by Poor Apple. No matter how many cool new features they cram into each yearly iteration of iOS, we always want more — here’s my wish list for iOS 7.
Location-Based Settings Profiles
If I’m in range of my home Wi-Fi network, I’m probably at home. So my iPhone shouldn’t require a passcode to unlock it. But as soon as I leave home, lock that puppy down! Apple could add a location option to each setting, or add a new group of settings that can be changed based on location.
Proximity Notifications
If my Mac and iPhone are close together and the Mac is being used, I don’t need my iPhone to notify me about new email or Facebook messages. Odds are I’m either using the big versions of those apps, or I’m working on something else. Alternatively, how about letting me set hours for each app’s notifications? No Facebook until 5pm!
Smarter AutoCorrect
There’s got to be a better way to teach iOS new words — right now all I can do is retype the word over and over until it stops being autocorrected. I want to tap and hold a word and tell iOS to learn it, or at least ignore it.
Siri Scripts
In iOS 6, Siri can launch apps, but let’s take a few more steps. I want to program short workflows of a few default actions: I say “Instacast workflow” and Siri opens Instacast and starts playing a certain playlist of podcasts.
Setting Default Apps
I’m not holding my breath for this one, but wouldn’t it be great to use a non-Apple app for default tasks like emailing, web browsing, and mapping? You can kick Mail, Safari, and Maps off your home screen, but when you tap an email address, URL, or physical address, guess which apps they open in? Will Apple ever allow us to specify our own default apps? Probably not. But I wish they would.
