iOS 14 brings a lot of new features and new ways to interact like App Clips, Compact calls and Picture in Picture. I have been using the iOS Beta ever since it was released a few months back and so far I have been loving the features. But App library and Widgets are not exactly innovative and do not take the home screen to the next level, which should have been the case.
iOS 14带来了许多新功能和新交互方式,例如App Clips , Compact 通话和图片 在图片中。 自几个月前发布以来,我一直在使用iOS Beta,到目前为止,我一直很喜欢这些功能。 但是App库和Widget并非完全具有创新性,也无法将主屏幕提升到一个新的水平。
应用程式库 (App Library)
After having used iOS 14 Beta for 2 months, I am yet to find the utility of the App Library. I can’t speak for everyone and there are people who are definitely loving it but to me, it does not matter if the apps are sorted by category. It looks pretty similar to the app drawer in Android. But less useful because app drawer in Android has much more capabilities like sorting options etc.
在使用iOS 14 Beta两个月之后,我还没有找到App Library的实用程序。 我不能代表所有人,但肯定有人喜欢它,但对我而言,应用程序是否按类别排序并不重要。 它看起来与Android中的应用抽屉非常相似。 但用处不大,因为Android中的应用程序抽屉具有更多功能,例如排序选项等。
It is basically a bad copy of what Android has been offering from day one.
从本质上讲,这是Android从第一天开始提供的产品的不良副本。
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For a power user, it is important to be able to start an app as quickly as possible without scrolling pages or even look through categories. You can use the search, nice and simple. It is just a swipe-down away.
对于高级用户而言,重要的是能够在不滚动页面甚至浏览分类的情况下尽快启动应用程序。 您可以使用搜索,美观而简单。 只需向下滑动即可。
I don’t see any benefit of having those apps sorted by category. Because you still have to look for the category and the app.
我认为按类别对这些应用进行排序没有任何好处。 因为您仍然必须寻找类别和应用程序。
For example, lets say I am looking for Zoom app. What do you think the category of Zoom would be. Frankly speaking, I don’t know. I go to the App Library and start looking for it. I realise that it might be in Productivity category. And then I scroll through the list.
例如,假设我正在寻找Zoom应用。 您认为Zoom的类别是什么。 坦白说,我不知道。 我进入应用程序库并开始寻找它。 我意识到它可能属于“生产力”类别。 然后,我滚动列表。
Below is a quick comparison between opening an app using App Library and Search.
以下是使用“应用程序库”和“搜索”打开应用程序之间的快速比较。
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小部件(Widgets)
I like the idea of widgets, while that is in no way innovative and new, it was one of the missing pieces for the Home screen in iOS. But before introducing any feature, it is very important to understand the need for it. I have been using widgets to get a quick update on the weather, time in different countries (because a lot of us live abroad and want to talk to our families), stocks, battery for different connected devices, and many more.
我喜欢小部件的想法,尽管这绝不是创新和新颖,但它是iOS主屏幕中缺少的部分之一。 但是在引入任何功能之前,了解它的需求非常重要。 我一直在使用小部件来快速获取天气,不同国家/地区的时间(因为我们很多人都住在国外并想与家人交谈),库存,不同连接设备的电池等等。
There was already a dedicated widgets screen for the aforementioned use-cases. It was helpful and I liked it because there was a dedicated scrollable space for it. But with the new Widgets, I still have the dedicated widgets area and now I can add widgets anywhere on my home screen. This behaviour is confusing.
对于上述用例,已经有专用的小部件屏幕。 这很有帮助,我喜欢它,因为它有专用的可滚动空间。 但是有了新的小部件,我仍然拥有专用的小部件区域,现在我可以在主屏幕上的任何位置添加小部件。 此行为令人困惑。
I understand not all apps have yet transitioned to new widgets but Apple could have given them enough time to create that and removed the dedicated widgets screen completely, allowing for one and only one way to add and use widgets.
我知道并不是所有的应用程序都已经过渡到新的小部件,但是Apple可以给他们足够的时间来创建它,并完全删除专用的小部件屏幕,从而允许一种和唯一的添加和使用小部件的方式。
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With two ways to add widgets, it requires you to think and look for widgets in both places. One by using the edit button at the bottom of the widget screen and then press customize and other is by using the new widgets flow.
有两种添加窗口小部件的方式,它要求您在两个地方都进行思考和查找。 一种是使用小部件屏幕底部的“编辑”按钮,然后按定制,另一种是使用新的小部件流程。
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I like the new widgets and it will be much more useful when apps like Twitter, Medium, Zoom, Slack etc. will bring their widgets. But having some widgets from the old flow and some from the new does not make sense to me.
我喜欢新的小部件,当Twitter,Medium,Zoom,Slack等应用程序带来其小部件时,它将更加有用。 但是,从旧流程中获取一些小部件,从新流程中获取一些小部件对我来说是没有意义的。
iOS 14 to me, just for this feature feels half baked and I hope they improve this either in one of the iOS 14 updates or directly in iOS 15 next year.
对于我来说,iOS 14只是让这个功能感到不寒而栗,我希望他们可以通过iOS 14更新之一或直接在明年的iOS 15中改进它。
结论 (Conclusion)
In my opinion, iOS 14 could have added the ability to allow users to sort apps by alphabetical order, or by categories, or by frequently used. There are several ways to improve this and I feel Apple could have done a much better job at this.
在我看来,iOS 14可能已经添加了允许用户按字母顺序,类别或频繁使用的应用对应用进行排序的功能。 有几种方法可以改善此问题,我认为苹果可以在此方面做得更好。
Apple generally has a tendency to reinvent things in completely different ways ultimately making a wonderful user experience. But this time it is disappointing.
苹果通常倾向于以完全不同的方式重塑事物,最终创造出出色的用户体验。 但这一次真令人失望。
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翻译自: https://medium.com/macoclock/not-really-loving-ios-14s-app-library-and-widgets-e521c0a0bc07