I know everyone always complains about the notification/messaging system on the iPhone. I've been thinking about it and I did a little mock up of my ideas let me know what you guys think? Also post up your ideas of what you would like for the notification system, don't just say like android or palm LOL but just describe your view of how it would act and look.
What I would like is for the messaging system to not be so obtrussive. We know you can use the taskbar at the top just from using it for SBSettings on JB phones. Then with OS 4 and freeze states my idea would be to use the taskbar for messaging instead of the home button so that whatever app you have running would remain running. So here is my idea of the messaging system:
You would still get small messages as you do now but it would breifly appear on your screen for 5 seconds just incase you wanted to respond right away. Then it would go away and have a representation in the taskbar
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the taskbar would turn red and remain that way to remind you that you have messages waiting with the bubble or reminder on the taskbar.
When you are ready to check or reply to your messages you would tap the taskbar and you would get an overlay of the messages sorted by sender. You could scroll up and down through the messages to choose what to reply to and also if there are more than one message from a sender to see the whole conversation instead of answering each message.
you tap a message and you would get the message with the answer area just like you do now. I forgot to include the message button this would enable you to get back out to the messages incase you tapped the wrong one etc. There would be an edit button incase you wanted to forward the message to other contacts.
When you tap in the answer bar you would get the keyboard like you do now, write your reply and send which would then take you back to the messages and all messages from the contact would be be flagged as read and so only the un-answered ones would be showing on the screen and the message bubble count would change to reflect this.
If you didn't want to answer any more messages you tap the taskbar and the messages go away leaving you at your app which has been open the whole time behind the overlay of messages. If you want to do more hardcore messaging options you start the messaging app just like now. I like it because it takes away closing the app you're currently in, it allows you to ignore the messages until you're done what you're doing and it's saves you from clicking the home button when you're done with the messages and then starting the app when you're ready to resume. What do you guys think? What are your ideas of your ideal system?
What I would like is for the messaging system to not be so obtrussive. We know you can use the taskbar at the top just from using it for SBSettings on JB phones. Then with OS 4 and freeze states my idea would be to use the taskbar for messaging instead of the home button so that whatever app you have running would remain running. So here is my idea of the messaging system:
You would still get small messages as you do now but it would breifly appear on your screen for 5 seconds just incase you wanted to respond right away. Then it would go away and have a representation in the taskbar
or
the taskbar would turn red and remain that way to remind you that you have messages waiting with the bubble or reminder on the taskbar.
When you are ready to check or reply to your messages you would tap the taskbar and you would get an overlay of the messages sorted by sender. You could scroll up and down through the messages to choose what to reply to and also if there are more than one message from a sender to see the whole conversation instead of answering each message.
you tap a message and you would get the message with the answer area just like you do now. I forgot to include the message button this would enable you to get back out to the messages incase you tapped the wrong one etc. There would be an edit button incase you wanted to forward the message to other contacts.
When you tap in the answer bar you would get the keyboard like you do now, write your reply and send which would then take you back to the messages and all messages from the contact would be be flagged as read and so only the un-answered ones would be showing on the screen and the message bubble count would change to reflect this.
If you didn't want to answer any more messages you tap the taskbar and the messages go away leaving you at your app which has been open the whole time behind the overlay of messages. If you want to do more hardcore messaging options you start the messaging app just like now. I like it because it takes away closing the app you're currently in, it allows you to ignore the messages until you're done what you're doing and it's saves you from clicking the home button when you're done with the messages and then starting the app when you're ready to resume. What do you guys think? What are your ideas of your ideal system?
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