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Ctrl+C gets a review on DroidNews!

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Some attention is always a good sign for a new app. I'm happy! DroidNews is one of the leading Android news portals in Russia. Check out their review of Ctrl+C.

Ctrl+C reviews

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Looks like my share to clipboard app for Android Ctrl+C is getting some attention! It now have two reviews which you can find following these links:

There are also two social channel for this app, a G+ page and Facebook one, check them out:

Oh, one more thing, Ctrl+C got another update to v1.2.1 fixing some small bugs and improving tablet UI.

Ctrl+C v1.2 for Android - share to copy app is updated!

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Ctrl+C is updated to version 1.2 featuring UI overhaul and history of recent copies. Now also available at Play Market and Handster. Ctrl+C gives you an ability to copy any textual data to Android clipboard through Share functionality of Android OS. It's completely free and supports every device running Android 2.2 and newer.

Typical use-cases for it are:

  • You want to tell your GTalk friend about awesome app in Play Market.
  • You want to tell that friend about some place in Foursquare.
  • You want to open current web page in other browser.


Links:

Ctrl+C v1.0 for Android is now available!

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Did not have much time blogging this year, but I want to promote my very first app for Android today. Bear with me (:

It is called Ctrl+C and is a very simple utility which copies text to clipboard when you share something. You know, many apps have this Share button, which allows you to send some data to other app. For example, you are reading news in Google Reader, see something interesting and want to send link to an article to a friend. You press Share button and dialog opens with a list of apps able to accept shared data. There you can choose mail client, twitter or whatever.

The problem is that you can't share to every app. For example, you can't send a link this way to Google Talk - it does not accept shared data. And there is no built-in way to copy link to clipboard. This is where Ctrl+C comes in to play! It accepts any textual data and simply puts into clipboard. Then you can paste it into any app. Simple! And easy (:

Ctrl+C is currently available in SlideME market only - I'm ironing out some legal stuff (boring! And hyper-annoying!). But you already can fetch either free (with ads) or paid version ($0.99) from SlideME. Check it out! It is really useful.

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iceflow 1.0 beta 4 is available!

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My iceflow extension is updated with Chrome and Firefox support. Hurray! Some bugs were also fixed and some options were added. Safari support is coming soon, after that final version will be released. Final version of iceflow will be published to all extension repositories with auto-update feature.

Visit my web site for download links.

Installing Windows 8 Developer Preview in a lazy way

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Hi there! I'm a lazy guy. I'm too lazy to burn a DVD and, well, I don't have a DVD drive actually. I'm too lazy to make a bootable USB Flash. And again - I don't have 10 GB Flash (: And I'm very lazy to partition my HDD. But I want to use Windows 8 anyway. Oh, and I forgot to mention, that I hate virtualization. Sounds impossible? Not really.

If you want to install W8DP problem free, read on!

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Recommened Android games

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Since Google+ does not have a friendly interface I will publish links to my Android gaming recommendations here. These are the games I personally found interesting. I played them all and enjoyed every minute. There will be no posts about bad games. Enjoy!

iceflow 1.0 beta 3 is publicly available!

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iceflow is my new extension for Opera browser. It turns all links on web pages to video services like YouTube into a player opened in place. More info in Russian is available on Habrahabr.


Currently supported services: YouTube, Vimeo, mpora, PinkBike.

Download iceflow 1.0b3.

P.S. iceflow also removes "Click to use" issue with Flash videos and games. If you don't like iceflow player, but want to solve Flash issue - just disable iceflow player in extension settings.

Got your own UI for Android? Add a switcher!

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A well known Acer Liquid community member piter1225 posted a short article on custom Acer UI and how they respect user choise by allowing to turn off their UI in phone settings.

Manufacturers want their devices to stand out from the crowd and it is understandable. Some of them, like HTC, did a good work on creating great UIs like HTC Sense. But some people like me prefer stock Android experience. And this is why I love my Acer device and Acer in general - they provide choise. It is VERY important in my opinion. This is what Android is all about for me. Take a note HTC, Samsung, LG and others.

By the way, Acer devices are also 100% unlocked. That means you don't need any dirty hacks to exploit ROM protection to be able to put some custom stuff inside your phone - just plug your USB cable and use standard Android tools like you do with everyone's favorite Nexus One. This is also great, because you lower risks of bricking your device and get full freedom for customization.

Way to go Acer! But please, provide us proper kernel sources (: That would make your devices even better!

Improving Android, part 1 — Market.

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I want to write some articles on Android usability and my thoughts on UI improvements. Being an active Android user and a fan I see some inefficiencies every day. I hope Google guys will find my articles and implement some of my suggestions. I think that that will improve overall user experience with Android platform.

Today I will start with Android Market. It is one of the most important Android features for me — I use it everyday to search, install and update lots of useful apps and games. Improving it will benefit both users and app developers.

If you have any comments and/or suggestions — feel free to leave a comment. I would also appreciate spreading the word about my articles — that will show how user interface and experience are important to both users and app developers and may influence Google decisions. I do really want Android to become even better and I hope you want it too.

Let's start!

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