Are you on iOS 14? If so, page 1 is now back to being the main home screen. When you do the 3 finger swipe left to right, you are on the Today screen or whatever you want to call it where some default widgets show up. To remove a Widget, swipe to the very bottom of that screen and double tap on Edit. Then, again swipe to the bottom and double tap on customize. Then, when you touch a widget you wish to remove, flick down with one finger until you hear Remove and double tap. It is now gone from that screen.
HTH, Richard "He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself,” and we forget that only grace can break the cycle of ancient hatreds among peoples. (It is notable that while I have regretted not granting grace to others, I’ve never once regretted extending it.)" - Edward Herbert Live long and prosper 🖖 Check out my web site at: www.turner42.com -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2020 10:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: What exactly is a widget? Hello everyone, Thank you to all who responded to my questions. I really appreciate the help. This has helped me to understand more what wigits are, and how they work. I don't plan to use them. I don't have any vision at all. While I can see how they would be helpful for some people, I think they would just frustrate me. Also, what I was calling my main home screen, is the today screen. I wasn't realizing that's what it was. So I was saying my main home screen. On the today screen, I can see several different wigits. I think one is for maps. But one is for my battery status. I was wondering, can I remove wigits? Is this possible? Or can I somehow make my today screen look differently, still showing what I need, but without wigits? Thank you all again for the help. This list really is a big help to me. I do try to Google stuff at times. But as much as I know it can be frustrating for some, it's easier just to ask here, and get responses from others. Thank you, Terri On 10/30/2020 7:10 PM, Christopher Chaltain wrote: > A widget is something you can place on your home page that will display some > information to you without opening the app. You could see the forecast for > the day with a weather app, or the newest podcast that's shown up with the > widget for your podcast app. Tapping on an widget can also behave differently > then tapping on an app. > > All of the widgets I've tried have worked well with VoiceOver. Widgets aren't > as convenient for a blind person as they are for a sighted person, since you > still need to touch the screen and give a widget focus to see what it's > telling you, as opposed to a sighted person, who just has to glance at their > screen to get that information. I still find some widgets useful, but not as > many as I do on Android, where widgets seem a bit more mature to me, and you > seem to have so many more choices. Whether you'll find any widgets useful or > not, especially on one of your home pages, is something that only you'll be > able to decide for yourself. > > In IOS 14, you have the option to add a widget to any home screen. They seem > to always take up a two by two grid, so you have to give up the real estate > of four app icons for one widget. The today screen, which is the screen to > the left of your first home page, has always been made up of widgets. The > difference in IOS 14 is that you can now place widgets on any home page. I > suspect that what you're calling your main home page is the today screen. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf >> Of Terri Stimmel >> Sent: Friday, October 30, 2020 4:04 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: What exactly is a wigit? >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> >> So what exactly is a wigit? >> >> Also, how well do they work with Voiceover? >> >> And what might be some benefits of using them? >> >> >> I am very curious to learn more. I don't understand them. 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