Glad someone is developing Windows Phone, it's just a shame it's not Microsoft.
Blasphemy! Finns trample over Windows Phone home screen
Nokia's phone division has released an app that might upset the high priests at the Temple of Windows Phone Design – who will shortly become its new masters. The app allows users to add folders to the Windows Phone Home Screen – thereby desecrating the hallowed ground which by almighty decree, Must Never Change. It's part of …
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Friday 10th January 2014 15:33 GMT Anonymous Coward
MS are falling over themselves to develop for Windows Phone, have you not seen how many apps are by them? I've actually heard Win Phone nay sayers complain about MS developing for Win Phone because somehow it's a bad thing that they are developing more than others (no, I haven't worked out how either).
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Friday 10th January 2014 21:37 GMT cambsukguy
I think you mean reversing back to, this is not a great idea, it is presumably to appease some people, whether they have the phone or are reading about it. It is like the clamour for a notification display/app - totally unrequired since sensible placing of the pertinent live tiles gives a superior solution - notifications separately stated for the relevant sources.
I have seen fancy folder apps, especially on android, they generally only work when the user knows what apps are in what folder - the person I knew had about eight of these groups and they could be displayed on the start screen in some satellite orbiting cool-looking display; only trouble was, it was impossible to see what apps there were in what groups, it was just for selecting the group by name and then (presumably) selecting the app by icon. There was all kinds of poking around... "it's in this one, no, this one, oh, I'll search for it"
This is not faster at all than the WP method, which is pretty straightforward. If you do not have the app on the start screen (or, even if you do) you slide right and display the app list. You then tap a letter button ('a' probably) and a grid showing the alphabet is displayed. You then touch the letter required and (probably) your app is displayed, unless you have a lot of them, in which case a quick scroll may be required.
The main benefit of this system is that the apps are listed along with their full name, making selection not dependant on the icon, some of which can be rather obscure.
In addition, a standard search allows any part of the name to be typed if you just can't remember the app name properly (type 'bus' and get UK Bus checker - good app but is that really what iPhone apps look like - ugh).
You can also speak "start <something>" and the app with that word in will start (Note: This is actually useful if one is driving and the app is Nokia Drive). It even reads multiple app names so you can ask again ("Start Amazon...Amazon Kindle or Amazon Mobile?")
I have no idea why haters here think WP owners are all 'suffering' their phones; most of us specifically chose our phone, are able to change if we wanted but stick with the tougher, slicker, better camera phone for a reason (or, more likely, many reasons).
If you have a valid comment to make like "I prefer slim, metal phones" or "I love a grid of icons" or "I want to be able to change every single thing on my phone including the entire OS" then fine but this crap like "I hope the two owners are happy with this change" then you will be thought of as the ignorant trolling douche bags you undoubtedly are.
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Sunday 12th January 2014 01:38 GMT Anonymous Coward
How bizarre is this?
An OS that is NOT designed around file-management and hasn't even got a file manager, will get the ability to create folders. Doh?
Why don't these bloody morons concentrate on the really needed features instead of this crap! Where's the bloody callrecorder, or why is that dialer on a WP8-SMARTphone not a SMART-dialer for example and most importantly where the hell is that bloody file manager in the first place!
The only thing I wonder myself is: Why is that corporation still here at all?