Eight Best Ways to Organize Your Apps

Louise Williams

Our tablets and mobile phones are amazingly agile in running a wide array of apps.1. 我們的平板電腦和手機(jī)都能靈活運(yùn)行各種各樣的應(yīng)用軟件。tablet: 即tablet computer，平板電腦；agile: 敏捷的，靈活的。Just head over to your app store of choice, jump on some WiFi and the downloading frenzy can begin.2. 奔向你的應(yīng)用程序商店，連上無線網(wǎng)絡(luò)，就可以瘋狂下載了。frenzy: 狂亂，瘋狂。Your phone probably defaults to3. default to: 默認(rèn)，預(yù)設(shè)。storing those little icons all over your home screens. While this is a fantastic resource, it can lead to a hot mess4. a hot mess: 一團(tuán)亂，一團(tuán)糟。. Fortunately,you don’t have to live through the chaos5. chaos: 混亂，紊亂。. Here are some ideas about how to organize all those incredible6. incredible: 驚人的，極多的。applications.

1. Action Categories7. 按功能分類。

If you need to look something up in Wikipedia and listen to your iTunes, why not center your organization on these concepts? All you need to do is create folders which reflect the best action word associated with the apps.8. 你只需要?jiǎng)?chuàng)建一個(gè)文件夾，并用最能反映相關(guān)軟件功能的關(guān)鍵詞來命名該文件夾。folder: 文件夾。

2. Color Coding9. 按顏色編組。coding: 編碼。

如今，平板電腦、智能手機(jī)讓我們的生活變得更加便利——連上WiFi，進(jìn)入自選應(yīng)用商店，盡情下載各種app，解決生活中的一切難題。要聊天？下載社交app！要找路？下載導(dǎo)航app！要聽歌？下載音樂app！要看??？下載影音app！要……天吶，屏幕上這么多app圖標(biāo)——用途不一，顏色各異——看得人眼花頭暈，怎么才能迅速找到你要用的app呢？

If you are a really visual learner, your best organizational scheme10. scheme: 計(jì)劃，方案。might center around color. We all know Snapchat features a primarily yellow icon and facebook is largely blue.11. 我們都知道，Snapchat圖標(biāo)的主色調(diào)為黃色，而facebook圖標(biāo)主要顏色為藍(lán)色。Snapchat: 一款由斯坦福大學(xué)兩位學(xué)生開發(fā)的一款“閱后即焚”照片分享應(yīng)用； primarily: 主要地。Thus we can drag Facebook next to twitter and Snapchat alongside Apple Maps and BAM12. BAM: Back Administration Module，后臺(tái)管理模塊。color code achieved. This is a great method for those of us who relate first to the application image rather than its function.

3. Frequency Used

We all have a few apps we rely on almost everyday.If you want to minimize time spent searching for icons and maximize time spent getting the information you love to have, organization by frequency is a great option. One way to accomplish this is by assigning each home screen to a level of frequency.13. 想要實(shí)現(xiàn)這點(diǎn)，一個(gè)辦法就是按照（應(yīng)用的）使用頻率來布置每頁桌面。assign:分配，布置。The first screen can include the items you use everyday. Swipe14. swipe: 滑動(dòng)（屏幕）。once and find the items used a few times a week. Swipe another time and find the lesser used apps.

4. Themed Rows15. 按主題分行。

Remember back in college when your favorite club would have themed meetings?Everyone would come dressed in their pajamas or favorite Hawaiian shirts? Well, you can relive some of those fond memories by organizing your apps around central themes.16. 你可以根據(jù)主題來整理應(yīng)用軟件，重溫當(dāng)初的美好回憶。relive: 再體驗(yàn)，重溫。Instead of pajama days, you can assign each row its own theme. For example, you may have a maps row,a social media row and a knowledge base17. knowledge base: 知識(shí)庫。row.

5. Break out the Widgets18. widget: 窗口小部件。

Widgets, primarily used on Android, are a great way to quickly access a lot of information. By plopping19. plop: 隨意地放下。a widget onto one of your home screens,you can creatively manage space. Widgets are a great organizational tool for those who want to collect key information without additional clicks.

6. One Central Home Screen with Folders

One of the great things about modern phones and tablets is their flexibility20. flexibility: 可變性，靈活性。with number of home screens. If you like to swipe a lot, you can have multiple screens. However, if you prefer a simpler start point, you can center everything on one screen and fit everything in via folders.

7. SmartBar21. Smartbar: 智能導(dǎo)航欄，智能菜單條。

This android tool combines several features in an easy to access centralized manner. Rather than having to click through to find the app you need to perform the needed task on your phone, you can simply access it in a click or two with SmartBar.With this tool set up on your home screen, you can organize the applications you want around this powerful feature.

8. Hand Position

Another simple method of organizing your applications is ease of use when holding.Everyone prefers to hold their phone in a slightly different way. Given this particular position is likely to be the configuration22. configuration: 配置，布局。used to open most applications, it can be a useful organizational tool. Simply place the apps you use most often closest to the finger you use most of operate the phone. Whether this is your thumb or index finger23. index finger: 食指。, this organizational scheme can increase the speed at which you operate your phone.