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[Darren Hoyland <darren.hoyland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A "Favorites" scope, just like the "Apps" scope, but where the user
selects which apps go in there could go some way towards a
customisable home page. This could easily be done without any major
changes.

If you could add your own background, and also add your favorite bits
from the "Today" scope as well, then it would be a true home screen.
Best of all - anyone who doesn't want to use it wouldn't have to.

On 19 April 2016 at 01:59, Selene Scriven <selene.scriven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> * 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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