New Notifications System

[anon(27512)]

Is anyone else as disappointed as I am that they moved notifications to the bottom of the screen? I'm really gonna miss the notifications drawer..

 

[Auzo]

Its seemed that there was still a drawer effect, but there was only one notification to show. It just seems like they moved the location and added some extra flair to it.

Also on a high res tablet i don't want the drawer to block the entire screen when i use it. It doesn't make sense to as there would be a lot of wasted space. IMO its adds to the whole unobtrusiveness of the android notification system since it uses only as much space as needed.

 

[Bujin#IM]

Is there some visual of the new notification system? I haven't seen it yet.

EDIT: never mind, found the 10 minute overview of Honeybomb.

 

[anon(27512)]

I hope for the phone they keep the drawer and I hope they keep it on top of the screen. It's one of my favorite things about android.

 

[Bujin#IM]

I hope for the phone they keep the drawer and I hope they keep it on top of the screen. It's one of my favorite things about android.

It looks pretty good on the tablet, and of course WebOS has had bottom notifications since its beginning. I actually like the bottom notifications better.

 

[Gone24]

I like it!! I can't wait to see how this plays out on phones!!

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

I really like what I've seen so far, actually. I've always liked WebOS's notifications on the bottom setup, so I think this is a great move for Android.

 

[Baconator]

Its going to be different.i can't wait for honeycomb

 

[Dexter73]

Everybody complains how long it takes for their phones to get updates. I have a feeling it is going to take a lot longer than normal for the manufacturers to incorporate their UI overlays with Honeycomb. How long will it take HTC, Motorola, Samsung, LG and Sony to make these changes?

 

[RUSH]

I like them both.. Either way work for me.

I can't wait to see the different display to my phone.

 

[Chris Kerrigan]

Everybody complains how long it takes for their phones to get updates. I have a feeling it is going to take a lot longer than normal for the manufacturers to incorporate their UI overlays with Honeycomb. How long will it take HTC, Motorola, Samsung, LG and Sony to make these changes?

Rumor mill has it that Honeycomb is going to be tablet-only anyway. Not so sure what I think about this yet, but it's possible phones will be going from Gingerbread to Ice Cream.

 

[Dexter73]

Rumor mill has it that Honeycomb is going to be tablet-only anyway. Not so sure what I think about this yet, but it's possible phones will be going from Gingerbread to Ice Cream.

Honeycomb is going to be for phones too.

YouTube - Google's Matias Duarte talks Honeycomb, tablets, design, and the future of Android.

 

[cjohnson481]

IMO the new bottom corner notifications are great for tablet sized devices. It allows you to be able to keep consuming data and have the small notification area that is unobtrusize. if the notification area was at the top of the screen and had the pull down, that would be a very large pull down and probably not a great use of screen real estate. i think the UI redesign has really made the android tablet an even more desirable device.

 

[rightontime]

I really don't think the notification bar will be moved to the bottom for phones. I remember andy rubin saying with gingerbread things will be able to express itself differently for tablets, and the tablet launcher will have the notification launcher on the bottom.

 

[zero3187]

I'd like to see the user being able to choose where the notifications show up. Top, bottom, on the sides possibly lol.

 

[caleb40]

Is honeybomb only for tablets?

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