[Idea] N9: The App screen not shown when no apps open
 

I have an idea for the N9. No clue if its doable, but I think it needs to be done.


"The app screen should not show when there are no apps open."


http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/a...00/no-apps.jpg
[This pointless screen.]


We don't need this screen and message. It does against every other idea in the N9's UI.


If this screen doesn't show when we have no apps open, we will know there's no apps open.


Plus it makes it quicker and easier to swap between the Launcher and Feeds screens.




Okay, so thats my part. Anyone able to do this?

Re: [Idea] N9: The App screen not shown when no apps open
 

Part 2 of Idea:


Make it user customizable, and add option to hide Feeds screen. Plus ability to shown only certain info on Feeds screen. IE. SMS/calls only, calls only, IM and calls, etc...

Re: [Idea] N9: The App screen not shown when no apps open
 

Makes perfect sense...

And I thought u would/could do that!

Re: [Idea] N9: The App screen not shown when no apps open
 

Hmmmmmmmmmm. Maybe.

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I second the OP's idea. There is no need for a multitasking screen if there is no app open and we don't have to swipe around it. But hiding it may involve some deep tinkering with the OS. One way is not to hide it but when one swipe onto an empty multitasking screen it should swipe itself away to the next screen so effectively it feels like there are 2 screens only.

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I think the best way would be to post an enhancement request at http://harmattan-bugs.nokia.com/. If they ignore it, then we can turn to the community.

I'm also logging the things i found to be irritating and those that can easily be changed here:Things that can and should be improved #N9 – Part 1
I plan to log as many requests in the bug tracker as possible. Please help out!

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The uncircumventable empty task switcher screen is one of my primary concerns too, it's actually one of the things that could make me stop using the N9 in the future. With a UI that is so minimal, every illogical extraneous input action has a major impact on the overall user experience.

In another thread i called the empty task switcher the "the ultimate UX dead end", especially when closing the last open application and getting 'stuck' on this screen. Closing something means you want to be able to start something else immediately, or at least get back to your 'home' screen. Although the app list screen is only one swipe away, the existing approach is very counterintuitive and dissatisfying: one swipe with 3 homescreens is still 33% useless interaction.

Personally, i would prefer to see it not being a part of the horizontal swipe cycle at all, but invoked by another method. For instance through the swipe-up-hold method which now shows the 4 app shortcuts. I never use those, since they also feel like a UX mistake: a good (simple) interface should provide one method to start apps, not one and a half baked pseudo-method.

But regardless of the method, it shouldn't be visible when you're cycling screens with no open programs, that's for sure.

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In the great "nokia n9 vs the real world." review thread, a relief to read this and other remarks about the interface inconsistencies.

I am sure the dev's had a reason for the "nothing open yet". Hm hm...

Instead of this I would prefer a top x history of most used applications, could be displayed same style as browser history.

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Enhancement request, get everyone voting, some enhancement requests have high no's of votes now.
Doesn't mean anything will happen, but it's better than doing nothing, they've said they'll look at them.

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that events view is the most annoying to me who do not use facebook or twitter, hope it can be replaced by sms email calender, notification, etc contents

i also suggest that nokia allows us to disable the events view and hide multitasking view when it is empty.

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Events view should have incoming emails, sms, calls etc. Afterall, these are also events!

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A pull down events screen like Android which is out of the swipe cycle? This may be good too.

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One of you guys lodged this, mentioned it in another thread, but forgot to do so here:
https://harmattan-bugs.nokia.com/show_bug.cgi?id=23

It focuses more on other areas of usability,* so maybe a separate enhancement report should be lodged?
Or at the very least comments should be added to this report...

Please subscribe to, comment on, & vote for, this bug report everyone.

*but also touched on in this thread IIRC

Re: [Idea] N9: The App screen not shown when no apps open
 

I voted NO because I don't like the vote choices - instead of just YES and NO, it should be YES, NO, and OPTION, the last for those who would like it to be an option rather than forced on us one way or the other.

For reasons I've stated in the other thread on this, I actually like the present arrangement, but would prefer there be an option to keep both sets of people happy.

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Wouldn't it make sense to be returned to the main app screen after closing the last active app? Going straight to an empty blank screen that you *have* to move away from seems like an oversight.

You have to appreciate the billion things the N9 devs had to work on though. Maybe this will come in a future update. It seems there are more important things to fix/tweak.

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I wouldnt support removing either of the screens in any way. The only thing I support is in going to apps screen in case no more applications are open.

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Voted yes. I agree it's pointless to show empty screen.

Now, isn't the lock screen kind of pointless too? :confused: It's currenty only showing events and audio controls. All events should be in events screen. I'd prefer going staight to events when returning from LPM.

Lock screen would make more sense if there were more shortcuts or widgets like the audio controls.

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Empty task switcher annoying? Keep at least one task running all the time.

:trollface:

Re: [Idea] N9: The App screen not shown when no apps open
 

i vote yes! :)