![]() ![]() There are a bunch of gestures that work while the screen's off - and they actually work quite well. You can also swipe up on any of the shortcuts from your Favorites Tray to jump directly to those applications.ĥ. And swiping to the right opens directly to BlinkFeed. Swiping to the left unlocks directly to your home screen, regardless of what you were doing last. Swiping up anywhere on the lock screen unlocks the phone normally. You can add your own custom lock screen widgets to its right (once you've enabled that option in the phone's security settings), but curiously, there doesn't seem to be a way to move any of them into that primary spot. The clock and weather widget is basically now just a regular lock screen widget - albeit one that's permanently locked in place in the default position. Say so long to the giant swipeable clock of yore: In Sense 6, the lock screen gets a major revamp that brings it closer to the stock Android look. "Manage home screen pages" is the really weird one, as it doesn't do anything that you can't also do in "Add apps and widgets." But hey, baby steps - right? (And yes, that does add a bit of confusing overlap with the app drawer.) "Add apps and widgets" is mainly a way to place widgets on your home screen, though you can also get to regular app shortcuts there. The first item is pretty self-explanatory, but it isn't insignificant: Previous versions of HTC's software required you to jump through lots of hoops just to change your phone's wallpaper. The menu has three options: "Home screen wallpaper," "Add apps and widgets," and "Manage home screen pages." Sense 6 simplifies HTC's previously messy home screen customization process with a single new menu that appears anytime you long-press on your home screen. There's a new long-press menu on the home screen. ![]() Here, though, you can change the default panel to be anywhere you want, which is a valuable option to have.ģ. HTC also no longer makes BlinkFeed the default home panel, as it used to instead, it sits one spot over from the default, just like the Google Now panel in Google's new Nexus launcher. BlinkFeed now has loads of available content, too, and adding areas of interest is satisfyingly simple to do.Īnd - here's the kicker - if you don't want to use BlinkFeed, getting rid of it is easier than ever: All you do is head into the home screen customization tool and delete it just like you would any other home screen panel. ![]() The clock and weather widget is gone from the top. The tool - a Flipboard-esque stream that lets you scan through interesting articles and social media tidbits on your home screen - gets a visual refresh in the latest Sense. With Sense 6, I think it's safe to say BlinkFeed has finally arrived. When BlinkFeed first came around, it seemed like a sensible concept that wasn't quite there yet. BlinkFeed is better than ever - and easier to disable, too. Sense no longer places an unnecessary permanent clock and weather widget in the app drawer, either, nor does it require a persistent notification for "Power Saver" that you can't disable.Īll those little things add up to make a big difference in user experience.Ģ. Similarly, adding shortcuts to the Favorites Tray no longer requires you to navigate through a virtual maze you just drag the icon down from anywhere in the system and drop it where you want. ![]()
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