I’ve been using iOS since it was first released back in 2007 and over time I have seen it grow and mature into an amazing mobile OS. Of course, that does not mean it is perfect. Not everything can be thought up of and/or fixed early on. Over time I have mentally started building a wish list of changes and figured I’d share them with you. As you will notice some/many of these are mostly just to allow the user to keep screen real estate and reduce duplicate usage.
- Merge the App Store, iTunes app, and maybe Apple Store app into 1 app
- iTunes wish list management added to App Store/iTunes apps
- Remove Contacts app from home screen for iPhone
- Allow Game Center to search for friends in Facebook and Twitter
- Allow option to toggle/hide/remove main apps
- Quick access toggles to airplane mode, bluetooth, wifi, cell data, and maybe a kill-all for running apps
- Utilize the search panel with said quick access toggles
- Utilize the search panel with memory usage on device and iCloud
- Utilize the search panel with music/video controls and lock screen from multitask panel
- Include a toggle for the device’s LED light for quick access flashlight
- Utilize lock screen more: maybe next to the clock give option for toggle of unread email and/or quick local temperature
- Remove or speed up shutter animation in camera app
- Stop automatically showing bookmarks page when a user opens Safari app on a blank page
- Add private browsing toggle to main interface of Safari app
- Improved compass design so to avoid constant interference
- App Store push notifications for updates
I’ll be updating this list later when iOS 5 comes out as I have a few issues with the design of some changes in iOS 5. Of course, I’m unable to talk about them publicly for now.
