In webOS, just use Universal Search and type the first 2-3 letters of the app you want. Then tap on it when ig shows up.
-- Michael ...... Original Message ....... On Thu, 27 May 2010 13:04:20 -0400 Levi Wallach <[email protected]> wrote: >Hey Tony, > >I'm glad you brought this up, I've been trying to come up with a better way >to organize things and have ready access to stuff. For months, I'd been >organizing my apps into different categories and putting each one in a >different page. This kind of worked, but I found that I was doing a ton of >swiping whenever I needed to get to an app that was a few pages away. I >finally added a new page as my first one that has my 20 or so most used >apps. I use the Reset to First Page app so that I'm almost always going >back to it. This seems to work pretty well. Mainly I wish WebOS would make >going to other pages easier/faster. Having a folder system might work, or a >virtual desktop like system that Android has. The other thing that would be >useful would be to allow for duplicates, or "shortcuts" to a given app. >This way I could put something in its category page AND on the first page >(and even on the quick launch bar. The quick Launch Bar also could use some >work - mainly the ability to have a second row, or heck a third row of >icons. I'm surprised no one has done this as a patch except that maybe it's >just not possible given the current UI... I really hope that some of these >things get improved upon in the next 6 months. WebOS's UI has been pretty >static over the last year (and I guess even before that), and while patches >are nice, they can't do everything it seems... > > >Levi Wallach >blog: http://twelveblackcodemonkeys.com >tweet me @dvdmon (http://twitter.com/dvdmon) > > >On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Tony Cooke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 27/05/2010 00:10, Craig Froehle wrote: >> > >> > 3) A proper home screen. On my old Palm OS devices, ZLauncher gave me >> > single-look access to email status, apps, and a whole lot of other >> > things perfectly configured according to my needs. My Pre has nothing >> > like that, but Android, based on what I've read, seems to do that >> > really well. >> >> I really don`t understand this one! >> >> With multiple screens and drag and drop you can set up a `Master Page` >> or any other page, for that matter, to suit your needs. >> >> I have dedicated pages for:- >> >> media (photos, music, video, YouTube) >> news feeds (engadget, NewsWeek, NYT, Comics) >> weather/shopping (Yelp, Yell.com, Local Business, etc) >> apps downloading (FileCoaster, PreWare, Free Apps, AppScoop) >> system stuff (Device info, sounds/ringtones, wifi, bluetooth) >> messaging, email, memos, readers etc >> clocks/times and maps/gps >> odds and ends (Classic, translators, convertors) >> games >> more games >> >> It starts on the last opened page (so you can always leave it set up to >> open where you want) and I know all my page numbers anyway so if I want >> to play PreGlide or Hangman for a few minutes it`s page 9. If I want to >> get the latest newsfeeds it`s page 2, or Facebook it`s page 3 >> >> >> -- >> Tony Cooke >> www.tonycooke.co.uk >> contactable at tony.j.cookeATgooglemailDOTcom >> Help stamp out mental illness, or I'll kill you! >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
