Idea: iPhone Notifications That Don’t SUCK

Notifications on iPhone are terrible - they interrupt you, pause your apps (especially games), and are user-unfriendly. Apple’s argument has been that Push Notifications preserve both battery life and iOS responsiveness.

Suggestion: a “notification bubble” that appears in the corner (quietly and without pausing your application) that can be dismissed with a quick swipe. Tap one to go to that app… or ignore it!

Also, a “notifications tray” that collects notifications as a history so that you don’t have to respond to right away… unlike with current push notifications.

Tapping a notification not only takes you to that app, but also to what you need to address… whether it’s a Facebook message, a new email or calendar alert, a Twitter reply/direct message - whatever!

Swipe the blue “notification bubble” up (as if sending it away!) to dismiss.

Getting back to your notifications tray later is easy: simply double-tap the Home Button to bring up the multi-tasking panel, and the notifications bubble also pops up (not pictured). Tapping the bubble will bring up the Notifications Tray.

ALSO: See my suggestion for Lock-Screen notifications that don’t suck!