Live Folders - The Impact

[mjrtoo]

Start Screen and App List lag when Live folders are used with background picture on Start Screen. It feels smooth if you switch it to default phone accent. Other than that, Live Folders are awesome

No lag at all for me on a 925.

 

[Christian Holmstedt]

Don't get me wrong, I love options and I'm rocking both LF and extra column on my 1020. I just wanted to see if anyone felt that one option negated the need for the other.

Don't think so. WP screen sizes and resolutions vary so much. Some have large screens, some have small screens, some have low res screens and some have hi res screens. Some prefer the 'extra tiles' and some don't.....

I think it's great to have many options when the WP devices differ so much.

 

[KSilcox]

More = Better. I love the extra row and really love the live folders.

 

[Rangan Das]

Unpin a few tiles. That should work. I too was having occasional minor lags on my L1320. It became a severe lag once. I just unpinned a few folders itself and done. Basically, pinning folders have the same impact on resources as that of pinning the tiles directly. The tiles are kept in memory, but on the start screen, they are just consolidated into a folder...remember, live folder. So, instead of a looong start screen, you can have a shorter one using the folders, making the folders big, or making too many folders will have the same impact as that of a looong start screen.

 

[Rangan Das]

Ashish I don't get the lag you're talking about. What handset are you using?
I'm using a 1520.

Certain tiles are also known to cause lags. I had the large Asphalt 8 and Modern Combat 5: Blackout pinned. I removed a lot of other tiles and the lag still persisted on my Lumia 1320. However, removing just those two made it a lot smoother.

 

[Blasto87]

Hey can anyone tell me that ...if I update my Lumia 630 to 8.1update 1... Then it'll loose cyan features or not?????...and is there any problem regarding battery issue in update 1?????????

Already did it to my cricket 630 you won't loose anything just gain in my opinion

 

[hopmedic]

I like the live folders with one exception. With every other part of Windows Phone, if you tap something to expand it, tapping the back button will contract it. Look at the calendar since 8.1. If you tap a day (in the month view, for instance), it expands showing appointments for that day. Tapping back contracts it. In alarms, if you tap snooze time (Update 1), it expands. Tapping back contracts.

But with Live Folders, you tap the folder to expand it, and tapping back does not contract it unless there is nothing in your back stack. I don't like the inconsistency.

 

[hopmedic]

So I created a UserVoice topic for it...

Live Folders Contract on Back – Feature Suggestions for Windows Phone

 

[Henrik Barna1]

I think the Live Folders is good as it is. I waited so much for such a feature!

 

[Alexandre Borges]

I like the live folders with one exception. With every other part of Windows Phone, if you tap something to expand it, tapping the back button will contract it. Look at the calendar since 8.1. If you tap a day (in the month view, for instance), it expands showing appointments for that day. Tapping back contracts it. In alarms, if you tap snooze time (Update 1), it expands. Tapping back contracts.

But with Live Folders, you tap the folder to expand it, and tapping back does not contract it unless there is nothing in your back stack. I don't like the inconsistency.

It works with my 820. try to reset your phone.

 

[Torontonian22]

@hopmedic: Exact dame with me! I keep hitting back hoping it would contract. Really Hope they Will change That in the future.

 

[Christian Holmstedt]

I like the live folders with one exception. With every other part of Windows Phone, if you tap something to expand it, tapping the back button will contract it. Look at the calendar since 8.1. If you tap a day (in the month view, for instance), it expands showing appointments for that day. Tapping back contracts it. In alarms, if you tap snooze time (Update 1), it expands. Tapping back contracts.

But with Live Folders, you tap the folder to expand it, and tapping back does not contract it unless there is nothing in your back stack. I don't like the inconsistency.

Works on the 810.

 

[Rangan Das]

@hopmedic: Exact dame with me! I keep hitting back hoping it would contract. Really Hope they Will change That in the future.

Working on my 1320...

 

[hopmedic]

The people who are quoting me and saying it works really need to go back and read my first post, because they just don't get it.

 

[RumoredNow]

YES!!!

PICK ONE NOW!!!

You must decide: Live Tiles or Extra Column.

You have 48 hours to declare your allegiance. Then the two camps fight to the death.





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​Just kidding, of course. It's simply more choice in how you make Windows Phone uniquely yours.

 

[mjrtoo]

YES!!!

PICK ONE NOW!!!

You must decide: Live Tiles or Extra Column.

You have 48 hours to declare your allegiance. Then the two camps fight to the death.





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​Just kidding, of course. It's simply more choice in how you make Windows Phone uniquely yours.

Why not both?

 

[mjrtoo]

So I have installed Update 1 and I'm loving the new live folders (respect to Nokia as I can see their influence on the design). I got to thinking though, doesn't the live folders make the extra column option for the start screen redundant(possibly not the right word but the idea is the same). The whole point of the extra column was to add more tiles but now with live folders you can have all the tiles you want but organized tidily by group and aptly named.

Does anyone else think this?

You can have three live folders next to each other.

 

[RumoredNow]

Why not both?

Sorry my joke based on the drastic language of the thread title went past you... even after I spelled out "Just kidding" in the post!!!!

Use whatever you like as often as you want.

At no time was any serious intent implied, nor should you have inferred any.

If you like, I can send you and everyone in the thread a personalized apology PM. <<<<< WARNING THIS IS MEANT AS HUMOR - PLEASE DO NOT POST ASKING ME TO DO THIS!!!!! IT IS NOT IN ANY WAY OR BY ANY MEANS A SERIOUS STATEMENT - JOKE ALERT - JOKE ALERT - JOKE ALERT!!!!!

 

[Makubex1980]

Would love to option to go back to 2 columns on my 930, i came from a 625 4.7" display at 2 columns)
3 rows is too much and makes it look messy and small.....
So 2 columns and the option for folders is my taste of WP.

 

[aikidaves]

Would love to option to go back to 2 columns on my 930, i came from a 625 4.7" display at 2 columns)
3 rows is too much and makes it look messy and small.....
So 2 columns and the option for folders is my taste of WP.

Do you not have the option to change to 2 columns on the 930? Settings => start + theme, then scroll down and set Show more Tiles to Off.