Notified and iOS5
You probably know that on monday Apple announced a new notification system at WWDC.
As some of you pointed out, it looks a lot like Notified: pull-down drawer, notification bar, etc., some of you even said that Apple had ripped me off.
I don’t feel that way.
For starters, the drawer idea wasn’t that new, Android had it before Notified, and while I never used it personally, the concept was a big inspiration.
(It did come as a surprise that they used the swipe down gesture, with the rumor of they hiring Peter Hajas, I thought they were going with the notification list above the multitasking drawer)
As for Notification Bar, I didn’t see anything like that before Notified, but it’s not a terrible innovating idea; instead of showing the notification at the middle of the screen, try to move it to somewhere less important.
So yeah, I would have loved if Apple had sent me an email saying “Hey, we love your notification system, come work with us”, but you can’t always get what you want.
Anyway, many of you were left wondering what was gonna happen with Notified.
I don’t want it to end as a beta, so I’ll try to push a release as soon as I can, but I won’t work too hard on new features.
I also find it really cool that Apple made a system so similar to Notified, because it means we were doing it right.
We’ve had a great run, and I hope you all enjoyed Notified like I did, and I want to thank you for all your support.
