piskov 4 hours ago

Which is shit because with launchpad you had muscle memory.

Imagine you no longer have pages with icons on your phone and instead only have a search bar

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  • biinjo 2 hours ago

    I guess thats personal preference because you’re describing exactly how I use both macOS and iOS.

    I can’t be bothered by app icon locations or launchpad. Just CMD+Space and boom its there.

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  • kcplate an hour ago

    > Imagine you no longer have pages with icons on your phone and instead only have a search bar

    I haven’t had pages of icons on my phone since the App Library was added. Generally the app I want is right there and if not a couple of letters in the search bar and there it is

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  • eddieroger 3 hours ago

    I have to believe that Apple had anonymized telemetry that told them how many people used Launchpad and acted as justification to nix it. I remember when it came out, and I probably used it more in the first month when it was novel and new than I have since then. I'm sorry a feature that you liked is gone, but I'm sure it wasn't done blindly.

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  • jachee 3 hours ago

    Your “Imagine…” hypothetical is literally how I run my iPhone. I don’t need piles of icons cluttering up my screen. I can pull down and type 1-2 characters and get any app on my phone, easily.

    More room for glanceable, informational widgets that way.

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    • amluto an hour ago

      Hah. I can pull down and type 1-2 characters and my app might show up. Eventually.

      Sadly you can’t swipe left and instantly type into the App Library search - that search bar actually works pretty well.

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      • kcplate an hour ago

        I have a 16 pro and pull down and type a couple of characters is delivering apps to me pretty much instantly

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