Practically speaking, I’d like to see application icons becoming more than a simple graphic on screen, but a way to convey information prior to launching an app (think a weather app with a live-updating icon); widgets, as a way to take part of an app’s core functionality and make it easily accessible on the Home screen without having to open the full-blown version (think “quick add” for OmniFocus on the Home screen); vertical scrolling, to better blend Springboard navigation and multitasking together without burdening the Home button.
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Today I’d like to go on the record with a list of features and options I’d like to see in a future version of iOS. I’m not typically huge on lists or “feature request” (last one was a series of predictions for WWDC ’11), but I believe it’s worth discussing the direction where Apple is headed with its mobile operating system and, while we’re at it, propose solutions to improve existing apps and system utilities. I’ll check back on this list after WWDC ’12.
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Today I’d like to go on the record with a list of features and options I’d like to see in a future version of iOS.
Estimated reading time: 11 min
I have been writing a lot about ecosystems, file sharing and inter-app communication in the past months. After the public launch of iCloud last October, I’ve argued that Apple’s cloud solution is the platform for the next decade that might as well become the “operating system” itself, although it (and, by reflection, iOS) still lacks document-oriented functionalities to facilitate the process of creating and moving documents between apps. I have also made the case for a “universal save” option for iOS apps that might take advantage of iCloud, and, fortunately, it seems Apple is lis[…]
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Jakob Plöns Federico Viticci's got nice ideas for a new iOS Home Screen (related to the last quote).