Application Launcher Representation Positioning via Group Tags
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional techniques for managing application launchers are inefficient and lack intuitiveness, making it difficult for users to locate newly added representations, especially when the device orientation changes, leading to user frustration.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a positional tag system that assigns groups of representations within the application launcher, allowing for intuitive control of where new representations are added, maintaining a visually pleasing layout and ease of access, even during reflow or changes in device orientation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional techniques are used to add representations to the application launcher, then the application launcher can accommodate multiple applications, but the added representations become difficult to locate and their location changes with device orientation
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically determining and controlling the location where new representations are added to the application launcher based on group positional tags before the user needs to locate them. This ensures representations are placed in predictable positions that maintain consistency across device orientations, eliminating the need for users to search through changing layouts.
2Adaptability or versatility
If conventional techniques are used for adding representations, then applications can be added to the launcher, but the location of added representations changes when device orientation changes
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies local quality by assigning specific positional characteristics to different groups of representations based on their semantic meaning or user-defined properties. Each group receives a specific positional tag (e.g., first position, second position, end position) that determines its stable location in the launcher, ensuring that representations maintain consistent positions across different device orientations while still adapting to the overall layout changes.
3Quantity of substance
If conventional techniques are used to manage the application launcher, then the launcher can display multiple representations, but the interface becomes less intuitive and increases user frustration
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the application launcher into multiple groups of representations, where each group is assigned a specific positional tag. This segmentation allows the launcher to organize representations in a structured manner that maintains intuitiveness. Users can predict where representations will appear based on their group assignments, and the system can manage large numbers of representations by dividing them into organized sections rather than presenting them as a chaotic list.
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AI summary
Techniques to control addition of representations to an application launcher are described. In one or more implementations, an input is received by a computing device to add a representation of an application or content to the application launcher of the computing device. The application launcher has a plurality of representations of applications or content that are selectable to navigate to a user interface corresponding with a respective application or content and are assigned into respective ones of a plurality of groups that together compose a plurality of linear arrangements of the groups. A location is controlled by the computing device at which to include the added representation in the application launcher based at least in part a determination of whether one of the plurality of groups is associated with a positional tag.