[review] Text Widget

[konzern]

Im back bringing you another widget worth mentioning. This time around the widget worth mentioning is "text widget" found in the market FREE

FOR 1.5 FIRMWARE ONLY! (CUPCAKE)


This is just a simple widget that displays incoming SMS messages



When you first install the widget it gives you a little info telling you what the widget is all about.



The size of the widget is actually the same size as the google search widget. 1x4 spaces(HxW)



When you receive an SMS it will automatically show on the widget. (sorry about the short sms i was bothering my girl so she could send me a message to display lol)



You can click on the widget and reply directly from the widget.



You could also dismiss the message by simply pressing the close button on the top right side of the widget. the best part of this widget is when you dismiss the message the widget becomes invisible but doesnt get removed from the screen, it will reappear when u receive another SMS.

This is a very simple widget but i found that i really liked it.

PROS
*you can read your messages directly from your home screen
*direct reply from widget

CONS
*no multi-messages support
*no mms support
*no options

What i would like to see
*background color chooser
*different widget sizes
*different font sizes

UPDATE

Well Boys and girls i have been beta testing a new version of "Text Widget" you should be able to download this new version off the market in the near future (very soon)

CHANGE LOG
*Next/previous buttons
*Message marked read on quick reply
*New look (Hero-esque)
*Full message appears in quick reply
*Easier to read font

Next/previous buttons
sorry i couldnt get screen shots of the next and previous buttons, nobody texted me during the screen shots. i do however know it works

Message marked read on quick reply
This feature only marks the message as read in native messanging app, but it does not mean it will remove the notification from the notification bar.

this is a quote from alex

I'm still unable to clear the default
notification in the bar because of security

New look
the first thing you will see when you first install the widget is that now you have two options:


the classic that came with the first version of this widget and the new "hero-esque" version


here are the two versions of the widget


Full message appears in quick reply
now when you click on the widget to quick reply you can see the full message in your quick reply



Easier to read font
As you can see from the screen shots the font is a little improved but IMO it still looks very small compared to the size of the widget.

LOOK FOR THIS APP VERY SOON ON THE MARKET.


I think this update is an improvement from the original text widget and a step in the right directions.

[DrVeronica]

about time you posted a review...hell it's been like 3 months!!!!


good review otherwise, although I don't like the idea of my text messages on my screens, as I always have people touching my phone

[konzern]

lmao there hasnt been a widget that catches my eye dr.v!

[JohnnyLicious]

i use this all the time i love it =D great review!

[dippedinsauce]

how does this widget handle multiple unread messages? does it just display the last message you have received?

[konzern]

yeah it just displays the last message received

[Aikoa]

I absolutely love this widget, I waited for something like this and of course it comes out just have to wait a little while, now I posted something about this here at AC a few weeks back, I hope eventually devs can make it look nicer as the one on ROSIE's UI and have the box look a little better, i dont like how it has the same graphic UI as the google search widget. maybe a square?

[*susan*]

Another great review, Konzern.

[konzern]

thank u susan

i emailed the dev. and told him about some changes i would like to see and i mentioned AC hopefully he comes in here to discuss what users want

[Iceberg]

I'm sorry I'm so negative but I think this application is horrible.
I have it installed and tried it out the frist day. When the touch reply didn't work and I sent him a log so he could figure out why it wasn't working and he updated it to work which is good.

Don't get me wrong I liked the widget for about 32 seconds.
But by no means is it a good widget.

I emailed him politely discussing the future of his widget and what makes an app/wid a good one. After that sadly he never replied.

I said the purpose of making an application/widget is to better the phone and out do the default application on the phone. And his widget doesn't come close.

Can it handle multiple incoming text messages?
No.
Mms?
No.
Does it display messages more the one page long?
No sure didn't like the widget to look into it.

Doesn't disable the notification bar or lcd light.

It words and all.
But its not better then the default browser in many many ways.


There is my negative review