In iOS 4 Apple implemented "multitasking" in our iDevices and together with it implemented a task switcher that is accessed by double pressing the Home button and displays all open applications in the background, plus a multimedia control menu. Well, this task switcher is 2 years old, it is rudimentary, so Switchy appeared, a tweak that shows us a very interesting method by which the task switcher is modified. Switchy displays our applications in two rows, but includes several pages for all applications open in the background, multimedia settings plus shortcuts for various iOS settings.
Switchy is now available in Cydia and you can see in the images in this article everything you get if you install it. Basically, you have everything you need, even in the task switcher, and I think that Apple should have thought of everything like this from the very beginning. Until then, Switchy implements everything for us, in the images you have presented everything you need to know, and you can buy the tweak for $1 from Cydia. Unfortunately, Switchy is not compatible with the iPad tablet, so do not buy it to use it with it.
If my goal was to make the app switcher a new center of productivity and navigation, how would I do it without overdoing it? For starters, I needed to avoid adding things that you can't already do in iOS. In fact, keeping stuff that already exists in iOS is key, because it keeps the user from being overwhelmed. If they see things that they've seen before, they won't have to guess at what will happen when they tap it, and will feel a lot better about the experience. I also knew that I only needed to include things in the app switcher UI that added to the experience.
Switchy makes the task switcher how it should've been from the start. Brent Caswell's concept for a better task switcher is brought to life in this tweak. Working closely with Brent, his design choices took top priority. Switchy delivers the fully functional product that he envisioned. Switchy expands the task switcher to include two rows of icons. It adds Artist and Album information to the Now Playing area, bringing it together with not only more information but also by adding a volume slider to the same area.
The much requested "Clear Apps" button is added into a new page dedicated to settings. The settings page is also a quick way to adjust the display's brightness, as well as functioning as a shortcut to the Settings app.
