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posted 2014-03-06 01:05:34 +0200

Allow to cancel the launch of an app

Sometimes it happens to me, that I accidentally open an app from the app-launcher, even though I wanted to open another app or I just tapped accidentally on a icon.

On the N9, I could just close the splash screen of the app to cancel the launch and continue with other stuff immediately. On the Jolla we have to wait until the app window is shown, before we can close it again. Depending on the app, it can take several seconds until the window is shown.

My suggestions to improve this behavior:

  • Allow the cancellation of the app-launch, while the app is not loaded completely (e.g. by tapping on the app's "placeholder"-cover)

and / or

  • While the app gets launched, allow to scroll down to the app-launcher, and open the app "minimized" (same behavior as when we scroll up to the lock screen while the app gets loaded).

[Suggestion] Allow to cancel the launch of an app

Sometimes it happens to me, that I accidentally open an app from the app-launcher, even though I wanted to open another app or I just tapped accidentally on a icon.

On the N9, I could just close the splash screen of the app to cancel the launch and continue with other stuff immediately. On the Jolla we have to wait until the app window is shown, before we can close it again. Depending on the app, it can take several seconds until the window is shown.

My suggestions to improve this behavior:

  • Allow the cancellation of the app-launch, while the app is not loaded completely (e.g. by tapping on the app's "placeholder"-cover)

and / or

  • While the app gets launched, allow to scroll down to the app-launcher, and open the app "minimized" (same behavior as when we scroll up to the lock screen while the app gets loaded).

[Suggestion] Allow to cancel the launch of an app

Sometimes it happens to me, that I accidentally open an app from the app-launcher, even though I wanted to open another app or I just tapped accidentally on a icon.

On the N9, I could just close the splash screen of the app to cancel the launch and continue with other stuff immediately. On the Jolla we have to wait until the app window is shown, before we can close it again. Depending on the app, it can take several seconds until the window is shown.

My suggestions to improve this behavior:

  • Allow the cancellation of the app-launch, while the app is not loaded completely (e.g. by tapping on the app's "placeholder"-cover)

and / or

  • While the app gets launched, allow to scroll down to the app-launcher, and open the app "minimized" (same behavior as when we scroll up to the lock screen while the app gets loaded).

[Suggestion] Allow to cancel the launch of an app

Sometimes it happens to me, that I accidentally open an app from the app-launcher, even though I wanted to open another app or I just tapped accidentally on a icon.

On the N9, I could just close the splash screen of the app to cancel the launch and continue with other stuff immediately. On the Jolla we have to wait until the app window is shown, before we can close it again. Depending on the app, it can take several seconds until the window is shown.

My suggestions to improve this behavior:

  • Allow the cancellation of the app-launch, while the app is not loaded completely (e.g. by tapping on the app's "placeholder"-cover)

and / or

  • While the app gets launched, allow to scroll down to the app-launcher, and open the app "minimized" (same behavior as when we scroll up to the lock screen while the app gets loaded).

Update 10.02.2015: Bump this topic up again to get some comment from a sailor if this is something they will implement...