iOS (and iPad and Mac OS) wish list:

These missing interface items have bugged me for years. 

1.) In contacts, the list of custom field labels, e.g. multiple phone numbers, multiple mail and email addresses etc., — need to be sortable by several criteria (and searchable if your list of custom labels is long).   

I like to put someone’s name by their phone number in my neighbor’s contact record, or at a company, or their department at a company. 

?—Could this label of a person’s cellphone appear as a label in a text thread for a company contact? Which would be if you have an option to have a hierarchy of people’s text from the same company consolidated in a text thread for that company? Not sure on this one.

2.) Sorting custom labels list on Contacts could be by alpha-numeric, creation date (original order), by usage frequency and by duplicates or near duplicates (very similar) —near duplicates being a simple task for help by AI when it’s ready). 

3.) The labels list should be editable in list view or with-in a contact, with option to see list of contacts where that label has been used, with buttons by each usage instance to apply change or to make an exception and not apply. 

4.) Duplicate field labels and near duplicates can be consolidated in a user chosen fashion. 

In an edit view, have selection buttons and then perform one of several operations.  Be able to select a dominant item with a long press on button to make it look special (larger? bolder? both?) so that ithe hyper-selected button is the one that replaces the other near duplicate or very similar labels you wish to consolidate.  

5.) Also make Contact field labels modifiable for one instance or all instances, or selected as included — or selected as exceptions.  

6.) And especially have undo and redo buttons of the curved arrow type found elsewhere in the UI.  

7.) Add und/redo buttons to replace or be an option to shaking the iPhone.   

     Really! — Shaking the iPhone to undo? 

Once clever, now a pain and quite inelegant.   And not discoverable by newer users. 

8.) Add Keywords and Categories to Contacts.  

When used in VCF (.vcf) exchange format to other platforms (e.g. Android, Microsoft etc.) notify that ‘Keywords’ and ‘Categories’ will be not included as fields but can optionally be inserted into the notes field (which is now part of search of Contacts in iOS, perhaps also in other platforms )

NOTES App:

1.) Sorting options could be used in Notes list by alphanumeric, yet keep “date added order” as an option. 

2.) Add a time and date stamp created to Note names that shows as an option in a compact two column view (smaller type).  

3.) Add category colored bullets to Notes.  

4.) Add ability for user input of ranking numbers, a number sequence as long as you need. That way you could create a custom sort by the ranking number or Alpha-numeric or date/time.  

LISTS:

1.) User ability to add a ranking number in place of or in addition to priority flags in lists.   

     Then you can sort your next tasks for the day in the order you wish to do them.  Make it easy to edit. This would allow you to order your intended sequence for a day or a project on ‘to-do’ items, but more than the three choices of priority.

2.) Add undo and redo curved arrows. No shaking!

CALENDAR:

1.) For ‘All-Day’ calendar items, add a ranking number—i.e. priority or sequence numbers.   Leave the high, medium and low priority flags though to help in longer range more general planning.

2.) Add undo and redo curved arrows. 

All Apps above:

1.) Add the three line manual sort ‘hamburger’ icon for a re-arranging custom list order to all list type items from Notes, Reminders and Lists, ‘All Day’ calendar items, multiple items of field types in Contacts (phone numbers, emails, addresses, urls, etc.

MESSAGES:

1.) Create an option for smaller two column list view of pinned items in Messages with mostly the text of name to recognize.  The current large ID photo that limits to 9 pinned items is too limiting in its large size, but size can be ann optional choice.  

2.) Allow flagging, prioritizing or ranking of text threads for further follow-up  

ALL APPS:

1a.) Bring back “Select All” feature. 

1b.) When selecting more than a screen or area of text, have the top and bottom more responsive including an easier to not overshoot acceleration curve.  It’s not as elegant as I recall it was years ago. (e.g. when selecting downward and reaching top of digital keyboard, it doesn’t auto scroll here in this AppleInsider App as well as elsewhere including Apple Apps)

2.) Make double tap for word selection and triple tap for paragraph selection more discoverable. 

3.) Make cursor in night-mode more contrasting to a black background.  I get a dark blue against black that’s difficult to see. 

4.) Highlighter tool in Markup should not change the color under it. Eg. Black type gets a little bit lighter with a yellow tinge if highlighting in yellow.