Love Tiles but...

[Anirudh Sarma]

Coming From Android, the live tiles have been something new, spectacular imo and pretty amazing. I am used to having a lot of widgets and apps on the screen (rather than looking in the app drawer) on android. But when it comes to my 920 i just seem to be running out of space, there is just so much i want on my home screen, wondering if it would not be a bad idea for wm8 to introduce multiple screens.

any thoughts?

 

[congusano]

Um, scroll down?

 

[fwaits]

I only use medium or large tiles for specific apps that have useful tile info that i want frequently enough, otherwise I use the small size for some app launching or items with counters. Not sure a multi-page design is in the spirit of Microsoft's new UI. Just like Windows 8, it has the long scrolling screen, albeit horizontal.

 

[WasteSomeTime]

You can just make the tiles smaller. Maybe there could be tile folders in the future. Where you shove a bunch of tiles into one and the folder tile displays stuff. But multiple home screen is disorganized and creates clutter.
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[Anirudh Sarma]

Um, scroll down?

Well, how much would you want to scroll. The whole point of apps on the screen rather than the app drawer/section is the ease of access. scrolling defeats this purpose

 

[Anirudh Sarma]

I only use medium or large tiles for specific apps that have useful tile info that i want frequently enough, otherwise I use the small size for some app launching or items with counters. Not sure a multi-page design is in the spirit of Microsoft's new UI. Just like Windows 8, it has the long scrolling screen, albeit horizontal.

It does come down to that, but there are a lot of things that i want on the medium or large tiles (weather, mail, music,photos,football scores, ) and having the small tile for them reduces the aesthetic quotient, for example having a small tile for the live score of sports is useless cause i will need to go into the app to get information.

there are however some apps for which small tiles suffice (pdf reader, office, xbox games...)

 

[congusano]

Well, how much would you want to scroll. The whole point of apps on the screen rather than the app drawer/section is the ease of access. scrolling defeats this purpose

wouldn't you have to swipe or scroll to get to multiple screens though?

 

[Anirudh Sarma]

You can just make the tiles smaller. Maybe there could be tile folders in the future. Where you shove a bunch of tiles into one and the folder tile displays stuff. But multiple home screen is disorganized and creates clutter.
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Folders would again defeat this purpose, for the point of live tile is to show the important info without going into the app.

Besides Tiles is/are windows mobiles USP and i dont think they are going to mess around with this too much, but adding multiple screens is something i think is very useful

 

[Anirudh Sarma]

wouldn't you have to swipe or scroll to get to multiple screens though?

The amount would be lesser wouldn't it ?

 

[ALpHa.Q.RoUgH]

Just scroll down and maybe adjust the sizes of some of your tiles. You can pin a large amount of apps on the homescreen if you know how to adjust your tile sizes.

 

[WasteSomeTime]

If you want that go to android / iPhone. Windows phones have a different experience for a reason.
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[Anirudh Sarma]

If you want that go to android / iPhone. Windows phones have a different experience for a reason.
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You misunderstand me mon ami, have been using android for over 2 years and i just switched to wm8 . I love everything about the phone, this thread was a mere suggestion over the OS improvement.

PS

Android lags like crazy, give it 6 months and you will need a 24 core processor to run key lime pie. I think apple products are overpriced

 

[Reflexx]

Well, how much would you want to scroll. The whole point of apps on the screen rather than the app drawer/section is the ease of access. scrolling defeats this purpose

Scrolling isn't much different than swiping to go to another screen.

I suppose a swipe to the side could be slightly faster, but not by much.

On one side we already have Kids Corner, so we won't be able to swipe to that side. A lot of people have suggested that a swipe to the other side should be for notifications.

 

[dkp23]

Running out of room? how many apps do you want? i have like 16 apps already displayed when my screen i scrolled all the way up and can fit a lot more if i changed my tiles and 34 apps all together and i barely have to scroll Android can only fit like 16 right? Then keep scrolling and scrolling if you want more which is annoying. If you use widgets forget about having a lot of apps on your screen unless you use folders which doesnt realy give you quick access.

perhaps the issue is you have a wm8, i use a wp8

 

[Reflexx]

Running out of room? how many apps do you want? i have like 16 apps already displayed when my screen i scrolled all the way up and can fit a lot more if i changed my tiles and 34 apps all together and i barely have to scroll Android can only fit like 16 right? Then keep scrolling and scrolling if you want more which is annoying. If you use widgets forget about having a lot of apps on your screen unless you use folders which doesnt realy give you quick access.

perhaps the issue is you have a wm8, i use a wp8

I think that part of the issue is that Live Tiles are just so cool that it's hard to pick and choose which ones you want to make small. You want to see all the neat little animations and data.

 

[socialcarpet]

Well, how much would you want to scroll. The whole point of apps on the screen rather than the app drawer/section is the ease of access. scrolling defeats this purpose

Either way you're scrolling down or scrolling horizontally. Is one really easier than the other? I think not.

 

[B T C]

Nokia is coming out with the Lumia 9200 next year. It's going to have like a 45" screen so that everything can be conveniently accessed.

 

[Shap2012]

Coming From Android, the live tiles have been something new, spectacular imo and pretty amazing. I am used to having a lot of widgets and apps on the screen (rather than looking in the app drawer) on android. But when it comes to my 920 i just seem to be running out of space, there is just so much i want on my home screen, wondering if it would not be a bad idea for wm8 to introduce multiple screens.

any thoughts?

I personally with the live tiles scrolled down like pages instead of a continous scroll. that would make gettting to apps much faster that are far down the page.

 

[Anirudh Sarma]

I think that part of the issue is that Live Tiles are just so cool that it's hard to pick and choose which ones you want to make small. You want to see all the neat little animations and data.

exactly

 

[WasteSomeTime]

You misunderstand me mon ami, have been using android for over 2 years and i just switched to wm8 . I love everything about the phone, this thread was a mere suggestion over the OS improvement.

PS

Android lags like crazy, give it 6 months and you will need a 24 core processor to run key lime pie. I think apple products are overpriced

Lol well they do have quad cores. I think they will get there soon.
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