When will iOS get Folder Icons

I actually think it is kind of cool that I can tell if a folder still has some room in it, without actually opening up the folder. Fine detail is not viewable on the small icons, but you can still tell what many of them are at a glance.

 

I think that because of the larger screen of the iPad which allows you to see up to 9 miniature iconswith enough detail to identify them, there is little necessity for folder icons. I actually don't like the folder icons as some of them look naff, so I prefer the current view.

Also the icons are named, further eliminating the necessity for generic folder icons.

Finally, icons are limiting - Apple can't come up with an icon for every folder type that one would ever think of, and they are not going to let you make your own, so you could perceivably end up with several folders with the same icons. Which would be counter-productive.

 

Now we're just nitpicking...

 

A little off topic but recently I read where you can change the background of the folder, so not all are the same black looking ones. You could do it without JB but for some reason I can't find it again. And the icons were still recognizable. Hmm. Okay so maybe you need to be JB.

 

I wouldn't mind that as well. More options are always better. And I personally get a bit of eye strain as well.

 

Actually our eyes are drawn to edges first. It also takes less visual processing to read text than to understand a complex picture. I just had not one, but 3 professors go on and on about how we see and read in my CogSciPsych class this last semester and this is one of the few things that actually stuck.

 

jailbreak + categories = folder icons

 

what I could really use is the ability to name a page of apps [e.g.,Travel, Health] and an optional index Home page

 

I have different names for all of my folders. It allows me to know which apps are inside essentially...."Games", "Finance", "Weather"...etc. I have never had an issue knowing where my apps are, and I would especially think that simply having an icon for the folder would just make it harder to know what was in it.

 

I think it is easier to see the mini icons on an iPhone 4 than on my iPad.

 

And I would feel just fine calling my iBooks folder..."iBooks", Finance apps..."Finance" and sports "Sports".

I mean, as an example...Apple can't legally use the ESPN logo...and I am sure you have some apps that aren't ESPN apps in that folder too. And what about other countries that perhaps wouldn't use anything ESPN-branded? You just open up a huge can of worms and one would need to have...as you said earlier...hundreds of different folder designs.

Question: Do you not use titles for your folders? From my point of view, this labeling serves the purpose that you desire for knowing what's inside the app folder. It really sounds like you aren't using customized names for your folders.

 

While not exactly what you want, you can use emoji in your folder names, or even as you folder names. I have my weather apps in a folder and instead of the folder labeled "weather", it says   .

 

Just to add.

Whilst the current icon (very tiny icons of what's in there) is nice.

When you have a full screen of these type of icons it can all look a bit grey and bland looking.

What would be nice (if Apple would allow) would be the option to use a "Custom Icon" for any folder.

Could be so easy done, when you are in a folder, and editing the name for the folder, you could pull in a small image file from your pictures on your iPad.

Apple, and people here (or anywhere) could upload folder icons for everyone to use. So we could have many many icons for all sorts of categories to select from.

Just like on the PC or Mac you could use your own icon image for your Games, or TV, or other folders.

As with all things Apple. It would be nice if WE the USERS had the OPTION to customise the look of icons if we WANTED.

 

It is important

Apple should really get off their hindquarters and implement this -- it could be as simple as using the first icon in the group, add a border, or allow any number of choices in the settings applet. So, why is it important? I'll just point to an example: A few months (or a year?) after opening the app store, Apple starting using a single icon (typically a popular app) to represent a group or category of apps, like strategy games, (like Angry Birds showing up as the icon for GAMES). A single icon shouts out the category -- it's easy to process.

So, who do we bribe to get this to happen?

 

I think this is an absolutely horrible idea. What next? Do you want to change the font that the Folder name is? Or the color? Please.

 

I'd like folder icon covers but an option to select which folders or disable all then.

Good to have the choice.