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One thing I really liked about this was the vertical scrolling of the home screen. I think it would be cool if Android did this with their home screens. That se

One thing I really liked about this was the vertical scrolling of the home screen. I think it would be cool if Android did this with their home screens. That seems to be how we naturally read on our devices (webpages, news apps, email etc), so why should we have to horizontal swipe to change screens?

_davidd_ 11y ago
It does this now in Android M
- ChronosKey 11y ago
  That's for the app drawer only isn't it?
  - on_and_off 11y ago
    yep, only for the app drawer and I don't think that this new drawer design is final (or at least I hope so).
- hbosch 11y ago
  One quibble: this interaction is for the All Apps drawer/card, not the home screen(s) a.k.a. "widget panels".
minusSeven 11y ago
I believe it is customizable by applying different themes.
the_mitsuhiko 11y ago
> so why should we have to horizontal swipe to change screens? Because you change screens and you don't scroll. As the swipe motion is over more than 80% of the screen that would not work from top to bottom, only scrolling feels natural.
Bjartr 11y ago
You can definitely get vertically scrolling launchers on Android.
- piyush_soni 11y ago
  And Android M has a vertical app drawer by default.
  - cpeterso 11y ago
    I think Android had a vertical app drawer back in the pre-Gingerbread era, too (though I can't find any screenshots to prove it, atm).
    - vinay427 11y ago
      http://www.technorms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/screenshotsoftwitterwidgetandappdrawercombined.png http://www.technorms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/screensh... I think it was in the Nexus S that the rolling effect pictured in the app drawer was added to make the scrolling more interesting.
gcb0 11y ago
install fdroid, and then install ver1 of adw. launcher you can also install v2 from the app store but one looks better. you can have vertical scroll with or without snapping
- gcb0 11y ago
  forgot to add: ironically, my fireOS phone scrolls sideways just like android... sigh

_davidd_ 11y ago

It does this now in Android M

ChronosKey 11y ago
That's for the app drawer only isn't it?
- on_and_off 11y ago
  yep, only for the app drawer and I don't think that this new drawer design is final (or at least I hope so).
hbosch 11y ago
One quibble: this interaction is for the All Apps drawer/card, not the home screen(s) a.k.a. "widget panels".

minusSeven 11y ago

I believe it is customizable by applying different themes.

the_mitsuhiko 11y ago

> so why should we have to horizontal swipe to change screens? Because you change screens and you don't scroll. As the swipe motion is over more than 80% of the screen that would not work from top to bottom, only scrolling feels natural.

Bjartr 11y ago

You can definitely get vertically scrolling launchers on Android.

piyush_soni 11y ago
And Android M has a vertical app drawer by default.
- cpeterso 11y ago
  I think Android had a vertical app drawer back in the pre-Gingerbread era, too (though I can't find any screenshots to prove it, atm).
  - vinay427 11y ago
    http://www.technorms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/screenshotsoftwitterwidgetandappdrawercombined.png http://www.technorms.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/screensh... I think it was in the Nexus S that the rolling effect pictured in the app drawer was added to make the scrolling more interesting.

gcb0 11y ago

install fdroid, and then install ver1 of adw. launcher you can also install v2 from the app store but one looks better. you can have vertical scroll with or without snapping

gcb0 11y ago
forgot to add: ironically, my fireOS phone scrolls sideways just like android... sigh