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Latest iPhone 3.0 Beta Allows 11 Pages of Apps (180 Apps)
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"Slot Machine" solution
I think I've come up with a pretty good solution:
Each of the 4 lines would move independently of each other so you could assign each line to a category.
You could then flick a category line and stop it on the app you want. Better than multiple pages or even folders I think.
I think I've come up with a pretty good solution:
Each of the 4 lines would move independently of each other so you could assign each line to a category.
You could then flick a category line and stop it on the app you want. Better than multiple pages or even folders I think.
I've think I've come up with a pretty good solution:
Each of the 4 lines would move independently of each other so you could assign each liine to a category.
You could then flick a category line and stop it on the app you want. Better than multiple pages or even folders I think.
What a great idea! How about putting a lever on the right side of the phone and a 4 big stop stop buttons. So that when you pull the lever it starts spinning and you can just press the stop button to stop it.
Well you would not be able to know for sure when to stop it and the results would be very random, but hey no more need for slots machines..
Well, my visual interpretation suggests that you can flick a line very fast, but it wouldn't be any different than the already implemented "flick" that we're accustomed to in the Address Book. For example:
Flick slowly and you see the apps moving by slowly. Touch to stop. Flick quickly when you know you need to get to the back of the line.
I'm not sure how Apple could organize Apps any different without deviating from the now iconic App grid. But hey, they've virtually killed the wildly popular and instantly recognizable Click Wheel... They could do it again.
I think I've come up with a pretty good solution:
Each of the 4 lines would move independently of each other so you could assign each line to a category.
You could then flick a category line and stop it on the app you want. Better than multiple pages or even folders I think.
pfft, I have an even better idea!
BAM! Rubik's Cube right on your home screen! Arrange the apps by color!
This is the one thing that bugs me about an otherwise great UI. It's stupid, clunky and unintuitive.
How difficult would it be to have an Apps icon with folders?
Gah!
How difficult would it be to have an Apps icon with folders?
Gah!
This is the one thing that bugs me about an otherwise great UI. It's stupid, clunky and unintuitive.
How difficult would it be to have an Apps icon with folders?
Gah!
And then what? Pages of apps in a folder?
No, one page of folders with apps in them. Max three touches instead of up to 11 to get an app.
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Made me laugh. Cheers.
InkMaster said:I think I've come up with a pretty good solution:
Each of the 4 lines would move independently of each other so you could assign each line to a category.
You could then flick a category line and stop it on the app you want. Better than multiple pages or even folders I think.
pfft, I have an even better idea!
BAM! Rubik's Cube right on your home screen! Arrange the apps by color!
Made me laugh. Cheers.
Apple needs some sort of App Manager . The SpringBoard as is not a durable solution for what the App Store offers ...
The SpringBoard should be the same as the DOCK on OS X
And The App Manager Should be the same a the App folder in the user directory ...
IT would be a clean solution to make it like that and then let the user have only the most needed apps in SpringBoard and all outhers apps should be able to launch via iPhone Spotlight Quick Launch as you can do on OS X today. Just type iTu.. in iPhone Spotlight and "boom" you can launch the app... It is not a fast way to find and load a app but it works with iPhones that has many apps on them ..
The Spring board still works for the fast way to load app..
SpringBoard Groups would also be a nice feature...
The SpringBoard should be the same as the DOCK on OS X
And The App Manager Should be the same a the App folder in the user directory ...
IT would be a clean solution to make it like that and then let the user have only the most needed apps in SpringBoard and all outhers apps should be able to launch via iPhone Spotlight Quick Launch as you can do on OS X today. Just type iTu.. in iPhone Spotlight and "boom" you can launch the app... It is not a fast way to find and load a app but it works with iPhones that has many apps on them ..
The Spring board still works for the fast way to load app..
SpringBoard Groups would also be a nice feature...
Many? Really? I only have 2, with 1 page for all the Apple installed apps I don't use.
I'm happy that I can put more on, I have my 9 pages maxed out all the time and have to constantly remove apps just to try out new ones that I may want, but adding more pages isn't the answer. It's a pain sliding through all the pages to the last one already, adding more pages just makes it worse. This is disappointing.
I was really hoping that they might make the iPhone screen just slightly longer to allow for 5 rows instead of 4 and the stationary row at the bottom instead of more pages. . .
I really like this concept though:
I really like this concept though:
who on earth even fills up 9 to 11 pages of apps......and what apps do you have on your phone?
seriously, the app store doesn't even have enough quality apps to fill all pages.
seriously, the app store doesn't even have enough quality apps to fill all pages.
A lot of them are games that I won't delete because they're good games yet I'll never play them for some reason. Then there are some that are games that I play all the time, more that I play less frequently. Then there's a handful of useless entertainment apps, a lot of useful apps, and apple's stock apps. It adds up.
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This should make many iPhone fanatics very happy.
This should make many iPhone fanatics very happy.
pfft, I have an even better idea!
BAM! Rubik's Cube right on your home screen! Arrange the apps by color!
ROFL!
OK, nobody's brought this up yet, so...
There are 16 icon positions per page
16*11=176 (not 180)
180/16=11.25
Are you counting the 4 icon positions at the bottom as well? So, 176+4=180? I don't have an iPhone (yet), so I thought the 4 in the dock were duplicates of ones on the pages. When you add an icon to the dock does that remove it from it's original location on a page? If so, then it makes sense.
There are 16 icon positions per page
16*11=176 (not 180)
180/16=11.25
Are you counting the 4 icon positions at the bottom as well? So, 176+4=180? I don't have an iPhone (yet), so I thought the 4 in the dock were duplicates of ones on the pages. When you add an icon to the dock does that remove it from it's original location on a page? If so, then it makes sense.
Yes, the dock is independent of the springboard. When you put an icon to the dock it removes it from the springboard.