Donut 1.6 wasted space on home screen

[LuKeNuKuM]

hi all,

my phone (HTC Magic) recently updated to donut 1.6 - all well and good. at first i though "great - the search bar is smaller and neater" but... it's now left an ugly great space below it which i can't seem to fill... it's a bit too small for a row of icons and a bit too big to be pleasing to the eye.

perhaps im being pedantic - but what with the wasted space at the bottom of the screen i feel im being short changed!

i took a screen grab to illustrate:

so tell me - am i being a bit simple and missing something? is there some way to adjust the widget area/screen res... or is it that not many people fill their entire homescreen with icons?

really appreciate any feedback...



Luke

 

[shivers316]

That's just the way it is now. I really haven't done any investigating as to why, but the made the search bar thinner.

 

[kabbie_mcfeely]

If you remove the search bar you can put more apps on the screen.

If you just start typing a search bar will pop up by itself.

 

[dkaufman1]

Interesting find. I was able to replicate this on a G1. I wonder if with the new 2.0 screen depth alterations that this will matter more. On the smallest screen size I bet it does make a difference. Interesting to see them not follow their own spec.

 

[supremeteam256]

Or if you have root and load a custom rom you can change the look of the search bar.

 

[The Reverend Gridlock]

here is an idea, put it on the bottom of the screen and you will not notice it as much

 

[LuKeNuKuM]

If you remove the search bar you can put more apps on the screen.

If you just start typing a search bar will pop up by itself.

yeah - guess this will have to do for the moment! thanks

 

[LuKeNuKuM]

here is an idea, put it on the bottom of the screen and you will not notice it as much

tried that, but it looks even worse unfortunately! it's a big gap *grrrr* never mind. thanks for the idea.

 

[OldGaf]

If you remove the search bar you can put more apps on the screen.

If you just start typing a search bar will pop up by itself.

Wow.... did not know that..... VERY nice

-OG-

 

[mrqs]

If you remove the search bar you can put more apps on the screen.

If you just start typing a search bar will pop up by itself.

how do you "just start typing" if you don't have a physical keyboard?

 

[OldGaf]

how do you "just start typing" if you don't have a physical keyboard?

There is a button assigned to the keyboard (long hold on power for me).

I removed the search bar and got an even cleaner screen.
Also, when I start typing it suggests matches on the device as well!

-OG-