Aha, now we on the same page, I was talking portrait and you guys are talking landscape. I never use my tablet is landscape, least of all emails.
I take it then it did not do this in previous version then.

 

[faniebraai]

Aha, now we on the same page, I was talking portrait and you guys are talking landscape. I never use my tablet is landscape, least of all emails.
I take it then it did not do this in previous version then.

no freakin' idea

 

[BigAl-sa]

Aha, now we on the same page, I was talking portrait and you guys are talking landscape. I never use my tablet is landscape, least of all emails.
I take it then it did not do this in previous version then.

No, it did not. As I said earlier, I have gone back to v4.9, but am using Blue Mail instead. The advantage of Blue Mail (for me) is that your email is opened in full screen in landscape. With gmail, a third of the screen is taken up by the conversation view. On a small tablet, such as the Nexus 7, this is a real pain in the butt with mails containing pictures, such as the one shown by Fanie above. The only reason that I still have gmail active is that the search is better, and Blue Mail makes a hash of sending emails to a group.

 

[faniebraai]

Google Keyboard 4.0 with material design... giving it a try,because I can.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2014/1...f-configurable-long-press-delay-apk-download/