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    Busy, crowded app overview; Can Ubuntu Touch be converted to an iPhone interface?

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      • KenedaK Offline
        Keneda @Cycle Maniac
        last edited by Keneda

        @Cycle-Maniac
        Ubuntu Touch would not benefits a fork, there is so few dev power that splitting effort would be a loss for us, users.

        For now, the goal is to have a full working 20.04 UT.

        And then maybe some work will be done to the UI.

        Some is already done for example the app Ubuntu Touch tweak tool gives user lot of options that are not in the OS settings, like scalling or touch edge settings, but in the last UT updates, some of those settings are now included in core setting app (edge setting for instance).

        UT UI in the canonical era was way different from now, but when ubports took the flag, they made choices to focus on the most important.

        Homescreen(s) and UI is an old and long topic here, do some research you'll see that it's not trivial for anyone.

        That's why, in the meantime of waiting for something official done to the core OS UI homescreen(s), some work was done by community dev, like Home or Launcher Modular (this one seems to be dead as I just checked can no longer be found on openstore).

        For now, you'll have to deal with the actual UI.

        I don't know if you're a dev yourself, but if you are, and want to involve further into UT, I'm sure ubports dev team will be glad to have someone willing to improve UT UI.

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        • AppLeeA Offline
          AppLee @Cycle Maniac
          last edited by AppLee

          @Cycle-Maniac said in Busy, crowded app overview; Can Ubuntu Touch be converted to an iPhone interface?:

          I am definitely not an Apple fanboy. But as nice and intuitive as iOS (and macOS) work; It really is unbeatable.

          Sorry to disagree, but I think you've mistaken intuitive and "used to". :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
          Because never in a thousand years would I have figured about a diagonal draw...

          UI design of a smartphone is not just about "graphical design", you also have to deal with technical constraints (that can be overcome with time and money) and mostly subjectivity.
          Everyone is different and everyone find great things in both iOS and Android, but no one has not a complaint and wish something was different or more like X or Y.

          Having the drawer less crowded means less apps visible at a glance hence scrolling or typing action.
          I thin @kugiigi is right about masking the launcher when the drawer is expended but the transition might be weird...
          I thing if the drawer had the same spacing between icons you might feel it is a bit more calming and pleasing (I feel it could be an answer to your issue) but many will probably say that before they had all their favorite apps right there and now they have to scroll...

          So really not a simple question.
          If you come up with a mockup and if someone is willing to try and implement it, I guess we can have a poll and decide to mainstream it or make it available to tweak this out.

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          • arubislanderA Offline
            arubislander @AppLee
            last edited by

            @AppLee said in Busy, crowded app overview; Can Ubuntu Touch be converted to an iPhone interface?:

            but many will probably say that before they had all their favorite apps right there and now they have to scroll...

            This, and also that even is the spacing were the same, the icons would not always align because the icons in the drawer can be scrolled. Also the (icons in the) Dash can be sized independently from the (icons in the) Drawer ...

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            • C Offline
              Cycle Maniac
              last edited by

              @Keneda: No, unfortunately I am not a coder.

              @AppLee: No, I don't have a mockup.

              But it's clear to me; For now you have enough work on 20.04 UT.
              Whatever; I will continue to follow UT with interest! 💕

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              • KenedaK Offline
                Keneda
                last edited by

                @AppLee @arubislander do you know why Launcher Modular is no longer in the store ?

                2015-2023 : Meizu MX4 ☠️⚰️✝️
                2023-2024 : Nexus 5 ☠️⚰️✝️
                2024-***** : FPOS Fairphone 5 waiting UT for freedom 😉
                🇲🇫🇬🇧

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                • AppLeeA Offline
                  AppLee @Keneda
                  last edited by

                  @Keneda
                  Sorry, no idea.
                  Are you on Focal? Or did it disappear from xenial?
                  Maybe the maintainer removed it? ... Just speculation, I have no clue nor insight.

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                  • arubislanderA Offline
                    arubislander @Keneda
                    last edited by

                    @Keneda If it is not listed in the Open-Store at all, then it must have been delisted by the maintainer. The reasons for which I could only speculate about, so I won't.

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                    JingPad (24.04 preview)
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                    • KenedaK Offline
                      Keneda @AppLee
                      last edited by

                      @AppLee xenial
                      I don't find it but recently there were a thread here from the maintener for a new app icon.

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                      2023-2024 : Nexus 5 ☠️⚰️✝️
                      2024-***** : FPOS Fairphone 5 waiting UT for freedom 😉
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                        Cycle Maniac
                        last edited by

                        I just want to add; I transferred a donation.
                        I think my next phone has Ubuntu Touch. :heart_suit:

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                        • AppLeeA Offline
                          AppLee @Cycle Maniac
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                          @Cycle-Maniac

                          Thank you for the donation.
                          That is highly appreciated.

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                            Vistaus @AppLee
                            last edited by Vistaus

                            @AppLee said in Busy, crowded app overview; Can Ubuntu Touch be converted to an iPhone interface?:

                            @Cycle-Maniac said in Busy, crowded app overview; Can Ubuntu Touch be converted to an iPhone interface?:

                            I am definitely not an Apple fanboy. But as nice and intuitive as iOS (and macOS) work; It really is unbeatable.

                            Sorry to disagree, but I think you've mistaken intuitive and "used to". :beaming_face_with_smiling_eyes:
                            Because never in a thousand years would I have figured about a diagonal draw...

                            UI design of a smartphone is not just about "graphical design", you also have to deal with technical constraints (that can be overcome with time and money) and mostly subjectivity.
                            Everyone is different and everyone find great things in both iOS and Android, but no one has not a complaint and wish something was different or more like X or Y.

                            Having the drawer less crowded means less apps visible at a glance hence scrolling or typing action.
                            I thin @kugiigi is right about masking the launcher when the drawer is expended but the transition might be weird...
                            I thing if the drawer had the same spacing between icons you might feel it is a bit more calming and pleasing (I feel it could be an answer to your issue) but many will probably say that before they had all their favorite apps right there and now they have to scroll...

                            So really not a simple question.
                            If you come up with a mockup and if someone is willing to try and implement it, I guess we can have a poll and decide to mainstream it or make it available to tweak this out.

                            Exactly! I love intuitive designs too and I too am a normal user (and 31 years old, so not an old geezer!), but iOS is not intuitive for me (and Android is even worse). Ubuntu Touch is way more intuitive to me, including the app drawer. I love the app drawer and launcher so much as they currently are, so please don't change that! Or if it's changed, at least provide an option to keep the current workflow for people like me.

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