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> changing the recent apps screen from a list of all apps on 1 screen to a full screen for each app...how are these good ideas? What is the design philosophy fo
by 2bitencryption 8y ago
> changing the recent apps screen from a list of all apps on 1 screen to a full screen for each app...how are these good ideas? What is the design philosophy for these changes?
If you mean how the "cards" are now side-by-side instead of "stacked", I can assure you this is a HUGE improvement. I use this already on my Oneplus 6T.
The likelihood of requiring a recent app decreases enormously the further back in time you go. 95% of the time, you want the the previous app. 4% of the time, you want the next most recent app. 0.5% of the time, you want the third one... (all figures made up by me on the spot).
My point is, swiping left-to-right to expose cards in the past is FAR better than pulling down and shuffling through this crazy infinite deck of cards that flies by top-to-bottom.
- lostmsu 8y agoBut in that stack you could see titles, and directly switch to the one you want, if it was one of last N.
- m52go 8y agoExactly. The new interface, even if it makes logical/quantitative sense, is functionally worse. I don't ever need to see the whole screen of an app to before deciding if I want to switch to it or not. Having all the titles and windows of open apps in 1 tidy list is way more functional, even if I only rarely access old apps.
- tonyhb 8y agoTo get back to your last open app you double-press the "last app" button on android P. Way better than swiping.
- mikelward 8y agoAndroid P on Pixels actually has the option to double tap on the recents icon or flick right from the home button. Flick right should be just as easy as double tap in theory, but I haven't learned how to make it work 100% of the time yet. https://m.androidcentral.com/how-enable-android-p-gesture-navigation-system https://m.androidcentral.com/how-enable-android-p-gesture-na...
- mikelward 8y agoAndroid P on Pixels already works like that. The video shows a prototype of changing the appearance of the cards to make them larger.