show me your coolest widgets!

[melissai_]

im interested in seeing some very sleek and unique widgets on your screens im in a funk with my current set up and could really use some inspiration and i know you guys are constantly changing your set ups so please share

particularly weather widgets. & if you wouldnt mind - in an effort to save on quoted posts - please share where one might find the widgets you're posting

 

[Shorte85]

I'm interested as well!

Never hurts to get ideas or be inspired by others, that is for sure!

 

[MurphyTheOptimist]

I work at UPS and we have to call in to get our starting times so I have that Desktop Visualizer widget direct dial my start times.

The clock is made with Minimalistic Text Widget and the weather is a skinned Weather Channel found on xda.developers.

 

[MurphyTheOptimist]

More fun with Desktop Visualizer and Minimalistic Text:

They pull up contacts messaging like so:

 

[jbirdsf]

More fun with Desktop Visualizer and Minimalistic Text:

They pull up contacts messaging like so:

How do you get the contact options menu?

 

[Mr Howard]

link the icon to a contact instead of an app. the menu will then pop up.

 

[harvickchick]

That's so cool!! I'm guessing you can only do that if you root?

 

[Shorte85]

That is pretty cool!

Hope some other people show some of their cool ways, or how they use their widgets as well.

 

[MurphyTheOptimist]

That's so cool!! I'm guessing you can only do that if you root?

No, I'm unrooted. All you need is launcher pro + or go launcher (I'm currently using go launcher for a nice change) you also need Desktop Visualizer and a picture or icon that you want to use. I then resized the widgets using go launcher.

The green text does nothing but give me a cool accent. I made that by using minimalistic text widgets custom layout feature.

 

[Mr Howard]

^ Correct, or if you don't have any of those apps just long press on your homescreen go to "shortcuts", then "contact".

 

[jbirdsf]

Playing around with a "Quick Contacts" cloud.

 

[libbycalvin]

I love the quick contacts cloud... How did you do that?

 

[TravelAddict]

I have a rooted Samsung Vibrant. Using Launcher Pro, Desktop Visualizer, & Winamp playlist widgets. Each of the photos below play each artist's respective music.

 

[X10iUser]

From left to right...

Palmary Weather

Pure Grid Calendar Widget

Gauge Battery Widget

Tajm

Signal Strength Widget

SwitchPro Widget

Meridian

 

[jbirdsf]

I love the quick contacts cloud... How did you do that?

Made some photo icons in Photoshop and used DesktopVisualizer to link contact info to each.

Using DesktopV - when choosing "launch action" choose "other" then contacts and it will link it. Glad you like it.

 

[llescaflownell]

More fun with Desktop Visualizer and Minimalistic Text:

They pull up contacts messaging like so:

I've been trying to make my icons look like that, but can't do it for the life of me. I did download the minimalistic text app, as well as desktop visualizer, but I can't seem to integrate the two to make my icons look like text with the circles around them, like your's. Am I doing something wrong?

 

[MurphyTheOptimist]

I've been trying to make my icons look like that, but can't do it for the life of me. I did download the minimalistic text app, as well as desktop visualizer, but I can't seem to integrate the two to make my icons look like text with the circles around them, like your's. Am I doing something wrong?

The icons (circles with names in the center) are separate from Minimalistic Text. I made the icons in photoshop. You can also use contact pictures from your phone's camera, friends facebook or interent etc. Then your result would be more similar to the contact cloud posted above.
The only thin I have Minimalistic Text doing on those pictures is what you see in green text. Its simply a cool accent that carries through with my other homescreens and theme.

 

[llescaflownell]

The icons (circles with names in the center) are separate from Minimalistic Text. I made the icons in photoshop. You can also use contact pictures from your phone's camera, friends facebook or interent etc. Then your result would be more similar to the contact cloud posted above.
The only thin I have Minimalistic Text doing on those pictures is what you see in green text. Its simply a cool accent that carries through with my other homescreens and theme.

Ah, I see. Thank you for the quick response! Saved me a whole lot of time and headache lol

 

[the.tall.man]

The tron disc in the center is actually a clock widget, the inner ring tells the hour, the outer, minutes. Pretty damn cool.