Smart folders for iOS proposal

So, today I thought I’d use my commute time to do something other than go through my Inbox, check Twitter or play Angry Birds.

Something which bugs me about iOS is folders.

  • Like many others, when iOS4 brought in folders, I dived right in, put every app into a folder.
  • Then moved them all out again when I couldn’t find anything.
  • I’m now left with a weird hybrid, where my most used apps are out of folders so I can find them easily, and others are buried away for occasional use.
  • But that’s not working either – some apps like, say, Flixster are floating on their own and I’m constantly going in to the Entertainment folder to look for it. Bah.
So I was wondering, with Smart Playlists for Tunes, Videos, Photos – why not apps?

Here’s some rough wireframes if how I’d see it working

 

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