Comments on: iPhone Home Screen (Still) Can’t Scale http://idlemode.com/2009/05/08/iphone-home-screen-still-cant-scale/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:57:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: adaptive path » blog » Rachel Hinman » Discovering the Chiaroscuro of Mobile http://idlemode.com/2009/05/08/iphone-home-screen-still-cant-scale/#comment-67078 adaptive path » blog » Rachel Hinman » Discovering the Chiaroscuro of Mobile Thu, 11 Jun 2009 01:35:38 +0000 http://idlemode.com/?p=214#comment-67078 [...] problem with app stores doesn’t stem Apple’s ridiculous application approval process, scalability problems, or mediocre social recommendation functionality? What if the real problem with app stores is what [...] [...] problem with app stores doesn’t stem Apple’s ridiculous application approval process, scalability problems, or mediocre social recommendation functionality? What if the real problem with app stores is what [...]

]]> By: Joe Pemberton http://idlemode.com/2009/05/08/iphone-home-screen-still-cant-scale/#comment-67071 Joe Pemberton Tue, 26 May 2009 06:11:26 +0000 http://idlemode.com/?p=214#comment-67071 Some responses from Tom Hume and AllAboutiPhone (@twhume and @allaboutiphone respectively) on Twitter disagree with my thoughts here.<br><br> The flat home screen has merits. I prefer it over current iterations of Windows Mobile and Android, but regardless; the bigger problem is the management and organization of all those unwieldy icons. <br><br> I don't love folders, but did we really trade them for endless flicking? <br><br> I'm interested in some of the Android homescreen hacks that are starting to emerge. Some responses from Tom Hume and AllAboutiPhone (@twhume and @allaboutiphone respectively) on Twitter disagree with my thoughts here.

The flat home screen has merits. I prefer it over current iterations of Windows Mobile and Android, but regardless; the bigger problem is the management and organization of all those unwieldy icons.

I don’t love folders, but did we really trade them for endless flicking?

I’m interested in some of the Android homescreen hacks that are starting to emerge.

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