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App Library Thoughts
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The real issue there being what exactly? It's certainly one thing to want some enhancements/improvements to how folders work, but that's something different than an actual issue with something.
I agree with this. I deleted as many apps as possible, down to just a handful. I still have a bunch of folders that are now empty. It's terrible.
If you deleted apps and the folders where the apps were are empty aren't the folders deleted as well?
The issue is that the app categories are poorly done and poorly indexed. The user should have a choice in the matter. Q
Well, again, seems like folders are basically there for that where the user can control things, while App Library is meant to be something where the user doesn't need to get involved (as it's mainly there for those who don't really make use of folders or organize things themselves).
Same here too...
I really like it.... I’m just disappointed it’s not in iPadOS14.
I will admit the grouping of categories is a bit odd and maybe there should be an option of just alphabetical... but generally I’m liking it - certainly feels cleaner and less cluttered being able to hide away icons but have them easily accessible.
I have been waiting for this ever since i left android years ago, had given up on it. Automatically categorize and alphabetize , far easier than me doing it manually.
Sure… but its Apple that's choosing to put Keynote in the same place as my banking apps.
Yeah, because Apple is the developer. I'd guess that's who you'd need to contact.
Errrr, no. The apps are categorised correctly. Its because Apple decided that productivity apps and finance apps should be the one group.
Well, it certainly sounds like you have all the answers... I'm just reporting what I know.
Categories are a little weird, but I have gotten used to them. I created basically home screen "pages" which each page a combination of apps (8) and then widgets up top that correlate to the apps on that specific page. I am really liking the set up. Everything else lives in the app library.
I dislike 'curated' anything, and for Apple to choose where they think an app should go is often counter-intuitive to where I might put them. We already had the ability to put apps into folders - and on screens - of our choosing (a remarkable number of Apple apps living in one called 'Junk Drawer' on my device, for example), so what is the value of these groups?
Both iOS Settings and the Search on the App Library place our apps alphabetically (as does, incidentally, the App Drawer in Android), which to my mind makes a lot more sense in finding and accessing an app. The App Library as it stands now becomes a game as you guess where an app might be placed, according to Apple.
Design time would have been better spent on other features and fixes, IMHO.
Both iOS Settings and the Search on the App Library place our apps alphabetically (as does, incidentally, the App Drawer in Android), which to my mind makes a lot more sense in finding and accessing an app. The App Library as it stands now becomes a game as you guess where an app might be placed, according to Apple.
Design time would have been better spent on other features and fixes, IMHO.
It seems that it's mainly there mostly for those who don't really care to organize things themselves and end up with pages of apps in pretty much random order.
Yes, but couldn't that have been achieved with a screen listing apps alphabetically? Like it does if you Search the App Library? So two steps to do what one can do with one, and enforcing their interpretation on how users should use their apps...
Sounds like Apple wanted to do it in some way that visually breaks out the apps and this was the approach they took. Perhaps something they might tweak over time.