UI frustrations

Hi,

for the notification menu at the bottom, it is closer to your thumb, which makes it easier to access to the notifications.

Shortcuts, toggles and pulley menu are a bit confusing, I agree and could be made better...

My thumb actually rests on the power button near the top of the screen while holding the phone :)

"Swiping from the bottom up to get notifications still disorientates me. Every other device (Windows Phone, Android, Blackberry, iOS) has the notifications from the top down. I know Sailfish is unlike, but this is just unlike for no good reason."

It is for a good reason, namely that it is really a lot easier to swipe up from the bottom than to swipe down from the top when you are holding the phone with one hand (which is what all the current gestures seem to be modeled after). At least that is the case for me.

"Lack of a unified toggle centre for wi-fi/mobile data/silent mode/airplane mode/etc. This would be an easy one to solve. Currently, from the lock screen, you can pull down to turn on/off sound. I would propose that more settings be put into that pulley menu for mobile data, wi-fi, airplane mode, bluetooth, screen brightness, etc. Perhaps users themselves could be able to modify the contents of this pulley menu, in the same way that Android customers can have toggle widgets on their homescreen?"

This is possible, there are (apps that are actually just) toggles for Wi-Fi, mobile data, etc available on OpenRepos, like https://openrepos.net/content/schturman/quick-bt-onoff or https://openrepos.net/content/schturman/quick-internet-onoff. Just install those apps, then in Settings -> System -> Shortcuts, add them to the pulley menu shortcuts. Also, you can install Patchmanager (also from OpenRepos, https://openrepos.net/content/sfietkonstantin/patchmanager) and add the settings shortcuts to the events/notification screen to have them quickly available everywhere. (I agree that this is not a perfect solution and installing apps just to toggle Wi-Fi on and off is a bit strange, but at least it works.)

It's a bit strange to take certain other operating systems or user interfaces as a standard. It all depends on whre you come from and what you're used to. I come from the N9 where swiping down from the top closes the application, so it's the most natural and expected behaviour.

1. (-1) There is absolutely no reason why the notification center should be at the top of the screen. The reson it is there on Android is because that's where the status bar with battery life, network status etc. is. There is absolutely no reason to replicate that. The fact that you happen to be used to that mode of operation is not a justification for a design choice.
2. The pulley menu could indeed be approved. Having a default choice for a hasty flick up/down could be an option. Is that really better for all situations than opening the menu though? I'm not so sure, an accidental flick instead of a pull could have unintended consequences if you're not familiar with the action. Maybe this could be enabled in the options if and when a user wants to have default actions for pulley menus.

Also I quite like having the applications full screen, and peek the time, battery life or connectivity. It somehow ... feels nice.