Comments on: 13 Ways I’d Change the iPhone’s Interface…if I Could

By: ircyclistnow

ircyclistnow — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:18:09 +0000

I second the distinction between battery and AC for sleep/lock times. I actually wouldn’t mind if the phone stayed on the whole time while running on AC (like my MacBook does).

On a totally different note – it might be cool to have multi-touch on my iMac screen… It could be a computing experience much like the one in Minority Report. Although I don’t want to think about what that would cost.

By: Patty

Patty — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 05:20:19 +0000

I’d like to configure things things like:

Use EDGE for my voice calls. If not available, then use 3G.
(Thus doubling the battery life.)

…while… at the same time… using 3G for web-pages.
If not available, then use EDGE.
(Thus getting the fastest speeds.)

Another idea… A way to set these indepentantly:
Sleep/lock after 3 mins (if running from battery).
Sleep/lock after 30 mins (if running from AC).

By: Harry McCracken

Harry McCracken — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:05:49 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Kevin–and congrats on today’s news!

–Harry

By: Denny Arar

Denny Arar — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:11:44 +0000

Not an interface thing, really, but I’m dreaming of Flash on the iPhone so I can play my favorite online bridge game (BridgeBase Online) which is Flash-based) without having to be at a computer. Steve Jobs supposedly said this won’t happen but I still see the odd news report that Adobe’s working on it. I’d be mortified if Windows Mobile supports it first (which isn’t impossible as Bill Gates is an investor in the game).

And I too am getting weary of finger swipes.

Denny Arar, former comrade in arms

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:15:00 +0000

Good thoughts Harry and welcome to the cult, er club. ;) For item #9 in your list, you can do this manually. Just create a number of home screens and add productivity apps to one, games to another, etc… I don’t know that I want to use program metadata to have my screens auto-configured; I’d rather have total flexibility in this area… but that’s just me.