iOS widgets are used by many people for reading little bits of at-a-glance information, viewable outside an application. Introduced with the latest version, DEVONthink To Go 4.1 Lagrange now also offers a small suite of widgets to add to your home screen.
The widgets provide a view into a few commonly used features and help keep you updated with your news. The widgets also let you quickly access your most important data right from your home screen. To add widgets, long press the background on your home screen until the Edit button appears in the upper-left corner. Tap it and choose Add Widget. Select DEVONthink and scroll through the choices:
- Unread Articles lists the total number of articles in RSS or Atom feeds you haven’t had a chance to read yet. As your feeds may be spread across multiple locations, tapping this widget only opens DEVONthink To Go.
- Recent Feeds lists the name and total articles of the three feeds with the most unread content.
- Inbox Items displays the total number of documents in an inbox. Tap the widget to jump right into the inbox.
- Favorites lists the four most recently accessed items — groups or documents — from your Favorites global smart group.
- Recently Viewed lists your four most recently viewed documents.
- The Reading List has two widgets. The smaller On the Reading List widget shows the total number of documents in the Reading List. The larger one shows the totals but also the top three items in the list.
For widgets listing items, tap to open them quickly in your database.
Now you can see how much you’ve missed in the news, jump to that document you were working on, or get back to clearing out your Reading List!