{"id":993,"date":"2010-07-02T13:50:18","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T12:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/?p=993"},"modified":"2011-10-19T10:53:57","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T09:53:57","slug":"iphone-folder-icons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hang-out.co.uk\/index.php\/technology\/iphone-folder-icons","title":{"rendered":"iPhone Folder Icons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple’s iOS4 introduced folders to the iPhone. By dragging an app onto another one, either on the iPhone or in iTunes, a folder is created with a suggested, editable name.<\/p>\n\n

Many of us have done just that. In my case, I kept my most-used apps on the first Home Screen and organised the apps into folders on the second screen, thereby reducing the number of screens from 12 to 2!<\/p>\n\n

Then, this morning, I noticed a tweet from Don McAllister<\/a> (@donmcallister<\/a>) who pointed out this page<\/a> about how to name folders with icons instead of text.<\/p>\n\n

I started playing around with it, firstly by creating an Apple folder, then by attempting to use icons for all my folders. “Flying”, “Travel” and “Games” were easy, but I struggled with “Sailing”, “Photography” and others. Then I remembered I had installed Spell Number on my iPhone which enables emoji icons<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

A few minutes’ later I’d created this. Whether I stick with it is another matter…<\/p>\n\n

(Click to enlarge)\n

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Apple’s iOS4 introduced folders to the iPhone. By dragging an app onto another one, either on the iPhone or in iTunes, a folder is created with a suggested, editable name. Many of us have done just that. In my case, I kept my most-used apps on the first Home Screen and organised the apps into …

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