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> In Microsoft's defence, Apple haven't done anything to fix the problem of people with several screens of apps, which is basically impossible to navigate enjoy

by revscat 14y ago

> In Microsoft's defence, Apple haven't done anything to fix the problem of people with several screens of apps, which is basically impossible to navigate enjoyable. I almost always use Spotlight to open apps that aren't in the first two screens nowadays. Those two sentences contradict each other.

DigitalJack 14y ago
From a number-of-interactions required point of view, having to type the app's name is the worst solution I've seen. But it is a solution.
- revscat 14y ago
  If you are wanting a single screen with access to all of your apps... I'm not sure there is a way to that. iOS provides three ways of opening an app: springboard, spotlight, and Siri. Springboard is pretty good, and when combined with folders you can store quite a lot on just the first page. I am not aware of a UI idiom that would provide access in a way you imply.
  - NoPiece 14y ago
    I'd like a single folder for each application type, then an alphabetical list of apps - maybe working something like the contact list. As it is I am stuck with dozens of folders (for each letter of the alphabet, and because of 12 app per folder limit, I have four "Games S" folders. http://i.imgur.com/aTacOlU.jpg http://i.imgur.com/aTacOlU.jpg
- Symmetry 14y ago
  I actually feel the opposite way. If the search is fuzzy and incremental with good visual feedback there's no way I'd rather launch things than typing their names, except maybe dedicated keyboard shortcuts. Of course, something else is needed for discovering apps.
  - zevyoura 14y ago
    This is true on a computer, but on a mobile device I suspect you're in the extreme minority; typing an app's name on an onscreen keyboard is an order of magnitude or two more complex than tapping its icon after a swipe or two, especially when familiar with the layout.
kmfrk 14y ago
No. There is nothing enjoyable (meant to write "enjoyably") about having to use the search feature for something as simple as opening as finding and opening an app.
- lubujackson 14y ago
  MS-DOS? Again?

by revscat 14y ago

DigitalJack 14y ago

From a number-of-interactions required point of view, having to type the app's name is the worst solution I've seen. But it is a solution.

revscat 14y ago
If you are wanting a single screen with access to all of your apps... I'm not sure there is a way to that. iOS provides three ways of opening an app: springboard, spotlight, and Siri. Springboard is pretty good, and when combined with folders you can store quite a lot on just the first page. I am not aware of a UI idiom that would provide access in a way you imply.
- NoPiece 14y ago
  I'd like a single folder for each application type, then an alphabetical list of apps - maybe working something like the contact list. As it is I am stuck with dozens of folders (for each letter of the alphabet, and because of 12 app per folder limit, I have four "Games S" folders. http://i.imgur.com/aTacOlU.jpg http://i.imgur.com/aTacOlU.jpg
Symmetry 14y ago
I actually feel the opposite way. If the search is fuzzy and incremental with good visual feedback there's no way I'd rather launch things than typing their names, except maybe dedicated keyboard shortcuts. Of course, something else is needed for discovering apps.
- zevyoura 14y ago
  This is true on a computer, but on a mobile device I suspect you're in the extreme minority; typing an app's name on an onscreen keyboard is an order of magnitude or two more complex than tapping its icon after a swipe or two, especially when familiar with the layout.

kmfrk 14y ago

No. There is nothing enjoyable (meant to write "enjoyably") about having to use the search feature for something as simple as opening as finding and opening an app.

lubujackson 14y ago
MS-DOS? Again?