Suggestion: home screen (design)

asked 2014-11-18 20:41:56 +0300

Polina Obodina gravatar image

updated 2014-11-18 20:54:38 +0300

ssahla gravatar image

I think that app's windows on the home screen should not be of such form. This rectangles is quite boring. You can, for example, round the corners ... Overall spread the "unlike" here too)) It would also be nice if you could change the size of the tiles with open apps... And another strange idea (probably born after using WP) is that in the main list of apps you can change the size of icons:) In general, I wish you success! Get plenty listen to users, this is what's missing your competitors:) (Sorry of not always correct English, I hope you understand)

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I've had the same idea about different sized icons in the Launcher. I have also been using WP, and I think with tiles of different sizes you can organise your home screen so that it's easier to find the app you're looking for. Also it's good that you can leave blank spaces between apps. I've wondered if this could work in Sailfish, and now (inspired by your post) I made this (really rough) mockup to test what it could look like.

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(WP tiles can show more information when in bigger size, and Sailfish icons don't have this benefit. Still, I think it would make for better organisation of the Launcher screens – you could have big icons for your most used apps and smaller for the ones you use less.)

Note: The smaller icons in this mockup do look quite small. However, the grid is 6 x 9, and that's the same as I'm using on WP (on a 4,5" screen), and the small icons are perfectly tappable there. Ideally, you could configure the grid to be 4 x 6 or 5 x 7 or 6 x 9 (or something like that). (Resolution-independent icons are already planned, so that will be easier to do in the future.)

About your first suggestion, if you're talking about the app covers on the home screen, aren't their corners already rounded... ? :)

ssahla ( 2014-11-18 21:36:54 +0300 )edit

Yes, they are rounded. Don't know what he exactly means...

torcida ( 2014-11-19 01:08:42 +0300 )edit

Oh, apparently I looked bad... I apologize:) Your screen is just wonderful! This is exactly what I meant) First, you're right, it is very convenient and useful. And secondly, it would make sailfish more unlike any other OS)

Polina Obodina ( 2014-11-19 06:19:11 +0300 )edit

oh, thats awesome idea, u should suggest it to TMO (maemo.org) if someone would interest to develope something (maybe patch?) which allows to do that :)

maranirhis ( 2015-01-09 14:59:29 +0300 )edit

I think it would be nice if one could decide how many rows and columns of apps on the screen. Just like ssahla says above. Thumbs up!

lumen ( 2017-10-15 16:49:36 +0300 )edit