iOS 5 Notification Center Fall Down Transition

This is a change to the transition that takes you to the Notification Center. Swiping down from the menubar makes the interface fall to the bottom of the screen, revealing the notifications in the background. To leave the notifications, you tap the interface at the bottom of the screen.

A disadvantage with this solution is that you loose the possibility to just peak at the latest notifications. That could possibly be remedied by placing the latest notifications at the top and not having the interface fall until after you release your finger.

What you gain is a more unique solution compared to Android, and something that is more inline with current iOS implementations such as the folders.

There has been a number of redesigns of the Notification Center after Apple revealed it in the WWDC keynote. Most change the linen texture into something else. I think the texture could be toned down a bit, but my gripe is that the linen texture is used inconsistently.

The linen texture has been used to denote that something is at the very bottom layer of the interface. For example, when you open a folder, the wallpaper separates to reveal the folder contents on a linen texture. Therefore, the Notification Center that slides out above the interface shouldn't really use the linen texture.

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• iphone
• ios
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• concept

[maxrudberg]

Like pointed out in the comments, this concept is available in the form of Flowtation through Cydia.

[Capric0rn]

Right now we can only wait and see how Apple is going to work the Notification Center out. I for one hope that they'll that they should make it more like you've portrait in this video.

A few days ago I was thinking the exact same thing of the linen. A solution like this for the Notification Center fits better in the realm of iOS, or even both iOS and Lion. They're using it in Mission Control as well, which kinda looks like the layer of the OS where the OS is managing the Windows and whatnot.

[maxrudberg]

@Capric0rn Yeah, I'd be happy if they made the use of linen more consistent. I'd say either change the transition or change the appearance of the NC.

[xmyco]

a tweak called flowtation is available in cydia, that does something extremely similar to this :D

[HumphsPlayPoint]

Did anyone notice that it's 13:37 on the clock?

[SirSupernice]

Flowtation 1.1 is done :D

[HarryPotterFan134]

someone stole the 8th second!

[guyeiny]

That would make a big problem to view notification center when in apps, where today pulling the notification center down first pops out the little handle, and another pull reveals the actual notification center.

This is of course intended to prevent inadvertently pulling the notification center, when all the user was trying is to slay yet another knight in Infinity Blade.

Your implementation would impose a challenge how to design the "double opt" process.

[Dilster3k]

I would love to see iOS 6 adapt from OS X Lion. Since Lion took the Launchpad from the iPhone, why can't the iPhone have Mission Control and the Dashboard?

[TechDude997]

@HumphsPlayPoint So? :)

[mollyconnollly]

Peeking at the top notification is a much better reason than the clashing texture. I hope they don't just change it to something like Radjenovic's new style, but more like this video.