I just verified and disabling google search in setting removes the widget.
(for those who just can't stand to see the widget)
I just verified and disabling google search in setting removes the widget.
(for those who just can't stand to see the widget)
Im so happy that on the most new devices these -in my eyes useless- search button is removed. Ive never understood what the benefit of this button and now search bar is? What Im supposed to search on my phone with this bar. Contacts? - I go to my contact menu and directly call my contact. Web? - I go into the browser and start searching. So why is this search bar so important to put it on the top of every 5 homescreens?
Access to system wide voice actions.
The only way you can access these is by pressing the mic icon on the search bar. You cannot access system-wide voice actions via any other application's search button.
Ok I still sceptical about siri and Google voice search. But now for me the search bar in ICS makes sense.
But more important: why does nobody knows that this feature of Google exists, since ages?!
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But more important: why does nobody knows that this feature of Google exists, since ages?!
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I thought it was fairly common knowledge. I use it mostly for getting navigation or driving directions, but just searching by voice is handy sometimes as well. Siri's Wolfram Alpha integration is pretty damn cool, though.
Unless I'm wrong, this is how the Google search widget has always been (besides the fact that they redesigned both the widget and the app it launches) - that is, you click the widget and it opens the search app.
the search bar would be the very first thing i'll remove from the screen
the easy work around as mentioned about is either to add a widget on screen for google search or just run google search once, then you can keep recalling it from the "quick task switch" key
the easy work around as mentioned about is either to add a widget on screen for google search or just run google search once, then you can keep recalling it from the "quick task switch" key
That is not unsurmountable though. simply compress the icon space a bit when the trash icon (or other drag context option) is available. ADW does that.
Overall I like the new features of the ICS launcher enough not to replace it, but I do wish I had more options involving the search bar.
Edit: alternatively replace the notification bar with the context option when dragging. You can't interact with the notification bar while dragging anyway, might as well use the space.
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Thanks for that but unfortunately that doesnt give the desired result.
Just leaves a blank space that cant be utilized. Damn!
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Go to the same place you disabled it and Re-Enable it. It'll be located at the bottom.
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