I just tried it again and it doesn't. Not sure if you're misunderstanding me or what but it doesn't.
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I just tried it again and it doesn't. Not sure if you're misunderstanding me or what but it doesn't.
In a sense it does... the last results are always "search the web" and "search wikipedia".
Yeah I follow that...
But my original "wish" was live web search.
Like Chrome's Suggestive Search (or whatever it's called).
And how the search bar on an Android phone works.
Still integrated with local search? I'm intrigued. How would you envisage that working? (not technically, but visually?)
Only time I ever use it is if i'm opening an app on my wife's iPhone.
It saves a ton of time because she has pages (and pages) with apps and folders.
It saves a ton of time because she has pages (and pages) with apps and folders.
It's been 2 years since I've owned an Android so I cannot remember how it was done. But I know it was one of my fav. features - being able to search ON the device and ON the net simultaneously.
If I remember correctly, if there were local results, it would display those first. The list would be like 10 results long then there would be a "see more" button and further down the list after that button were the web results. And if there were no local results it would just show the suggestive search results from the web on the list.
If anyone here has an Android still they can probably explain it better.
Since I use an iPhone (iOS 4), I've never ever used that screen. And I curse when I bring it by mistake when clicking on the home button.
I use it primarily to quickly retrieve contacts of people I want to call or message. Surprisingly quite a pain in IOS...
That makes no sense. Why should we have to click in the text box when it is the only thing on the screen?
I'm sure glad you are not designing the UI.
I use the search all the time and like it there.
I really like to see dictionary and calculator integration. Also an ability to type questions for Siri instead of speaking would be nice (Siri doesn't always understand me ).
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I'm actually surprised many don't use Spotlight.
I use it all the time when I don't remember where my app is located (I have over 100 apps), when I want to play a song, when I want to find a contact and call them quickly & searching through my over 1,000 notes.
I can't say I've ever used it for another reason, like calendar and text messages though. Worse, searching the Internet.
I use it all the time when I don't remember where my app is located (I have over 100 apps), when I want to play a song, when I want to find a contact and call them quickly & searching through my over 1,000 notes.
I can't say I've ever used it for another reason, like calendar and text messages though. Worse, searching the Internet.
There's a cydia tweak called SpotLock that just sleeps the device when you swipe to the search page. I find it very useful.
It offers you the choice to expand your search. Putting a 'tap' in the way is a good thing for people with limited data packages
So, there...makes it pretty much pointless to say how many people use it or don't use it.
I still say get rid of that page and turn it into an optional Notification Center widget. Or one you can pull down on like the search bar in many iOS apps. Would be way more accessible that way, I think.
Rather than widgets or other such eye candy, I would prefer this section be developed into a proper file manager that would provide Finder like functionality with a single swipe.
File management on iOS is terribly underdeveloped. I'm hoping this changes with iOS 7.
File management on iOS is terribly underdeveloped. I'm hoping this changes with iOS 7.
why annoying? you can always turn it off in settings and if you got an older iPhone it will make the homescreen smoother.
"Suggestive" search brings something different to mind entirely.
In reply to the OP, I've been thinking the same thing. I think what is now the spotlight screen would be the perfect place for "widgets" in iOS -- it would directly mirror dashboard on OSX. And it wouldn't be getting rid of spotlight entirely as I see it -- the search bar could be a "fixed" widget that could not be deleted, and users could simply tap on it to bring up the keyboard. Otherwise, the dashboard (if that's what it's called) would be open to play around with whatever widgets the user has.
Same here. The girlfriends iPad is so unorganised that its the only time I think of using the search bar.