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Now I don't know how other people feel, but while some of gestures/UI features work well, others are just really annoying. I've only been using my Jolla for a month now, so anyone feel free to chime in and correct me if I am wrong.

I am going to start with what's good.

• Double tap to wake, great I like this feature, saves me from reaching for the lock button.
• Swiping from left to right or from right to left to go back and forward. Again, another feature I like, it makes a lot of sense logically.
• Swipe to lock screen. I like having this, but the implementation is just wrong.

What I don't like

• 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. What SHOULD happen is that swiping from the top down should give notifications and swiping from the bottom up should lock the screen.
• Pulley menu's in theory are a good idea, but again, the implementation is just not good. For example, I was driving into work today, my alarm went off. I tried to reach into my pocket to swipe down to disable the alarm. I couldn't. Using haptic feedback for this just doesn't work. I think I should just be able to make one swipe motion and something should go away, or refresh. I shouldn't have to actively think about haptic feedback having to land on a certain option in the pulley menu. Related question here - https://together.jolla.com/question/55380/ui-improvement-pulley-menus-with-single-item/#55455
• 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?
• Peeking to get 3g/wi-fi connectivity status, time or battery life. I know Jolla have reasons behind having this. but to be honest, I just hate this. I always like to know exactly what my battery life is, what my connectivity status is, what time is it.

Now I don't know how other people feel, but while some of gestures/UI features work well, others are just really annoying. I've only been using my Jolla for a month now, so anyone feel free to chime in and correct me if I am wrong.

I am going to start with what's good.

• Double tap to wake, great I like this feature, saves me from reaching for the lock button.
• Swiping from left to right or from right to left to go back and forward. Again, another feature I like, it makes a lot of sense logically.
• Swipe to lock screen. I like having this, but the implementation is just wrong.

What I don't like

• 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. What SHOULD happen is that swiping from the top down should give notifications and swiping from the bottom up should lock the screen.
• Pulley menu's in theory are a good idea, but again, the implementation is just not good. For example, I was driving into work today, my alarm went off. I tried to reach into my pocket to swipe down to disable the alarm. I couldn't. Using haptic feedback for this just doesn't work. I think I should just be able to make one swipe motion and something should go away, or refresh. I shouldn't have to actively think about haptic feedback having to land on a certain option in the pulley menu. Related question here - https://together.jolla.com/question/55380/ui-improvement-pulley-menus-with-single-item/#55455
• 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?
• Peeking to get 3g/wi-fi connectivity status, time or battery life. I know Jolla have reasons behind having this. but to be honest, I just hate this. I always like to know exactly what my battery life is, what my connectivity status is, what time is it.