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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 72 points 2 years ago

Oh God. This is horrific.

[–] EhrinCB@vlemmy.net 50 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I can appreciate that you made this. But I also gotta do “why”

[–] evirac@vlemmy.net 42 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Well, this is what I like. My lumia was pretty solid and I miss the ui

[–] Mindlight@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

My Samsung Omnia 7 was friggin awesome. Metro was kicking iOS and Androids butt.

[–] faltuuser@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Those lumias were ahead of their times.

[–] Nisciunu@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I miss that too and think that it would have been great to have three ecosystems. Only having two things to choose from is not good. Does this launcher behave like wp? With flipping tiles that show you a brief overview?

[–] evirac@vlemmy.net 4 points 2 years ago

They have some custom tiles that do like calender, photo slider, clock. Folders also have animations

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[–] Larven@feddit.nu 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It might feel busy for some but that's because you see it for the first time. When it's on your phone, you see it like 50 times a day you realize that you got so much information at a glance.

Or maybe you need to be an old WP user to appreciate it 😁

[–] evirac@vlemmy.net 5 points 2 years ago

Definitely need to have used wp before to appreciate this

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[–] Srootus@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 years ago (10 children)

YouTube Vanced got replaced by Revanced BTW, different team and not just an app you just download, you have to patch YouTube yourself, (similar to xmanager) but that isn't not too hard. The YouTube Revanced's Official discord can be found here

[–] matt@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Is there a reason people go through all these steps for patching YouTube when you could just use NewPipe or LibreTube to browse YouTube without any ads, with background play, ability to download videos, and so on?

[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

You can log in to ReVanced.

[–] outbound5231@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I prefer the gestures and UI of the stock YouTube app, so having a patched app is the best of both worlds.

[–] zorrothefox2001@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Google account login

[–] sussy_gussy@wirebase.org 1 points 2 years ago

I use Libreube but I can understand that people would rather use a stock YouTube patch. You can't like or comment on anything that doesn't require a YouTube account for example and I get why that'd be a deal-breaker for some.

[–] Srootus@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I tried Newpipe but I honestly didnt get on with it, I'm much too used to the stock UI of YouTube, I also like having an account that let's me interact with others (commenting, liking etc). Plus Revanced has native Sponcerblock and RYD support. At the end of the day its to each of their own, but I much prefer it over the others.

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[–] cmder@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Newpipe and Libretube work out of the box on fdroid.

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[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] notun@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yet incredibly clean compared to your average home screen.

[–] _MoveSwiftly@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I fucking loved Windows Mobile OS. I want my tiles back.

[–] evirac@vlemmy.net 3 points 2 years ago

It was pretty awesome man. Especially the native apps and the consistency in UI between apps. Android only NOW has introduced something similar with material you. It was ahead of it's time

[–] IndomitableAlbus@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] Pericombobulation@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can't believe nobody in this thread mentioned launcher10 yet. I have to admit I haven't tried square yet, but launcher10 scratches my WP user experience itch for sure.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nfwebdev.launcher10

[–] evirac@vlemmy.net 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I don't like how it handles resizing. I really can't deal with it for every app. Plus square launcher has more features

[–] evirac@vlemmy.net 1 points 2 years ago

This is square launcher. I bought it😂

[–] RubberDucky@programming.dev 9 points 2 years ago

I loved my windows phone, everything was neatly organized and insane good muscle memory, I don't know if it is my nostalgia or if it genuinely is a good as I remember

[–] dejf@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

Windows Phone had a gorgeous UI, especially on OLED devices. Your colours are a little off and the gaps could be a bit bigger, but it still looks quite nice. I don't know how much of this is tweakable though. Did you make this yourself? Or which launcher are you using?

[–] FlashZordon@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I liked the Windows Phone home screen but damn this is over stimulus lmao.

[–] evirac@vlemmy.net 2 points 2 years ago

To each its own i guess

[–] sneakyninjapants@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] AndiTails@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Maybe have a look at Win11 Launcher. I reckon it'll get the aesthetic you're looking for.

[–] evirac@vlemmy.net 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm pretty happy with my setup, i personally don't like win11 as much. I'm not looking for a pc UI on my phone. Just wp look

[–] jesusrp98@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Looks awesome!

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago

I still miss WM10 :(

[–] 20gramsWrench@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

this is disgusting, good job

[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wish there actually was an Android launcher with tile based live apps though. I thought it was neat and want to try it, but even Microsoft didn't do it again for their Arrow Launcher.

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[–] Allan8795@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I see this....

....start playing Something Real by Koobra in the background

[–] isdfoa@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

This is one of the homescreens of all time

[–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lord, no. Please look into minimum colour contrast ratios.

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