Homescreen.me

@sonaal Hi Sonaal, sweet idea! I have just uploaded my home screen, but do not see it on home page / featured screens. Should I do something to appears on home page / featured homescreens?

@goobkin thanks for trying out homescreen.me. Currently the featured section is curated by the team. We are working on ways to make the experience better for all, with a featured section, recently added section as well as the ability to search for profiles. Right now you can view your profile at homescreen.me/your-username and share it with everyone.

@sonaal Thanks for answer. When do you plan implement "recently added section"?

@goobkin should be up within the week :)

@sonaal Hi Sonaal, great work so far. How are you differentiating yourself from homescreen.is and avoiding some of the problems they ran in to. https://homescreen.is/ and http://blog.homescreen.is/homesc...

@rrhoover While other services have been focused on app discovery, in a way that, "X app is used by 5000 people" or something along those lines. We on the other hand are focusing on your friends and people you look up to. As a user, more than 5000 users use X app, I care if Y user I follow uses that app. Similarly, if I see a new app installed on someone's screen I follow, I am more likely to follow it. We think Homescreen.me’s differentiator is the fact that it is more focused on the user’s story about why they have arranged their home screen in a particular way, what wallpaper they use, what are their favourite apps, how does their watch face look like. Not just that, when @preshit started off in 2010, long before other services did, Homescreen.me always offered a platform for anyone to show off their devices. We used to see people asking questions like, "Hey, do you have the white iPhone 3GS or the black one?". We make it easy to display the device as well. Also we wanted an easy way to see when and how our personal devices have changed over time. For instance, users can view all their past uploads and see how their homescreen has evolved and when did they change their device. All these features were already part of the iOS app, but we are rolling them on the web with each iteration. Some of the other features we are working on * Ability to embed on your own site or blog * Ability to follow other users and get notified when they upload a new screen * iPad support * Better discovery via featured users and recently added profiles That said, would love to see your homescreen and watch face shared on homescreen.me as well 😻

@askdaylen There's a bunch of reasons for that, actually. For starters, we ourselves are first and foremost iOS users, so that's what we began with in 2010. This was a side-project back then, so our 3-men team wanted to focus on the essentials and hence Android devices were off limits for a while. By the time we were comfortable, there were already a bunch of different competitors that had already sprung up and were doing a far better job. More importantly, there's hundreds of different Android devices out there, each with different variants and colors. It is practically impossible to find and support device frames for each of them. If we were featuring screenshots only, it would have been easy. But the device is just as important for us and our users. Moreover, we would much rather focus on iOS devices and improve upon the product than worry about what new phone an Android OEM has announced this week. Lastly, there are a few things that we have planned that best work for iOS homescreens rather than Android. 😄 We don't have anything against Android, we just think we would do better with iOS. So that's where we are focusing our attention on.

@preshit Curious if you've had a chance to browse r/androidthemes on reddit before? It seems like a reddit version of your site, but for Android.

@esw320 I haven't, although I personally use a very stock look on my Nexus 5. Don't think I'd ever try out a theme on my own phone. :)

@ozgurtgultekin you are right. We want to give the users full control over any information or media that they add. Delete image / account is on the top of the list in the upcoming iteration That said, if you want anything to be removed immediately do email us on support@homescreeen.me and we will do it for you.

Thanks @steve_jocum glad you like it. Influencers yes :)