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Really Neat! Five Rows of Apps! Check it out!
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Is this a joke? Didn't everyone install it then remove it after a cramped SpringBoard over a month ago?
No. The one that was released a while back made five *columns.* This new one makes five *rows.*
Except they did and it's a web standard. Try using colspan and rowspan when making a table in HTML and tell me what happens.
colspan = spans columns, therefore connects two or more horizontally aligned cells into one cell.
rowspan = spans rows, therefore connects two or more veritcally aligned cells into one cell.
Columns = vertical
Rows = horizontal
end of discussion on that.
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This is pretty cool especially if you incorporate some blank icons...you could make some cool designs or patterns with your icons. Also if you have a background picture that you don't want the icons to completely cover up this would give you more freedom in the placement of the icons.
Like in this situation:
You could easily fit another icon on the top row but with the standard 4x4 configuration it would cover up part of the building. However with 5x4 or 5x5 you could fit 3 icons on the top row without covering it up. Pretty cool stuff.
Rows = horizontal
end of discussion on that.
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This is pretty cool especially if you incorporate some blank icons...you could make some cool designs or patterns with your icons. Also if you have a background picture that you don't want the icons to completely cover up this would give you more freedom in the placement of the icons.
Like in this situation:
You could easily fit another icon on the top row but with the standard 4x4 configuration it would cover up part of the building. However with 5x4 or 5x5 you could fit 3 icons on the top row without covering it up. Pretty cool stuff.
This is strange. The first post in this thread shows a screen shot with 5 rows in the Springboard, and the second post shows one with 5 columns.
And since there seems to be some confusion over terminology:
3 ROWS:
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
4 COLUMNS:
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
S = SPRINGBOARD (swipeable) - D = DOCK (fixed in place):
S S S S
S S S S
S S S S
S S S S
D D D D
Anyway, I'd like to have 5 columns, but I think 5 rows would look too tight as I want to keep the app names underneath each icon. Which app are you guys talking about to accomplish 5 columns, and in which repository would I find it?
I have a feeling this app would do what I want, as it is named FiveIRows, which I believe stands for "Five Icon Rows" which is another, more confusing way, of saying "Five Columns." I'm just confused about the first two screen shots in this thread.
Whew.
And since there seems to be some confusion over terminology:
3 ROWS:
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
4 COLUMNS:
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
S = SPRINGBOARD (swipeable) - D = DOCK (fixed in place):
S S S S
S S S S
S S S S
S S S S
D D D D
Anyway, I'd like to have 5 columns, but I think 5 rows would look too tight as I want to keep the app names underneath each icon. Which app are you guys talking about to accomplish 5 columns, and in which repository would I find it?
I have a feeling this app would do what I want, as it is named FiveIRows, which I believe stands for "Five Icon Rows" which is another, more confusing way, of saying "Five Columns." I'm just confused about the first two screen shots in this thread.
Whew.
The first screen shot was a demo of "FiveIRows."
The second one was a demo of "Five Colums."
Just search for "five" in cydia, and I think you should be able to find them.
Thanks for the reply, but the reason I asked which repository it was in was because I couldn't find it in Cydia. After adding the touch-mania repository, FiveIrows showed up, but which repository is Five Columns in?
Thanks!
[EDIT] Looks like this isn't in Cydia yet... http://www.spaziocellulare.com/ispazio/en/2009/01/08/guide-how-to-install-five-column-springboard/
Wow, this is actually really cool. It has made me switch themes over from Bluebird to MobilePod...now to tweak everything..thanks for sharing!
glaskart
you can find it here. i hid the names and tinkered with a couple of icons.
http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16790588
you can find it here. i hid the names and tinkered with a couple of icons.
http://macthemes2.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16790588
It's the Gruppled Theme
Just add All Sources by Steffwhiz and type 5 icon dock in cydia.
Well I suppose so, at least the more popular ones. I haven't needed to add a source manually after adding it though.
But remember you have to add All Sources from Steffwiz, not just have the Steffwiz source.