Third row of tiles makes start screen too small on 4.5" and below

[tribexx]

I love the feature....

What is the background image on the article about this:

Does the third row of tiles make your Windows Phone 8.1 Start Screen too small? | Windows Phone Central

 

[narv]

I wasn't sure how I thought about it on my 920. I turned it on obviously to see how it would look since I liked the concept of seeing more stuff... A first it was a bit cluttered looking and it may look so to others that see my phone but honestly now I really like it.... They are a bit small and I have larger hands but I haven't missed any tiles yet trying to click the smaller ones.

 

[kittananj]

Pretty small on my Lumia 925.

 

[Sameer Chandra]

It is a waste of time thinking about getting an extra row for tiles on smaller phones like the 520 or 920 beacuse the small tiles get even smaller and the result looks ugly. As for me, I'm content with the two rows I've got.

 

[Xpider_MX]

My L920 is not "ugly" at all, it is beautiful, even if using small tiles.

I love third row...

 

[david90531]

It is a bit small, but I still like the fact that I can see more at a glance and also scroll less to find my daily stuff

 

[t8ntlikly]

How do you make it show a third row

 

[Ravi Ramgoolam]

It seems a bit smaller on my 920, but I'm getting used to it. I now have the ability to have a lot more wide tiles =)

 

[t8ntlikly]

I had the same question, and see that that Particular setting is not on my Icon. However I'm looking to update my sons' 928 so I'll check there....thanks guys and gals.

 

[jmshub]

I turned on the third row on my 920 first thing yesterday morning. The smallest tiles were still remarkably each to touch. Kudos on maintaining usability of the phone with either UI. I found that the home screen was a little more cluttered than I'd like. For the time being, I am back to 2 rows.

 

[philxor]

I'm using it on my 925 now. At first I thought it was too small but decided to give it a chance, built a new layout, and now when going back everything is way too huge. No way I will go back.

 

[anon(5816156)]

Small indeed but I love it on my 820.
Add the wallpaper background and bam! It's dead gorgeous.

 

[Benito Sifuentes]

I have the Ativ S Neo and it looks great even with small titles

 

[baaahthesheep]

Looks great on my 928, including small tiles.

 

[fwaits]

At first it seemed really small, but it's just because I was used to the larger format. Now it's growing on me. I also adjusted the layout to use a bit more medium and wide tiles and that has helped a lot. Cluster the small ones together and it's pretty neat and clean still. I do think the text on the tiles would get really tiny below 4.5" screens, but I'd have to see it first hand.

 

[Dreamspell]

The small tiles are pretty small (L720), so I just stopped using them and only use medium and wide tiles.

 

[Yam Levi]

Using L920, it's large enough for me.

 

[peterc84]

Can anyone tell me what the new outlook icon is on the tile what down the 'E' and the symbol mean?

 

[fwaits]

Can anyone tell me what the new outlook icon is on the tile what down the 'E' and the symbol mean?

Outlook.com and other Work email accounts use Microsoft Exchange backend server. That's what the E represents.

 

[boasist]

Maybe I'm the only one then! Oh well. I've made a comparison between the Icon and the 920, trying to compensate for their size differences, and things do look proportional. Perhaps I'm just not used to it yet.

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There is a clear difference in the sharpness between the left and right phones. Hopefully something can be worked out.