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[Selene Scriven <selene.scriven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Tony Scott <tonys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> An interesting suggestion - any views?
> 
> http://www.techrepublic.com/article/the-one-simple-fix-that-make-the-ubuntu-phone-incredible/

It does seem like an awfully big hole in the Ubuntu Touch feature 
set.  On Android I can fit virtually everything I use onto one 
screen, styled how I like, including app launchers, specific 
documents or shortcuts, interactive widgets, auto-updating data 
widgets, phone status indicators/controls, etc.  I can group and 
arrange these according to whatever criteria I think is relevant, 
so the things I use together are organized together.  To access 
similar functions in Ubuntu Touch I have to use a dozen different 
scopes and apps, and some functions aren't available at all.

It would be nice if the user could easily create their own "home" 
screen (or screens) containing the things they use, organized 
however they like.

The other inconvenience I run into a lot is the need to use both 
hands (or risk dropping the phone) to reach the back button.  
Anything we touch that often should probably be on the bottom 
edge somewhere.


-- Selene