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I'm looking for a widget that will toggle the connection to a specific access point from my home screen.
I use a GoPro Hero 3 a fair bit and I use my HTC One to connect to it via WiFi. What I want to do is to have the GoPro AP defined as a widget that I can just click to connect to it and then click again to disconnect.

I've tried this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=idv.wangyik.WifiWidget&hl=en but it just crashes whenever I try to create a widget.
 
Elixer 2 with the Elixir 2 - Widgets add-on has a wifi selector. Haven't tried it myself.

My question - What do people use for task tracking? I've got a lot of deadlines to keep track of, but I'd like something that I can use on my desktop too.

There's so many to-do list apps on the Play Store, I'm thinking of just using the Calendar :p
 
photoshop said:
All the new updated apps.....Maps, GMusic, Play Store, YouTube, Now, GMail, etc are all the same UI based on cards.

I expect to see it all unified system wide in Android 5.0
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I love the direction personally, I'm not one for Sense/Touchwiz etc, The only decent thing I think Sense/Touchwiz brings is the Camera app, Everything else I don't really like compared to stock.

You could say Sense browser also but I don't miss that since installing AOSP browser.
 
Mattey1 said:
I love the direction personally, I'm not one for Sense/Touchwiz etc, The only decent thing I think Sense/Touchwiz brings is the Camera app, Everything else I don't really like compared to stock.
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Indeed, I think the light card UI is a good direction to take holo.

I wonder if the system framework will ever get a makeover. The black/blue style is starting to look quite contrasted against the card theme.
 
I like the card look/layout, but not fussed on the all white theme. Would look so much better with the true holo theme (black/dark grey/blue). Unfortunately I can see google getting rid of that from the very few areas it still applies i.e. dialer, system settings, notification tray with KLP and going with the white theme look :(
 
Not totally keen on the new YouTube app, seems slower so far and the 'mini view' just seems to get in the way a lot of the time. Also a bit frustrating that they've moved the HD button to the menu so now it takes more taps to drop the quality (which I have to do every single time because HD ends up buffering).

Only YouTube would have an app that defaults to HD on a phone, but a website that defaults to 360p on a PC. :rolleyes:
 
TheVoice said:
Not totally keen on the new YouTube app, seems slower so far and the 'mini view' just seems to get in the way a lot of the time. Also a bit frustrating that they've moved the HD button to the menu so now it takes more taps to drop the quality (which I have to do every single time because HD ends up buffering).

Only YouTube would have an app that defaults to HD on a phone, but a website that defaults to 360p on a PC. :rolleyes:
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Mine doesn't default to 360p on the PC i set it up in the settings to always play HD ;)

That is annoying with the app though, it really should have stayed by the seek bar, I like the mini window though looks sweet on a big screen.
 
Mattey1 said:
Mine doesn't default to 360p on the PC i set it up in the settings to always play HD ;)
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You can't, it's either "Always choose the best quality for my connection and player size" which it never actually does, or "I have a slow connection. Never play higher-quality video".
 
Nexus18 said:
I like the card look/layout, but not fussed on the all white theme. Would look so much better with the true holo theme (black/dark grey/blue). Unfortunately I can see google getting rid of that from the very few areas it still applies i.e. dialer, system settings, notification tray with KLP and going with the white theme look :(
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A simple darl/light theme switch would means that everyone gets served :D

TheVoice said:
Not totally keen on the new YouTube app, seems slower so far and the 'mini view' just seems to get in the way a lot of the time. Also a bit frustrating that they've moved the HD button to the menu so now it takes more taps to drop the quality (which I have to do every single time because HD ends up buffering).

Only YouTube would have an app that defaults to HD on a phone, but a website that defaults to 360p on a PC. :rolleyes:
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Me neither, those extra steps are annoying and the new features don't really interest me; sticking to the older YT app, though mine is modded to get HD over 3G :cool:

Mattey1 said:
Mine doesn't default to 360p on the PC i set it up in the settings to always play HD ;)
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Same here :D:cool:

Chrome add-ons FTW!
 
benjo said:
Elixer 2 with the Elixir 2 - Widgets add-on has a wifi selector. Haven't tried it myself.

My question - What do people use for task tracking? I've got a lot of deadlines to keep track of, but I'd like something that I can use on my desktop too.

There's so many to-do list apps on the Play Store, I'm thinking of just using the Calendar :p
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Gtasks for to do lists (syncs with Google calendar tasks) and keep for notes (syncs with Google keep notes).
 
B&W said:
No still doesnt. Shame, wonder why they dont implement this simple feature.
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Copyrights.
Companies don't want people to use YouTube like a music service. That's why Google will never implement it because they simply can't due to the material hosted on YT.
 
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