Why, for example, does tapping the clock icon bring up your list of notifications (completed downloads, incoming text messages and so on)?
Apple still relies on badges, banners and a list of notifications in a pull-down sorted by day that is some-how disconnected from the apps that are meant to have received the notification.
From the watch face, the up and down buttons can also be used to launch one app or screen when held for a second, such as a list of notifications, the Misfit app or music controls.
And rather than flicking through a list of notifications or e-mails to see if you missed anything important, you can make that decision immediately and get on with your day.
The first thing I do when I wake up each morning is look at the long list of notifications that have silently accumulated on my phone as I slept.
Instead of an endless list of notifications a la Pebble, the Olio has a cloud-based system that only surfaces important messages as defined by the people you interact with the most.
To configure these in the Ringly app, you just tap an "Edit" button and add those items you want to include to your list of Notifications.
A list of notifications when we wake up in the morning -- how empowering is this menu of choices when we wake up?
When we wake up in the morning and turn our phone over to see a list of notifications -- it frames the experience of "waking up in the morning" around a menu of "all the things I've missed since yesterday".
View the list of notifications.
