Hello, #lazyplus. I’m looking for an android app that takes up the whole display, reacts in some way when you touch it, but doesn’t keep any state. Just sort of a visual toy (as opposed to a game of some sort) that my 9 month old can play with while we’re traveling.
I’m looking because this morning she was playing with the lock screen on my wife’s phone, and she loved the way the dots lit up when she touched them, and the little lines that showed up when she dragged her fingers around. Any ideas?
A Pun Involving Travel 
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fireworks.ndroidz.com
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Larry Fine that looks like it’ll be fun, but I think the delay between when you tap the screen and when things happen is too long for her. I’m looking for instant feedback, high-contrast bold colors, and simple shapes.
We honestly could just let her futz around with the lock screen, but it would be nice to have more than just the one toy.
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I have seen a ‘microbes’ background where the ‘bacteria’ are fed by touch. I’ll ask SWMBO about it.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=marcone.toddlerlock – my girls all loved this when they were little.
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Colm Buckley toddlerlock is definitely the closest thing I’ve seen so far to what I’m looking for. Thanks!
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#lazyplus ?
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Joel F Short for “Dear Google Plus; I am too lazy to do my own research from scratch: maybe someone out there has already encountered this and can answer my question for me.”
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sort of assumed based on context. something hatched on internal google irc last month?
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No; not really. I’ve seen similar tags on Twitter and Friendface.
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yes but very few for a hashtag that I would expect to be useful. but anyway….
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#lazyplus is actually descended from #lazybuzz, which had the same meaning on internal Buzz in the Before Time.
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I had completely forgotten about Buzz until last weekend when I got the
email about its being shut down.
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