Re: iOS 18 Lets Users Customize Layout of Home Screen App Icons

On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 15:40:14 -0000 (UTC), badgolferman wrote:

On 2024-03-25, badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

Enrico Papaloma <enrico@papaloma.net> wrote:

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https://www.macrumors.com/2024/03/24/ios-18-home-screen-app-icon-c
ustomization/  iPhone users will be able to arrange icons more
freely on iOS 18.  
For example, we expect that the update will introduce the
ability to create  blank spaces, rows, and columns between app
icons.  
It is already possible to customize the Home Screen and create
blank app  icons with apps such as Shortcuts and Widgetsmith, but
Apple's own  personalization options will be more convenient and
official.

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iOS is becoming more and more like Android!

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Yes, now you can arrange your desktop in the shape of a Christmas
tree!  Rejoice!

 
Personally I have no need for this new feature.

What Jolly Roger said is classic religious iIgnorance where an app launcher
does many useful things, only one of which is put app icons where you want.

I would like the
maximum efficiency in space.

Any good app launcher will allow you any grid you like, including the
ability to set the icon-to-icon distance, which can be negative, such that
they can overlap (basically you can set the screen any way you want to).

That's why most of my iOS icons are in
folders on the main page.  I hate sideways swiping.

Any good app launcher will allow as many icons as you want on a single page
(if that's what you want) where you can also set the page size and whether
or not you want a dock, and what you want (or don't want) in that dock.

If they would
provide a means to scroll down for additional pages rather than
sideways I would like that.

Any good app launcher allows that.