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Add a small reminder of notifications in home screen / launcher
Small reminder of notifications in home screen / launcher
I think it would be nice to have some tiny indicator of new notifications that would stay visible in the bottom of the screen in the home screen and launcher screens – like a little dot, or several dots for several notifications.
Why? Example: While I'm doing something on the phone, an SMS arrives. I see the pop-up notification and think "I'll reply to that after I'm done with what I'm doing now". By the time I'm done, I have forgotten about the SMS. I put away the phone and don’t remember the SMS until the next time I wake up the phone and see the notification icon. But if I saw an indicator in the home screen, it would remind me ”hey, they’re something down here you may want to deal with”.
(For this to really work, there would also need to a possibility to choose what notifications you want to see, but that’s a different issue and covered elsewhere.)
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Add a small reminder of notifications in home screen / launcher
Small reminder of notifications in home screen / launcher
I think it would be nice to have some tiny indicator of new notifications that would stay visible in the bottom of the screen in the home screen and launcher screens – like a little dot, or several dots for several notifications.
Why? Example: While I'm doing something on the phone, an SMS arrives. I see the pop-up notification and think "I'll reply to that after I'm done with what I'm doing now". By the time I'm done, I have forgotten about the SMS. I put away the phone and don’t remember the SMS until the next time I wake up the phone and see the notification icon. But if I saw an indicator in the home screen, it would remind me ”hey, they’re something down here you may want to deal with”.
(For this to really work, there would also need to a possibility to choose what notifications you want to see, but that’s a different issue and covered elsewhere.)
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Add a small reminder of notifications in home screen / launcher
Small reminder of notifications in home screen / launcher
I think it would be nice to have some tiny indicator of new notifications that would stay visible in the bottom of the screen in the home screen and launcher screens – like a little dot, or several dots for several notifications.
Why? Example: While I'm doing something on the phone, an SMS arrives. I see the pop-up notification and think "I'll reply to that after I'm done with what I'm doing now". By the time I'm done, I have forgotten about the SMS. I put away the phone and don’t remember the SMS until the next time I wake up the phone and see the notification icon. But if I saw an indicator in the home screen, it would remind me ”hey, they’re something down here you may want to deal with”.
(For this to really work, there would also need to a possibility to choose what notifications you want to see, but that’s a different issue and covered elsewhere.)
| | 4 | No.4 Revision |
Add a small reminder of notifications in home screen / launcher
I think it would be nice to have some tiny indicator of new notifications that would stay visible in the bottom of the screen in the home screen and launcher screens – like a little dot, or several dots for several notifications.
Why? Example: While I'm doing something on the phone, an SMS arrives. I see the pop-up notification and think "I'll reply to that after I'm done with what I'm doing now". By the time I'm done, I have forgotten about the SMS. I put away the phone and don’t remember the SMS until the next time I wake up the phone and see the notification icon. But if I saw an indicator in the home screen, it would remind me ”hey, they’re there's something down here you may want to deal with”.
(For this to really work, there would also need to a possibility to choose what notifications you want to see, but that’s a different issue and covered elsewhere.)
| | 5 | No.5 Revision |
Add a small reminder of notifications in home screen / launcher
I think it would be nice to have some tiny indicator of new notifications that would stay visible in the bottom of the screen in the home screen and launcher screens – like a little dot, or several dots for several notifications.
Why? Example: While I'm doing something on the phone, an SMS arrives. I see the pop-up notification and think "I'll reply to that after I'm done with what I'm doing now". By the time I'm done, I have forgotten about the SMS. I put away the phone and don’t remember the SMS until the next time I wake up the phone and see the notification icon. But if I saw an indicator in the home screen, it would remind me ”hey, there's something down here you may want to deal with”.
(For this to really work, there would also need to a possibility to choose what notifications you want to see, but that’s a different issue and covered elsewhere.)
Edit: In 1.1.9.28, this is kind of implemented. When the home screen covers zoom back, notifications icons slide in from the left side, so you see them for example when switching to home from an app. However, this doesn't happen every time the covers zoom – not when you tap a cover on the home screen, for example. Also, when you flick up the Launcher, the icons appear so briefly that you don't really notice them.
So it's better now, but in my opinion it could be better. I'll leave the question open for now.