iPhone Secrets

Chapter 2

Icon Placement and Organization

In This Chapter

• Optimizing placement for productivity
• Pegging the edges
• Thinking through folders
• Giving each home screen a purpose
• Generating a workflow

Thinking about the setup involved in tailoring your iPhone specifically for you is worth the effort. Once you have things just so from an initialization standpoint, it’s time to ponder the overall look and feel of iOS. Remember: this is your phone, a highly personal extension of you. After whisking through the first handful of setup panes, you’ll be abruptly dropped onto the home screen. Where do you go from there? Here. This chapter explains how to best tweak the iOS home screen for productivity, how to best arrange your Dock, and how to position icons that I’m sure you’ll end up using the most. The fact is, it doesn’t take a great deal of time to get your icons and apps situated in a manner that’s ideal, and it’ll save you precious time and frustration in the future. When you first get an iPhone, there’s not a whole lot on there. But soon, if you lack a proper attack plan, you’ll be overwhelmed with the sheer quantity of apps and information on board. Thankfully, there’s a method to controlling the madness, and I discuss shortcuts and suggestions for creating a sorting system that works best for you.

Optimizing Placement for Productivity

Ever wondered why people tend to place things in easy-to-reach spots whenever possible? Because it makes perfect sense. If you let it, the iPhone’s ...