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If 4.0 has a user interface "refreshment" what are possibilities?

jayenh said:
no worries, at least you were constructive about it. however, i disagree and i'm happy with it. i've never once looked at my phone with that background and thought "oh snap, i can't find my app because it blends in with the background....", they really don't. i like my iphone to be set up to please me, not everyone else. it's really that simple. perhaps the background doesn't illustrate my point as effective as the default ipad background (or something equally plain) would, but the point i wrote still stands. smaller icons, better text and user placed icons are an effective way of limiting the cluttered look. android pulls it off just fine so there is no reason why apple can't...

to be honest i'm more interested in what apple does with the notification system. if that doesn't change then i'm out.

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can i also requote this?



the point is choice, not whether people like my home screen or not. you'd simple choose a different image, would you not? even if it was a plain old black one again.

people talk about keeping every phone the same, that's fine, keep icons and menus unchanged and unchangeable. changing the background is not suddenly going to stop someone from being able to use someone else's iphone. all the icons and icon labels will still be the same... it's like buying a car, i'd like to be able to pick the colour and alloys, maybe even the colour of the interior, but just because these things are different to my friends doesn't mean i'm suddenly not going to be able to find the ignition or radio, they will still be in the same place as his...
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A lot of people like their own myspace page design too… it doesn't make it a good design.
 
TheSpaz said:
A lot of people like their own myspace page design too… it doesn't make it a good design.
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But there are some good designs out there, and people have the ability to make/use them. ipad lets you change the background, and I'm sure it's possible to get some terrible backgrounds that make it look cluttered. A feature shouldn't be ommited just because it *might* be used improperly.
 
terraphantm said:
But there are some good designs out there, and people have the ability to make/use them. ipad lets you change the background, and I'm sure it's possible to get some terrible backgrounds that make it look cluttered. A feature shouldn't be ommited just because it *might* be used improperly.
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Haha. I didn't say it should be ommited, I just don't think his SpringBoard looks good. I know that he seems to like it and that's totally up to him, but I was just saying... just because you like your own design, doesn't mean it's actually a good design.

Yes, there are some good myspace designs, but a lot of people have no idea what good design is, but they *think* their page looks really "cool"... even though it gives people headaches to look at.
 
paulcdb said:
3 things i'd like...

upcoming calendar events listed on the lock screen
something like 6 most used apps on the search screen (yeah right)
and for text's to re-send if the phone is out of signal when you sent it :(

oh and flash... (yes i'm joking) :D
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I agree with 1 & 3, but I don't like the 2nd one. The search screen is for searching, not for your most used apps. That is what your "main" home screen is for. Why would you not put your most used apps on your main screen?
 
STEVESKI07 said:
I agree with 1 & 3, but I don't like the 2nd one. The search screen is for searching, not for your most used apps. That is what your "main" home screen is for. Why would you not put your most used apps on your main screen?
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Hehe. I remember having more than one page once.
 
TheSpaz said:
Haha. I didn't say it should be ommited, I just don't think his SpringBoard looks good. I know that he seems to like it and that's totally up to him, but I was just saying... just because you like your own design, doesn't mean it's actually a good design.

Yes, there are some good myspace designs, but a lot of people have no idea what good design is, but they *think* their page looks really "cool"... even though it gives people headaches to look at.
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ok, we get the point now. your opinion is that you don't like it, and your opinion is that someones design might not be a good design in your opinion (noticing the key word?). like i have said multiple times now, if you don't like the image i used as an example you'd simply use something else. i mean, if we get backgrounds i'm pretty sure apple will be supplying a couple. or are you actually reading the constructive part of my posts and disagreeing (if so please be constructive in your replies) that smaller icons (for better spacing), labelling or drop shadow around the text, and user placement of icons would not help make user backgrounds look ok? it works in android and 2/3 works on the ipad.

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backgrounds aren't even my main concern. sure it adds a bit of eye candy (in my eyes), but i'm more concerned with some form of multitasking and, most importantly, a massive redesign of the poor notification system.
 
jayenh said:
ok, we get the point now. your opinion is that you don't like it, and your opinion is that someones design might not be a good design in your opinion (noticing the key word?). like i have said multiple times now, if you don't like the image i used as an example you'd simply use something else. i mean, if we get backgrounds i'm pretty sure apple will be supplying a couple. or are you actually reading the constructive part of my posts and disagreeing (if so please be constructive in your replies) that smaller icons (for better spacing), labelling or drop shadow around the text, and user placement of icons would not help make user backgrounds look ok? it works in android and 2/3 works on the ipad.

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backgrounds aren't even my main concern. sure it adds a bit of eye candy (in my eyes), but i'm more concerned with some form of multitasking and, most importantly, a massive redesign of the poor notification system.
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Yes, it's my opinion that your background looks fugly, but just because it looks good to you, doesn't make it a good design. There are good designs and bad designs (that's not an opinion) and yours is a bad design. Apple would never supply an image like that to use as a background.

By the way... the smaller icons also look stupid (in my opinion). I like the spacing the way it is right now.
 
I'm sorry if this post is out of place or off topic (Im new to this game). Anyways, I heard that OS 4.0 won't be available to the first gen iphone like mine. Any ideas how much truth there is in that?
 
I'd like to be able to place the app icons anywhere on the grid. For example, if I only have 4 apps in a page I may want to place them in the corner or on the left or right edge of the screen.
 
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