Ready for 4.0?

[rockstarjoe]

Finder.

 

[macjram]

through push notification, when an app gets a notification you have the option to have it display a number on a red badge/pin looking thing with how many notifications are active for that app. that way you can see if an app needs your attention from the home screen

OHH. Thanks !

I saw it on Beejive, and turned it on without knowing what it was, haha.

 

[w00master]

Wrote this on another thread of this same topic: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/721643/


High priority items:
FIX NOTIFICATIONS
Better App organization tools both on the phone & through iTunes

Mid to Low Level Items:
Background/True Multitasking

In re: Background/True Multitasking on the "whiners" (both pro & against), everyone does realize that this is an EVENTUALITY? Right? So those who are so "against" it, might as well prepare for the future.

My proposed solution isn't Spaces (I abhor Spaces on Leopard, hate it), but Expose. To me, this makes the most sense on the iPhone platform to iconically and metaphorically represent tasks in a touchscreen environment. Spaces doesn't make sense b/c it's about app or space organization, where as Expose has *always* been about app task *management*.

So, I'm going out on a limb here, in the EVENTUALITY that Apple introduces Backgrounding/True Multitasking I bet it will be visually represented in iPhone's version of Expose. I'm putting my money down on that.

Finally to those who are "pooh-poohing" the idea of Background Apps b/c it only benefits music apps? Wouldn't be nice to have MORE THAN ONE EMAIL MESSAGE OPEN? That's just one example of many.


Long Shot Feature?
Custom Shortcut Gestures. I'd love to be able to create a custom gesture that I can use at any time to launch a particular app or do a particular task. Yes, even when the screen is in "locked mode." Heck, lets' go further than that: why type a passcode to "unlock" the phone, when it would be more intuitive to custom create a unique gesture to unlock the phone. The benefits? You can do it blindly & you are not restricted to a 4 digit code.

w00master

 

[QCassidy352]

different signatures for different email accounts in mail!

My proposed solution isn't Spaces (I abhor Spaces on Leopard, hate it), but Expose. To me, this makes the most sense on the iPhone platform to iconically and metaphorically represent tasks in a touchscreen environment. Spaces doesn't make sense b/c it's about app or space organization, where as Expose has *always* been about app *management*.

So, I'm going out on a limb here, in the EVENTUALITY that Apple introduces Backgrounding/True Multitasking I bet it will be visually represented in iPhone's version of Expose. I'm putting my money down on that.

Fully agree. I've thought that for a while. Makes so much sense - much more, in fact, than the card system Palm uses because you would be able to go from any app to any other app rather than only being able to go to app 2 or 4 when you're currently on app 3.

 

[beegie]

Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who answered my Q re: the iPhone allowing space for full addresses.... and even much more info than that, per your great responses... and love the google maps feature, thanks... and google earth with the cameras up and down the streets, very cool... does the iPhone do google earth? (It's a memory hog on my White iBook but fun to play with nonetheless.)

 

[w00master]

Fully agree. I've thought that for a while. Makes so much sense - much more, in fact, than the card system Palm uses because you would be able to go from any app to any other app rather than only being able to go to app 2 or 4 when you're currently on app 3.

To be fair, the Pre card system (which imho is actually very well done to visually represent multitasking) is very similar to expose. If you think about it.

w00master

 

[w00master]

Thank you to everyone who answered my Q re: the iPhone allowing space for full addresses.... and even much more info than that, per your great responses... and love the google maps feature, thanks... and google earth with the cameras up and down the streets, very cool... does the iPhone do google earth? (It's a memory hog on my White iBook but fun to play with nonetheless.)

Yes, Google Earth is on the iPhone:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=293622097&mt=8

 

[aidricksdad]

Jailbreak ---> Winterboard

WINTERBOARD=JACKMYIPHONEUPANDMAKEITSLOW

although i wonder how well it will be on 3gs with all the new ram and whatnot

 

[aidricksdad]

To be fair, the Pre card system (which imho is actually very well done to visually represent multitasking) is very similar to expose. If you think about it.

w00master

the pre card thing sure looks alot like iphones weather app


hmmmmm

 

[w00master]

the pre card thing sure looks alot like iphones weather app


hmmmmm

Listen, I understand the Anti-Pre bias, but imho there's something to be learned from everyone.

So yes, while Pre's card thing "looks a lot like iPhones weather app," you are looking at it from its "card perspective." Apps (just like on the iPhone) can be full screen as well. It just requires a gesture to get back into the "card mode." The nice thing is that you can view multiple e-mails, contacts, etc. in a card fashion (and easily switch to each item quickly) or at one at a time.

This is how imho multitasking will be on the iPhone eventually except that when you pull back (a la Expose), you'll see every task running.

w00master

 

[aidricksdad]

if aand when apple does impliment something like this i hope that it is not gesture based but rather a dedicated harware button say like one that could be used also for a camera shutter or whatever just in my experience with anything gesure based it never goes as planned ......or maybe i just suck but either way an expose syle multitasking iphone sure does sound tasty


maybe the guy who does backgrounder could come up with and inerface like that