What a twist of an excuse. You can easily say the same about the App Library, you choose not to use the same logic just because it means you can’t whine.
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App Library: I hate it
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What a twist of an excuse. You can easily say the same about the App Library, you choose not to use the same logic just because it means you can’t whine.
How is it invasive? It’s a swipe away, same as the today screen. How can one be invasive and the other one not? Stating it is tied into the app side of the iOS is a crap copout. Just don’t swipe over to that screen, same as you would say to people that complained about today view.
Workshelves in your office would be visible, lol. This is like if I built shelves you never see, unless you stumbled out an unused side door...
it's literally no different except you swipe left.
ill try and explain it
first of all I like the Home Screen. its something totally different. I find it useful.
secondly, to me, no matter how distracted I am, I tend to know when im In the first page of apps, out of 3 or 4 pages.
so I rarely swipe left by mistake.
when im looking for an app its a common thing to swipe too far to the right. that lands me in the App Library, which instead of being something completely different, is actually just my apps rearranged in a different way. this jars and annoys me.
what makes it worse is that often when I swipe too far right, its when im one handed and distracted, and its amazing how many times I try to swipe back and it must be at an angle and I end up in the alphabetical list at which stage, im ****ed off.
plus, and this is solely personal, I can see apple being so close to what id consider nirvana. let me hide apps like you have, but switch off the App Library, and im happy as a bug in a rug.
I’m not a fan. I already have my apps organized in folders, and my folders make more sense. I don’t keep apps I don’t use regularly, so having them off somewhere else is unnecessary.
I also keep my stuff really tidy, so it bugs me that I have a page of clutter, but I’ll just ignore it.
I also keep my stuff really tidy, so it bugs me that I have a page of clutter, but I’ll just ignore it.
Man its exactly what Ive been asking for. Im so glad we have it.
and if that's the only choice (currently), how hard is that? i mean, i never swipe to the today page...
perhaps apple will add a toggle for the app library (altho i doubt it). either way, if you don't like it, “pretend it isn’t there”; just like you suggested.
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So, to sum up your reply, if you like it and find it useful then you’ve no problems with there and being no problems with it being mandatory.
But if you don’t like it then it’s a PITA and it needs to be something that can be disabled?
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I'd say that if its just a case of vertical scrolling vs. swiping a page over it is redundant.
I never used the today screen really and even less so now I have the ability to put widgets on the home screen.
Would not surprise me at all if it goes the way of macOS dashboard in iOS 15.
any of the hundred slightly different search boxes.
okay thats an exaggeration, but why is there more than one?
not quite, no.
if so many people find it useful or not something that annoys them then there is no problem with it being mandatory. I haven't seen any clamour on this forum for the today view to be switched off so id guess my view is fairly common.
if its a new feature that a noticeable amount of users are pissed off then thats different.
Most of the time it's a realistic approach to it all, in particular to things that don't change the existing features and how someone uses their device.
That said, a lot of the responses here are more in relation to portraying things more accurately as in a lot of cases App Library has been presented in posts as something that affects or changes what people already have and use (their normal organization of applications, folders, and home screens) which isn't really the case.
Some of the commentary addresses that the App Library can be improved (and it's still certainly might over time), and that while an option to disable it could be nice, there's quite a bit of likelihood that that won't happen (Today View is one example of that).
But how would you search for apps that you forgot you have installed?
Any phone needs to display a complete list of installed apps, in some form or fashion...
EDIT: I guess you could see/manage them all under iPhone Storage (but not launch them from there).
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You’re making the assumption that people didn’t like the widget screen or dislike the App Library.
Posts on MacRumors do not represent the overall feeling over the global iPhone users.
Not everyone is going to like everything. It amazes me how many posters here hate everything Apple does but are still on the forums.
Not everything can be ignored... but when something can easily be ignores (e.g., App Library) it seems like the logical (temporary) solution.
ok ill say it, "App Library: I hate it" and it i understand some people like it, but it should be optional. I love ios for its previously clean interface. i love the option to hide pages of apps, but it would be even better to hide the app library garbage. it is redundant, and useless for me.
"previously clean interface"; does your iphone not have the today screen? it's like the app library page, but you swipe to the right instead of the left. i need neither, so swipe to neither. and life goes on. problem solved!
The App library in itself is not a bad idea however the way Apple implemented is IMO. There needs to be a way to organize your apps in the library to suit your own needs and a toggle to turn it off entirely.
The way it is now it’s like someone reorganizing your desktop. It’s not acceptable. I hope Apple adds customization and a toggle.
The way it is now it’s like someone reorganizing your desktop. It’s not acceptable. I hope Apple adds customization and a toggle.
You can organize your own apps and have your own folders just as you could before. App Library doesn't change or affect that (and is basically there just to visually represent installed apps in categories that are associated with them in the App Store for essentially a hassle-free experience that can optionally be used by those who might want).
Well, only if they USE it. My wife still has her seven pages of apps randomly placed with no organization. I’ve shown her the new iOS 14 stuff, but she’ll never use it to organize her apps and won’t use the auto-sorted folders.