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I agree with most points. But on Android I install Nova Launcher and change it to "List" view to get a Rolodex letter index very similar to the iOS App Library.
by mikelward 6y ago
I agree with most points. But on Android I install Nova Launcher and change it to "List" view to get a Rolodex letter index very similar to the iOS App Library.
Not that iOS was first, just the Pixel Launcher isn't to my liking, and isn't very customizable.
- AuthorizedCust 6y ago(I am author of the article that was shared.) The annoyance is the linear list. On my Pixel 4 XL, I have 153 apps installed. Finding them in a 5-across grid is just 31 rows, which is far easier to discover apps in iOS's silly 153 rows. I last tried the Nova Launcher when I last had a Samsung phone, more than two years ago. At the time, it seemed inelegant. Sounds like it's improved?
- mikelward 6y agoI use the right scroll bar to very quickly scroll to a letter, then scroll visually to find the exact app. I think I'd probably like a text search most, but this is still fairly efficient for me.
- AuthorizedCust 6y agoI hear you. Given my years with Android, the five-across grid works excellently. The ABCs on the side just feel like a workaround. Android does have a scroll bar on the right. While you're using it, a bubble with a large letter will appear, indicating where you are on the alpha sort. But that's additional information to guide you, still not a paradigm shift to a different control.
- mikelward 6y agoUnfortunately the grid view in Nova Launcher doesn't support quick alphabetic scrolling. I agree it sounds like the best of both worlds.