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Widget Stacks #111

Closed Lorestan00 closed 9 months ago

Lorestan00 commented 9 months ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. There are lots of useful AIO widgets never mind android ones so you can end up with a long list of widgets. This means you can be scrolling up and down quite alot

Describe the solution you'd like

I'm proposing introducing widget stacks like in Apple and Samsung software, as well as android launchers such as Action, Smart and Niagara launchers which allows for multiple widgets to be swiped to cycle through them either vertically or horizontally.

This will allow for users to create stacks for example frequent apps and my apps together or perhaps finance, expenses and bitcoin etc.

Massive space saver and much more efficient.

zobnin commented 9 months ago

AIO Launcher already has features that allow you to save space. If you want to keep a widget on the screen permanently, you can minimize it. If you only need the widget from time to time, you can use the search to quickly view the widget's contents, or the side menu (but search is much faster and more convenient).

Widget stacks are not a solution to the problem; they are just another "cool thing" that Apple invented to solve problems it created itself. They once brought us the trend of wastefully uncomfortable desktops with a grid of icons and a dock.

zobnin commented 9 months ago

closing

Lorestan00 commented 9 months ago

Minimising is just adding extra steps. Widget stacks isn't a cool idea it practically allows for more widgets on screen. There is a premium on space on phones. This is why so many launchers have adopted it.

Is there any point suggesting anything? It feels like a waste of time. I've never seen you take on anyone's ideas. Computer says no to everything

zobnin commented 9 months ago

AIO Launcher has many features suggested by other users. But yes, I often reject other people's ideas because AIO Launcher has its own philosophy and development path. I don't just drag any trendy nonsense into the app just because it's in other apps. Try to understand the philosophy of AIO, try to appreciate the convenience of search, the life without folders, categories and icons. Try not to look back at your past experience, but to accept something new, and then you will understand why your ideas do not find resonance.

PS Just think about why there were no widget stacks before Apple. It's a maximally simple and obvious idea that surely came to the minds of engineers not only at Apple. The answer is simple.