When the iPad came out, everyone said it was "just a big iPhone/ipod touch" ... the problem with iOS 7 not being optimised for iPad, it actually DOES make it feel just like a big iPhone/ipod touch!
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iOS 7 Folders Fail: Number of Apps Viewable
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Hahaha no, it doesn't... But don't expect anything other than it to not change, and the only fix is to buy the iPhone 6. Am I right?
Ive has a fixation with "simple".
Sometimes that works, other times, he's living in a romanticized poetic fantasy world where people all use the device casually on their chaise lounge, in a very linear and narrow way.
Surely, after years of having 4x4, 4x5 grid pages... People are capable of handling more than 3x3 folders.
Sometimes that works, other times, he's living in a romanticized poetic fantasy world where people all use the device casually on their chaise lounge, in a very linear and narrow way.
Surely, after years of having 4x4, 4x5 grid pages... People are capable of handling more than 3x3 folders.
I've been asking devs I know to feedback about this since the first beta was released. Frustrating that it was completely ignored.
Have no idea what the crazy thinking was on this. How do we lobby Jony?
At least, and it's a small consolation, when going from portrait to landscape on the ipad the folder contents stay in the same presentation.
3x3 always instead of 4x5 portrait and 5x4 landscape. The app is always where I left it.
Like I said, a small consolation.
3x3 always instead of 4x5 portrait and 5x4 landscape. The app is always where I left it.
Like I said, a small consolation.
Agreed. Simplicity is fine, but I think certain kinds of complexity are okay so long as they are also intuitive. The new OS on iPad is too simple (a better problem to have). The opposite of the spectrum is Windows 8, which is too complicated (how am I supposed to know the swipe pattern for disabling wi-fi and such) which is not intuitive at all.
Please provide feedback to Apple on this issue.
It's also pretty bad on the iPhone and iPod touch to have 2 pages of apps in a folder instead of the one you had on iOS 6.
Remember the more people who provide feedback to Apple on an issue, the more likely they will look at it and maybe do something.
Everyone, please provide feedback to Apple on this issue. Do mention you think this change hurt the ergonomics of the iPad.
It's also pretty bad on the iPhone and iPod touch to have 2 pages of apps in a folder instead of the one you had on iOS 6.
Remember the more people who provide feedback to Apple on an issue, the more likely they will look at it and maybe do something.
I agree, this is a really bad waste of space. I think the idea was more design based than user experience in this case. It makes it so when its an icon its the same as when it zooms in...but that is so unnecessary. It could have been the same as before.
I guess I'm the minority but I like the 9x9 grid and the fact that space is allowed (the apps don't move and fill the empty space when an app is deleted). It's enabled me to organize my apps better. The first page is for apps that I use often and the rest are for apps I'll rarely use. I also like that I can see, without opening the folder, which apps are inside (in the first page, that is).
I really didn't like it at first, but it's starting to grow on me, it just looks more organized and concise because of the even symmetry of 3 x 3. I remember in certain marketing and psychology classes they said that 3 is the perfect number to display choices by to someone. Any more and the individual becomes distracted or unfocused.
I guess it's somewhat true because now when I open a folder that split or half second used to focus and find what you're looking for is gone for me. The process has become less mental and more intuitive if that makes any sense. The layout simply makes it quicker for my eye to spot what I'm looking for .
There's still other things that I have problems with in iOS though like the animations, the calendar and clock app and a few more things but mostly the animations, I need the much more practical snappiness of IOS 6 back.
I guess it's somewhat true because now when I open a folder that split or half second used to focus and find what you're looking for is gone for me. The process has become less mental and more intuitive if that makes any sense. The layout simply makes it quicker for my eye to spot what I'm looking for .
There's still other things that I have problems with in iOS though like the animations, the calendar and clock app and a few more things but mostly the animations, I need the much more practical snappiness of IOS 6 back.
Just to add, that was the link for iPad feedback - could you please feedback on iPhone too? Feedback here
There are loads of folders where I regularly use more than 9 apps - so it's extra swipes for no reason at all.
All this 3x3 'aesthetics' and 'doesn't distract you' business is total tosh. When you use a device this regularly, the familiarity with what's on your phone makes those 'perfect' numbers totally irrelevant. Those kind of studies are done to get the best response from people when marketing to them generally, or seeking one-off feedback/responses (I know, because I used to do that research). Totally the wrong application of those arguments.
Please feedback to Apple guys - here for iPhone here for iPad (but you know what I really mean... BOTH! =o)
Might as well add the feedback link for the iPod touch, after all it has the same folder issues with iOS 7.
Did this happen in the past? I don't ever recall apps automatically moving up a page (from 3 to 2, 2 to 1). They certainly went the other way though.
EDIT: It just dawned on me you are referring to apps in folders not moving up. I agree on that point. They should move up!
This is the most personally infuriating design decision I've ever seen in an apple OS. IMO a true failure of style over function.
The one feature I was MOST looking forward to in iOS7 was unlimited apps in a folder. This absolutely arbitrary restriction is just enormously painful, and kills the joy of this long awaited feature. On an iPad they've cut the number to LESS THAN HALF
I'm otherwise enjoying iOS7 and even like the look, but I truly HATE this restriction. Angry, angry angry.
BTW for those who say you like it, you certainly would be able to set it up that way if apple did not have such a restriction.
The one feature I was MOST looking forward to in iOS7 was unlimited apps in a folder. This absolutely arbitrary restriction is just enormously painful, and kills the joy of this long awaited feature. On an iPad they've cut the number to LESS THAN HALF
I'm otherwise enjoying iOS7 and even like the look, but I truly HATE this restriction. Angry, angry angry.
BTW for those who say you like it, you certainly would be able to set it up that way if apple did not have such a restriction.
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We've been talking about this since beta 1. I don't know why Apple went with a 3X3 Grid when the home page layout is a 4X5.
4x6 if you include the app bar at the bottom (which you might also notice is not there when you go into a folder)
Absolutely. I was ALWAYS annoyed by the previous restriction. IMO this new one is just arbitrary and capricious.