Checkboxes are a fairly common UI method across all platforms, and their common look makes them immedately reckognizable for what they are and what they do. But there are time when you might want to use the functionality of a checkbox, but give them a custom look. Android makes that easy, but this is another case where the common suggestions found online are close to the right answer, but not quite there. I’ll show you here:

After a busy weekend, version 1.0 of Duck Carnage+ has launched and landed on the Android Market.  Just in time to get ready for huntin’ season.  Build your arsenal to impose foul destruction on ducks in 6 different environments. Earn cash and points for every duck killed but be sure to avoid fines for killing out of season birds and endangered butterflies.  Use your hard earned cash to buy a hunting license for next level and to buy new weapons.  Who doesn’t love hunting with grenades? Get it here!

I just got the new Android Market pushed to my Droid.  It is very similar to the market on my Iconia Tablet.  There are quite a few differences, and after first look I am a bit dissapointed.

I was doing a little prototyping for a specific project that includes a widget the other day, and on my way to creating what I needed to demo, I built the start of a completly new project that has totally caught my interest.  It is not a unique idea in the world of widgets, but I am interested to see how custimizable a product I can make.  I enjoy simplicity in implementation, but there is always something exciting about letting a user customize to the n-th degree.