Look at fantastical for an example (in my opinion) of how an app can be both aesthetically pleasing yet utilitarian in its appearance and function.
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iOS 7 Hopes and Wishes (merged)
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Look at fantastical for an example (in my opinion) of how an app can be both aesthetically pleasing yet utilitarian in its appearance and function.
I want to be able to AirPlay something and still be able to use my phone, true multitasking. You can do it with YouTube why not AirPlay.
I believe that while Apple will indeed make some interesting changes in the near future they will still want to release a recognisable product. Some of these 'flat' concepts are feel very much like fantasy ideas of individuals and are not considering the way Apple does things. I'm not trying to upset or offend any of these people who have obviously put a lot of work into their ideas - I actually think some of these look quite nice. I just don't see it happening. My thoughts only.
This is an interesting blog post by Tim Green on his thoughts on the future of iOS design. I think this guy gets it.
(I apologise if someone has already linked it and I missed it.)
This is an interesting blog post by Tim Green on his thoughts on the future of iOS design. I think this guy gets it.
(I apologise if someone has already linked it and I missed it.)
SIP client built into the native dialer, Facebook messages buildt into the native messages app and improved Siri are my top three wishes.
Sorry, but that's really ugly. And still skeuomorphic. Just getting rid of the gloss doesn't take away the skeuomorphism.
Apps that are allowed to run when the phone is plugged in and locked, like alarm clock radio apps, those sleep monitor apps and stuff.
They could change the wallpaper the way that playing music does with the album art, just to make it unavoidably obvious you have something running.
Having to have your screen switched on for some of these apps is silly.
They could change the wallpaper the way that playing music does with the album art, just to make it unavoidably obvious you have something running.
Having to have your screen switched on for some of these apps is silly.
1) A new, simpler settings app. The current organization method feels cluttered and overwhelming.
2) The ability to quick sort home screen apps alphabetically or by category.
3) Quick reply for SMS, Email, Facebook, etc
4) A proper file manager/viewer that enables us to easily share multiple file types via SMS, Email, etc (possibly integrated into the spotlight screen?)
5) A banner notification for battery status. The current alert is obnoxious when watching video or playing a game.
2) The ability to quick sort home screen apps alphabetically or by category.
3) Quick reply for SMS, Email, Facebook, etc
4) A proper file manager/viewer that enables us to easily share multiple file types via SMS, Email, etc (possibly integrated into the spotlight screen?)
5) A banner notification for battery status. The current alert is obnoxious when watching video or playing a game.
Which apps do you see skeuomorphism in? I dont see any. The leather and stitching has been removed from Find My Friends as an example.
There will be new UI. The icons will have sub icons(like in macos or win when you have multiple windows and you press alt+tab. This is the only thing i could find out. I cannot say the source or anything, so plz ask me, or even you don't believe don't post any replays that suggest that. I asked if the logo for June 10 is something to do with sub-folders or anything like that to my friend and the answer was yes
Basic things missing in iOS 1-6
Some basic features that should have been introduced a long time ago:
-Custom Equalizer. Not the crap eq presets that mainly distort the music. If Apple doesn't want to because of battery life impact-state this in the settings. Also not talking about app store music/eq apps as that is less battery friendly compared to stock version.
-Custom themes. Everyone wants widgets but themes should be more important. Most want widgets to really customize and personalize their iOS device. Obviously Apple does not want widgets since it will impact battery life and make OS laggy with less-than-stellar specs for iOS devices.
By themes I mean have the option for example choose App Store/iTunes layout (user can pick default iOS 6 version or old version which I like better). Same goes for other default Apple apps such as music.
This can be done through settings or download official Apple theme from App Store. Apple (and only Apple) can release 2 or 3 themes for many of the stock apps giving users more customization and personalization. Once you switch a theme, it downloads and replaces the old theme with the new one-to prevent waste of space.
-Old App Versions. As time passes and iOS devices become old and developers stop supporting them-many apps no longer work because the latest firmware is not installed. So for example Facebook app will not work on say original iPhone because the firmware is too old. Even though it used to work back in the day.
Solution is have a Time-Machine app (like jailbroken iOS devices-even though I don't jailbrake I've seen vids) where users can download old app versions. This incompatibility with apps will happen to all iPhones eventually if Apple does not offer a solution.
-Multiple User Accounts. Think of when Windows XP was released and user account feature was introduced. This allowed for more than one person to use and customize the OS as they liked.
Same should apply for iOS devices with password protection if the user wants. However once the user switches an account- that account is automatically shut down (with warning message). So nothing is running in background hurting battery and performance.
This would be beneficial for say a family or if you want to share with someone without worrying about whether they are looking at your private info.
-A real file system with folders to save documents-pics-etc. This one is straight-forward.
I'm sure I have more basic features I forgot to list and just can't remember now.
Personally I like the current iOS UI. The problem is the things I mentioned here that are missing that should be added in iOS 7.
Some basic features that should have been introduced a long time ago:
-Custom Equalizer. Not the crap eq presets that mainly distort the music. If Apple doesn't want to because of battery life impact-state this in the settings. Also not talking about app store music/eq apps as that is less battery friendly compared to stock version.
-Custom themes. Everyone wants widgets but themes should be more important. Most want widgets to really customize and personalize their iOS device. Obviously Apple does not want widgets since it will impact battery life and make OS laggy with less-than-stellar specs for iOS devices.
By themes I mean have the option for example choose App Store/iTunes layout (user can pick default iOS 6 version or old version which I like better). Same goes for other default Apple apps such as music.
This can be done through settings or download official Apple theme from App Store. Apple (and only Apple) can release 2 or 3 themes for many of the stock apps giving users more customization and personalization. Once you switch a theme, it downloads and replaces the old theme with the new one-to prevent waste of space.
-Old App Versions. As time passes and iOS devices become old and developers stop supporting them-many apps no longer work because the latest firmware is not installed. So for example Facebook app will not work on say original iPhone because the firmware is too old. Even though it used to work back in the day.
Solution is have a Time-Machine app (like jailbroken iOS devices-even though I don't jailbrake I've seen vids) where users can download old app versions. This incompatibility with apps will happen to all iPhones eventually if Apple does not offer a solution.
-Multiple User Accounts. Think of when Windows XP was released and user account feature was introduced. This allowed for more than one person to use and customize the OS as they liked.
Same should apply for iOS devices with password protection if the user wants. However once the user switches an account- that account is automatically shut down (with warning message). So nothing is running in background hurting battery and performance.
This would be beneficial for say a family or if you want to share with someone without worrying about whether they are looking at your private info.
-A real file system with folders to save documents-pics-etc. This one is straight-forward.
I'm sure I have more basic features I forgot to list and just can't remember now.
Personally I like the current iOS UI. The problem is the things I mentioned here that are missing that should be added in iOS 7.
Notes app for example is still a yellow legal pad. Also doesn't seem to be any consistency. Find my friends is light brown/dark brown. App Store, photos, mail and safari are blue and white. Just looks like current iOS minus the gloss.
I actually like the background in Notes, and so do a few other people I've asked. I don't like the leather stitching though (anywhere, including Notes).
One thing we might see is Avenir becoming the default font (or at least used more often). It's the same font as on Apple's Maps.
It's because the old voice recognition in iPhone 4 and earlier does not have the flexibility in syntactical analysis. So bolting it on to Siri would leave jarring discrepancies were you are able to ask for something in some manner from siri but the internetless siri wouldn't necessarily understand.
It's not that the data or resource you are trying to access is local, it's the voice recognition is a damn sight stupider when it's handled on the phone.
Actually there is a level of difficulty to be addressed.
Files are held within an apps sandbox. If you introduce multiple users the following questions need to be addressed.
- Do all users have access to all applications (probably not if kids are involved)?
- If two users can see an app do they share the sandbox (probably undesireable ie. email, calendar and any document based app ie. pages)
- If user files are segregated does this mean each app handles multiple user sandboxes(developer impact in implementing different users)?
- If so what mechanism would you introduce for sharing files between users? ie. are you just adding another layer to the orphaned file problem we currently have with multiple versions of files across different apps.
- What if one of those users doesn't have access to the application? Does the option to share just not be shown? That'll confuse users.
- How is local storage shared between users? So if i've downloaded a massive video and used up all the remaining flash storage, does that mean no one else can use the iPad to save anything?
There are answers to each of these questions, but it's not a straightforward 'right' answer for each one. The tradeoffs have probably been considered for sometime.
Actually there is a level of difficulty to be addressed.
Files are held within an apps sandbox. If you introduce multiple users the following questions need to be addressed.
- Do all users have access to all applications (probably not if kids are involved)?
- If two users can see an app do they share the sandbox (probably undesireable ie. email, calendar and any document based app ie. pages)
- If user files are segregated does this mean each app handles multiple user sandboxes(developer impact in implementing different users)?
- If so what mechanism would you introduce for sharing files between users? ie. are you just adding another layer to the orphaned file problem we currently have with multiple versions of files across different apps.
- What if one of those users doesn't have access to the application? Does the option to share just not be shown? That'll confuse users.
- How is local storage shared between users? So if i've downloaded a massive video and used up all the remaining flash storage, does that mean no one else can use the iPad to save anything?
There are answers to each of these questions, but it's not a straightforward 'right' answer for each one. The tradeoffs have probably been considered for sometime.
Every one of those questions has been answered in Mac OS. IF they wanted to make iOS multiuser they have their system right there.
Be a little more open
would love to be able to share pictures ect to any application "I want" not just twitter facebook and email.
- write my own quick reply messages.
- set my own calendar repeat cycles
- make contact groups and custom ringtones on my phone.
- connect to itunes without itunes asking me if i want to delete everything in my phone for once. simple drag and drop media on and off.
- a power saving feature which turned off certain fuctions when i hit X% battery
- custom notification center widgets
- kill all apps simultaneously
- multi select contacts for sending messages
would love to be able to share pictures ect to any application "I want" not just twitter facebook and email.
- write my own quick reply messages.
- set my own calendar repeat cycles
- make contact groups and custom ringtones on my phone.
- connect to itunes without itunes asking me if i want to delete everything in my phone for once. simple drag and drop media on and off.
- a power saving feature which turned off certain fuctions when i hit X% battery
- custom notification center widgets
- kill all apps simultaneously
- multi select contacts for sending messages
Arrow keys in the keyboard
I see many arguments against adding this feature but I would almost think it is a no-brainer. When I use a Bluetooth keyboard I find great use of arrow keys and I wish that Apple would do something like this with the iOS keyboard.
The photo keyboard is from one of the free note taking programs on my iPad.
I see many arguments against adding this feature but I would almost think it is a no-brainer. When I use a Bluetooth keyboard I find great use of arrow keys and I wish that Apple would do something like this with the iOS keyboard.
The photo keyboard is from one of the free note taking programs on my iPad.
