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Carouser

macrumors 65816
Feb 1, 2010
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...which would become a filesystem.

As I've said before, iOS HAS a filesystem. The photos app is a file system. It's just a rubbish, limited one.

The point at which is does everything that is required (any app can upload/download information for any other app, any personal data or my files can easily be transferred on and off the device in ways that subject to Apple censorship, any app can access the metadata of those files and present it) then it's a file system.

I've not said anything about the user interface for such a file system. I've never asked for Finder.

I have no idea what your point is.
(1) If someone just wants a filesystem, hey presto, iOS already has one, like you said.
(2) If someone thinks they need a GUI like what is on their windows box or OS X (to accomplish tasks like you suggest), then my response stands: this is overkill and a sub-optimal way to help the user achieve her desired ends
(3) Alternatively, you could just define whatever solution Apple provides as a filesystem but this is rather circular, and moreover not in line with how most posters are using 'filesystem'.

Also, 'Apple not making decisions based on MR postings' is not being stubborn, it's called "having an ounce of sense". I didn't realize that iOS 3 changes were thanks to the MR think-tank consulting with Apple project management.

They might lose their minds over at Cupertino one day and say "Oh @#$% did you see these suggestions from MR? We weren't going to implement X but now we had better get on it pronto!", but I doubt it. So much the better for absolutes.
 

sk24iam

macrumors regular
Oct 25, 2009
191
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Add the ability to close all apps running in the background at once, rather than each one individually. (Double tapping te home button feature)
 

bigsexyy81

macrumors 6502a
May 2, 2010
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Also Apple has thought of everything suggested in this thread already and their decisions will not be changed one iota from people posting anything. if you want to make a wish list, knock yourself out but Apple isn't listening for your advice.
Yeah. Just like they thought of every other feature that has been implemented in ever release since the first version of iOS.

::rollseyes::
 

vitaminz

macrumors member
Jan 14, 2010
99
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Cardiff
After using my iPad for a few days, the one thing I'm craving is to have 2 applications on the screen at once - just like Windows 8 does it, where developers can create an additional view of their application that'll be visible when 'docked' on the screen.
 

shazzam

macrumors regular
Apr 19, 2010
162
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Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9B179 Safari/7534.48.3)

Safari favicons
Safari omnibar
Calander.app on iPhone given a visual overhaul
Photos.app given a visual overhaul
Simple text formatting in Notes
Ability to Google from Copy and Paste selection
Multitasking changed to Exposé
Siri can tell u ur battery percentage
 

Arelunde

macrumors 6502a
Jul 6, 2011
980
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CA Central Coast
also all apps should automatically update in a future version.

Had this in Android and background downloads would brick the phone... often when you were in the middle of something important. Having an option to OK an automatic download would be very helpful to avoid this situation.

Also, I'd like to have settings to allow sequential listing of emails by time on an iPhone, like you can already do on an iPad.
 

Sedrick

macrumors 68030
Nov 10, 2010
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I think it's very annoying when people think everything they want in iOS translates to "We". This thread is peppered with FAIL because i don't want any of those features.
Well, that's it, no iOS6. We can all go home now.
 

bbates123

macrumors 6502a
Jul 2, 2010
866
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The ability to set different notification sounds for different email accounts

Not sure why Apple hasn't implemented this yet. Seems like something that anybody with multiple email accounts would want.
 

macbook pro i5

macrumors 65816
May 13, 2011
1,338
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New Zealand
I think it's time we make our lists of what we want and hope that Apple notices and takes our wishes into account.

I know that not all of you will like the suggestions below but, those are what I want. Please list your own suggestions.


New Features:

Free navigation with an ability to download maps to use them offline.
Live icons - Icons that change according to an event, for example a weather app could show the temperature in it's icon.
Full Bluetooth support, sending files, contacts, syncing, etc...
Wi-Fi Direct support/Airdrop, sending files, contacts, syncing, etc...


Tweaks:

Increase folder size, allow for multiple pages in folders - InfiniFolders

SBSettings(Quick switches) widget in Notification Center - Wifi, bluetooth, airplane, cellular data, 3G, brightness

Integrate Spotlight search into notification center - put it on top(above stocks/weather), The search should be instantly accessible from anywhere with minimal taps/swipes.

Camera app needs Timer, time/date/location tagging, 720p @ 60FPS recording option, White balance, Exposure, Light sensitivity(ISO), Contrast
Sharpness, all of these should be added.

Birthday's in Calendar - Right now iOS reads your contacts and displays birthdays of your contacts in the Calendar, but I want it to show the actual age the person is turning in the brackets too... example: John Smith [35].

Ability delete photos from Photo Library

Ability to view the image file information, EXIF(date of taking, size, etc)

Calendar - upcoming event badges on calendar(with an ability to adjust how far in advance you can see your events, 24hours, 7 days, 14 days, etc..)
I know badges are used for invitations right now, but how often do you get those?

Calendar events in Notification Center/Lockscreen - Configure look at head, it only shows events for the next 24 hours, what if I want to show events for the next 72 hours?

iMessage - Needs an ability to share location(Map) like with WhatsApp, right from the iMessage. Current you can only send photos from iMessage, but Maps and Contacts shortcuts should be added too. Also it would be great if the image EXIF data was preserved when sent so the receiver could "open" that image in Maps and navigate... quickly snap a picture of a location, send it, the receiver gets the image, taps "Open in Maps" and finds the route to you.

Prevent shut down when the phone is locked.

Weather in the lockscreen, near the clock, should be optional though.

Delivery notification for normal SMS messages.

Snooze time configuration option for alarm, (amount of snoozes, time in between).

More "Pull down to refresh/do something" mechanics throughout the system.

Private browsing switch IN the Safari, so you can switch it on/off while you're in Safari, not having to go into Settings.

Swiping to get rid of notification banners - swipe them left or right.

Swipe up for the multitasking bar, Volume control and music controls should be available right there, on top of each other so you don't have to swipe to the left for them.

GridTab view for Safari.

YouTube continuous playlist play.

Maps - When you are picking a bookmark or a contact in Maps there is this text in the title taking up space "Choose a bookmark/contact to view on the map" Remove that, most people already know how to use it.

Multitasking gestures like in Zephyr(Cydia tweak) - Swipe from bottom up from the bottom and hold for Switcher, swipe up/flick up from the bottom to go back to the Homescreen. The Switcher itself should also be doubled in size IMO and audio controls should be placed above the app icons.


Desktop:

iTunes... Drag and drop(manually manage) pictures without the need to sync. I don't want to have a folder specifically for the iPhone, I want to simply grab a picture and drag it into the iPhone.



jvmxtra
1. Map is a must n better integration with os
2. Separate volume control for ringer n other alerts
3. Better notification

SporkLover
An integrated Facebook upload in the native photo app

kjs862
Multiple user accounts with fast user switching

Yumunum
-A full filesystem, or (more realistically) a seperate place to store any files if you want to. We NEED this.

-full iCloud syncing. iWorks file syncing is completely stupid right now. You can't get your computer's files unless you use something like Dropbox, but even if you do that, you can't re-save the files back into Dropbox once you're done editing. Dropbox doesn't even let you MOVE files. It's a terrible "solution"

bandofbrothers
An option to add e mail folders as I use a pop account would be good

TM WAZZA
Screen calibration so people who are complaining that their screens are setup with too cool or too warm temperature can fix it to their liking.

The Phazer
One click podcast updating. I can update podcasts, but I have to go and search for them on at a time rather than the phone just grabbing new episodes of my subscriptions. This is, bluntly, crazy, and a really bad user interface.

Move (or at least give access to) the EQ controls from the settings app to the Music app. Y'know, where they'd actually be useful instead of a dozen clicks per song away.

Allow the music app to queue up a track to be played next, rather than immediately.

It would be very helpful to block specific SSID names from ever appearing. Any UK user would block BT Openzone in a second.

User data should be in user folders. It's crazy that you have to jailbreak to get access to your own data - the SMS database, Voicemails etc etc should be in publicly accessible folders.

Please just scrap the YouTube app so Google would port their better webapp to native code.

Newsstand implementation is clumsy. The API shouldn't be limited to this folder, nor should apps automatically be funnelled there.

iMessage should be pulled into a separate app. - Don't agree with this TBH.

summitRun

Delete email from the notification screen.

Excuse me but i have a thread called "One thing you would like to see in IOS 6"search for it:rolleyes:
 

xxBURT0Nxx

macrumors 68020
Jul 9, 2009
2,189
2
You know it is easier to see one thread then having muiltiples.Right??:rolleyes:
Excuse me, you started your thread on March 11, 2012.....

This thread was started on November 23, 2011....

maybe you are the one who should learn how to search :rolleyes:

I don't know why you are going around posting in everyone's threads telling them to use yours as if you started it firstv(especially when yours was started 5 months later). Trying to act like you're a moderator or something??
 

macbook pro i5

macrumors 65816
May 13, 2011
1,338
1
New Zealand
Excuse me, you started your thread on March 11, 2012.....

This thread was started on November 23, 2011....

maybe you are the one who should learn how to search :rolleyes:

I don't know why you are going around posting in everyone's threads telling them to use yours as if you started it firstv(especially when yours was started 5 months later). Trying to act like you're a moderator or something??
I was trying to be helpful:eek::eek::eek::eek: Sorry.
 

TwinMonkeys

macrumors member
Feb 7, 2012
40
0
I would be ELATED if iOS 6 rolled out and, if nothing else, all we got was the ability to delete the freaking stock/weather/contacts/compass/newstand/voicememos apps.

I can't believe we're on version of 5 and we still have to keep these apps on our devices. It's my device, shouldn't I be able to decide whether I want those apps or not?

I agree. But at least until that happens, creating a Utilities folder you never use and throwing them all in there and ignoring them is easy. (I guess you can't do that for newstand though)
 

Dangerdog3000

macrumors member
Aug 26, 2009
75
0
This one might be a long shot, but it's pretty small and I'm sure many would enjoy it.

Give developers access to the icons that show up on the lockscreen for music controls.

For instance, if your using Pandora, the previous/next song buttons really don't help you at all. Instead the dev's should be allowed to replace them with thumbs up/thumbs down.
 

lokiju

macrumors 6502
Jun 10, 2008
275
1
There's to many replies in here to think anyone will see this or if it's already been stated but I'd really love a way to adjust the screen brightness faster just like you can in the iPad but for the iPhone. Also if there's not a way to make the voice entry Siri initial sound/tone to be disabled then there really needs to be.
 

moonman239

Cancelled
Mar 27, 2009
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I like the Private browsing in safari idea (to hide my "stuff" I've been watching) :D

You can enable Private Browsing by going to Settings->Safari.

Anyways, there are plenty of threads for discussing iOS6 wishes. Everyone, please defer your wishes to one of the other threads, as I'm going to ask the mods to close this.
 

xxBURT0Nxx

macrumors 68020
Jul 9, 2009
2,189
2
yeah, maybe instead you should tell them to start posting in this thread considering it was almost certainly the first... :rolleyes:

started on November 23, 2011....
 

Cod3rror

macrumors 68000
Original poster
Apr 18, 2010
1,809
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You can enable Private Browsing by going to Settings->Safari.

Anyways, there are plenty of threads for discussing iOS6 wishes. Everyone, please defer your wishes to one of the other threads, as I'm going to ask the mods to close this.

Hahah, the "BOSS" has spoken, you hear mods?

You seem to lack reading comprehension judging by your answer on private browsing topic.

yeah, maybe instead you should tell them to start posting in this thread considering it was almost certainly the first... :rolleyes:

started on November 23, 2011....

Thank You!


Anyways, not to waste a post, IMO they should unify the Safari address bar and the search bar on the right. Like they did with the desktop version Safari.

Also they should introduce more Mac(+PC Apple software) to iOS syncing, like bookmarks, tabs, etc...
 

Appel

macrumors member
Nov 21, 2010
68
0
Just make it feel live. Its so static and boring right now. Just jumping in and out of applications. Make the wallpaper change depending on what weather it is or what time or season it is. Give some sort of "live" info of sms/mail news/videos right on the homescreen or something new replaceing it. Give ur more options in the settings! Ios5 was a big step. But everyman wants his phone his own way. Atleast some more options wouldnt hurt.

On iPad. Use the bigger screen for something more then just a replica of the Os of a MUCH smaller screen. Make a different os but consistant with the other oses for the ipad.
 

d0vr

macrumors 6502a
Feb 24, 2011
603
1
Just make it feel live. Its so static and boring right now. Just jumping in and out of applications. Make the wallpaper change depending on what weather it is or what time or season it is. Give some sort of "live" info of sms/mail news/videos right on the homescreen or something new replaceing it. Give ur more options in the settings! Ios5 was a big step. But everyman wants his phone his own way. Atleast some more options wouldnt hurt.

On iPad. Use the bigger screen for something more then just a replica of the Os of a MUCH smaller screen. Make a different os but consistant with the other oses for the ipad.

This!

I know android tries to provide the 'live' feeling through widgets, but it just doesn't feel natural. I also don't like how iOS isn't an operating system like WP7 in the way that WP7 tries to remove you from technology by showing tiles of notifications so you can get back to rl quickly, but it doesn't provide an emmersive (sp?) experience either. Do one or the other please! It's currently just open an app, leave the app, open an app etc. etc. You can't even do a quick iMessage reply from notifications when in another app.

Ditto Appel regarding the iPad OS. It feels incredibly limiting in its current form. I think Apple should stop trying to iOS'ify OSX, but rather OSX'ify iOS for iPad a bit. We still need a fully fledged un-comprimised OS for non tablet devices for at least a little while, yet I would still like to use a tablet as more than a web portal. Even most apps are nothing more than a nicer UI for doing what I can currently do in a web browser for the apps specific service.
 
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