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Re: The one simple fix that make the Ubuntu Phone incredible

 

I agree that it would be nice to have a personal home screen. The Today scope should/could evolve in that direction: one scope potentially gathering info from all the others. It just need a better UX in its settings for the user to be able to move things around as they like and allocate a certain amount of space to each part of the scope. For example, I don't really like having half my screen taken by the date, but some people might.

It also needs to maybe access the apps scope (as seen on Meizu Pro5 mockups) and for a really convergent experience, I would personally need a files and folders scope…

As for the fixed background in scopes, I have more or less grown accustomed to it, though I think I prefered the darker and more unity7-ish look of the early days (of course I didn't have a phone at the time, so I guess I can't really say). Today the UI is really too much white everywhere, I think.

Good point about the back button! I use the bq E4.5 and I can barely use it with one hand, I can't imagine what it must be like on the E5 or MX4!



Guillaume



Le 19/04/2016 02:59, Selene Scriven a écrit :
* 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




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