1 page of apps
I have managed to shrink 9 pages of applications into 1 page, with only 20 icons. I could go even smaller and get it down to 1 icon, but that would be pretty annoying ( if not impossible). If I had all the webclips gone I would have only 13 icons onscreen (you can’t categorize webclips, meh…).
Why? You ask, and here is the reason:
I was sitting around on my iPod earlier and was paging through all of my icons and I noticed that I barely used any of the apps I have (like games and media and utility apps). I was getting kidof pissed that I have 9 pages of apps and I use maybe 4 regularly (RSSplayer, BatteryLog, AppGmail, and LaTwit), which was really agitating. I espescially was mad that I probably have spent 70 dollars on apps that I played with for a while (maybe a week or so at best) and then rarely opened up again. Then I think: why the hell do I have all these stupid icons clogging my springboard??So then I took categories and did a MAJOR cleanup. I kindof like the way it looks now.
About not using paid apps, there was a study noted in the Buz Out Loud podcast about how people use apps and the conclusion was people used the app for a while after they installed it and then didn’t touch it. The rates of abandonment were even worse for paid apps, saying that people basically use a paid app and then don’t touch it after that.
Pretty soon I am going to just pirate all my apps becuase none of them are worth buying ( as shown by the study and my behavior, even with the pirated ones they are all use once clutter forever because most of them are just lame!! ) and I also am pretty sure I am fine with what I have at the moment.
Attached photo: my SB after categories
Tags: apple, applications, ipodtouch