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Sidebar for multitasking
The sidebar/edge panel can be a handy feature to have. It lets you quickly access apps and tools with just a swipe. Some people swear by it, saying it saves them time and makes their phone easier to use (I swear by it too). Others find it a bit of a distraction, taking up screen space and getting in the way. Ultimately, whether it’s a helpful or a not depends on personal preferences and how you use your phone.
Pls dont add sidebar, its not even needed. some people want it just to look cool. pointless imo
No needed, smartphone is need to be simple to use without any add ons.
I see some people who finds it really useful and some people who really don’t need it.
The way I see it is “Better to have something and not need it (One can anyway turn it off if they don’t need it), then to need it and not have it”
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Seems to me the edge-drawer was created to enable people to quickly access a handful of their favourite apps, contacts or files without returning to the Home screen to search for what they want.
I’ve not missed not using this feature, and in the screenshots I’ve seen I’ve hated the persistent pulltab on the side of the display to open the drawer.
I have my own solution, one that also deals with other pain points I have with Android smartphones:
- Allow users to pin their favourite apps to the top of their app drawer.
- Have a black navigation bar at the bottom of the display that is almost unnoticeable because it merges with the phone’s chin.
- The nav-bar has three buttons: Back, Home and Recents. Users can customise these buttons by choosing further actions upon double-tap and long-press (split-screen, refresh webpage, etc).
- It also features a Dot (a virtual LED) that lights red when the battery is at 10% or less, and flashes when it reaches 2%.
- Users can swipe up on the nav-bar to reveal the user’s pinned apps (a method that mirrors pulling down the Notification Drawer at the top of the display).
- Swiping up a second time opens the full App Drawer.
- This means that users have – at all times – instant access to their favourite apps, and all other apps with a second swipe.
- For users likes myself that can’t reach the Notification Drawer whilst holding their phone with one hand, the Navigation Drawer can become the new home of the QS tiles, and could either be placed alongside the app icons, or in a separate section by swiping left/right when the drawer is open.
- Swiping in the opposite direction goes to the audio controls if something is playing.
Carl Please do not add this. First thing I disable on every Samsung device.
7 days later
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Carl side panel might not be that much important. Because I’ve been using a samsung mobile alongwith the nothing mobile. I’ve never often used this side panel feature since I was using the Samsung device.
a month later
Hey,
Will there be added a smart sidebar? On my Last phones with realme ui and one ui there was a Sidebar allowing quick travel and Open Apps fast in popup View. It would be very nice. Any information about it?
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a month later
Please
There is sliding bar on corner of the screen by which we can easily open any app, use calculator, screen translator, it’s very useful for day to day work on phone
Sadly Not comming
To be honest, on Samsung I nearly used it. But on my old Phone using coloros everyday