Home screen
The term home screen is used ambiguously. On the one hand, it is used as the display that is presented to the user immediately after the start and login process of an operating system has been completed, such as the newly introduced start screen of Microsoft Windows 8.1, which shows, among other things, a collection of apps installed on the computer.
In addition, the designation is used for the so-called splash screens , which represent loading or start display messages for computer programs .
The homescreen is also the main screen or start screen of a mobile operating system . These are not identical to each other on different devices because they can be changed by the user and look different on different operating systems. Almost every smartphone these days has some kind of home screen, which typically has links to applications , settings and notifications.
History of the home screen
One of the first examples of a home screen can be found on the PalmPilot , which debuted in 1997. The early home screens were often less customizable than today's variants. For example, early versions of the Apple iOS did not allow users to rearrange applications on the home screen or change the background image .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernd Schütt: Windows 8.1 simply explained step by step . 1st edition. Hamburg 2014.
- ↑ Rene Ritchie: iOS 6: Is it time for Apple to revamp the Home screen? . Mobile Nations. May 1, 2012. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ↑ Dieter Bohn, Aaron Souppouris, Dan Seifert: iOS: A visual history . The Verge. September 16, 2013. Retrieved November 6, 2015.