So I am trying my best to know and use my p6p as intended before I branch out into the nova launcher and other solutions.
First a little soap box and then some questions.
Maybe I am wrong, and I know I am, but coming from Samsung to pixel I can't help but feel like the pixel is the less refined example of android. In my mind the simple biggest reason to choose android over apple is customisation. I don't mean rooting, but being able to change things. I know I am picking a fight and mostly I am asking so I can get the most out of my pixel and not argue over phones.
To me, I customize to make the most usefulness I can out of format and configuration. Crowding the home screen and having an app draw a mule long seems counter intuitive. I want to be able to sort the apps I use most plain and easy on my home screen leaving room in the middle to see the reasons I love life(wife and kids). So on Samsung I had a home screen with the calendar to the left and apps I was trying to the right. The home screen had my Libby app widget and maybe 10-12 apps I used all the time and the the app tray (phone, messages, email and such)across the bottom and Google search across the top.
On the pixel it wants me to make folders and put them on my home screen which is all the way to the left. Yes I could make the 3 panels and sort them out, but it seems to always go to the left panel. Also I have about 170 apps. Who wants to go searching thru all 170 to find something. In my app draw I had 6-7 folders and the maybe 20 apps that had no category.
Also not sure why the pull down trays have 2x the size buttons with the full names and scrolling words instead of more toggles.
I am finding I love the gestures and reliving my palm pre days. I like the power button options, but dislike the power/volume locations. Seems like the speak imbalance and volume rocker location make the general idea that content I watch will be in portrait mode and not landscape. Which means the volume buttons in landscape are a far reach. ( It's a phone I get it, it's not a dinning room table).
Ultimately I understand that as it's android I still have the ability to add apps to help with these issue, I just don't understand why Google doesn't give you the options and seems like they go out of the way to push the way they think it should be on you, which sounds more like apple.
For the record, I am not going back to Samsung. I have my reasons and I do really like this phone and hope to be able to move the needle either more in my direction or if I need to, move closer to the other side.
I know this is long, but thanks for reading and any productive input is welcome. Thanks
First a little soap box and then some questions.
Maybe I am wrong, and I know I am, but coming from Samsung to pixel I can't help but feel like the pixel is the less refined example of android. In my mind the simple biggest reason to choose android over apple is customisation. I don't mean rooting, but being able to change things. I know I am picking a fight and mostly I am asking so I can get the most out of my pixel and not argue over phones.
To me, I customize to make the most usefulness I can out of format and configuration. Crowding the home screen and having an app draw a mule long seems counter intuitive. I want to be able to sort the apps I use most plain and easy on my home screen leaving room in the middle to see the reasons I love life(wife and kids). So on Samsung I had a home screen with the calendar to the left and apps I was trying to the right. The home screen had my Libby app widget and maybe 10-12 apps I used all the time and the the app tray (phone, messages, email and such)across the bottom and Google search across the top.
On the pixel it wants me to make folders and put them on my home screen which is all the way to the left. Yes I could make the 3 panels and sort them out, but it seems to always go to the left panel. Also I have about 170 apps. Who wants to go searching thru all 170 to find something. In my app draw I had 6-7 folders and the maybe 20 apps that had no category.
Also not sure why the pull down trays have 2x the size buttons with the full names and scrolling words instead of more toggles.
I am finding I love the gestures and reliving my palm pre days. I like the power button options, but dislike the power/volume locations. Seems like the speak imbalance and volume rocker location make the general idea that content I watch will be in portrait mode and not landscape. Which means the volume buttons in landscape are a far reach. ( It's a phone I get it, it's not a dinning room table).
Ultimately I understand that as it's android I still have the ability to add apps to help with these issue, I just don't understand why Google doesn't give you the options and seems like they go out of the way to push the way they think it should be on you, which sounds more like apple.
For the record, I am not going back to Samsung. I have my reasons and I do really like this phone and hope to be able to move the needle either more in my direction or if I need to, move closer to the other side.
I know this is long, but thanks for reading and any productive input is welcome. Thanks
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