Ideas for iOS 8 and beyond

[Roberthil]

Innovate?

If Apple desires to innovate, empower the costumer.

Give the costumer the power to change the interface, its colors, its text, the buttons. Stop trying to force us to like the interface they want us to like and empower us to either alter it ourselves, or buy from the apple store, a interface made by another person.

I as a computer graphic artist, could redesign these interfaces if only I were provided the code and a few days to learn the program needed to alter the phone.

This allows apple to make profit from the apple store, each time someone buys a user made skin. (investors will love this) This also empowers the costumers to say what their phone looks like. Again, boosting sales and costumer loyalty. Everyone becomes happy and everyone profits.

 

[iBreatheApple]

I'm so looking forward to seeing apple replace that ugly dock...

Curious considering your avatar.

 

[ionjohn]

Curious considering your avatar.

Uh how is it curious? They should've stuck with the mountain lion dock, it fits every wallpaper compared to the current one

 

[richwoodrocket]

I want more dynamic wallpaper choices. Maybe add an color wheel to pick your own color and the ability to adjust the sensitivity of the motion of the bubbles in relation to the phone.
Bring back panoramic wallpapers.
Ability to have Siri play podcasts.
Gestures on iphone.
Control center customizations

 

[lexvo]

I couldn't care less about how icons look or any kind of visual change. I don't understand why most people care only for visual changes and nothing else. As if they aren't using the OS but just watching it...

This OS desperately needs a file manager so that different apps can save to/ read from a common space. Data sharing between apps is a pain in the ass in the current state. Even the most basic things like sending an arbitrary file as an attachment has to be done from another app. Sending multiple files as attachments is impossible because there is no such thing called "browsing for files".

But since everyone is obsessed with design changes, I don't think that this will added to iOS ever or any other useful feature for that matter. The only thing iOS 15.0 will have different than the current version of the OS will probably be the look of its icons and their arrangement in the home screen. And maybe they will make everything a single color to make it look more "modern"

This. If one is using iOS professionally, you will bump into this data sharing problem. Sandboxing might be a good idea, but Apple have to find a solution for easier exchanging files between apps.

 

[KALLT]

If Apple desires to innovate, empower the costumer.

Give the costumer the power to change the interface, its colors, its text, the buttons. Stop trying to force us to like the interface they want us to like and empower us to either alter it ourselves, or buy from the apple store, a interface made by another person.

I as a computer graphic artist, could redesign these interfaces if only I were provided the code and a few days to learn the program needed to alter the phone.

This allows apple to make profit from the apple store, each time someone buys a user made skin. (investors will love this) This also empowers the costumers to say what their phone looks like. Again, boosting sales and costumer loyalty. Everyone becomes happy and everyone profits.

Unlikely. If the recent releases of OS X are an indication, Apple is getting even more aversive to customisation. It used to be the case that you could theme your OS a bit, but Apple has consistently made it harder to do so. The theming communities have virtually disappeared over the years. The same is true with iOS, where jailbreaks have become much rarer than earlier versions. That's how Apple rolls, they design the UI and user experience for you and that is what you will get. Having such tight control used to be one of the major criticisms of Apple's products, if it not still is.

 

[TrenttonY]

[/QUOTE]Also, I think the last thing Apple needs right now is to have people complaining that iOS's design is once again going stale. Just because you did one big redesign doesn't mean you should rest on your laurels for 5 or 6 updates. Ive doesn't seem like Forstall in that respect.[/QUOTE]

The laptops have looked the same for years. Ive designs those.

 

[MattInOz]

This. If one is using iOS professionally, you will bump into this data sharing problem. Sandboxing might be a good idea, but Apple have to find a solution for easier exchanging files between apps.

I think this is the next big drive for both iOS and OS X.

They could break apps in to pieces as sub-apps so parts of an app can play nice inside another apps sandbox. Lots of apps and games would just stay as they are a still just work, but others could take better advantage of each others skills using a new services system like the the one that exists on non-sandbox OS X.

Would open the way for plug-ins both paid and unpaid via the store.
or Storehouse apps to hold content on behave of production apps.

 

[edhchoe]

Changing for the sake of changing is not an improvement. Improvement and progress are purposeful.

 

[joejoejoe]

If Apple desires to innovate, empower the costumer.

Give the costumer the power to change the interface, its colors, its text, the buttons. Stop trying to force us to like the interface they want us to like and empower us to either alter it ourselves, or buy from the apple store, a interface made by another person.

I as a computer graphic artist, could redesign these interfaces if only I were provided the code and a few days to learn the program needed to alter the phone.

This allows apple to make profit from the apple store, each time someone buys a user made skin. (investors will love this) This also empowers the costumers to say what their phone looks like. Again, boosting sales and costumer loyalty. Everyone becomes happy and everyone profits.

One of the main reasons apple's iOS devices have been so successful is precisely because the interface and controls are universal between all iOS devices. There is no learning curve between picking up two different iPhones, iPods, iPads etc. the reason that the iPad caught on so quickly and created a new segment is because, as apple proudly touted during it's unveiling, everyone already knew how to use it.

What you're asking for offers interest to creative types but hurts the common consumer.

The solution for you is to jailbreak.

 

[stuffradio]

With these much larger screens, I'd like to be able to have Landscape home screens, and some context menus kind of like on OS X, but on the iPhone and iPads.

 

[BillyMatt87]

With these much larger screens, I'd like to be able to have Landscape home screens, and some context menus kind of like on OS X, but on the iPhone and iPads.

If the next iPhone does in fact have a larger display, they absolutely need to bring back the full screen caller id and larger buttons that were removed from the phone app in 7.1

 

[justinthesommer]

So many things need fixing and changing, but other things are perfect! Im excited to see what Apple does and fingers crossed it something I like. But most apps definitely needs new looks. And you should be able to hind some apple apps. I have alot of things to say, but just excited to see what comes at WWDC!

 

[ravipiero]

One of the main reasons apple's iOS devices have been so successful is precisely because the interface and controls are universal between all iOS devices. There is no learning curve between picking up two different iPhones, iPods, iPads etc. the reason that the iPad caught on so quickly and created a new segment is because, as apple proudly touted during it's unveiling, everyone already knew how to use it.



What you're asking for offers interest to creative types but hurts the common consumer.



The solution for you is to jailbreak.

Totally agree with this. But I hope Apple improves Invert Mode to become more like Cydia's Eclipse tweak. Dark theme is cool and I think people will like it.

 

[HMI]

Replace IFTTT
Add Automator to replicate and replace all the functionality of IFTTT.
An Apple solution would be far more useful, elegant, and convenient anyway!

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

"Siri, Read this page/book!" (iBooks and webpages)

 

[afsnyder]

Uh how is it curious? They should've stuck with the mountain lion dock, it fits every wallpaper compared to the current one

It had no purpose! The new dock is nice, but a tweak to it would be nice too.

 

[ionjohn]

It had no purpose! The new dock is nice, but a tweak to it would be nice too.

What's the purpose of the new one? All it does is hide your wallpaper

 

[mrcheezit]

I agree that the new dock isn't great... but it does sort of blend in/match the color scheme of your wallpaper so that's okay.

iOS 8 just needs more expandability -- that's the only way Apple can get people who are already using Android and are used to its customizability to switch over to iOS. Things like widgets and more places to put icons are a must too. You could put the widgets on the lockscreen like some of the jailbreak tweaks but with Touch ID you really only see your lockscreen for like half a second anyways.

 

[joejoejoe]

Totally agree with this. But I hope Apple improves Invert Mode to become more like Cydia's Eclipse tweak. Dark theme is cool and I think people will like it.

Yes!!! I invert my screen every day when i'm in a dark space to prevent my eyes from feeling like they're burning off.

I was close to giving up on 7.1 and jailbreaking for eclipse alone. I would keep it in that mode constantly.

 

[BillyMatt87]

I agree that the new dock isn't great... but it does sort of blend in/match the color scheme of your wallpaper so that's okay.

iOS 8 just needs more expandability -- that's the only way Apple can get people who are already using Android and are used to its customizability to switch over to iOS. Things like widgets and more places to put icons are a must too. You could put the widgets on the lockscreen like some of the jailbreak tweaks but with Touch ID you really only see your lockscreen for like half a second anyways.

Would a 3D dock fit in with the iOS 7 design philosophy?

 

[C DM]

Would a 3D dock fit in with the iOS 7 design philosophy?

A "floating" transparent/translucent like one that moves with parallax apparently would.

 

[BillyMatt87]

A "floating" transparent/translucent like one that moves with parallax apparently would.

Yeah that would be great! The dock in iOS 7 feels like a step backwards to iOS 1-3.

With the parallax feature in iOS 7, I could totally see CoverFlow making a comeback in the music app's landscape mode which would look similar to the Safari tabs but horizontally of course.

 

[scapegoat81]

Need. Quick Reply. Stat.

 

[afsnyder]

What's the purpose of the new one? All it does is hide your wallpaper

It's a visual cue to let people know that it's a dock. I'm sure there might be a better way of doing it but there has to be a visual cue, maybe just a translucent line above the doc and under the paging dots.

 

[tkwolf]

They must've gotten a lot of feedback regarding the ugliest of the icons and whatnot, it'd be dumb not to change 'em since most people don't like them.

----------

Actually, majority of the people I know outside of MacRumors and other sites are favorable towards iOS7, including me.