[Feature request] What if a mistap means I need to cancel the app that's loading?

asked 2015-01-18 15:51:25 +0200

rdmo
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updated 2015-01-22 09:08:40 +0200

I didn't find this issue raised elsewhere on together.jolla.com but I have not been able to reliably make applications start in over a second, so please do not prioritise this except should others add useful elaborative commentary.

Some apps (like the browser after it has been at a site that crashed it) may take time to load (or spend several seconds failing to start before crashing again - fixed by reboot - corrupt cache?) and sit in the thumbnailed app space with a circular animation:

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I have mixed feelings about the way remorse shows up some places, so I hesitate to ask if it would be useful in this situation but, rather than or in addition to a busy/wait animation, could a remorse widget display during app loads? This way accidental taps (that is, opening an app without intending to), which happens a lot (at least to me) could, in the context of remorse about accidentally opened programs, could be undone.

The remorse timer could be less relevant in this case, unless time-to-GUI is well-known for the opening app, so perhaps a less-animated, untimed remorse widget would work best, taking this suggestion forward.

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I would rather a mistap signifies that I want to deprioritise the opening of the app, i.e. don't bring it to the foreground, just keep loading it (https://together.jolla.com/question/77196/feature-request-opening-multiple-apps/)

2Ti ( 2015-01-19 09:42:44 +0200 )edit

By mistap I meant "open an app without intending to" leading to the need to cancel it. https://together.jolla.com/question/77196/feature-request-opening-multiple-apps/ is different. Seems valid and fixable though, the way your report describes it.

rdmo ( 2015-01-19 11:48:11 +0200 )edit

@rdmo oh, I see, my mistake

2Ti ( 2015-01-19 11:54:21 +0200 )edit

E**dited the original question to make it clearer. Thanks for pointing it out.

rdmo ( 2015-01-19 12:00:23 +0200 )edit

Which applications take a long time to load? How long do they take to load (please time them, don't go by how long they feel like they take)? ;) What are you doing that causes you to accidentally start applications?

drcouzelis ( 2015-01-19 15:27:03 +0200 )edit

answered 2015-01-19 04:24:52 +0200

foss4ever
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updated 2015-01-20 04:38:46 +0200

If you accidentally start an app and you see it's icon on Home screen, you can just long-press the app icon and press the big X and it's gone. Or if the app is starting as full screen application page, one can just swipe from the top to exit it.

No need to complicate matters with remorse-timers etc on these situation and also would not be possible even because the start-up times of apps vary a lot and most anyways start in less than 5 secs which is the system remorse-timer default.

Also, what does it matter if an app get's started fully unintentionally..!? Just close it if you don't want it, and be done with it ;)

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I don't think it is a problem but you can't close loading apps by long-pressing it on home screen. Imho it would be a nice feature though.

Roundhouse ( 2015-01-19 09:11:54 +0200 )edit

Yep, please @jjaone take the time try your advices at least one time before giving them!

Sthocs ( 2015-01-19 12:21:31 +0200 )edit

@Sthocs Hadn't tried actually, cause didn't ever had a need for such a cancellation, thought it'd work. Edited the A to take care of that detail, thanks for pointing that out Still thinking that the requested remorse-timer based cancelingof accidental starting of an icon is not that useful nor needed.. / cc. @Roundhouse..

foss4ever ( 2015-01-20 04:51:28 +0200 )edit

Have to admit that I tried it after reading your answer, never had to do that before ;). And I totally agree with the second part, no need to overload the UI and complicate the UX (especially when there is much more important work to do elsewhere, for example such vital features like displaying Voicemail notifications, which is still not implemented in Sailfish)

Sthocs ( 2015-01-20 15:30:14 +0200 )edit

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