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To those unhappy with iOS 6, where can Apple realistically go with iOS 7?

matttye said:
- File manager
- Decent sharing API that apps can implement, not just Facebook, Twitter and other networks that Apple chooses
- Widgets, or at least shortcuts to settings, contacts, locations, etc. Apple already lets us add web clips, it doesn't make sense not to let us add shortcuts to other things on the home screen too
- Method of installing apps outside of the app store. No company should decide everything that can be installed on user's devices. That's just wrong IMO
- Ability to change default stock apps (e.g. the browser)
- Ability to remove default stock apps we don't use
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#1 already exists. accounts.framework.
#2 Possible but could bring clutter
#3 Exist for corporate use. Unlikely to gain traction for consumers
#4 Editable default apps would be a great feature.
#5 Or at the very least let us hide them.


I'd like to see

Smart Folders - System wide.
Better import/export of documents across apps
Voice enabled system settings (Turn Wifi/Bluetooth/Cellular off etc)
Location aware profiles (ability to hide or show apps/folders based on location and more.
Scrollable folders
Drag and Drop
 
nuckinfutz said:
#1 already exists. accounts.framework.
#2 Possible but could bring clutter
#3 Exist for corporate use. Unlikely to gain traction for consumers
#4 Editable default apps would be a great feature.
#5 Or at the very least let us hide them.


I'd like to see

Smart Folders - System wide.
Better import/export of documents across apps
Voice enabled system settings (Turn Wifi/Bluetooth/Cellular off etc)
Location aware profiles (ability to hide or show apps/folders based on location and more.
Scrollable folders
Drag and Drop
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Number 1 does not exist. Use an android device and hit the share button in any app. You get a nice list of apps you can share whatever your doing to. On a social level this lets you post a youtube video to twitter, google+, or facebook or even a third party client for one of those. It also lets you upload files to apps, save them to the file system or email them. You also can share a photo to any app that supports the share api. Pretty much all major apps support this api. Another thing it is used for is printing apps. Any app that has sharing functionality can use a printing app. You just hit share and select that printing app. Apple has nothing anywhere close to what android offers with cross app integration. On android this is used on almost all apps. Developers actually use it. Its not just a touted feature that never gets implemented. It was also in the OS since the beginning so everything was designed with it in mind.
 
nuckinfutz said:
#1 already exists. accounts.framework.
#2 Possible but could bring clutter
#3 Exist for corporate use. Unlikely to gain traction for consumers
#4 Editable default apps would be a great feature.
#5 Or at the very least let us hide them.


I'd like to see

Smart Folders - System wide.
Better import/export of documents across apps
Voice enabled system settings (Turn Wifi/Bluetooth/Cellular off etc)
Location aware profiles (ability to hide or show apps/folders based on location and more.
Scrollable folders
Drag and Drop
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#1 does not exist on iOS in the sense that I'm talking. On Android, you can share your pictures, for example, to any service that implements sharing.. Google+, Facebook, Instagram, Photobucket, Twitter, Flipboard, Gmail, Facebook Messenger, etc etc. In Flipboard, if you want to share an article, you tap the share button (signified by an icon throughout Android) and you can share it to any of those services I mentioned. In Twitter, you can share tweets with those services. It is a lot more feature packed and more extensible than iOS' sharing features.

#2 Widgets, yes, but shortcuts to contacts/settings/etc.. no, because they would just take up one space like the existing apps do :p

#3 Agreed. It's a wish but I don't think it'll happen.
 
all i'm asking for is something like this ... basically allowing devs to use the not center

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so i can turn of the damn rotation lock the easy way as well as bluetooth etc
and unlimited apps in one folder, the most annoying thing of all
 
matttye said:
#1 does not exist on iOS in the sense that I'm talking. On Android, you can share your pictures, for example, to any service that implements sharing.. Google+, Facebook, Instagram, Photobucket, Twitter, Flipboard, Gmail, Facebook Messenger, etc etc. In Flipboard, if you want to share an article, you tap the share button (signified by an icon throughout Android) and you can share it to any of those services I mentioned. In Twitter, you can share tweets with those services. It is a lot more feature packed and more extensible than iOS' sharing features.

#2 Widgets, yes, but shortcuts to contacts/settings/etc.. no, because they would just take up one space like the existing apps do :p

#3 Agreed. It's a wish but I don't think it'll happen.
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Feature packed but not more extensible. The accounts.framework supports

Twitter
Flickr
Vimeo
Facebook (forthcoming)
Chinese services - Sina Weibo, 126.com, 163 and more.

It's designed to authenticate and share with web services. It's the same thing really. I don't much more extensibility from Android's approach other than a few more apps supported.
 
nuckinfutz said:
Feature packed but not more extensible. The accounts.framework supports

Twitter
Flickr
Vimeo
Facebook (forthcoming)
Chinese services - Sina Weibo, 126.com, 163 and more.

It's designed to authenticate and share with web services. It's the same thing really. I don't much more extensibility from Android's approach other than a few more apps supported.
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It's more extensible because it's not Android that support the apps, it's the apps that support Android. Anybody can write apps to take advantage of Android's sharing features, whereas services in iOS are chosen by Apple.
 
irDigital0l said:
Yes...

Kinda obvious...
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Not really obvious, NC sucks.

And not just the execution, the idea itself of dragging down this invisible tray is terrible. Ideally they would get rid of the system-wide search screen to the left of the home screen, the one that nobody uses, and turn that into a NC that more closely mimics that Mac's dashboard.
 
bushido said:
all i'm asking for is something like this ... basically allowing devs to use the not center

Image

so i can turn of the damn rotation lock the easy way as well as bluetooth etc
and unlimited apps in one folder, the most annoying thing of all
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This. If they allowed this, I doubt people would even bother asking for widgets on the homescreen anymore.
 
bushido said:
all i'm asking for is something like this ... basically allowing devs to use the not center

Image

so i can turn of the damn rotation lock the easy way as well as bluetooth etc
and unlimited apps in one folder, the most annoying thing of all
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What JB apps/hacks are these?

Thanks.
 
Another small thing; I would like the icons to rotate to the correct orientation when the phone is in landscape mode, as the iPad does.

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P51 said:
This. If they allowed this, I doubt people would even bother asking for widgets on the homescreen anymore.
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It would be even better if you could access the NC fully from the lockscreen.
 
Oh, another thing that could be improved is BT keyboard support:
  • Ability to scroll pages with arrow keys
  • Map Launchpad key to Home and Mission Control to App Switcher
  • Support for delete/fn+backspace/cmd+d (ie. erase characters right of the cursor)
  • Option to disable/remap Caps Lock key (as you can in OS X)
  • Support for cmd+f in Safari
 
WeegieMac said:
I think the closest we'll see to live widgets on the home screen is live icons ... maybe.
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That should be possible. Give one app icon the space of two or even three icons, more space for live information but still keeping the look and feel of a standard icon.
 
- Updated UI
- Live icons or some sort of live widget within Notification Center (leave optional to those who don't want to give up screen real estate, battery life, etc.)
- EQ settings within Music app
- Ability to change default browser to 3rd party app downloads
 
They could integrate iCloud functionality into FaceTime that would allow you to toggle between devices without having to end your call:

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Drunken Master said:
Not really obvious, NC sucks.

And not just the execution, the idea itself of dragging down this invisible tray is terrible. Ideally they would get rid of the system-wide search screen to the left of the home screen, the one that nobody uses, and turn that into a NC that more closely mimics that Mac's dashboard.
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Yeah that's a great idea! Turn the notification bar into a search bar! Next lets turn the home screen into a camera and the clock app into YouTube! :rolleyes:
 
lunaoso said:
Yeah that's a great idea! Turn the notification bar into a search bar! Next lets turn the home screen into a camera and the clock app into YouTube! :rolleyes:
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You seem to miss the whole point of the nc. It's so you can see what messages etc you have and reply from wherever you are.
 
SilentLoner said:
You seem to miss the whole point of the nc. It's so you can see what messages etc you have and reply from wherever you are.
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Yeah I understand that. Did you quote me on accident or did you miss the sarcasm?

But yeah it could use some improvements but I use it all the time. It's great to see all of my notifications and be able to just tap a notification to bring me to that app. Something like quick reply would be cool, but I think it works fine without it. And it definitely doesn't need a search bar. :p
 
I think they will add a video service similar to youtube with streaming from iphone options.
And they will add some 3d capabilties espacially when then release ios7 alonge with an ipad4 and/iphone 6 wich will problable have enough gpu and cpu power to run those.
 
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