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Who would like THIS on a software update?
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Apple should allow you to categorize all the apps like they are in the app store: All the games in one folder, everything for camera in another folder, everything for sports in another, etc.
Thank you, a way to make it very easy also using this method would be to easily slide through the pages using the dots at the bottom of the springboard instead of having to swipe through each individual page.
-toughluck
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 )
Anybody agrees with me?
I think your idea is not so bad but at 10 pages of apps I think it would be easier to just search for what you are looking for then remember which page a specific app is on.
I'd love to have folders so that I could group apps by category.
And the above posters are right. Touching the strip of screen between the dock and the apps will take you to the next page left or right. It's very fast - no need to swipe. 5 taps will take me 5 pages to the right in less than a second.
I nominate this as the answer to the OP's challenge. No flicking, no using spotlight, 10 pages in less than 3 seconds. Sorted.
It is a tiny bit fiddly in that you need to hit the correct strip, not the dock or an app, but it's there and it works.
And the above posters are right. Touching the strip of screen between the dock and the apps will take you to the next page left or right. It's very fast - no need to swipe. 5 taps will take me 5 pages to the right in less than a second.
I nominate this as the answer to the OP's challenge. No flicking, no using spotlight, 10 pages in less than 3 seconds. Sorted.
It is a tiny bit fiddly in that you need to hit the correct strip, not the dock or an app, but it's there and it works.
I have my apps organized by page. Home screen has the most used/vital apps. Pretty much everything that came with the phone. Second page has my utilities that I use regularly, if not daily. Third page has games.
That's it. Any app I don't use frequently is removed from the phone. I don't need a messy phone. Already have a messy computer.
Pressing the dots do nothing but go to the next page. You can do the same thing by pressing the left or right lower corners of the screen just above the dock.
That's it. Any app I don't use frequently is removed from the phone. I don't need a messy phone. Already have a messy computer.
Pressing the dots do nothing but go to the next page. You can do the same thing by pressing the left or right lower corners of the screen just above the dock.
Everything should be editable on both the phone and iTunes, and the user should be able to choose which takes priority when there's a sync conflict.
Yes. I'd love to arrange apps in folders in iTunes. I guess I must have about 300 apps in there (mostly free junk) and only about 30 that I want to ever use again.
At the moment it's all thrown in one pile. I'd like to have a way of putting all the junk in one place (I'm too anal to completely erase it), holiday apps in another folder, work apps in another, games in another etc.
Yes, but new apps get thrown into the first available empty space, screwing up your organisation. And if you have more apps in a category than fit into one page, moving apps to create a new page in the right place is a pain.
I suppose I'll give my new arrangement scheme that arranges apps according to how much I use them. For the moment, I've pretty much given up on categorisation (except for games).
Page 1 - my most frequently used apps : Mail, Night Camera (far better than the iPhone camera app), sometimes my game of the moment, Macrumors icon, Tube Deluxe (live updates on London tube), Sky News etc.
Page 2 - my lesser used apps - Shakespeare, Wordbook, Wikipaedia, Handy Level, VNC etc.
Page 3 - apps that I am testing out. New apps go here: Pilates, Face Match etc. After testing, they are either moved to the right page, or deleted.
Page 4 - games. Used to have lots, but am trying to cut down. Still here: Snail Mail, Hero of Sparta, a few others. New games go here too.
Page 5 - should be empty, but empty pages get auto-deleted now.
Page 6 (actually page 5 now) - apps that can't be deleted, (Stocks, YouTube etc) and apps that I very rarely use but want to keep around e.g. FlashLight, iTie (how to tie stuff), UK Numbers (reverse phone lookup).
I used to have double the number of apps on my phone, but have really cut down recently.