Rumor: Apple looking to buy developer for new iOS notification system

the8thark · Feb 11, 2011

Rumor: Apple looking to buy developer for new iOS notification system
AppleInsider | Rumor: Apple looking to buy developer for new iOS notification system

Apple may buy a third-party App Store iPhone developer to help it create a new notification system for a future version of iOS, according to a new rumor.

schweb · Feb 11, 2011

I hope so. iOS Notifications are horribly designed, probably the biggest flaw in the whole OS in my opinion.

iWhat · Feb 11, 2011

I've never come across Boxcar, looks really nice.

Chris H. · Feb 12, 2011

I never liked the iOS notification system. A big purplish (used to blue at some point in the past? Maybe I'm color blind…) box with a glassy veneer interrupting what you're doing.

Brings me to my next point: anybody seen how certain (if not all?) Game Center games have a slide down transparent notification with the Game Center icon and a message saying "Welcome Back, user"? I think this would be good for in-app notifications (notifications that occur when you're in an app).

MYmacROX · Feb 12, 2011

Has anyone seen the HP Touch Pad's method of notifications? Top right tool bar with transparent drop down alerts which can be ignored and will disappear briefly. Or you can actually scroll through small window of specific alerts such as emails (a sideways swipe in a narrow "box" showing email titles) or text messages. It's really smooth and I sincerely hope iOS copies it in some way or another.

Chris H. · Feb 13, 2011

MYmacROX said:
Has anyone seen the HP Touch Pad's method of notifications? Top right tool bar with transparent drop down alerts which can be ignored and will disappear briefly. Or you can actually scroll through small window of specific alerts such as emails (a sideways swipe in a narrow "box" showing email titles) or text messages. It's really smooth and I sincerely hope iOS copies it in some way or another.

That's on a 9.7" screen though. On a 3.5" screen though, this might seem cumbersome.

MYmacROX · Feb 13, 2011

Chris H. said:
That's on a 9.7" screen though. On a 3.5" screen though, this might seem cumbersome.

True.
I was speaking purely for the iPad.

Chris H. · Feb 13, 2011

MYmacROX said:
True.
I was speaking purely for the iPad.

Hmm. I haven't quite seen how HP does notifications.

But for a 3.5" screen, I think the GameCenter notification system would work.

Maybe Apple should put a red badge in the title bar (time, battery, network info etc.) in iOS for notifications, and a user can swipe down on the home screen to view notifications. Inside an app, the GameCenter notification system would be fine. Just a thought though.

MYmacROX · Feb 13, 2011

Chris H. said:
Hmm. I haven't quite seen how HP does notifications.

Check it out when you get a second. HP TouchPad first hands-on! (updated with video!) -- Engadget

To see the notifications, skip to 3:15.

bittenapple · Feb 15, 2011

http://www.macstories.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/webos.jpeg

I kind of like this kind of notifications in the home screen. Seriously, we need widgets screen as well as better use of homescreen.

MYmacROX · Feb 15, 2011

bittenapple said:
http://www.macstories.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/webos.jpeg

I kind of like this kind of notifications in the home screen. Seriously, we need widgets screen as well as better use of homescreen.

Your link didn't work. Turned up an "Error 404 File Not Found" message.

Chris H. · Feb 15, 2011

bittenapple said:
http://www.macstories.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/webos.jpeg

I kind of like this kind of notifications in the home screen. Seriously, we need widgets screen as well as better use of homescreen.

Looks hideous.

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