Federico Viticci, writing for MacStories:
Every year, I put together a list of the changes I’d like to see in the next version of iOS. I’ve been doing this for several years now. This year, I wanted to prepare something bigger. The tenth version of iOS due to be released later this year will be a major milestone for Apple and iOS users. It only felt appropriate to celebrate the occasion with a different take on my annual iOS wish list.
For the past few months, I’ve been collaborating with Sam Beckett (author of a fantastic Control Center concept we linked to a while back) to visualize my iOS 10 wishes with a professional concept video and static mockups. Sam and I discussed my ideas for a couple of months, and he was able to visualize2 what I would like to have in iOS 10 – both for the iPhone and iPad – with a style and attention to detail I’m extremely happy with.
Below, you’ll find a collection of my iOS 10 wishes, organized in tentpole features (the ones also shown in the video) plus additional sub-sections. Some of these wishes have been on my list for years; others are a consequence of the features Apple shipped with iOS 9.
I absolutely love this piece. Take a minute to watch the video, embedded below. Federico and Sam Beckett did an amazing job visualizing iOS elements that do not exist in real life, making them seem as if they did exist. Incredible.
As you watch, keep in mind that these are just some of Federico’s concepts. The article lays them all out. What a mind.
All nice requests. One more request: Get Jony Ive off of the software team and give it to someone who understands and implements Human Interface Guidelines.
This right here. Yes please to all of those.
I’m usually pretty skeptical when it comes to user mock-ups, but those are all pretty fantastic ideas and I could see myself using most, if not all, of them. Great work. Hopefully Apple is paying attention to suggestions like these.
The current state of the OS’s makes me wonder if Apple executives actually use their products anymore?
I used to believe they did and that’s what made their product so great and distinctive.
Lately, they seem to be overlooking some very glaring inconsistencies and sloppy implementation, in addition to all the various bugs.
Wow! I love all!
iOS 7> are surely beautiful .. but there are some aspects of them that you just want to scratch your head, like no AirPlay icon on video player. Really? So I agree whole-heartedly, the software should be consistent, and intuitive.
beautiful video.
nonsense. there is no “current state” of the OSes that implies DOOOOM. theyyre better than theyve ever been in almost every way (i preferred more buttons than blue links in iOS). remarkable feature sets. i never experience bugs and my stuff just works as usual…