4 more things iOS 6 should include

Last week I my iOS 6 wish list but, since the article went live, I’ve noticed a few other aspects of the operating system that could do with an improvement. So, without further ado, here’s my iOS 6 wish list part 2.

1. Cancel button – It’s slightly unbelievable that, in an age where our iPhones can do basically whatever we want them to, we can’t cancel a text message mid-send. My 2004 flip phone could cancel a text message but my 2012 smartphone can not? I mean, seriously, how many times have you noticed a typo after sending a message? With an iPhone, instead of canceling the text and fixing the typo, you have to send a followup text correcting the error. It’s madness!

2. End all – When my phone is running slow, the first thing I do to fix the problem is open up the multitasking bar and quit all of the apps running in the background. It’s more than a little inconvenient to have to click the close button on each individual application. If there was a quick End All button, it would make speeding up your phone much easier.

3. Customizable shortcuts – There are volume buttons on the side of the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. As such, it seems pretty redundant to also have a volume slider in the multitasking bar. On the iPad Apple threw in a brightness adjuster as well, but on the iPhone and iPod Touch a volume slider is the only option. It would be infinitely more useful if customers were allowed to put a WiFi toggle or brightness adjuster in the multitasking drawer.

4. Spacious folders – Why on Earth is there a limit to the number of applications one can put in a folder?! I don’t quite like having three separate folders for games or two for entertainment apps. Come on, Apple! There’s no reason why there’s no scrolling in folders. That way users could put as many apps in a folder as he or she wanted. As it is now, the organization Apple was trying to achieve just isn’t quite there.

Well that’s it for now. I’m sure I’ll pick up my phone right after posting this article and notice 1o more things iOS 6 could improve upon. Major OS updates are always exciting and I can’t wait to see what Apple improves upon as well as the new features the company brings to the table. Let me know what your iOS 6 wish list includes down in the comments below.

 

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I want Red Flag Weather Warnings within the Weather app, just cuz.

davis_curtis 5 pts

I wish they could make the weather app to actually change like the calendar one. So it would change according to cloudy/rainy/etc. with the right temperature on it.

DarkMyth 5 pts

@davis_curtis If you jailbreak your iPhone/iPad you can. I have my iPhone update every hour and the icon actually changes too!

boundtobeafraid 12 pts

Gosh Jake, why don't you just jailbreak?

Glenn the Geeza 6 pts

A minor but annoying point which would be very handy if it were sorted is to be able to manually change the order of particular items in a given list using Apple's Reminders stock App.

OG Blasphemy 5 pts

What about adding a date and time function for photos. I know there's an app for that but they all suck.

iOS is a very robust, capable and well-thought-out platform, but as with every operating system there are those little annoyances that I wish were fixed. 

iOS is a very robust, capable and well-thought-out platform, but as with every operating system there are those little annoyances that I wish were fixed. 

mhmmmmmmmmm 7 pts

 Disappointed Joe ur just dumb... he makes a very good point

Tonybabo 26 pts

I hope for bigger improvements then these. I don't remember the article last week but there should be more then these.

Citlykeye 5 pts

How about a proper spell check system that gives option and not just auto corrects. Or even better... ripping off the top jailbreaking apps and including them LOL.

 

It's funny because...all these problems can be solved by JAILBREAKING.

jennifer beese 40 pts

Jailbreaking, while one solution, does come with some give and take. It'd be better if these improvement came standard, in my opinion at least.