Why This Page?

I recently moved from a treo 650 to an iPhone. The iPhone is definitely "cooler" than the treo. It has many great features, but I often find myself frustrated or wanting more. Thus, this page.

After spending some time on the phone with apple to understand why my mail wasn't working (incompatibilities between the iPhone mail application and exchange) and getting nowhere in my suggestions, I decided to put the power of the web to work. I have listed here some of the features I want apple to implement. This is not a gripe list, but a feature request list. Hopefully, these features are compatible with apple's philosophy. I ask you to participate in letting apple know which features the community feels are most important.

As you look over the features, you can vote for, against, or indicate you don't care one way or the other about a feature. At anytime you can press any submit button and all the votes you have made will be registered. It is faster to select all your votes and submit only once, but you can also do it one question at a time.

If you have a feature request please email it to me and I update this page with your feature so others can vote on it!

The features are divided up into categories, pick one or go through them all. Thank-you!

If you encounter any bugs on this page, please let me know.

Finally, if you are from apple and would like to talk to me about the iPhone and my experience's with it, please send me an email.

List of Categories

General User Interface Features
Contacts
Phone
eMail
Safari
The Home Screen
iPod

General User Interface Features

Keep the current location under your non-moving finger. Rationale: When magnifying or shrinking an item one can sometimes get lost. Suggestion: When magnifying (or shrinking) a page, if you keep on finger stationary and move the other finger, keep the part of the page under the non-moving finger fixed in its current position on the screen.		Yes = 60% No = 3% Don't Care = 37%
Please vote:	I want this I don't want this I don't care about this

Use bottom of the screen icon menus Rationale: There is often some obvious and diverse functions that I want to perform. Suggestion: The icons at the bottom of the iPod screens are very useful. Why not use those in other places? For example, on the contacts screen for sort order or to bring up the keyboard. On the folder list screen to bring up typing or collapse/expand all folders. In the browser to indicate that all clicked links goto a new tab, etc.		Yes = 84% No = 2% Don't Care = 14%
Please vote:	I want this I don't want this I don't care about this

Allow scrollbars to pop up Rationale: When I am spinning along a long list (e.g., contacts) I can get tired. Suggestion: After a spin or two, allow a scroll bar to come up which can then be used to move the list by large amounts.		Yes = 82% No = 5% Don't Care = 13%
Please vote:	I want this I don't want this I don't care about this

Contacts

Allow typing of contact names Rationale: When you have lots of contacts it is faster to type a few letters of their name, then to have to spin the page. Suggestion: Put a keyboard icon on the bottom of the contacts page which when pressed brings up the keyboard so you can type some or all of the letters of the contact name. (Similar to how the email addresses work when sending mail.)		Yes = 89% No = 3% Don't Care = 8%
Please vote:	I want this I don't want this I don't care about this

Find names by either first-name, last-name, or company. Rationale: Sometimes I can't remember someones last (or first) name. It would be nice if I could switch between the sort order on the contacts page. Suggestion: Put a sort order button at the bottom of the contacts screen (along with other potential buttons) similar to the buttons on the bottom of the iPod screen. If you allow typing of contacts then show all possible matches using all possible sorted orders (firstname-lastname, lastname-firstname, company, lastnameinitial-firstname, firstnameinitial-lastname)		Yes = 87% No = 0% Don't Care = 13%
Please vote:	I want this I don't want this I don't care about this

Show photos in the contact list Rationale: One can often identify faces, even if they are small, before words. Also, it would be cool :). Suggestion: Make this a configurable option. (no photo, small photo, large photo).		Yes = 56% No = 7% Don't Care = 37%
Please vote:	I want this I don't want this I don't care about this

Phone

If there is a photo for a contact, show it when the phone rings Rationale: It would be cool.		Yes = 88% No = 1% Don't Care = 11%
Please vote:	I want this I don't want this I don't care about this

Allow per person ring tones Rationale: So I know whether to answer the phone without taking it out of my pocket.		Yes = 79% No = 2% Don't Care = 19%
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Allow per task ring tones Rationale: So I can differentiate between an appointment and a phone call.		Yes = 63% No = 2% Don't Care = 35%
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eMail

The folder list should be collapsible Rationale: My folder list has a deep hierarcy and thus is many screenfuls long. However, if it were collapsed the whole thing would fit on a screen or two. Suggestion: If a user swipes (or double taps) the folder, then it expands one level. If they tap once, then it opens the folder as it happens today. (BTW: allowing typing of folder names would be nice too.)		Yes = 82% No = 1% Don't Care = 17%
Please vote:	I want this I don't want this I don't care about this

A different signature for each email account Rationale: Different accounts have different uses and thus require different signatures.		Yes = 61% No = 3% Don't Care = 36%
Please vote:	I want this I don't want this I don't care about this

A different (and selectable) name for the "from" field for each account Rationale: Different accounts have different uses and can require different signatures.		Yes = 54% No = 5% Don't Care = 41%
Please vote:	I want this I don't want this I don't care about this

Deleted messages should delete on the server (even exchange) Rationale: Having to delete messages twice is a real pain.		Yes = 66% No = 23% Don't Care = 11%
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Moving a message to a different folder should not create a copy of the message on exchange Rationale: Moving isn't the same as copying.		Yes = 75% No = 4% Don't Care = 21%
Please vote:	I want this I don't want this I don't care about this

Safari

Remember the magnification of visited pages. Rationale: I often want to view a page at a particular magnification every time I visit it. Currently, I have to repinch or double-tap each time I visit the page. Suggestion: Add a new setting for safari which allows a user to set whether the last magnification is used when a page is revisited.		Yes = 61% No = 9% Don't Care = 30%
Please vote:	I want this I don't want this I don't care about this

The Home Screen

Allow a user to change the placment of the icons on the home screen Rationale: There are several icons I will never use, I would rather not have them appear. Suggestion: Allow users to remove and/or change their placement.		Yes = 77% No = 4% Don't Care = 19%
Please vote:	I want this I don't want this I don't care about this

Allow a user to add short cut icons to the home screen Rationale: There are important tasks I perform that require several key clicks, e.g., getting to the inbox of my email or dialing a favorite phone number. Suggestion: Allow users to add buttons for important shortcuts. For example: a phone number to call, a link to a url, a playlist, or an email account inbox.		Yes = 94% No = 2% Don't Care = 4%
Please vote:	I want this I don't want this I don't care about this

iPod

Allow fine movement of playahead on the scrubber bar Rationale: It is hard to move your place in a podcast by a small amount; something I often want to do after answering the phone, or returning to it after a short break. Suggestion: Use a similar UI method as in editting text; if the user presses and holds their finger cause the drag of the playahead to be fine positioning instead of coarse positioning.		Yes = 66% No = 2% Don't Care = 32%
Please vote:	I want this I don't want this I don't care about this

Don't forget to vote!