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iOS 17 Speculation Thread
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TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️
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I’m sure there will be changes there. Didn’t cover everything in my post.
I don't see them jumping from iPhone 8 to 12 in a year. I honestly think it might be iPhone 8 minimum again with all the performance and optimization rumors.
Not necessarily, but why only 30% of the size it could be??…especially on a phone??
My thumb has had enough of jumping to the top of the screen.
Something that appears up from the bottom so can “quickly” access what you need with one hand… would make it a useful “control” centre.
Yes, so it’s about time they let us place our icons wherever we want as well so we don’t have to keep reaching for the top of the screen. On my Android phone I have all my icons on the bottom half of the screen and it’s so much better.
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I’m going to add a few typing input things that are more wishes than predictions.
Please, please fix QuickPath (the iOS swipe keyboard). It is just awful. Trying to get it to accept “what” rather than “west,” “on” rather than “in,” and countless other combos is maddening. This is an area where AI /ML can shine: is it more likely that I meant “West is going on here” vs. “what is going on here”? Hmmm…. Even more maddeningly, the correct word is frequently shown in the QuickType prediction bar just above the keyboard. (And why does the QuickType suggestion often differ from the little autocorrect word bubble that still pops up on the screen occasionally? And why is the latter still a thing?)
But, in seeming contrast to what I just said, they also have to fix the autocorrect “feature” that changes words after (sometimes long after) you type them based on what it thinks you mean (in turn, based on what you typed after the word in question). A fix would be for iOS to suggest the change but don’t make it without asking me to confirm (much like Grammarly does). I can’t tell you how often I’ve had to fix posts and tweets after the fact because iOS surreptitiously “corrected” words without asking me to confirm the change. That’s on me for not proofreading, but still…
Finally, while they’re at it, they need to fix the autocorrect feature that thinks everything is someone’s name: “able” ≠ “Abel”, “same” ≠ “Samantha”, “perhaps,” ≠ “Pensacola”, etc. I have a very long list of these I’ve posted in the past (and can be viewed at FB10008379 in Feedback). I know Apple is trying to get names right, but harkening back to the after-the-fact autocorrect issue in the previous paragraph, isn’t it more likely that in mean to type “keep” rather than “Kerri” (unless there is something in the context of what I have already written that would indicate that I mean to refer to a person named “Kerri”? And isn’t it more K̶i̶m̶m̶e̶l̶ likely (it just did that- inserted “Kimmel” when I typed “likely”!!!) that I mean “I want to keep the new iPhone” than “I want to Kerri the new iPhone”?
/Rant
Please, please fix QuickPath (the iOS swipe keyboard). It is just awful. Trying to get it to accept “what” rather than “west,” “on” rather than “in,” and countless other combos is maddening. This is an area where AI /ML can shine: is it more likely that I meant “West is going on here” vs. “what is going on here”? Hmmm…. Even more maddeningly, the correct word is frequently shown in the QuickType prediction bar just above the keyboard. (And why does the QuickType suggestion often differ from the little autocorrect word bubble that still pops up on the screen occasionally? And why is the latter still a thing?)
But, in seeming contrast to what I just said, they also have to fix the autocorrect “feature” that changes words after (sometimes long after) you type them based on what it thinks you mean (in turn, based on what you typed after the word in question). A fix would be for iOS to suggest the change but don’t make it without asking me to confirm (much like Grammarly does). I can’t tell you how often I’ve had to fix posts and tweets after the fact because iOS surreptitiously “corrected” words without asking me to confirm the change. That’s on me for not proofreading, but still…
Finally, while they’re at it, they need to fix the autocorrect feature that thinks everything is someone’s name: “able” ≠ “Abel”, “same” ≠ “Samantha”, “perhaps,” ≠ “Pensacola”, etc. I have a very long list of these I’ve posted in the past (and can be viewed at FB10008379 in Feedback). I know Apple is trying to get names right, but harkening back to the after-the-fact autocorrect issue in the previous paragraph, isn’t it more likely that in mean to type “keep” rather than “Kerri” (unless there is something in the context of what I have already written that would indicate that I mean to refer to a person named “Kerri”? And isn’t it more K̶i̶m̶m̶e̶l̶ likely (it just did that- inserted “Kimmel” when I typed “likely”!!!) that I mean “I want to keep the new iPhone” than “I want to Kerri the new iPhone”?
/Rant
How about a long or “deep” press on the Settings app icon from the home screen and then be presented with a customizable set of 3-4 options to choose from- boom. Control Center appears from wherever after selecting it.
Are you aware of the little pop-up menu that already exists when you hold-press the Settings app icon? This seems like what you’re talking about, though it’s not customizable. 👍🏻
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Riiiight… what I’m getting at is that it would be cool if Apple announced that the items listed in a long press there could be customized with specific actions, like opening the Control Center.
Hey @Pearsey, FWIW I just tried to create a Shortcut for this, and there is no action that also "swipes down", or has access to view the Control Center. Opening that up could at the very least allow you to create your own Home Screen app from a Shortcut that just maybe zooms into the Control Screen as opposed to it sliding down? I could see that as being useful. Maybe even an accessibility feature...
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Oh, ok, that makes sense. I thought you were talking about the idea of a menu with quick settings in general. Customization for that menu could be pretty cool! 👍🏻
TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️
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Requesting Apple to transition macOS icons to iOS.
Yes, I’m really, really hoping they do this! I really like these new icons! The iOS Mail app icon is starting to feel a bit dated, but the new macOS version of that icon looks great! Same with some of the other icons. This would actually be near the top of my wishlist, maybe even first. Every time I see an iPhone and iPad Home Screen mock-up with these icons, it just looks right. Here’s for hoping they either change the default icons, or improve icon customization so that I can change them. 👍🏻
I'd like to see them focus their attention on bug fixes. As happy as I am with this phone as a stand alone, I wish it performed better when plugged in to my car.
For me this is the most wanted feature 🤞🏼
Not for me. Flat iOS symbols made sort of real life just look strange
Well, Bing Chat told me that it thinks the likelihood of better app icon customization on iOS 17 is about an 8 (very likely) on a scale from 1 to 10 based on it’s analysis! 👍🏻😂. I guess we’ll have to wait and see, but fingers crossed! 👍🏻