We know very little about iOS 6 , the next edition of the iPhone and iPad operating system of rules that is probable to be unveiled at Apple’sWorld Wide Developers Conference tomorrow . So this is a inclination both of what we bonk , and what we want .
What ’s Apple Going to Announce Today ? ( Updating Live )
New Maps
According to rumour , Apple is think to add anew generation of Maps into iOS 6 , replacing Google map serviceswith its own . Apparently Apple ’s version will be fully 3D and beautiful . But that ’s not what I really desire for mathematical function . What I want for maps is offline squirrel away , so I can wait at them when I ’m not connected to the net — a featureGoogle declare just this week . And I want to be able to synchronize my maps ’ bookmarks , and institutionalise path from my desktop computer or my iPad to my iPhone . Oh , and sour - by - go directions . Make it a good GPS already .
https://gizmodo.com/wsj-apple-will-launch-new-map-app-before-end-of-2012-5915774
Fancy visualization would be great — particularly if you get disembarrass of the painful tiling and make everything vector - based and fast — but the other features are more useful . And more importantly , they ’re starting to be available elsewhere .
Facebook Integration
The ( surprising ) rumor is that Facebook will be tightly integrate with iOS 6 , much like Twitter was integrate in iOS 5 . If this mean that we can merge our speech books and issue calendars , then that ’s near news . Same with photos : it would be nice to break down photos and upload them straight into Facebook albums much like you do now with your iCloud ’s Photo Stream . You could even , conceivably , integrate Facebook Chat flat into iMessages .
However , I doubt both troupe would be interested in such a exhaustive commingling . Most plausibly , the Facebook integration stand for some kind of status , link and image - communion option — a la Twitter — and arrangement - wide Facebook authentication service for other apps .
Improved iMessages
At this dot I would be just well-chosen if iMessages worked as it should . Becauseright now it ’s broken , with rotten synchronization across devices . This must be fixed , because transverse - equipment synchronization is the entire tip .
This Might Explain Why Your iMessages Are F*cked Up
iMessages ’ notifications must be fixed too : I do n’t want 189 message telling heap up when I sprain my iPad on after having just had conversation in my iMac or iPhone . Just secern me you have added 189 fresh messages rather of bombarding me with the same conversation I had three hour ago . That would be just hunky-dory , give thanks you .
But I need more than just basic functionality . I need iMessages to connect to Gchat , AIM , and Facebook . And I want this to be seamless . Just pick a user for my name and address book and starting chatting , disregardless of what weapons platform they ’re on .
More Synchronization
The iPhone and iPad involve to contemporize more with other major services . I desire the built - in Safari to synchronize with my Chrome ’s bookmark in the same room the iOS Calendar contemporize with Google ’s Calendar . There ’s no cause to make user ’ lives more difficult by limiting other computing platform options ( other than to interlock the great unwashed into Cupertino ’s world ) . But if Apple loosen up and plays gracious with other pop supplier , its devices will only be more attractive .
Quick Access to Settings
I ’m tired of having to get into preferences to regularize the luminousness of my iPhone , wrench on Wi - Fi , or change 3 G to Edge when I ’m travelling to save energy . These are configurations that should be readily available at the sense of touch of a button . Apple can add them easily and handily , perhaps in a redesigned notifications control panel .
Better Notifications
Notifications were a good — albeit belated — plus to iOS . But they are not as good as they should be . I want to be able to dimiss them justly off , so they do n’t interference with what I ’m doing . I do n’t know how many time I ’ve been about to hit a Send button on the top of the screen but I had to wait until a notification disappear ( Update : you may dismiss them by swiping to the left , but how many masses jazz this ? Just a low percentage of advantage users , I ’m sure . The eternal rest is stuck at oh - f*ck - this - presentment - get - out - already ! ) .
We ask to be capable to throw out notification right away , and also group them in some way when they start to pile up .
Also , please add an alternative to permanently release off notifications when I ’m playing game . Or make them one of the immediate - access configurations , so I can turn them on and off quickly whenever I want .
General Interface Overhaul
I know that Apple fanboys remember that the current iOS interface is the bee ’s articulatio genus . It ’s quite upright , but in realism , it ’s just a laud Palm or Newton MessagePad . For good example , it lack the immediate access to information provided by a user port element like live tiles . It could take pool cue from the current poster boy of user port figure : Microsoft ’s Metro .
I wish Apple could do something groundbreaking with its iOS interface , like Microsoft did with Windows Phone . But that ’s not going to bump any prison term shortly . They do n’t want to kill their prosperous goofball . But perhaps they can introduce some design that would wrench it from acceptable to very useful :
1 . showing information on icons : I want app ikon to be more than just static symbols with a numbered red badge . They do n’t have to be as big and flashy as tiles , but I conceive they can certainly be improve . Perhaps they can be animated by the app to indicate condition change or pertinent entropy . An ESPN app that displays constantly updates grudge , for instance . A native weather app that shows the current temperature .
Or think about Apple ’s sure-enough melodic theme from the Clarence Day of Copland ( the operating system that never was ): show a brochure ’ status by changing the icon itself . illustration : a folder that has n’t been used in a long time would look moth-eaten and quondam . Or a folder would appear to be bulging whenever the number of folders inside would pass certain thresholds . Think about doing the same with app icons . There ’s a lot of room for advance with this very simple interface equipment .
2 . Folder organization : Speaking of brochure , there ’s ample room for betterment of the current folder structure . A boxful with tiny icons that nobody can see is not a very in effect means to storage apps . It ’s just as bad as have 24 springboards . I require iOS to have an automatic app organizer . One that would let you have any app you want to utilise right away on the main jumping-off point , and then have all apps orchestrate under satisfying pamphlet icons : locomotion , credit , music , computer graphic , arcade game , risky venture games , whatever .
3 . Drop skeumorphism : We do n’t ask leather - bound MacBooks and iPads and we surely do n’t need apps to be cluttered withunnecessary leather crap . Or anything that mimic anything else that does n’t supply any occasion . This is easy to fix : ask Jonny I ve for advice . He works right there . Just follow thesame principles that he follows . iOS 6 needs to be as graceful as the computer hardware it hunt down on . It should be a extension of it , the whole matter should be one single coherent oeuvre in which hardware and software package accompany the same principles . Windows Phone 7 is an fantabulous model of getting disembarrass of the ruse and the mare’s nest , just providing with info .
Ugh . God . Why Is Apple Making Everything expect Like an slimy Wild West ?
From the icon on cover to the apps themselves , it all should be about the user information presented in the clearest , most elegant way possible .
Bonus : fix the bloody shitty kerning and positioning
Seriously . set up the 1 in the calendar icon . And thecalendar itself needs an overhaul , too .
Why the F*ck Is the 1 On the iPhone ’s Calendar Off Center ?
Final version of Siri
Not that we care much for the beta variation of Siri . We still thinkit ’s a gimmickwith little value at this point . But it ’s only logical to recall that Siri would be fixed to be more useful in iOS 6 . The rumor say there will be a 2.0 version . I would be felicitous with a rendering that puzzle out okay , all the time , and it ’s not awkward to use . I do n’t think the latter is going to happen until we have Star Trek - like artificial intelligence service , though .
https://gizmodo.com/siri-is-apples-broken-promise-5864293
Let Us Get Rid of Your Crap, Apple
I do n’t desire the Stocks app . I do n’t handle about the YouTube app . And I certainly do n’t desire the Newsstand , which I ca n’t even make vanish into a folderunless I utilise a joke . I want to be able to get rid of your default option apps . require me if I ’m certain — double , if you desire — but just let me do it . give thanks you .
Here ’s How to Put the Annoying Newsstand Icon Into a Folder in iOS 5
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