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Who would like THIS on a software update?

Gershon

Gershon

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Who would like THIS on a software update? (3.1 , 3.2 , 4.0 )

You have 11 pages of apps. You want to go to page 10 without flicking right or using spotlight. You want to be there in less than 3 seconds. How then?

Well, I think that Apple should have an intuitive screen recognition system ( Use your finger to write number 10 on the screen and the screen automatically moves to page 10 ) :eek:

Anybody agrees with me?
 
I think Apple may have a patent on something like that...

Apple has a patent on using different fingers to execute different functions: i.e: right middle finger could launch a certain app, or left pinky finger could send you to the 10th homepage. I assume they will leave the index fingers to function as pointers.

Kinda sounds like the same thing. I thought it was a good shortcut, but i guess it would be limited by number of fingers a person has and the number of combinations of fingers that could be sensed.
 
senorhappy said:
I think Apple may have a patent on something like that...

Apple has a patent on using different fingers to execute different functions: i.e: right middle finger could launch a certain app, or left pinky finger could send you to the 10th homepage. I assume they will leave the index fingers to function as pointers.

Kinda sounds like the same thing. I thought it was a good shortcut, but i guess it would be limited by number of fingers a person has and the number of combinations of fingers that could be sensed.
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How would they know which finger is touching the screen tho?
 
macjram said:
How would they know which finger is touching the screen tho?
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Good question... i don't know how it would work. Maybe have to perform a "here's what my fingers look like" training session when you get the phone... just speculating.
 
The Best Solution

Ok this is an easy solution to your problem. You know the dots on the bottom of the springboard that tell you what page your on? Well its simple, whichever one you tap takes you to that page.
 
What I would like is a feature that automatically sorts the icons by the name, date installed, number of times the app has been launched or total length of time the app has been used. Particularly the last 2 which would pit your most used apps nearest to the home screen.
 
Hm, interesting concept. But it's going to be hard to make sure the iPhone detects the difference between 'writing' the page number and pushing an app icon or pushing and holding an icon to rearrange the home screen.

Submit the idea to Apple!
 
There are some good ideas here but most are how to work around the limitations of the current springboard design. This design worked fine before 2.0 but it doesn't work as well for those with large volumes of apps. Rather than adding features to better navigate 11 pages, the whole thing should be redesigned.

Search definately makes it easier but a redesign would be a welcomed feature in a future release.
 
Gershon said:
Who would like THIS on a software update? (3.1 , 3.2 , 4.0 )

You have 11 pages of apps. You want to go to page 10 without flicking right or using spotlight. You want to be there in less than 3 seconds. How then?

Well, I think that Apple should have an intuitive screen recognition system ( Use your finger to write number 10 on the screen and the screen automatically moves to page 10 ) :eek:

Anybody agrees with me?
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I don't think that will work as your finger touching any part of the screen will inevitably trigger an app to open. Think about it.

And I am unsure, but if I had 11 pages of apps I am not sure it would be such a task to get from page 1 to 11. I mean, how fast do you really need to get to that 11th page? If something is important to get to right away it'll be on the first page or two.
 
jessica. said:
And I am unsure, but if I had 11 pages of apps I am not sure it would be such a task to get from page 1 to 11. I mean, how fast do you really need to get to that 11th page? If something is important to get to right away it'll be on the first page or two.
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Say you had a long webpage or a long PDF document opened up on your iPhone, how would you reach the bottom? You might not need to do it that often or you might read the content in it as you scroll slowly, but it still doesn't remove the fact that having a scroll bar or a shortcut to an app page is out of the question.
 
Gershon said:
Who would like THIS on a software update? (3.1 , 3.2 , 4.0 )

You have 11 pages of apps. You want to go to page 10 without flicking right or using spotlight. You want to be there in less than 3 seconds. How then?

Well, I think that Apple should have an intuitive screen recognition system ( Use your finger to write number 10 on the screen and the screen automatically moves to page 10 ) :eek:

Anybody agrees with me?
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Sure ... something like this might be nice, but I think the Spotlight-like search is sufficient for me. Besides, I think my iPhone already does recognize a certain finger gesture I give it when certain apps freeze on me. It doesn't do any good though. :p
 
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