At least on mobile I struggle to find anything in the app collection, it just seems like all the icons look the same, particularly on iOS where instead of the same gear everybody else has for settings I keep wanting to skip that thing that looks like a movie poster for The Golden Compass.
On the other hand, I just type "1" into safari and it autocompletes the URL for my RSS reader, I type "n" and It autocomples Hacker News. It's so much easier that figuring out which one of 5 stylized "N"s or 3 stylized "H"s is the one I want.
(I don't know what it is but on the desktop I find icons easy to scan, yet I still find pressing the Windows key and typing 1-3 letters is almost always faster than any other way of finding applications)
The thundering herd seems to think the mobile home screen is valuable real estate but I am aggressive to delete apps not only because they are 95% "crapps" but also to make it easy to find the two or three that really are valuable. (e.g. Why do I need a Walgreens app when there is a perfectly good Walgreens web site?)
On the other hand, I just type "1" into safari and it autocompletes the URL for my RSS reader, I type "n" and It autocomples Hacker News. It's so much easier that figuring out which one of 5 stylized "N"s or 3 stylized "H"s is the one I want.
(I don't know what it is but on the desktop I find icons easy to scan, yet I still find pressing the Windows key and typing 1-3 letters is almost always faster than any other way of finding applications)
The thundering herd seems to think the mobile home screen is valuable real estate but I am aggressive to delete apps not only because they are 95% "crapps" but also to make it easy to find the two or three that really are valuable. (e.g. Why do I need a Walgreens app when there is a perfectly good Walgreens web site?)