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>> 1: Enable users to set default app preferences. > Fine, but really Maps and Email is pretty much the only one I care about. This is the best suggestion of t

by AnonC 6y ago

>> 1: Enable users to set default app preferences. > Fine, but really Maps and Email is pretty much the only one I care about. This is the best suggestion of the bunch. At a minimum, Apple should provide a way to set defaults for the apps it bundles with iOS where there are some third party alternatives (even if they happen to be more like skins as in the case of browsers) — that would be browser, Mail, Maps, Podcasts, Calculator, Camera, Photos, iMovie, Calendar, News, Books, Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations and more (why not change the default app that makes and receives “calls”?). It can prioritize among these and open them up in phases, but there is someone in the world for whom the defaults are annoying.

ratww 6y ago
You do have a valid point for some of those apps (Browser, Mail, Maps, Calendar and even "Call"), but for others (Podcasts, Calculator, Camera, Photos, iMovie, News, Books, Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations) wouldn't just installing a new app suffice? Or are there some privileges that those apps have? (I personally don't think they should) Asking because some of those Apple apps don't even come installed by default (office apps), and most can be deleted from the phone.
- AnonC 6y ago
  GP here. There are a few kinds of launch mechanisms in play here. It should be possible to open things that are based on links or files in a particular app as a default. This is a good model because there’s already a Files app that allows a desktop file storage/manipulation method (same with files received over email or opened from a browser). Then you also have apps that are launched directly (without a file or URL as trigger). Couple of examples: you can swipe left on the lock screen to access the Apple camera app (or press the camera icon on the bottom right). Why shouldn’t this be as seamless to launch a better third party camera app (of which there are many)? As for calculator, the one launched from Control Center is always the Apple Calculator app. It’s not possible to launch another one as easily without adding it into the widgets area in the search screen (which may already be crowded). These two examples don’t require special hardware enablement (like the Apple Pay trigger required), and can improve the lives of many users.
  - ratww 6y ago
    Ah, yes. Makes a lot of sense to be able to launch a custom calculator or camera app from the control center (or left swipe). Another option would be allowing apps to add themselves (or custom actions) to the control center.

by AnonC 6y ago

ratww 6y ago

You do have a valid point for some of those apps (Browser, Mail, Maps, Calendar and even "Call"), but for others (Podcasts, Calculator, Camera, Photos, iMovie, News, Books, Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations) wouldn't just installing a new app suffice? Or are there some privileges that those apps have? (I personally don't think they should) Asking because some of those Apple apps don't even come installed by default (office apps), and most can be deleted from the phone.

AnonC 6y ago
GP here. There are a few kinds of launch mechanisms in play here. It should be possible to open things that are based on links or files in a particular app as a default. This is a good model because there’s already a Files app that allows a desktop file storage/manipulation method (same with files received over email or opened from a browser). Then you also have apps that are launched directly (without a file or URL as trigger). Couple of examples: you can swipe left on the lock screen to access the Apple camera app (or press the camera icon on the bottom right). Why shouldn’t this be as seamless to launch a better third party camera app (of which there are many)? As for calculator, the one launched from Control Center is always the Apple Calculator app. It’s not possible to launch another one as easily without adding it into the widgets area in the search screen (which may already be crowded). These two examples don’t require special hardware enablement (like the Apple Pay trigger required), and can improve the lives of many users.
- ratww 6y ago
  Ah, yes. Makes a lot of sense to be able to launch a custom calculator or camera app from the control center (or left swipe). Another option would be allowing apps to add themselves (or custom actions) to the control center.