Better iPhone settings access

September 15th 2010, midnight // 7 comments

Since the launch of iOS 4, I’ve been nagged by the orientation lock toggle that shares screen space with the iPod controls in the multitasking menu. Why is this the one setting blessed with such prominent access? I don’t doubt many iPhone users make frequent use of this feature, but I certainly don’t.

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Looks like Apple's thinking about how to better access settings in this context for iPads on 4.2: http://cl.ly/2OpK (Found by @kyleve)

September 15th 2010, 3 p.m. by Ryan Berg on Better iPhone settings access
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Josh - I've never used a jailbroken iPhone, but that dialogue's blue/grey on/off toggles for each setting are right in line with my initial sketches for this. An elegant solution to this ...

September 15th 2010, 2:39 p.m. by Ryan Berg on Better iPhone settings access
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Well, jailbreaking has SBSettings. http://cl.ly/2PCi

September 15th 2010, 1:46 p.m. by Josh on Better iPhone settings access
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Peter - I'm sure we each have our 'pet' settings we use more than others. But I' not so sure I'd want the potential complexity of configuring this menu, at least not at first ...

September 15th 2010, 10:34 a.m. by Ryan Berg on Better iPhone settings access
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Great idea! I actually use the screen rotation lock a lot (when I'm reading in bed), but I'd be willing to make the 1+ click trade-off for the benefit of more accessible WiFi ...

September 15th 2010, 10:34 a.m. by Stu on Better iPhone settings access
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Great idea!

September 15th 2010, 9:21 a.m. by Avi Flax on Better iPhone settings access
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Add brightness control to that and you'd cover the 4 most changed settings on my phone.

September 15th 2010, 2:21 a.m. by Peter on Better iPhone settings access
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