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The main screen is only for launching applications. Seems like apps are becoming the new files. Why are all these interfaces emphasizing app launching so heavi
by cageface 14y ago
The main screen is only for launching applications.
Seems like apps are becoming the new files. Why are all these interfaces emphasizing app launching so heavily? Most users spend far more time navigating among running apps than launching new ones. Why are we still, in 2012, so enamored of these artificial data firewalls?
As clunky as Android's intent system can be in practice, the emphasis on tasks rather than apps is absolutely the way forward. Most users barely understand the difference between an "app" and a window on their screen anyway and the app-centric model makes it much harder for them to integrate the chunks of information they need to complete their task.
- corporalagumbo 14y agoWhat you've said is funny because your words could just as easily have come from a Windows 8 PR release. They love tasks! They're all about them! Have you used Metro? The main screen isn't just for launching applications. Tiles can be simple app-openers, or they can display information, or they can link to "hubs", or they can be file/website shortcuts. And then, within individual apps or hubs, the contracts system allows fluid movement and interaction between different apps and hubs. The Metro model is the very opposite of artificial data firewalls.
- cageface 14y agoI haven't actually tried it yet. Thanks to your words of encouragement maybe I will this weekend.