Tim Cook, please pull up a chair.
I don't think it's asking too much to give Launchpad an update. It was first introduced in 2011 and, from what I can recall, has received only one update in the subsequent 13 years - a feature that should have been there in the first place, which was... a Search box.
I get that Macs, iPads and iPhones are not all used in the same manner. For instance, on the iPhone and iPad the library of apps you select are on the Home Screen, and you have the App Library if you need it. On a Mac, you have Launchpad, Dock, Finder, and Spotlight (Cmd+Space).
But in its current state Launchpad is abysmal compared to the iOS versions. It frequently re-arranges apps that you arranged yourself, thus making the process pointless. Moving apps and folders can result in glitches that make placement impossible without moving a whole bunch of other content. System updates result in more glitches, duplicate or missing apps.
Would it not be better to have App Library from iOS instead? This would create some categorisation and potentially improve screen real estate. And if a user does want customisation, that's what the Dock is for. Or continue to allow the user to create their own folders.
Thoughts?
I don't think it's asking too much to give Launchpad an update. It was first introduced in 2011 and, from what I can recall, has received only one update in the subsequent 13 years - a feature that should have been there in the first place, which was... a Search box.
I get that Macs, iPads and iPhones are not all used in the same manner. For instance, on the iPhone and iPad the library of apps you select are on the Home Screen, and you have the App Library if you need it. On a Mac, you have Launchpad, Dock, Finder, and Spotlight (Cmd+Space).
But in its current state Launchpad is abysmal compared to the iOS versions. It frequently re-arranges apps that you arranged yourself, thus making the process pointless. Moving apps and folders can result in glitches that make placement impossible without moving a whole bunch of other content. System updates result in more glitches, duplicate or missing apps.
Would it not be better to have App Library from iOS instead? This would create some categorisation and potentially improve screen real estate. And if a user does want customisation, that's what the Dock is for. Or continue to allow the user to create their own folders.
Thoughts?