Things I would love to see in iOS 5
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Things I would love to see in iOS 5
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#2A big feature conspicuously absent from iOS is a unified documents folder accessible by all apps, and some basic file management capabilities. It would preferably be mounted as a virtual mass storage device when you plug in the USB cable. Here's hoping this'll be one of the features of 5.0.
Re: Things I would love to see in iOS 5
#3A big feature conspicuously absent from iOS is a unified documents folder accessible by all apps, and some basic file management capabilities. It would preferably be mounted as a virtual mass storage device when you plug in the USB cable. Here's hoping this'll be one of the features of 5.0.
I don't think you'll see any traditional filesystem exposed on iOS. Apple seems pretty determined about this. But I'm pretty sure we will see more support for sharing documents between applications, perhaps with MobileMe integration.
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#4A big feature conspicuously absent from iOS is a unified documents folder accessible by all apps, and some basic file management capabilities. It would preferably be mounted as a virtual mass storage device when you plug in the USB cable. Here's hoping this'll be one of the features of 5.0.
A unified documents folder just doesn't work as seen on OSX.
Most filetypes are bound to a specific application anyway, so there's no point in a cluttered unified folder.
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#5That the author suggests that, since the iPad has a landscape homescreen, this could just be enabled for iPhone shows a lack of appreciation of Apple's design sensibilities that pervades this article. Just because the iPad has it doesn't mean it doesn't need designing for the iPhone.
Furthermore, the iPhone is primarily a portrait device. The iPad, not fitting easily in one hand, is as much a landscape device as it is a portrait one. I'd be surprised if Apple "enabled" a landscape home screen for iPhone in iOS 5.
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#6While I see the use of changeable text in icons, like the calendar app employs, why would anyone want to have animated icons? Perhaps it would be an "eye candy" thing to show off with for 10 seconds, but I'm sure it would be annoying in the long run.
Any ideas for reasonable uses of animated icons?
Re: Things I would love to see in iOS 5
#7A big feature conspicuously absent from iOS is a unified documents folder accessible by all apps, and some basic file management capabilities. It would preferably be mounted as a virtual mass storage device when you plug in the USB cable. Here's hoping this'll be one of the features of 5.0.
A unified documents folder just doesn't work as seen on OSX. Most filetypes are bound to a specific application anyway, so there's no point in a cluttered unified folder.
Why would it be cluttered? It could work just like Settings.
Apps with their own document type register as such with the OS. The "Documents" app shows a list of those apps and each one leads to a list of documents for that app. From this list, users can open, rename, delete, attach to an email, and so on. Apps would not be allowed to dump internal junk in their document folder, only stuff the user creates and knows exactly what it is.
As long as this model was enforced by the OS and by app reviewers, it should be easy for anyone to understand. It would give iOS something fundamental that Android doesn't have at all, which it really needs because it's playing catch-up with most other features right now.
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#8While I see the use of changeable text in icons, like the calendar app employs, why would anyone want to have animated icons? Perhaps it would be an "eye candy" thing to show off with for 10 seconds, but I'm sure it would be annoying in the long run. Any ideas for reasonable uses of animated icons?
Yes, Statsheet was denied putting 345 apps in the store for each college basketball team. If we are only allowed to have one app, then the user could choose which team is theirs, and then the front Icon would change to represent their team.
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#9> API to fetch URLs in the background
Oh yes please, that would get rid of the overly complicated workaround of using PUSH-Notifications for that.
Re: Things I would love to see in iOS 5
#10That the author suggests that, since the iPad has a landscape homescreen, this could just be enabled for iPhone shows a lack of appreciation of Apple's design sensibilities that pervades this article. Just because the iPad has it doesn't mean it doesn't need designing for the iPhone. Furthermore, the iPhone is primarily a portrait device. The iPad, not fitting easily in one hand, is as much a landscape device as it i…
My phone spends 80% of its time in landscape mode. Mail, Messages, Safari, Camera, Twitter and the half a dozen games I have are all better in landscape mode than portrait. If you see that list, 4 apps are by Apple itself. Not to mention any app that needs you to type is infinitely better in landscape mode. Only Calendar, Maps and Phone aren't there because Calendar doesn't have landscape mode, and Maps and Phone are better in portrait.
I wasn't trying to imply that Apple shouldn't redesign landscape mode home screen for the phone --- it was just an idle comment you make when you're thinking out loud. My point/request still holds. Having the option of a landscape mode home screen is much more useful than not. And that's precisely why there is a portrait mode lock available --- for people who don't want it.