That's a great idea Julia - I really dislike it on Android where you have to manually add apps to your homescreens instead of rearranging a list of all apps. I'm not yet sure how this would combine with app categorisation (the nested icons Selene refers to) but I'll have a think about it.
On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Julia Palandri <1320...@bugs.launchpad.net>wrote: > I'd love to see something that each user can choose - maybe with options > such as "default sorting", "alphabetical", " most used first", "user > defined". I know that there's no choice that will make everyone happy, > maybe not even one solution that will make one person happy all the time. > By being able to select how apps are sorted - and as Jamie, I'm mostly > thinking about Installed apps mainly-, you can solve different needs in > different situations. > Maybe, for everyday I'll use "most used app first". When I install > something new, instead of searching it the first time, I can switch to > default view, so I can easily find it. If I find myself changing the views > a lot I might want to choose "user defined", in which case an option to > copy the current sorting to a custom user defined sort would be sweet - > something like this sorting *almost* does the trick, but I need to tweak it > a bit, and not having to manually sort a lot of apps the first time to > leave it configured as desired. > > -- > You received this bug notification because you are a bug assignee. > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1320920 > > Title: > Apps scope sort order is confusing > > Status in Ubuntu UX bugs: > In Progress > Status in “unity-scope-click” package in Ubuntu: > Confirmed > > Bug description: > When navigating the MyApps portion of the click scope, I never seem to > be able to reliably find anything. It isn't alphabetical and isn't by > click package name, but does seem to change from time to time and I > can't figure out why (as a user-- I haven't looked at the code). I > have 68 apps installed on my phone and have resorted now to always > using SEARCH to find anything-- I think the usability could be > improved dramatically by simply making 'My Apps' alphabetical by the > string that is displayed to the user (I guess this is taken from the > .desktop file). > > 'Available' currently suffers from the same problem, but there SEARCH > seems an appropriate interface and it is my understanding that > categories will be introduced to help here. I suggest that > alphabetical by the string that is displayed to the user be > implemented there too (whether it is a long list or within categories) > unless there is some text letting you know why the order is what it is > ('Most popular apps based on your search', etc). > > To manage notifications about this bug go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ux/+bug/1320920/+subscriptions > -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1320920 Title: Apps scope sort order is confusing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-ux/+bug/1320920/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
