Category: Tech Lines

I wish there was a setting to automatically sync between 2 iOS devices which apps I have installed and their location on the home screens.

From a user perspective I think that any audio, music, or radio apps or websites like Play Music or Spotify should not have any video ads, only audio ads.

I wonder if Microsoft should rename Windows 10 S in the future to just Windows 10, and Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Plus. Have Windows 10, Windows 10 Plus, and Windows 10 Pro.

For consistency, I think the iPad app folders should only have 4 apps across in landscape mode too.

At iOS 10 I still think that switching from folders with 16 apps and 4 columns to folders with 9 apps and 3 columns in iOS 7 was one of the worst UX and design decisions ever on iOS.

I like that Twitter now allows Direct Messages, but I wonder if a shorter limit would be better. I suggest limiting them to either 1000 or 1500 characters.

Apple should allow you to sync all iOS settings between two iOS devices, including the apps and their order on home screens.

It seems like TechMeme used to have many more stories on products, services, and software instead of so many stories on businesses, people, and money.

I wish that Siri and Spotlight search were integrated so that holding the home button was just "Search".

Notes

• It would bring up a search text box at the top and Siri at the bottom so you could search by text or voice depending on what you wanted to use.
• It would search both your device and the web when you are connected to the internet, but only search your device and use better voice control options when you aren't.

November 14th, 2013