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What's in Your Dock?
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I can't believe that some people don't have Messages on the dock. I mean, the iPhone is, first and foremost, a phone. I would think everyone would want to most quickly access the main features of a phone... Phone, Messages, Contacts (I access contacts from the Phone app). Next most important I would think is email... as that is a secondary form of communication, and the iPhone is after all, a communication device. Lastly, Apple is known for their iPods, and the iPhone is a derivative of them; So that would also deserve a place on the dock.
Hence my dock: Phone, Mail, Messages, iPod (I'd love to have Phone then Messages, but two green icons together is weird).
Also, a lot of people consume data normally found on the web through specific apps (i.e. using the Facebook app instead of logging into the site on Safari. Wikipedia, News apps, Weather apps, IMDb, eBay, Amazon, etc). Safari really only gets me on forum sites, and a couple select blogs (most of which I could also get apps for, but don't want to bother).
It always fascinates me how people choose to organize their phones. Can't find a damn thing on my husband's phone when I have to use it, and I have no idea how he functions with it like that. But it works for him.
Regarding needing Messages in the dock--if you're jailbroken with biteSMS installed, you may very rarely ever open the actual app. Quick reply and quick compose can be done from anywhere on the phone without accessing the app itself. My texting habit shot through the roof because it was so much more convenient once I jailbroke and installed bite--before having QR/QC, I almost never used Messages, so it wasn't on my dock then either! LOL Seriously, though, Apple REALLY needs to implement that feature in their stock app.
As far as the rest goes, I personally hate having to have apps for every little thing on the web, so I do use Safari pretty often. I also have just two homescreens--the first has 10 undocked apps and 5 docked, plus two folders for Favorites and Utilities. The 10+5 are my most used--including things like MLB At Bat, Camera+, OmniFocus and Facebook. The next tier of usage is in those two folders on the first page for quick access, and those probably get opened a few times a day. Everything else is in 5 folders on the second page, and those might be opened once a day or less, depending on the category. (With the JB, I'm not subject to Apple's artificial folder size limitations, so it all fits just fine, and nothing's more than one swipe/one click away.)
Posted a screen shot earlier, but for reference, my dock is typically Phone, Mail, Notebooks for iPhone, Safari, iPod.
Jailbreak--5 icon dock (or other similar tweaks). And the iPhone icons are usually for the phone app, occasionally messages or ipod, depending on the theme. Themed icons also require a jailbreak to implement.
I e-mail everyone. I barely text message at all.
That's why I didn't list messages, phone, or e-mail on my last post as things that surprise me when missing. I can easily see people only using 2 out of the 3. I'm one of them, after all.
How do you keep the first home screen, app free? I've been trying to do that on my iPhone.
I want to first be able to see my wallpaper, and then slide for the next home screen.
Hi,
Jailbreak and using infidock{think that's what it is called} will allow more icons in the iphone 4 dock. Ive seen screen shots with over 9 although it does look crowded.
Time apple released a firmware or app that allows this as standard !
Jailbreak and using infidock{think that's what it is called} will allow more icons in the iphone 4 dock. Ive seen screen shots with over 9 although it does look crowded.
Time apple released a firmware or app that allows this as standard !
You just simply move all of the apps off of it. The home screen does not disappear if there is no content on it, like pages 2-11 if you remove apps from them. My mom is just like you, she has a picture of my niece (her grand daughter) as her wallpaper and wanted to see her picture only on the first screen. So I moved all of her apps backs a page, and to my surprise (as I did not know), the home screen remained just a blank screen.
Also, as to the the thread: my homepage and dock remains just how it comes. Unfortunately, I am quite a stickler to feeling that the way Apple arranges the apps are the way it must remain. The few times I have tried rearranging things, I change it back within minutes.
Mine:
Phone
Perfect Browser (cause it's better than Safari)
Dunnit (to do list)
Camera
And as soon as iOS 5 comes out camera is going away and probably put my grocery list there (or maybe something else). I hate having camera use up that slot cause it's not an app I use too much but when I want access to it, I want to be able to get to it as quickly as possible (iOS5 solves that for me).
Phone
Perfect Browser (cause it's better than Safari)
Dunnit (to do list)
Camera
And as soon as iOS 5 comes out camera is going away and probably put my grocery list there (or maybe something else). I hate having camera use up that slot cause it's not an app I use too much but when I want access to it, I want to be able to get to it as quickly as possible (iOS5 solves that for me).
