IPhone Needs a New Home • Hacker News Board

Re: IPhone Needs a New Home

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Post by DougBTX » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 2:24 PM UTC

oemera wrote: post #7

I hate to be that guy but PLEASE spell it right! It's not an IPhone it's an iPhone. This is not unimportant cause Apple wont let your into the App Store before you spell it right (at least in the App).

I think that the casing of the first letter of the title is forced by HN.

Re: IPhone Needs a New Home

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Post by tuhin » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 2:27 PM UTC

On a sidenote: Sebastian (@cocoia) posted a great article on the problem of notifications the other day: http://blog.cocoia.com/2011/notify/

Re: IPhone Needs a New Home

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Post by kule » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 2:32 PM UTC

Slightly unrelated but a really simple change I'd really love to see is the "swipe to unlock" moved to the top of the screen so it's easily answerable with one hand.

This way you don't have to crane your thumb down or juggle the phone to a higher position in your hand.

Re: IPhone Needs a New Home

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Post by mrcharles » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 2:32 PM UTC

It frustrates me that the iPhone's UI is stuck firmly in what can effectively be considered the smartphone's past. The UI was revolutionary at first, but that was years ago. Now it's archaic and limiting. I understand Apple's reasons for disallowing UI change, as it is a support nightmare, but I do wish they would allow some kind of opt-in system where you could enable UI replacements, without being forced to jailbreak your phone.

Re: IPhone Needs a New Home

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Post by tuhin » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 2:32 PM UTC

ralx wrote: post #3

Looks great! That coupled with the MobileNotifier ( http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/28/mobilenotifier-iphone-ale... ) that I've been using for a few days could be a vast improvement to the iPhone Lock Screen and Notifications.

I had a look at it today and it does look great. My only suggestion would be to implement the "later" and "Open" in the bar itself so that it is a single click to read it or mark it for later, rather than two clicks. On a superficial layer it might not seem important but when this is a daily affair it will become irritating.

Re: IPhone Needs a New Home

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Post by rimantas » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 2:34 PM UTC

robgough wrote: post #6

I desperately hope that Apple make the home screen (along with better notifications) the primary focus of iOS 5. I first saw this very concept a while back now, and still think it looks amazing. I was under the impression you could get it via a jailbreak, but as I've never jailbroken my iPhone I've not looked into it.

For me these are least important and I struggle to understand why others are so obsessed with it (this does not mean that I think current implementation is the best possible, I just don't care).

The reasons: if I see a badge on a program (mail, phone or SMS) I will check it anyway, so I don't need the full info on the home screen.

Re: IPhone Needs a New Home

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Post by saturdaysaint » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 2:37 PM UTC

There are indications that there won't be an update to the notification system in iOS 5 (Apple had a recent job posting that indicated they were just now looking at updating the notifications), so it's almost hard to imagine what Apple has been working on if they don't update either the homescreen or the widget system. I'm afraid this guy's work will be wasted.

Re: IPhone Needs a New Home

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Post by Splines » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 2:39 PM UTC

rimantas wrote: post #16

robgough wrote: post #6

I desperately hope that Apple make the home screen (along with better notifications) the primary focus of iOS 5. I first saw this very concept a while back now, and still think it looks amazing. I was under the impression you could get it via a jailbreak, but as I've never jailbroken my iPhone I've not looked into it.

For me these are least important and I struggle to understand why others are so obsessed with it (this does not mean that I think current implementation is the best possible, I just don't care). The reasons: if I see a badge on a program (mail, phone or SMS) I will check it anyway, so I don't need the full info on the home screen.

I mostly agree - next meeting on lockscreen would be a nice-to-have.

Re: IPhone Needs a New Home

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Post by yoda_sl » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 2:42 PM UTC

tuhin wrote: post #12

On a sidenote: Sebastian (@cocoia) posted a great article on the problem of notifications the other day: http://blog.cocoia.com/2011/notify/

I believe there is a good chance that Apple will be improving the notification system in iOS since many months ago they hired the UI lead engineer from webOS that apparently came up with the notification system for Palm (now HP) webOS. I have used it a couple times and it was really elegant and not intrusive. So I will expect Apple to get something fresh for iOS 5. And who knows they may show some feature of iOS at tomorrow's announcement.

Re: IPhone Needs a New Home

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Post by pacifika » Tue, Mar 01, 2011, 2:42 PM UTC

You might gain information but you also gain 'information stress', with the current homescreen you feel the phone submits to you in letting you do what you want. With homescreens like this and the notification systems in competing platforms the phone is the one that tells you that 'you really should be looking at these other things as well, nag nag'.

This is useful for certain types of users, that lead busy lives. Therefore for professional users and business users the homescreen in the article will be an improvement because of the extra information but for the casual user and home user it will be mainly an increase in stress, I expect.