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Open thread: What’s your iOS 6 feature wish list?

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 · 9:18 pm · 111 Comments

We know from Apple’s June 11th WWDC presentation that iOS 6 will offer features that include: an all-new Maps app with Apple-designed cartography, turn-by-turn navigation and an amazing new Flyover view; new Siri features, including support for more languages, easy access to sports scores, restaurant recommendations and movie listings; Facebook integration for Contacts and Calendar, with the ability to post directly from Notification Center, Siri and Facebook-enabled apps like Photos, Safari and Maps; Shared Photo Streams via iCloud; and Passbook, the simplest way to get all your passes in one place.

What, specifically, would you like to see in iOS 6? Better autocorrection? Finer-grained repeating options in calendar?

Please let us know below.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Cubert" for the open thread suggestion.]

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Ubermac

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 9:21 pm · Reply

Get rid of the stupid 20 file limit in folders
- mredofcourse
  
  Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 5:50 am · Reply
  
  +1
  
  I keep thinking they’re going to fix that. It’s really, really, annoying when you have a lot of apps, and you have to organize folders such as Games1, Games2, Games3. Until I jailbreak, I don’t even bother organizing my apps (and use Spotlight).
- Jexhu
  
  Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 7:58 am · Reply
  
  WINDOWS 8 IS COMMING. All mac’s going back to there places where they belong under the desk, the bottom of the tech department storage closet, or a very lonely corner collecting dust. Cheer up mac fans your desktops gonna look lovely. Again.
  - Azazello
    
    Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 8:25 am · Reply
    
    THE SECCOND COMMING! Here is the word from the prophet-without-a-spell-checker on his Windoze…
    Seriously, why are you HERE?
    - Jexhu
      
      Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 8:55 am · Reply
      
      Wow why am here, one day looking around the web for peoples review and comment on tech products, cause I work in the support field and I buy gadgets just for the sake of exploring them myself. I come across this nonsense web site. and Read some BS the site is littered with BS. but it does keep me laughing.
      - silverhawk1
        
        Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 9:37 am · Reply
        
        By “support field” I would assume you mean you get parental support. You surely do not work in a position that pays money for work.
        
        Jexhu
        
        Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 10:09 am · Reply
        
        not to brag but I have enough to buy u a McDonalds meal. and super size ur girl if u know what I mean.
    - Jean Poole
      
      Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 9:54 am · Reply
      
      Why do all you college graduates need a spell checker?
- Jean Poole
  
  Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 10:03 am · Reply
  
  The ability to cut>save>paste into ‘Spotlight’.
Ubermac

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 9:26 pm · Reply

Let me transfer more than one file from one app to the other… and don’t send me there by default.

OPTIONS OPTIONS!
Kathy G

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 9:31 pm · Reply

I would like Siri to be able to control (open and close more apps).
- Lordthree
  
  Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 10:51 pm · Reply
  
  they announced that it will allow you to open any App
5280420

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 9:33 pm · Reply

iWallet!
Mäkkihöperö

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 9:36 pm · Reply

iPad/iOS wish list
Mail cannot access contact groups!
Groups cannot be created or managed in Contacts
All pics go to Camera roll even though downloaded from web!
It creates a mess and needs completely separate destinations.
Gmail cannot access or edit its own contact groups.
Google maps should not be rejected unless Apple has comparable street view available globally. It should be an option at least until Apple gets it perfected.
- Gerard
  
  Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 11:12 pm · Reply
  
  I agree
  - Begging for it!
    
    Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 12:07 am · Reply
    
    Ability to email to a group! I can’t believe they don’t have this yet!!!
- AAPLGuy
  
  Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 9:56 am · Reply
  
  “Google maps should not be rejected unless Apple has comparable street view ”
  
  The google maps app does not have street view now. you only get that at the google web site.
  - Ned
    
    Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 10:14 am · Reply
    
    talking iOS?
    
    Maps app had street view. Different icon. And of course Google Maps won’t be built into iOS 6.
    - AAPLGuy
      
      Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 10:51 am · Reply
      
      Is it only on iPads, or maybe iPad and iPhone 4S? I only have an iPhone 4 and the maps app has no street view on mine.
    - Mäkkihöperö
      
      Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 11:45 pm · Reply
      
      I access street view from Contacts by clicking the address which opens the map and then clicking the person icon on left of the pin label. It works great and I wouldn’t like to be left without it…
- RevDrX
  
  Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 12:27 pm · Reply
  
  You can still use Google maps in the google app or google earth.
GlassHollow

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 9:36 pm · Reply

Filesystem.

I did read about attaching multiple images to an email while in mail. That’s cool.
- praus
  
  Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 11:37 pm · Reply
  
  I think a file system would be a huge step backwards. Apple is attempting to simplify things, not complicate them. It would be nice if they made apps smarter at handling files though, at least IMO.
  - iamdwaynewhite
    
    Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 1:58 am · Reply
    
    i think something that works like dropbox and is part of icloud and the sharing of file tied in with collaboration would be good, no filesystem
Cubert

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 9:41 pm · Reply

“What, specifically, would you like to see in iOS 6? Better autocorrection? Finer-grained repeating options in calendar?”

Yes, and and expanded dictionary for autocorrect and for medical terms. If Apple wants to make major inroads in the medical field, they need to do this and come out with a 7″ iPad.
Other wishes include:
A Safari that doesn’t need to reload a tab after 30 seconds away from that tab.
A Safari doesn’t default to the search bar every time you open a new tab.
That Contacts realizes that it doesn’t need to display 4 of every contact just because that contact is on 4 different Apple devices.
Ditto iTunes and it’s songs.
That they launch Mac-to-iOS AirDrop.
- praus
  
  Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 11:39 pm · Reply
  
  Doesn’t the new version of Safari in iOS 6 already have a single search/address bar that works for both? I thought I remembered seeing that.
Rip Ragged

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 9:41 pm · Reply

1. Siri 1.0.1
2. Lesbian Ninja Sexbot
3. AAF (Automatic Asshole Filtering)
4. Apple search engine
5. Easier system navigation.
6. Free beer
7. Free pizza (pepperoni, mushrooms, black olives, extra cheese.)
8. More beer
9. A better “Remote” app
10. Did I mention beer?
- kingmel
  
  Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 12:02 am · Reply
  
  AAF? Sold!
- Sucker
  
  Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 1:23 am · Reply
  
  I’d settle for being able to re-order my playlists.
Opportun

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 9:43 pm · Reply

Multi-users
Air Drop with other Macs and iOS devices
Steve Ballmee

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 9:46 pm · Reply

Internet Explorer!
- frobots
  
  Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 2:13 am · Reply
  
  LOL
Chan Kulatunga

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 9:47 pm · Reply

Every Smartphone needs “Shutdown Requires PIN” option in Settings!

“When a phone was stolen, smart-thieves immediately remove SIM and power it down to stop Find My iPhone like services working. So smartphones needs a setting to “Shutdown Requires PIN” option

Anyone?

I get once in a way requests people saying, “I lost my phone, it’s has that GPS service, isn’t it? So how can I locate it?

Irony is, the only smartphone that can self locate is Apple iPhone (*) and that is also ONLY(**) if you have set Apple’s Find My Phone service activated before you loose it. Then you do have a slight hope that “founders” are not “thieves” or they are not smartphone savvy enough to “power it down”.

If they shut the phone down, keep under a drawer for a month, you have absolutely no hope of locating it ever.

So as I say “Find My Phone” seriously need “Shutdown Requires PIN” option. This is exactly why we don’t read much of headlines on this Apple’s awesome feature because it’s fundamentally broken

NB: * No offense you Android fans, No other phones have “Factory Sealed Battery” unless iPhone. So they are just “DEAD” when you remove the battery! Of cause Steve Job’s & Co. thought that too

** Forget about getting any help from authorities unless you have a court-order, recorded your IMEI or have direct connection to so and so..

If the phone is powered down, no technology or power on earth can find your phone unless the God helps you to locate it by luck!
- simmux
  
  Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 3:21 am · Reply
  
  Useless. Just put it in the drawer and let the battery drain…
  Maybe, at Apple, they thought the same thing and didn’t put the option.
- Lopezuk
  
  Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 9:46 am · Reply
  
  This is a BRILLIANT idea. If you any developers are on here please put in this request to apple. This would save so many people’s phones and it’s a brilliant feature. It’s a rarity for people to turn their phone of now so I think a pin to shut down isn’t much hassle.
Michael

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 9:49 pm · Reply

The knock out features that enterprise users are demanding.
bomber

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 9:54 pm · Reply

WebGL in Safari
Being able to delete synced media
dslarsen

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 9:56 pm · Reply

I wish I could set a preference for which apps remained loaded, and which never bother to stick around. Like the System app. I launch it occasionally, and when I’m done, I’d just as soon it just went away instead of taking up space in the whatever-it’s-called-area-that-appears-when-you-2click-the-home-button. Lots of apps that I use are occasional things like this and I would rather set a preference for it to just go away when I hit the home button.
kramer

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 9:59 pm · Reply

1) Change the sms texting screen to look less kid like and more professional.

2) When you search for an app in the app store and go past the 1st 25 results and then click to look at an app, when you go back, you go back to the first 25 results. This needs to be such that you go back to the last page of results you were on.
AqB4e

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 9:59 pm · Reply

1. Swipe up gesture to access Speingboard.
2. In springboard double swipe right to access kill wifi, 3G, bluetooth ( a lite version of Airplane Mode)
3. Custom dictionary globally- when I type the word “fir” 99.999% I meant to type “for “. I know I can type “4″ as a 20 something Apple employee told me but…..
4. Able to lock icons in position as you make adjustments.
- Jennifer Bankier
  
  Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 10:06 pm · Reply
  
  Compatability with my ipad1- otherwise ios6 won’t do me any good.
Morgan

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 10:05 pm · Reply

Not sure what it’s called, but a friend showed me a great feature on his phone. From the dialing keypad, he can type a persons name with instant search results. Example: If he wants to call “Apple” from his contacts, he just has to type 2,7,7,5,3. As he types the possible matches narrow. He can then just tap the correct contact/number and it will call. It was very quick and beats searching through contacts, selecting the contact and then the number.
- Brad
  
  Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 11:13 pm · Reply
  
  Just swipe down in the contacts list and search their or swipe right from the home screen and search their by name.
- michael moore
  
  Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 12:34 am · Reply
  
  just hold the phone up to your face and tell Siri to call so and son’s iPhone
wzinc

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 10:14 pm · Reply

A *simple* file system. Nothing too complicated (maybe not even folders), but just a simple, searchable, central repo for documents. I’m totally cool if this uses iCloud for storage/sync. I’ve said this before on MDN, but I think a simple FS means the iPad is a full desktop/laptop replacement for many users.
- fricfrac
  
  Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 6:51 am · Reply
  
  I think that could work. If all apps saved a copy of (created)files in say a duplicates folder, it would make it possible to attach multiple items in email etc. I would limit this to documents only, multiple vids would kill your data allocation.
  For the UK, please get some independent database support on board Siri…it defaults to Google search far too often.
  Otherwise expand Siri to control everything possible.
Ya think?!

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 10:19 pm · Reply

Landscape mode on iPhone and iPod touch
Cindilu46

Wednesday, June 20, 2012 - 10:26 pm · Reply

I wish that I could go to the search page and after the search’s completion it would also give the location path as well.