Feature request: add grid view to Contacts, Phone, Music player

[BeOSR]

For starters, a big thanks you for making these useful applications!

One thing I'm missing in several Fossify apps, is the option to use a grid view instead of a list view.

In Contacts and Phone, there's a grid view available, but only for favorite contacts. I would like the option to use it also for all contacts. I could mark all contacts as favorites, but that would defeat the purpose of having favorites.

In Music player, there's no grid view available. Since I typically identify albums by their cover, the list view just does not make a lot of sense, it only generates a lot of scrolling. A grid view would show 3-5 albums per row, cutting down significantly on scrolling. And it just looks better too (to me).

Kind regards,

[naveensingh]

In Contacts and Phone, there's a grid view available, but only for favorite contacts. I would like the option to use it also for all contacts. I could mark all contacts as favorites, but that would defeat the purpose of having favorites.

A grid view won't be as scannable as a list when you have many contacts. It makes sense in favorites because it's usually a short list.

In Music player, there's no grid view available. Since I typically identify albums by their cover, the list view just does not make a lot of sense, it only generates a lot of scrolling. A grid view would show 3-5 albums per row, cutting down significantly on scrolling. And it just looks better too (to me).

There's already a feature request for this: FossifyOrg/Music-Player#132

[BeOSR]

hi naveen,

thanks for the quick response.

I disagree with the claim that a grid view wouldn't be as scannable as a list: in a 5 by 5 grid, a standard screen could (for example) show 5 rows of 5 contacts at a time, whereas in a list view, it would only show 5 rows of 1 contact, meaning you'd have to scroll 5 screens to get to the same point.

Oh well, since the app is open source, I guess I can always have a go at adding it myself, right?

Anyway, thanks for your work and kind regards.

[naveensingh]

Feel free to create a feature request for it. It may be considered.

See contribution guidelines: https://github.com/FossifyOrg/General-Discussion#reporting-an-issue-or-suggesting-a-feature