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Major flaw on all platforms: switching apps is cumbersome and slow We need ALT TAB on phones
Right side convenience key assignment? "Application switcher".
Works exactly like desktop Alt-Tab.
Not that this one random four year old example proves you wrong. It's just the experience I can share. (Here's a screenshot that I found from elsewhere: http://i1223.photobucket.com/albums/dd504/Kirkx1/utf-8BU25hc... )
My wish is that Apple adds paid upgrades for apps in the app store. I'm now close to releasing a major upgrade for an iPhone app, but these upgrades aren't going to be sustainable for me without paid upgrades (I don't want the new features to be IAP features) In the long run, this will also benefit customers because paid-upgrades will help developers add more features to the app. Users who want the new features can p…
A paid upgrade would also signify a breaking point for further free upgrades for any user that doesn't buy the upgrade. It's not really meant to work that way.
A paid upgrade would be a clear signal to users of the free version that there will not be any free upgrades in the future. Some users would prefer knowing that over the uncertainty of 'will this app ever be updated?/will that one bug ever be fixed?' that they get when an app does not see updates for months/years.
Major flaw on all platforms: switching apps is cumbersome and slow We need ALT TAB on phones
I would love to see a Swype-like keyboard. I'm surprised that Apple didn't acquire Swype. The user experience is fluid and iOS-like. Apple could use Swype's patents to keep the keyboard as a unique selling point for iOS.
My wish is that Apple adds paid upgrades for apps in the app store. I'm now close to releasing a major upgrade for an iPhone app, but these upgrades aren't going to be sustainable for me without paid upgrades (I don't want the new features to be IAP features) In the long run, this will also benefit customers because paid-upgrades will help developers add more features to the app. Users who want the new features can p…
My wish is that Apple adds paid upgrades for apps in the app store. I'm now close to releasing a major upgrade for an iPhone app, but these upgrades aren't going to be sustainable for me without paid upgrades (I don't want the new features to be IAP features) In the long run, this will also benefit customers because paid-upgrades will help developers add more features to the app. Users who want the new features can p…
The rationale behind this is that users can still be notified of major release versions without forcing them to upgrade or die (sometimes people continue to support older versions for a bit while the new version gets traction). For example, the new version of Coda when it came out was pretty buggy compared to the older more stable version and app store reviews showed it, but there's no way for people buying Coda 2 on the app store to upgrade to Coda 3 at an upgrade price when it comes out. Having the ability to provide a discount for not only Coda 3, but other Panic software at upgrade time could generate more sales for things like Transmit etc.
I'm not singling out Panic, just a recent example.
Major flaw on all platforms: switching apps is cumbersome and slow We need ALT TAB on phones
There is no way that Apple is going to add any sort of direct file access into iOS 6. This would completely undermine the work that they have done to get rid of the metaphor. That said, there is certainly a problem with how files interact with iOS, mainly when it comes to email. Bridging the gap between the non-mobile file world and the pseudo-fileless iOS is going to be tricky.
My vision for that is an API to expose documents in my app, and letting other apps open my editor in a fullscreen dialog, just like the email composer dialog.
The iOS today is very app-centric, and this would make it more document-centric.
Almost all of these will never happen, since they are against Apple's philosophy. They've tried to simplify things (which makes sense for a small device), and get rid of old metaphors (files). All most of these things do is clutter things up for the average user.
