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I have several apps that I always keep running. MeeCast, email, messaging, Tweetian, etc. Sometimes I accidentally close apps and suffer from short blackouts when I'm about to do something and don't see the corresponding cover in the grid. Some of the covers are the kind that I would like to find always among the first ones in the grid.

I suggest implementing the following: Sticky apps/covers

With a long-press on the cover screen you would reval some mechanism for pinning apps. Pinning an app would mean the following things:

• The app would retain its position in the cover grid. Pinned apps first, then the others sorted like they currently are being sorted.
• The app would be launched automatically on bootup.
• Closing of the app would be disabled. Alternatively it could respawn in a moment after accidental closing or a crash.

Here's a quick sketch of how pinning and unpinning could look like.

I have several apps that I always keep running. MeeCast, email, messaging, Tweetian, etc. Sometimes I accidentally close apps and suffer from short blackouts when I'm about to do something and don't see the corresponding cover in the grid. Some of the covers are the kind that I would like to find always among the first ones in the grid.

I suggest implementing the following: Sticky apps/covers

With a long-press on the cover screen you would reval reveal some mechanism for pinning apps. Pinning an app would mean the following things:

• The app would retain its position in the cover grid. Pinned apps first, then the others sorted like they currently are being sorted.
• The app would be launched automatically on bootup.
• Closing of the app would be disabled. Alternatively it could respawn in a moment after accidental closing or a crash.

Here's a quick sketch of how pinning and unpinning could look like.

I have several apps that I always keep running. MeeCast, email, messaging, Tweetian, etc. Sometimes I accidentally close apps and suffer from short blackouts when I'm about to do something and don't see the corresponding cover in the grid. Some of the covers are the kind that I would like to find always among the first ones in the grid.

I suggest implementing the following: Sticky apps/covers

With a long-press on the cover screen you would reveal some mechanism for pinning apps. Pinning an app would mean the following things:

• The app would retain its position in the cover grid. Pinned apps first, then the others sorted like they currently are being sorted.
• The app would be launched automatically on bootup.
• Closing of the app would be disabled. Alternatively it could respawn in a moment after accidental closing or a crash.

Here's a quick sketch of how pinning and unpinning could look like.

I have several apps that I always keep running. MeeCast, email, messaging, Tweetian, etc. Sometimes I accidentally close apps and suffer from short blackouts when I'm about to do something and don't see the corresponding cover in the grid. Some of the covers are the kind that I would like to find always among the first ones in the grid.

I suggest implementing the following: Sticky apps/covers

With a long-press on the cover screen you would reveal some mechanism for pinning apps. Pinning an app would mean the following things:

• The app would retain its position in the cover grid. Pinned apps first, then the others sorted like they currently are being sorted.
• The app would be launched automatically on bootup.
• Closing of the app would be disabled. Alternatively it could require an extra confirmation or have a remorse timer before actually closing.
• The app would respawn in a moment after accidental closing or a crash.a crash. (This of course with some intelligent way to avoid crashloops.)

Here's a quick sketch of how pinning and unpinning could look like.

I have several apps that I always keep running. MeeCast, email, messaging, Tweetian, etc. Sometimes I accidentally close apps and suffer from short blackouts when I'm about to do something and don't see the corresponding cover in the grid. Some of the covers are the kind that I would like to find always among the first ones in the grid.

I suggest implementing the following: Sticky apps/covers

With a long-press on the cover screen you would reveal some mechanism for pinning apps. Pinning an app would mean the following things:

• The app would retain its position in the cover grid. Pinned apps first, then the others sorted like they currently are being sorted.
• The app would be launched automatically on bootup.
• Closing of the app would require an extra confirmation or have a remorse timer before actually closing.
• The app would respawn in a moment after a crash. (This of course with some intelligent way to avoid crashloops.)

Here's a quick sketch of how pinning and unpinning could look like.

I have several apps that I always keep running. MeeCast, email, messaging, Tweetian, etc. Sometimes I accidentally close apps and suffer from short blackouts when I'm about to do something and don't see the corresponding cover in the grid. Some of the covers are the kind that I would like to find always among the first ones in the grid.

I suggest implementing the following: Sticky apps/covers

With a long-press on the cover screen you would reveal some mechanism for pinning apps. Pinning an app would mean the following things:

• The app would retain its position in the cover grid. Pinned apps first, then the others sorted like they currently are being sorted.
• The app would be launched automatically on bootup.
• Closing of the app would require an extra confirmation or have a remorse timer before actually closing.closing. Alternatively the X-button could be hidden/disabled/grayed-out if pinning was active for that cover.
• The app would respawn in a moment after a crash. (This of course with some intelligent way to avoid crashloops.)

Here's a quick sketch of how pinning and unpinning could look like.