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IOS 8 Concept for Interactive Notifications

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Re: IOS 8 Concept for Interactive Notifications

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Post by kracalo »

jbrooksuk wrote: post #8
tuananh wrote: post #6

What's not clear is how do user dismiss the notification after performing the action?

It seemed to automatically dismiss after tapping "Send".

You are probably right. But one question what if I don`t reply, how to go back. Definitely missing button or gesture.

Re: IOS 8 Concept for Interactive Notifications

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Post by 3rd3 »

Instead, Apple should include another button in the next iPhone allowing for quickly switching back and forth between the two most recent applications (just like cmd-tab). The four-finger sliding gesture is just too heavy-handed.

Re: IOS 8 Concept for Interactive Notifications

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Post by jbrooksuk »

kracalo wrote: post #11
jbrooksuk wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seemed to automatically dismiss after tapping "Send".

You are probably right. But one question what if I don`t reply, how to go back. Definitely missing button or gesture.

That's a good point, I don't think he thought about that.

Re: IOS 8 Concept for Interactive Notifications

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Post by gokhan »

I love the "physical" back button on my Galaxy S and find Android's overall back button concept really useful, regardless of the os version. I feel disoriented whenever I try to go back to where I left on an ios device, it's always app specific and non-standard.

Opening another app from a notification and returning back would be quite difficult, not all apps have a specific action marking the end of an interaction, as in "sending the email" in this concept. How will I go back from editing a spreadsheet or some notification putting me right in to the middle of a game?

Re: IOS 8 Concept for Interactive Notifications

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Post by whyohwhyamihere »

iOS7 revolves around the concept of panes. The app, home screen, background, and notifications are all on separate panes to give a user a sense of context of where they are. This defeats that completely by muddying the waters and mixing panes. Like others have said, link bait, no design concept, there was really no thinking involved, someone just threw a video together of iOS8 with an added button.

Re: IOS 8 Concept for Interactive Notifications

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

steve_barham wrote: post #7

Seems a somewhat low barrier for entry, if a 'design concept' consists of putting an action button on a notification.

Especially since that's literally the only thing the video shows. It does not even elaborate on the concept and shows only one example.

Re: IOS 8 Concept for Interactive Notifications

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Post by interpol_p »

CodeWithCoffee wrote: post #10
jbrooksuk wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seemed to automatically dismiss after tapping "Send".

Although nothing was actually shown in the video - it dismissed several seconds after 'Send' was tapped. With this design, where the whole message thread is shown, I think it would be better to have a 'Done' button up at the top, in case you want to reread messages or send a second reply.

I think that defeats the simplicity of this design. If you plan to view the thread / spend some time deliberating a response you just tap the notification to be taken to the Messages app. The reply action gives you a chance to respond and kill the notification in a single action — useful.

Re: IOS 8 Concept for Interactive Notifications

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Post by jbrooksuk »

It looks nice, I like the appeal of quickly replying to a notification and it dismissing automatically afterwards.

However, I don't think this will go into iOS8, in fact I think it's going to look different again. I like iOS7, it's smooth for me and I feel like I know where everything is.

Re: IOS 8 Concept for Interactive Notifications

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Post by Touche »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #17
steve_barham wrote: post #7

Seems a somewhat low barrier for entry, if a 'design concept' consists of putting an action button on a notification.

Especially since that's literally the only thing the video shows. It does not even elaborate on the concept and shows only one example.

And it fails to solve the biggest problem with iOS notifications; they cover up action buttons at the top of apps. People who get lots of notifications complain about this the most.
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