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Gurman: iOS 16 to Include New Ways of System Interaction and 'Fresh Apple Apps'

winxmac said:
2012 the year that Lightning was first used as connector for iPhone and also the year that iOS 6 was released, the last version that has skeuomorphic design... 2013 was the year that iOS 7 was released, the first version that has flat design... If the rumors are true, 2022 will be the last year of Lightning as iPhone connector and 2023 apparently will be the first year that USB type C will be the connector to be used with iPhone... Will iOS 17 be the return of skeuomorphic design if iOS 16 is almost the same with iOS 7 to iOS 15?
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winxmac said:
2012 the year that Lightning was first used as connector for iPhone and also the year that iOS 6 was released, the last version that has skeuomorphic design... 2013 was the year that iOS 7 was released, the first version that has flat design... If the rumors are true, 2022 will be the last year of Lightning as iPhone connector and 2023 apparently will be the first year that USB type C will be the connector to be used with iPhone... Will iOS 17 be the return of skeuomorphic design if iOS 16 is almost the same with iOS 7 to iOS 15?
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… no.
 
kevinws said:
I would like to be able to put widgets and apps anyplace on the home screen I want. Not it defaulting to next open space available.

My second job has a bunch of apps to manage clocking in and out, schedules, time off request and IM's while I am on the clock. I don't want that crap on my iPhone.

So I bought a Cheap Android 11 phone (39.00) and did not activate cell service. I use it excluseively at my second job by conecting to the WIFIn at work. It is turned off and sitting in a backpack when I am not working second job.

So have all of the apps at the lower right of the screen. I really like being able to put anything where I want.
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I thought there was focus mode for this? You can make a custom home screen for certain focuses.
Make a work home screen and only have it enabled when that focus is on
 
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Just remove the home bar and I’ll be happy it can’t be that hard Apple to hide a setting to remove it; I shouldn’t be forced all these years to have it when I don’t need it, it should be a guide and an option to turn it off when playing games it’s always in the way and it looks ugly
 
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No “must haves” but would like:
- Snooze option for email
- Archive option for iMessage. Hide threads but don’t delete them. (Then use message history setting)
 
GtrDude said:
Sounds like it's going to be yet another useless update that should just be a 15.6.

Here's my list I would like to see Apple do:

1. redesign the notification center. It's ridiculous. At the very least add "Clear All" button immediately, even if there's only one notification.

2. after Face-ID recognizes you, go directly into the phone home screen. You shouldn't have to swipe up after the phone recognizes you. Or at least make it possible to turn this off and on.

3. make it possible to dismiss Calendar and any notification from any app if you're in another app. You shouldn't have to swipe the notification up and then go back to the lock screen or be forced to tap it to get into the app sending it in order to simply dismiss a notification if you're in another app when it comes in.

4. when you're running a count down timer in the clock app you can see on the Lock Screen how much time is left, by all means make it possible to go directly to the the timer when you tap the time left on the Lock Screen. This is so much easier than to navigate to the clock app and cancel the timer there. Or how about this? When you tap the time left on the timer on the home scree give us the option to cancel it right there.

5. give us an LED visual for notifications in addition to sound and vibration. Allow us to change the colors of the LED light based on what the notification app is.
The fine folks who like things the way they are can just leave this off and everything will be as is.

6. give us an always-on screen for the clock. On the always-on screen we should also be able to choose if we want to see if we have any notifications (the amount and the app) or if we to just want to see the clock.
Once again, the people who don't like it should be able to turn it off. No more Apple forcing us to do stuff.

7. add haptic feedback to the keyboard and make it possible to customize different intensities to your heart's content.
It's beyond crazy that you have no feedback whatsoever if you're typing and the phone is on mute. Those who are concerned with battery or simply don't like this should be able to leave it off.

8. make it possible to adjust volume for independent apps and settings and not this general thing they're doing. Separate volume control for keyboard volume, music volume, ring volume, system volume, You Tube, notifications, emails.
I, for example, would like the keyboard clicks to be much louder than they are, in relations with the rest of the volume in the phone, but without it affecting the volume on the entire phone or the ring and notifications volume. It's silly of Apple to force it to be like this.

9. add suggestions from the address book as you start a phone number.
Common now Apple, this has been available for the last 15 years on Android.

10. make it possible to customize the texting app in every conceivable way. Font size, bubble size shape color etc.

11. make it possible to schedule a text message to be sent at a certain time/date. This is a basic feature. Compose your message now and schedule it to be sent when the time is right. I used to use this feature all the time when I had to text people who are in different time zones when they have to get the text at a certain time in their time zone but it's way too late for me to stay up to send the text.

12. use an OS-wide clipboard and make cut and/or copy not expire until you, the user, cleans it.
You should be able to copy text now and paste it tomorrow if you want to.
And 12b make it possible to copy multiple copy entries ready to paste any one of them by long pressing, at least the last 10 cut/copies should be possible.

13. in Mail give us the option to NOT go to the next email when you are deleting an email but to go back to the inbox. Those who want to keep things the way they are should be able to turn this feature off.

14. make it possible to move the icons on the desktop anywhere you want to.

15. make it possible (mandatory to app makers) to swipe from left to right in EVERY app to navigate back. Hitting a tiny arrow at the top on some apps to go back is nuts.
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It’s possible to do almost all of the things you listed via jailbreak. We need control over OUR devices.
 
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Lounge vibes 05 said:
Agree with most of your post, but the App Store calculator apps all suck for one reason.
Calculators don't usually randomly have ads pop up and bother you.
Also, Apple bought DarkSky, they should absolutely bring a weather app to the iPad.
Outside of that, I agree.
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Carrot weather and Pcalc are solid, non-ad supported weather and calculator apps that work well on the iPad.
 
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Some things I'd like:
  • Interactive widgets
  • Multi-user iPadOS (feature already exists but apple locks it to business and classroom)
  • Calculator and Weather apps for iPad
  • Finder/Files folder colour should match accent colour
  • Files app sorting with Folders On Top setting
  • "Material You" colour changing UI all over the OS. This feature is gorgeous on Android.
 
urnotl33t said:
Adding fuel your fire: the fashion industry has no soul, either.
Which further proves your thesis.
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indeed, I don't want to sound old-school to much but, IMO, apple need to go back to that cross-road of humanity and technology, for me the connection always was the old OS's software design that blended perfectly with the hardware, that was Apple's uniqueness for me, in those 2010's days iOS and OS X looked so much more humane, there was a 'sense' of Apple core values in the software.

just take a look at the iPhone 5, breathtaking.
 

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MacRumors said:
iOS 16 will include new ways of interacting with the system and some "fresh Apple apps," Bloomberg's Mark Gurman has said, offering some more detail on what Apple has in store for the upcoming release of iOS and iPadOS set to be announced in a few weeks at WWDC.
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Gee how can someone go wrong with that prediction. The force of persuasion is strong in this weak write up.
 
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It would be nice to have multiuser capability on iOS and iPadOS.
For now I have to use several browsers to maintain several accounts from the same websites.
Would be nice just to use a gesture and switch to another user account. It’s certainly not a storage or memory problem or performance.
 
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