Haha. The pro still only has 20 icons per page.

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ajiuo

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I thought it looked bad on the air... But WO! Even the iPhone six has 24 per screen... It's time for Apple to change this.
 
The iPad Air should have 6 columns just like the dock... The pro should probably have 8 columns, 6 rows, and an 8 columns dock.
 
Marshall73 said:
I never fill the screens up with more than 4 rows anyway.
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This is kind of how I feel. I use folders quite a lot and as a result, I never use more than one page unless I'm trying out a new app. In fact, a second page is my signal that I downloaded something and maybe forgot to decide to keep and sort it or delete it.

Another thing people are conveniently ignoring is the usability problem. A huge dense grid of smaller icons packed together is going to be a usability nightmare. A solution like Windows live tiles is a much better plan with staggered sizes and background tints to help discern sections and categories across your display.

I do agree that this needs a redesign for all the newer, larger devices, but, I disagree that the solution is adding more columns/rows and increasing icon counts.
 
It is a clear letdown that there aren't other options in the menu to pick the grid. The icons being so big look out of place. I keep my font at the smallest setting (same thing I do with desktops, the highest resolution to see the most). I get some people aren't into that.
 
I agree this is a complete waste of space. It literally makes no sense to add so much real estate and not use it.
 
ajiuo said:
More time then they would if there were more icons per page.
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Why? All my apps are in folders and when I want one I swipe down on the screen to get search. Because it now displays most recently used apps 9 times out of 10 I find the app I'm looking for right there.
 
How many apps do you have ?

I use a folder for hiding apps I rarely use but have a work screen of 8 apps and a play screen of 12 as well as 6 apps along the bottom.

Am I not using enough ??
 
Rogifan said:
How much time do people spend looking at their "home" screen? I spend next to none with my iPad Air 2 and I'm using it all the time.
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Agreed. It would be like complaining about the OS X desktop being empty when all apps are closed.

And besides, if they did increase the number of icons for the iPad Pro, to say a grid of 5x8 or 6x8, would you honestly want to have to look through 40-48 app icons on a single screen to find what you want?
 
It's ridiculous. On my air I do a 6 X 6 setup and I think it's perfect. I would imagine more for the pro. The proportion of blank space vs content is just atrocious on the pro.
 
profets said:
Agreed. It would be like complaining about the OS X desktop being empty when all apps are closed.

And besides, if they did increase the number of icons for the iPad Pro, to say a grid of 5x8 or 6x8, would you honestly want to have to look through 40-48 app icons on a single screen to find what you want?
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Well, if one likes their iPad Pro to look like "Fisher-Price's My First Tablet" I guess the current situation is fine.

If Apple increased the screen to support 40-48 icons, you still have the choice to keep only 5 or 10 icons.

Having the OPTION to have more icons on a single screen simply makes things easier and more direct for those who use a lot of apps and want to see them on as few screens as possible.
 
profets said:
Agreed. It would be like complaining about the OS X desktop being empty when all apps are closed.

And besides, if they did increase the number of icons for the iPad Pro, to say a grid of 5x8 or 6x8, would you honestly want to have to look through 40-48 app icons on a single screen to find what you want?
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They should have allowed for more than just 20 icons on that huge screen. I don't see anything wrong with 5x6 or 5x7.
 
ucfgrad93 said:
They should have allowed for more than just 20 icons on that huge screen. I don't see anything wrong with 5x6 or 5x7.
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sracer said:
Well, if one likes their iPad Pro to look like "Fisher-Price's My First Tablet" I guess the current situation is fine.

If Apple increased the screen to support 40-48 icons, you still have the choice to keep only 5 or 10 icons.

Having the OPTION to have more icons on a single screen simply makes things easier and more direct for those who use a lot of apps and want to see them on as few screens as possible.
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Honestly, upwards of 48 icons I think would start to just look ugly. I get it though, it is silly in a way to only have 4x5 grid. 5x6 or 5x7 would probably be a decent fit (OS X for comparison is 5x7 on a 16:9 screen).

I think where more improvement could come is making more use of folders or grouping of apps on such a large screen. And with all that screen real estate I'd love to see some more focus put into windowing instead of the default full screen for any app you open. Purely an example - imagine opening an app while the iPad Pro is in landscape and immediately being able to put it into split view with the other half of the screen showing a home screen that would roughly be the size of the iPad Air's home screen. Or maybe even invoking an OS X like mission control when swiping up with four fingers, keeping some spaces dedicated to certain apps that you like to have side by side. I dunno, I just feel like this kind of usability would be more beneficial than just increasing the number of icons on the home screen, especially for an iPad that is really aimed at replacing a laptop.

Hopefully now that they've gotten it out the door they show us something interesting with iOS 10 next year.
 
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