Re: Apps and Widgets

[Chris Chaffin]

Personally I have 4 widgets on my main home screen. First, is Fantastical with my calendar and reminders for the day.  My problem with reminders is that I would missthe notification or forget to check the app.  It works best for me if they are in front of me each time I unlock my phone. Next is the Drafts app, but any notes app will work for me. next, the batteries widget. And last is the weather app. Also know that double tapping on a widget opens the app, so that is one icon you no longer have to have on your home screen. I am an extensive user of Dropbox, and there are important files that I might need to access.  The large Dropbox widget puts the top 4 files or folders on the widget for quick access.  I mainly use folders so that way I just put my important files in the folders, star them, and they show up on the widget.  So when I need to quickly access the information, I just double tap on the folder on the widget, and the files immediately pop up in front of me, then I access the one I need.  Keeps me from opening the app and having to swipe and navigate to the folder then file. At first I did not think I would use widgets because I was not sure how to implement them to help me find out information more quickly.  But after I started using them, I learned how they can be of help, so I kept adding more. Everybody is different, but I do think widgets can help everybody if they just give them a try. Chris On Mar 8, 2024, at 9:06 AM, Richard Turner <richardr_tur...@comcast.net> wrote:  Thanks Chris, I had figured out some of that, but the stack information is very helpful. A tip: it is quicker to get to the various choices of widget sizes and so on by doing a three finger swipe from right to left.  As if you were flicking a page in a physical book.  And of course, to go back, three finger swipe left to right.   I may experiment with stacks once I decide what I want quick access to.   Thanks again,     Richard, USA "At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you." -- Wolfgang Von Goethe   My web site: https://www.turner42.com/   Microsoft Windows Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.3155) JAWS version 2024.2403.3     From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Chris Chaffin Sent: Friday, March 8, 2024 5:59 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apps and Widgets     You can have a widget on any of your home screens.  I personally have a widget stack on the first screen of my home pages, and I have a second stack on the second screen.     First, before adding a widget, you need to know the different sizes and how much of the home screen each one will take up.  Keep in mind, the smaller the widget, the less information it can display.  there are 3 sizes, they are:   1, small, covers a two by two grid on the home screen. 2, Medium, covers a four by two grid on home screen. 3, Large, covers a four by four grid on home screen.   Now, how to add a widget.   1, On the screen you want to add a widget, flick up on any app and choose edit. 2, In the top left of the screen double tap the add button. 3, Swipe down the list of widgets and choose the app you want to add a widget from.  Please note:  The first in the list are just recommendations, I would swipe on down until you get to where the alphabetical order list starts. 4, After double tapping on the app you want, you are put on the screen where you can find all of the widgets offered by that app. 5, Its best if you start at the bottom of the widget screen, so do a four finger single tap near the bottom to jump there. 6, The last thing on the screen is the close button.  Now swipe up to the left until you get to the pages.  This is how many different widgets you can choose from.  Now if you swipe one more time up to the left, you will get a description of the first widget and its size. 6, If you want to see what else is available, or do not want the first choice, then flick down to the pages, and flick up until it changes to the next number.  Then swipe back up to the description and check it out along with the size.  Keep repeating this until you find the type of widget you want. 7, Once you find the widget you want, just swipe down and choose the add widget button near the bottom of the screen. 8, This should add your widget to the home screen, just hit the done button at the top to get out of edit mode.   A stack of widgets.   If you want more than one widget, the best thing to do is create a widget stack.  This will conserve realistate on your home screen.  Here is how I create or add widgets as a stack.   After placing your first widget where you want it.  Now it is time to add one to it to create a stack.   1, To make things easier and to keep things from getting confusing, go to your last home screen. 2, Start edit mode, go pick out your next widget, and add it to your last home screen. 3, After it has been added, it is just like moving an app.  flick up on the widget and choose drag. 3, Go to your first widget, flick up and choose add to stack.  This will place that widget on top of the first widget and create a widget stack. 4, To add more widgets, just repeat the process.   IN a widget stack, how to switch from one to another?   With the widget stack in focus: Do a 3 finger swipe up to go to the next widget, and a 3 finger down to go to the previous widget.   I try to add widgets to a stack in the orer I want them, to make it quicker to find the one I want.   I use widgets on a daily basis, and it can make finding out information a lot quicker and without having to open the app.   Chris   On Mar 7, 2024, at 11:18 PM, Richard Turner <richardr_tur...@comcast.net> wrote:  I wanted to add a Widget to my last page, but nothing worked. Do they have to be on the home page? I got the Weather Widget info which had 6 pages. Double tapping on any of those did nothing. There was a done button, but no widget showed up. iPhone 13 Pro.     Richard, USA "At the moment of commitment, the universe conspires to assist you." -- Wolfgang Von Goethe   My web site: https://www.turner42.com/   Microsoft Windows Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631.3155) JAWS version 2024.2403.3     From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Mario Eiland Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2024 4:52 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apps and Widgets   You get announcements such as it will start raining in 15 minutes at your location.     From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2024 4:30 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apps and Widgets   You can also get into edit mode by just flicking down once and double tapping.   I have the weather widget in a stacked widget, and I hear “74 degrees, cloudy, high of 74 degrees, low of 64 degrees” when I touch the app, so I think Mario is right, and that’s what you need.   I’m also wondering what you get when you turn on badges in the notifications for the weather app.   -- Christopher (AKA CJ) =>÷ Chaltain at Outlook, USA   From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Mario Eiland Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2024 5:40 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apps and Widgets   HI Jim, If I remember correctly widgets were an option we could have on or turned off when we first set up our iPhones. If that’s something you want back such as the weather widget, then try the following. Double tap twice and hold on the second tap and you will hear couple of tones and VoiceOver will announce “start Editing.” Scroll to the top and you will find an option to add a widget. Double tap on that and you will see a list of widgets you can add and one of those is the weather widget. That should give you a good start.   From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of portillo....@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, March 7, 2024 2:31 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Apps and Widgets   Good afternoon, I have an inquiry, so please bear with me, because I’m uncertain about some things. When I received a new work iPhone, one thing I noticed was that when I’d put my finger on the Weather app, it would not just say “Weather”, but it would also give me the location and other information, such as temperatures and whether or not rain was expected. My own personal phone doesn’t do that when I touch the weather app. I have to go into it and then read about my location and temperature and such. Much more swiping. I’d love to be able to have my weather app speak those things on my personal iPhone as well. It’s the same with the calendar app on my work iPhone. I’ll touch it, and it will give me the date, and then I swipe to the right, and it lets me know if I have any appointments or events. I’ve looked at things like settings in both apps, which really didn’t do me much good. Then, someone asked if I had widgets on my screen for these apps, and I had no idea what that meant. So, I thought I’d ask. What’s a widget? How can I make the weather app or widget speak my location’s temperature and relevant information by just simply touching it without actually getting into it? How can I get my calendar to automatically let me know if I have any appointments or events without always getting into it? 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