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

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      AppLee @Cycle Maniac
      last edited by AppLee 8 Jun 2023, 18:23 6 Aug 2023, 18:23

      @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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        arubislander @AppLee
        last edited by 6 Aug 2023, 18:43

        @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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          Cycle Maniac
          last edited by 6 Aug 2023, 19:32

          @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! πŸ’•

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            Keneda
            last edited by 6 Aug 2023, 20:21

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

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              AppLee @Keneda
              last edited by 7 Aug 2023, 10:34

              @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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                arubislander @Keneda
                last edited by 7 Aug 2023, 11:19

                @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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                  Keneda @AppLee
                  last edited by 7 Aug 2023, 18:08

                  @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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                    Cycle Maniac
                    last edited by 15 Aug 2023, 18:07

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

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                      AppLee @Cycle Maniac
                      last edited by 16 Aug 2023, 20:17

                      @Cycle-Maniac

                      Thank you for the donation.
                      That is highly appreciated.

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                        Vistaus @AppLee
                        last edited by Vistaus 13 Oct 2023, 12:19

                        @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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