Translucent tile app in works. What apps do you want?

[sd173]

Could you tweet at him, too? Maybe that'll help

I think he'd expect it to be from you though, since you're the developer.

 

[sd173]

Do the tiles look better now?

I noticed the Skype and HERE Drive tiles are better, but Facebook Messenger and Games still have that opaque color inside the icons.

 

[mylumia928]

I noticed the Skype and HERE Drive tiles are better, but Facebook Messenger and Games still have that opaque color inside the icons.

Will fix those today. Thanks for telling me!

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[mylumia928]

Now that I checked, the Messenger tile is fine, it's just hard to notice the transparency in the middle.

 

[mylumia928]

Pushed out update a couple minutes ago:
- Added eBay, Fancy, and Maps tiles
- Changed Games tile, as sd173 suggested

 

[mylumia928]

Update is now live in the store. Enjoy!

- Nikolay

 

[sd173]

Have you seen the updated myappfree app? It looks like the translucent tile concept might be starting to catch on.
http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=286ba4a5-33c3-489a-a5a1-8675503aadca

 

[mylumia928]

Have you seen the updated myappfree app? It looks like the translucent tile concept might be starting to catch on.
http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=286ba4a5-33c3-489a-a5a1-8675503aadca

Haha, it may be!

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[mylumia928]

I am currently working on having a custom transparency level in the app. I'll keep you guys posted on how it goes. It may take a while, but a lot of you requested this feature.

 

[mylumia928]

Finished! Now for bug testing, and ill push out the update tomorrow.

 

[mylumia928]

Putting on final touches. Expect update tomorrow evening. There will be 25, 50, 70, and 100% levels for transparency!

 

[UchilHasmit]

Putting on final touches. Expect update tomorrow evening. There will be 25, 50, 70, and 100% levels for transparency!

Wow! Great!

 

[mylumia928]

Wow! Great!

Glad you're excited. Expect update by 4PM PST!

-Nikolay

 

[mylumia928]

Pushed out the update
- UI changes
- Transparency level controls (heavily requested)!

Should be live in about 30mins
Enjoy and let me know how the transparency levels are working for you guys!

 

[mylumia928]

Update is now live! Tell me how it is and enjoy!

 

[sd173]

It's hard, at least for me, to notice the difference between 50 & 70%. Also, shouldn't 100% transparency be completely clear and 25% transparency be almost opaque?

 

[mylumia928]

Oh, I mean the percentages as levels of visibility. Try using a different background to see the difference between 50 and 70. I'll tweak them more later.

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[mylumia928]

I have noticed an issue with the games tile. It is not changing transparency levels. Will fix that ASAP. Expect an update tonight.

Any other bugs you guys noticed?

 

[sd173]

I have noticed an issue with the games tile. It is not changing transparency levels. Will fix that ASAP. Expect an update tonight.

Any other bugs you guys noticed?

The games tile was actually what I based my previous post off of. Now that I've tried it with different tiles I've noticed the difference. Maybe instead of "transparency" as the header for that page in the app you could use something else like "visibility" to clarify what the setting does.

I use the shortcuts for a lot of apps on my phone where the live tile is either static or almost always the same, so unpinning and repinning all those tiles to change their transparency is a lot of work. Assuming other people are also in this same situation, it would be convenient to have a way to adjust the transparency (or visibility) settings for individual tiles of groups tiles through the app, so people wouldn't have to go back and forth between the start screen and the app.

 

[mylumia928]

The games tile was actually what I based my previous post off of. Now that I've tried it with different tiles I've noticed the difference. Maybe instead of "transparency" as the header for that page in the app you could use something else like "visibility" to clarify what the setting does.

I use the shortcuts for a lot of apps on my phone where the live tile is either static or almost always the same, so unpinning and repinning all those tiles to change their transparency is a lot of work. Assuming other people are also in this same situation, it would be convenient to have a way to adjust the transparency (or visibility) settings for individual tiles of groups tiles through the app, so people wouldn't have to go back and forth between the start screen and the app.

I am currently working on that, but implemented the feature as it is for the sake of giving people what they wanted sooner and adding to it later. Thanks for the suggestion!