IPhone: Tap-Saving, Icon Swiping, Interface Idea

September 30, 2007

When you are within an iPhone application at a particular screen that you use a lot, you should be able to touch and hold on the title bar for options. The icon of the parent application will pop up with four arrows overlaid, representing up, down, left and right.

Say you’re in Mail, in your Gmail inbox. Touching and holding the title bar brings up the Mail icon. Touch the left arrow. The next time you want to check your Gmail account, you go to the Home screen and touch and swipe to the left on the Mail icon to go straight there.

Home and Swipe for:

  • Add New Event
  • One of four favorite web pages
  • Countdown timer
  • A particular photo album…

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