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Originally Posted by Rotkaeqpchen
This is another "wait and see" moment. I.e., none of us will know until the final version is released.
Hi there, i've seen so many screenshots and videos about the panoramic desktop, and the widgets and icons always were aligned anywhere... is there an option to align widgets on a scalable grid?
I am a fan of symmetry, and i think im not the only one.
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No, sorry, no such option. But you can do it by yourself, visually. If it's one pixel off, it can be your little secret between you and you. 
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Originally Posted by timsamoff
This is another "wait and see" moment. I.e., none of us will know until the final version is released.
"I hate waiting."
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I agree with the OP. Although free placement is sometimes useful, it would also sometimes be useful to snap icons to a grid. For example, on the Windows desktop Microsoft changed the default from Windows 2000 and earlier of free placement to align to a grid in Windows XP and later, presumably due to usability testing telling them that people preferred the cleaner look. Obviously things might be harder on Maemo 5 due to widgets being different sizes...
Last edited by pelago; 2009-09-29 at 21:53.
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Originally Posted by pelago
In one case you have icons of similar size (lots of them), in the other case you have a small number of elements of very different sizes in a small space. Those are very different circumstances.
I agree with the OP. Although free placement is sometimes useful, it would also sometimes be useful to snap icons to a grid. For example, on the Windows desktop Microsoft changed the default from Windows 200 and earlier of free placement to align to a grid in Windows XP and later, presumably due to usability testing telling them that people preferred the cleaner look. Obviously things might be harder on Maemo 5 due to widgets being different sizes...
The OSX dashboard doesn't have a grid by the way, and it's more comparable.
If you want to align a large number of bookmarks, contacts, or shortcuts, what you can do is to just add them one after another, which will automatically align them in a nice pattern. Moving a widget to another homescreen does the same thing. With a bit of patience, you can probably use this trick to get any layout you want, by filling some space with other widgets (as the moved or added widget will align itself neatly wherever there is enough free space).
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The osx desktop have an option to clean up/align the icons even though they don't automatically snap onto grids when you move em around.
Maybe a similar option for Maemo 5 desktop?
Maybe a similar option for Maemo 5 desktop?
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Im definitely for having a snap to grid option.
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Definately something I'd find useful.
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Yes, it would be very useful, ... especially when i can define a grid size, for example 5, 10, 20, 30 and 50 pixels.
I am a fan of symmetry, and i think im not the only one.
;-)
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