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TFA suggests that a single icon/menu for all apps that have generated any notifications, in other words: all notifications appear in the same list. This sounds
by jessedhillon 16y ago
TFA suggests that a single icon/menu for all apps that have generated any notifications, in other words: all notifications appear in the same list.
This sounds like a bad idea to me:
First, you can't see at a glance whether you've just received a text message (something you might want to respond to immediately) or an email (which you don't immediately care about).
We would need a user to be able to control which apps can generate notifications. Otherwise every shovelware developer is going to want to put their crappy icon in that menu. And then we have the iOS equivalent of a Facebook news feed full of virtual farming updates!
Second, not all notifications are equal. On WebOS, a media player notification (new song is playing) is separate from the notification about how many texts are unread. A hundred texts can come in, and they won't bury the notification about the music playing.
I hope they start with the WebOS notification system and start improving.