A to-do list for Apple of much needed features on the iPod Touch
(and presumably its iPhone cousin)
Because, as beautiful as they are, there are just a couple of things that (I think) could make it even better. The iPod Touch is a wonderfully sophisticated and beautifully crafted device. I hope that the acclaimed -- for good reason -- and obviously quite brilliant Apple designers don't mind me making these few suggestions.
Because the physical machine and its software function are so closely intertwined these are really all about software function. Some are closer to the operating system level and some are clearly within particular applications but most have to do with either the operation of the device or standard approaches to situations so that users can depend on the Touch to do what they need in the manner in which they expect it.
- Cut-and-Paste
- To copy bits from one place and paste them into another. Right now that "another" place would only be a form field or a search field in one of the Google apps, but my goodness would it be useful to be able to copy from one field to another or to copy from a webpage to a form field. Please!
- Sound Alerts
- "Sound Effects" settings on the iPod Touch are limited to "On" or "Off" (with options to hear them in the earphones or from the Touch or both.) This one setting effects all sounds that the Touch makes except for playing music including keyboard clicks (irritating as heck when you're trying to be quiet in bed.) and calendar alarms. Major bummer that to quiet the darn keyboard clicks you have to also loose the calendar alarms.
It would so handy to have separate volume settings and options for a set of different functional sounds. A set of options for calendar alarms and another, separate set for keyclicks and another for system alerts and application sounds. And maybe a choice of sounds for alerts too -- different people hear different things. And they hear them different ways.
