1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auloganbookerhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/loganbooker/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="L164THq9ra"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2012/06/samsung-patent-reveals-new-android-interface-with-icon-stacks-accordion-folders/">Samsung Patent Reveals New Android Interface With Icon Stacks, ‘Accordion’ Folders</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2012/06/samsung-patent-reveals-new-android-interface-with-icon-stacks-accordion-folders/embed/#?secret=L164THq9ra" width="600" height="338" title="“Samsung Patent Reveals New Android Interface With Icon Stacks, ‘Accordion’ Folders” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="L164THq9ra" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> A Samsung patent, filed last year but only made publicly available recently, suggests the company is looking to refresh the user interface for its Android smartphones, with the focus on new ways to group icons together and sort through them, beyond the traditional folder option.