With the iPhone 2.1 Software Update, Apple made quite a few improvements to the user interface. Some of the changes may actually slipped by unnoticed. I was listening to my podcasts on the iPhone and spotted one of these.
There is a visual indicator that shows you the "played" status of the podcast. The indicator is a full blue dot to show that you have not started listening. It turns into a half-dot when you have started but not finished with the podcast. This is definitely useful but I felt it could do a lot more and decided to have a go at improving it.
I would actually leverage on the dot to reveal more information. I like that the interface displays the playback as "7m Left" instead of "00:07 Left". That is a nice touch. However, with a slight indicator tweak, I now get a visual hint of the last playback position of the podcast.
What do you think?
What others think
kym
Oct 02 2008
I think you should work at Apple.