5 Things Apple Should've Put in iOS 7

Apple's new iOS 7 brings a beautiful new aesthetic to its mobile operating system, along with a slew of functional improvements. The upgrade modernizes the iPhone by removing all vestiges of the early smartphone era, when buttons had to scream, "I'm a button!" and painfully twee skeuomorphic touches directed people to understand digital calendars and rolodexes. But Apple didn't do enough to address nonaesthetic limitations. Here are some features iOS 7 is, unfortunately, still missing:

Set Your Own Defaults

On an Android phone, the first time you open a Web page from an email, you're asked what browser you'd like to use and whether you'd like to make that the default Web-surfing app. Apple should do the same. Diehard fans say the beauty of iOS is that it's easy to use and works well. That's true, but working well for everyone is not the same as working well for each individual user. If you want to be able to use Mailbox for mail instead of Apple's stock Mail app, you should. Ditto, if you want clicking on a URL to lead to Chrome, or clicking on a map to lead to Google Maps (and why wouldn't you?).

More Options Revealed With a Swipe in Mail

The Mail app takes a big design leap toward Mailbox, embracing crisp text and swipe gestures. But Mailbox is still a better app, because a swipe reveals more options than simply Delete, Archive, and More. To make matters more frustrating, iOS 7 seems to have removed the option for a swipe on a Gmail message to give the Delete option rather than Archive. (You can get around this by setting up your Gmail not as Gmail, but as a generic email account.)

Customize Control Center

Control Center is lovely: It gives quick access to settings and looks good doing it. But again, its functionality suffers from limitations. Users should be able to choose what goes in Control Center, just as they can choose what kinds of notifications show up in Notification Center.

Arrange Apps However You Want

Why does Apple insist on a strict grid layout for app icons? It's never insisted on the constraint in desktop operating systems, and the company should make that free-for-all style possible on its phones too. I'm not suggesting apps need to be placed willy-nilly, without any alignment relative to one another. But there's no reason one row of apps must be full before more can be added to the row below. Android's right on this one.

A Customizable Dock

The translucent effect of iOS 7 makes the new dock look huge. Yet it works exactly the same as its predecessors: You can't put folders in it, it's limited to four icons, and it won't scroll the way some Android interfaces allow. So much of the new Apple design is about fluidity, in looks and in usage. The dock should be too. It should give people the option to make it more complicated and dynamic or leave it alone entirely.

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