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Are you in favor or against Android dropping the app drawer
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I thought that was just an S7/Samsung thing.... Either way I don't care for it.... I think of the app drawer more as a junk drawer. All the stuff I don't use/want/need gets kept in there UNTIL I do need it.....
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Personally I feel like going no app drawer makes Android more like iOS and was one reason I did not like MIUI ROMS back in the day. For me it seems like the more successful android is getting the more it is looking like iOS.
Who would have imagined that we were looking at the future of android when we saw that commercial back in the day.
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Who would have imagined that we were looking at the future of android when we saw that commercial back in the day.
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As long as I can still have one in an aftermarket launcher I don't particularly care what Android oem does with it. The way Google and Apple are doing things, I look for ios 11 to offer launchers while Android breaks the ability to use them in a soon after version. But fear not, Android carriers and manufacturers are so slow bringing updates to devices it'll be a long while before seeing the results.
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At what point do we realize that we become G sheep...and believe that everything Google does for us is great? Or...do we never realize and just fall in line? I think this is a ridiculous idea.
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I like the app drawer. It's a great place to keep apps that are seldomly used, but still useful, otherwise I wouldn't have that app at all.
I personally run with 3 screens, not counting the Google screen. Each different homescreen serves a different purpose for me and keeps my device nice and clean, the way I like it. And to be honest I'm very close to minimizing it to just two since that 3rd homescreen is barely used, too many swipes...
Heck even the app drawer is useful for me, it's the button I can access quickly on any homescreen to open up aCar, which I use frequently. It's the first app in my drawer. Also the Google Authenticator app is just a row below, so easily accessible.
Keep all the icons and homescreen scrolling to iOS. Keep the app drawer Google!
I personally run with 3 screens, not counting the Google screen. Each different homescreen serves a different purpose for me and keeps my device nice and clean, the way I like it. And to be honest I'm very close to minimizing it to just two since that 3rd homescreen is barely used, too many swipes...
Heck even the app drawer is useful for me, it's the button I can access quickly on any homescreen to open up aCar, which I use frequently. It's the first app in my drawer. Also the Google Authenticator app is just a row below, so easily accessible.
Keep all the icons and homescreen scrolling to iOS. Keep the app drawer Google!
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I'm confused. Without an app drawer, does that mean all your apps would have to be on your home screen, either individually or in folders? I have nothing on my home screen except time & weather widget and another page with six quick dial widgets. I want to keep it that way.
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I've been using folders/organizers and shortcuts almost since I started using Android. I have like 4-5 folders on my homescreen for my main categories and most frequently used apps.
Heck, I even have my "app drawer" in my launcher organized into folders. I don't really use it. Why bother scrolling through dozens or hundreds of apps when it can be managed so much easier?
Heck, I even have my "app drawer" in my launcher organized into folders. I don't really use it. Why bother scrolling through dozens or hundreds of apps when it can be managed so much easier?
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Yup just like ios does. Imagine your bloatware and aftermarket that you use occasionally being on one of your plethora of required home screens or trying to remember which folder , so you don't have 4+ home screens, you put that in and you've got the gist.
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My homescreen. .. I want to keep it like that
I admit, that little square looking thing in the top middle is a widget that takes me to my most used apps. But any other apps, I'd rather just access from my app drawer.
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I admit, that little square looking thing in the top middle is a widget that takes me to my most used apps. But any other apps, I'd rather just access from my app drawer.
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It's only OK if the bloat is removed, w/o junk we don't need a app(junk) drawer.
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I sure hope this doesn't become a thing. Like others, I enjoy having my most used apps on my homescreen(s) where I want them and have them organized with widgets in a way that makes plenty of sense to me. I've used a similar layout since the OG Droid, at least. Can't remember my setup on the G1.
I disagree that we don't need the app drawer if we don't have bloat apps. There are apps that I use infrequently that I only access there. My main homescreen has 4 icons, 2 folders, and a clock/weather widget. Those are my most used apps. My next most used apps are on the next screen-9 icons, 6 folders, and a handful of widgets. Then it's my calendar widget so I can quickly see what's going on.
There are plenty of other apps that I use once in a blue moon that I only access through the app drawer. These aren't junk apps and are pretty much all apps that I chose to install. I don't need them on a homescreen as rarely as I use them, but I still like having them accessible.
No app drawer was one of my biggest complaints when I gave the iPhone a try years ago. I'd rather have apps that I don't use tucked away in the app drawer than have to have a folder of junk apps on the homescreen.
I read an article about this rumor last night. I like that Samsung has it turned off by default (you get an app drawer by default) on the S7, but has the option to try without an app drawer. From what I read, they also ask if you like the feature or not. If enough people tell them they like the app drawer, I can easily see Sammy keeping it even if stock Android dumps it.
I love my Nexus, but I'm hoping they don't kill the ability for third-party launchers to have app drawers if they decide to do away with the app drawer.
What will this do to my ability to use widgets? Will apps be reordered based on where I put a widget? I don't like this at all. No widgets was my other complaint on that iPhone years ago.
I disagree that we don't need the app drawer if we don't have bloat apps. There are apps that I use infrequently that I only access there. My main homescreen has 4 icons, 2 folders, and a clock/weather widget. Those are my most used apps. My next most used apps are on the next screen-9 icons, 6 folders, and a handful of widgets. Then it's my calendar widget so I can quickly see what's going on.
There are plenty of other apps that I use once in a blue moon that I only access through the app drawer. These aren't junk apps and are pretty much all apps that I chose to install. I don't need them on a homescreen as rarely as I use them, but I still like having them accessible.
No app drawer was one of my biggest complaints when I gave the iPhone a try years ago. I'd rather have apps that I don't use tucked away in the app drawer than have to have a folder of junk apps on the homescreen.
I read an article about this rumor last night. I like that Samsung has it turned off by default (you get an app drawer by default) on the S7, but has the option to try without an app drawer. From what I read, they also ask if you like the feature or not. If enough people tell them they like the app drawer, I can easily see Sammy keeping it even if stock Android dumps it.
I love my Nexus, but I'm hoping they don't kill the ability for third-party launchers to have app drawers if they decide to do away with the app drawer.
What will this do to my ability to use widgets? Will apps be reordered based on where I put a widget? I don't like this at all. No widgets was my other complaint on that iPhone years ago.
