Live Folders - The Impact

[DreadVenom]

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?

 

[Brandon Tobias]

Nope I have certain apps that i don't want in folders so my start screen still kinda long and I like the third row of tiles ..

 

[loofmodnar]

Nah, I've got extra tiles and folders on my 520. I like the extra column for more medium live tiles and I'm using the folders for pinning playlists/music to the start screen as a sort of quick play function.

 

[Nimdock]

Nope!

 

[tropolite]

I find I really like both Live Folders and the extra column of tiles. The extra column balances the screen real estate quite nicely and now with Live Folders, these just organise the live tiles into very cohesive and structured design.

A really nice job by Microsoft...

 

[rajamass]

Live folders are really awesome

very initiative
Good job MSFT and NOK

 

[Ashish Gupta888]

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

 

[tropolite]

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

 

[Scienceguy Labs]

I'm loving the live folders. Smoothest running improvement so far, in my opinion.

 

[nishchay mishra1]

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?????????

 

[anism]

Can i anyone confirm if we can group individual contacts in the live folder or group group whatsapp chat groups. Thanks

 

[Ryan ODonnell]

http://forums.windowscentral.com/showthread/301433.htm

 

[Kram Sacul]

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.

I think it's the other way around. 3 columns make live folders seem unnecessary.

 

[Ult J]

Honestly i'm loving the live folders. Now i can have it more structured and have more tiles on the screen which i wouldn't have previously had.
Emails were four small tiles now fit in a small live folder. MINT.
i used to have just a games tile. now games live folder with my top played games.
whatsapp tile has been replaced with a whatspp folder with different groups pinned in there as well. Too awesome.
same thing with facebook

 

[Alexandre Borges]

i actually set the tiles to the "normal" organization after using the live folders. is nice to have the text bigger again since i'm using a 4.3" screen.

so, for someone like me, yes.

 

[Christian Holmstedt]

OP : What's wrong with more options?

 

[TsuChi]

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

I also experience lag on start screen.
L925

 

[DreadVenom]

OP : What's wrong with more options?

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.

 

[jojoe42]

I'm using live folders to decrease the length of my Start screen and also pin some apps in the folders that I wanted to have (without having too many opaque tiles blocking up my Start background). Third row of tiles is almost necessary for me, went to use a friend's 925 with 2 columns and the larger tiles made me feel like the phone was designed for people with vision issues (not me yet )

 

[Protocol Rahul]

http://forums.windowscentral.com/ask-question/301472-lag-home-screen-after-gdr1.html
After having more than 10 live folders home screen starts lagging and won't go even if you remove the live folders.
Tried removing background images but not resolving.
Problem on Lumia 520.