BlackBerry 10 fan here... using my iPhone 6 Plus as my daily driver out of spite (yes, SPITE!) towards BlackBerry management who have kicked BlackBerry 10 fans in the crotch one too many times.
Well, never let anyone tell you that spite can't be a force for positive change
I'm getting used to using the iPhone as my daily driver after about 4 days, but I have a question that I hope isn't provocative... but if there's a known answer to this, or a previous discussion topic, please just point me in the right direction.
Does iOS 9 have a consolidated message list like the Hub on BlackBerry 10? If not, why doesn't it? I know that BlackBerry intends to bring the Hub to other platforms (which really should be redundant because other OS developers should have such a facility) but is there a reason why Apple hasn't built such a thing into iOS already?
The Hub on Android (on the new Priv) proves one thing: a consolidated messaging app like the Hub being tightly integrated into the OS makes for a better experience than having it just be "an app" that floats on top of the OS.
On BlackBerry 10, third party app developers can integrate their messaging into the Hub, so individual messages show up inline the list in a normalized way with other messages, but still being filterable, searchable etc, all on one place, with built-in "compose" functionality and the ability to launch the "host app" if desired. Developers of communications apps on BB10 hook into the Hub because it's on every BB10 device and provides a streamlined and consistent user interface for reading and responding to all types of messages, both simple text and graphical.
This should be child's play to build into iOS... but it's not there, at least not as far as I can tell.
Why isn't it?
Is it a design philosophy? Do iOS designers believe that "text messages belong in a text message app, and tweets belong in a twitter app, and emails belong in an email app" etc.?
I hope I don't upset the apple cart here (really, no pun intended)... I just find it puzzling why something that seems kind-of obvious isn't present on iOS, and fully acknowledge that it might be right there, in my face, but I just can't see it, or perhaps a third-party app can do it?
Well, never let anyone tell you that spite can't be a force for positive change
I'm getting used to using the iPhone as my daily driver after about 4 days, but I have a question that I hope isn't provocative... but if there's a known answer to this, or a previous discussion topic, please just point me in the right direction.
Does iOS 9 have a consolidated message list like the Hub on BlackBerry 10? If not, why doesn't it? I know that BlackBerry intends to bring the Hub to other platforms (which really should be redundant because other OS developers should have such a facility) but is there a reason why Apple hasn't built such a thing into iOS already?
The Hub on Android (on the new Priv) proves one thing: a consolidated messaging app like the Hub being tightly integrated into the OS makes for a better experience than having it just be "an app" that floats on top of the OS.
On BlackBerry 10, third party app developers can integrate their messaging into the Hub, so individual messages show up inline the list in a normalized way with other messages, but still being filterable, searchable etc, all on one place, with built-in "compose" functionality and the ability to launch the "host app" if desired. Developers of communications apps on BB10 hook into the Hub because it's on every BB10 device and provides a streamlined and consistent user interface for reading and responding to all types of messages, both simple text and graphical.
This should be child's play to build into iOS... but it's not there, at least not as far as I can tell.
Why isn't it?
Is it a design philosophy? Do iOS designers believe that "text messages belong in a text message app, and tweets belong in a twitter app, and emails belong in an email app" etc.?
I hope I don't upset the apple cart here (really, no pun intended)... I just find it puzzling why something that seems kind-of obvious isn't present on iOS, and fully acknowledge that it might be right there, in my face, but I just can't see it, or perhaps a third-party app can do it?
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