The home app is completely open-source, so you can experiment with it and add whatever features you want. Trying to balance lots of features like that, while keeping the basic UI simple, while working well on a small touch screen is a significant challenge. :)
On Nov 4, 3:59 pm, "Kipling Inscore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Romain Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When the list of all apps is opened, you can use the keyboard to > > filter apps by name. > > I had no idea. That's useful. That may be enough for me, actually, but > I still think there's room for improvement for some users, like > organization on the author's end rather than the user's end (like in > the Android Market and most third party download sites), folder icons, > ordering by criteria other than name (install date, last use date, > size with or without data...), application launching and management in > the same interface? > > > > > On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 3:46 PM, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> My point is... yes, the drawer is a list of all the available > >> applications. That is its purpose. If you want to organize them, you > >> can drag them on to the home screen in the various panels, and make > >> folders and put them in folder there. > > >> On Nov 4, 1:50 pm, "Dan B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> that's exactly the problem with the drawer, you have to dig... the > >>> market is just as huge a mess... it needs organization > > >>> On Nov 4, 2:21 pm, hackbod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> > Put your apps on the home screen, in their own folders if you want. > >>> > Is there any particular reason you want to have a whole other facility > >>> > to organize things in the set of all apps? To me it just makes them > >>> > harder to get to -- if you put them in a folder on the home screen, > >>> > you can launch with two clicks, but in the drawer you'd have to first > >>> > bring up the drawer, then dig down to the app, then launch it. > > >>> > On Nov 4, 11:28 am, "Dan B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> > > the default drawer is definitely a disaster once you start installing > >>> > > more than 2-3 apps. I hope you can successfully replace it, and I'd be > >>> > > willing to assist with any testing. > > >>> > > On Nov 4, 4:23 am, Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>> > > > I now have a lot of installed apps, and I want to organise them in > >>> > > > the > >>> > > > pull-up-menu/tab. > >>> > > > But it is not possible to create folders? > >>> > > > I know I could copy all icons to the desktop with my folders there, > >>> > > > but that is something else.- Hide quoted text - > > >>> > - Show quoted text - > > > -- > > Romain Guy > >www.curious-creature.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
