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I like keeping a very minimal home screen (six folders and that's it). Every time I download new apps, they appear on a second page even though there are plenty of slots left on the first page. I then have to move them back - one by one - to the first page again and sort them into folders. Is this a bug, or is there some reason why it should work like this?
iPad, iOS 7.1.1
If you have only one page with one item on it, and you download a new app, it creates a second page. That's my issue. It should not create a second page. It should simply deposit the new app after the first item on the first page, but it does not do this.
If you have only one page with one item on it, and you download a new app, it creates a second page. That's my issue. It should not create a second page. It should simply deposit the new app after the first item on the first page, but it does not do this.
From my observation, what you're seeing is the way it works. I have a few empty slots on my first page. When I download apps, they don't go there. They go to whatever page after that has space. I suspect Philly_Phan is probably on to something. I know I only keep the things I use a lot on my first page. I wouldn't want it getting clutter with every free game I downloaded to try out.
You could submit a suggestion to Apple requesting that it work differently:
Best of luck.
Right, that's the expected behavior. What I'm saying is that if you have only one home screen that's half full and you download an app, it creates a second screen anyway and places the app there, which is not expected behavior (and adds extra work for organizing apps)
Good thought, but I just moved all six folders full of ~50 apps total to screen two leaving only the Settings app on screen one, then downloaded a new app and it put it on screen two where I expected it to go.
Step one: move all apps into one folder on one screen. There is no second screen at all. Download an app, it creates a second screen and places the app there.
Step two (troubleshooting): move folder to screen two, download same app, it does not create a third screen, it simply places the new app where it should go after the folder
Step three: move folder back to screen one, make sure no other screens exist. They don't. Good. There is now only one screen with one folder. If i download a new app, it should go into the next slot on the first screen, right? No. It creates a new page and puts the app there.
Considering that I was unable to find anyone else complaining about this, I'm guessing 99% of iOS users don't like having empty space on their screens, so I doubt anyone will even notice unless they're trying to do what I'm doing.
jenbenson2 wrote:
Considering that I was unable to find anyone else complaining about this, I'm guessing 99% of iOS users don't like having empty space on their screens, so I doubt anyone will even notice unless they're trying to do what I'm doing.
They wouldn't be complaining if they're happy the way that it is. I'm in that category. I'd complain if it was changed.
jenbenson2 wrote:
Considering that I was unable to find anyone else complaining about this, I'm guessing 99% of iOS users don't like having empty space on their screens, so I doubt anyone will even notice unless they're trying to do what I'm doing.
As I noted earlier, I keep an entire row open on my first page. I like it that way. Your proposed change would annoy me.
Meg St._Clair wrote:
As I noted earlier, I keep an entire row open on my first page. I like it that way. Your proposed change would annoy me.
Wait, wait... So you have one and only one page at any given time, and you have the bottom row open on that only page, and if you download a new app, you like it starting a second page just for that app.. and then you, what, move it to the first page in a folder or something so that you once again have only one page... and you like that workflow?
bobseufert wrote:
I'd like them to remove the dock. I don't need the same four apps on every page. I won't hold my breath waiting though.
I'm ok to neutral on the dock. But, no, I don't think you should hold your breath on that one.
Meg St._Clair wrote:
As I noted earlier, I keep an entire row open on my first page. I like it that way. Your proposed change would annoy me.
My proposed change is this: if you have more than one home screen, then no change - everything works exactly the way it does right now.
If you have one and only one home screen, and you have empty slots, new apps appear in the empty slot instead of creating a new page just for that app. That is all.
Don't know why this didn't occur to me before, but here's the workaround for this - it's not elegant, but it's less irritating than the problem. Just leave the first screen blank and put the eight folders on the second screen, and new apps will appear where they're supposed to. When you close an app, it brings you back to the screen you were on, so the only time I'll have to see the blank screen is after a hard reboot.
Seriously, though - well played. I honestly didn't see that one coming.
That's the way that it's supposed to work. My guess is that it's a deliberate effort to keep them out of the way until the user decides where they should be.
That's just the way it works.
Why don't new apps appear on the first home screen page?
