It doesn't really take two hands to open the NC. And if Touch ID and launching an app is as fast as a quick swipe from the top then I want to know exactly where you bought your phone because that performance eclipses even desktop speeds.
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It doesn't really take two hands to open the NC. And if Touch ID and launching an app is as fast as a quick swipe from the top then I want to know exactly where you bought your phone because that performance eclipses even desktop speeds.
And notifications that come in. And notifications and widgets that can be accessed win a simple swipe or at most two.
An option is all that is needed to please everyone.
I would turn it on. You would not.
We are both happy.
I would turn it on. You would not.
We are both happy.
I get the security concerns, though you may find it handy for just non-sensitive information.
It does on a 6 Plus - too big of a drop risk otherwise.
Options for either..
- To keep the state of the notification screen. IE, you pull it down and it stays down next time you view the lock screen.
- You can add notification stuff directionally to the home screen. IE calendar info, stocks, weather, reminders etc. An option in each setting "show on lock screen".
Sure options would be good. For 1 hard to see Apple doing it as they might think it can confuse typical users if they are stuck on something and not on the expected lock screen. For 2 it's more or less Apple allowing to have widgets outside of Notification Center in general, and more so on lock screen where they would need to have them up to date all the time and use up more battery. Hard to see Apple going for either one, but who knows what they might do down the line.
I wonder how difficult it would be to implement an option whereby a double tap (not double press) of the home button would slide the notification down when the phone is locked - similar to reachability when the phone is unlocked.
Go to your local phone shop and pick up a Windows Phone to see how effective and efficient a lock screen can be. Your weather comment is irrelevant. There are thousands of other snippets of data that could be displayed on the lock screen IF you were given the option to.
What they think is this is not so straightforward. They want to get everything needed in a glance, in just a single press of homebutton or power button.
However, simply showing up a clock is better than showing up bunches of information you want or don't want others to see, although double tap to call NC should be better, in lock screen.
We are just going round and round in circles here.
NC widgets are cumbersome.
On and iPhone 6 or 6 plus with your phone locked, it's a 2 handed job to...
- Press the home button
- Slide the NC into view
- Click the notifications tab because the last time you viewed it, it was on the today tab
- Scroll down to appointments to see your next next appointment
- Press the power button to turn off
- Press the Touch ID to open the phone
- Click calendar. Done. Faster.
If you are afraid of security, then don't enable the feature. It's that simple.
The most you can do with the iPhone lock screen is view the date and time and a picture of your kid. Great!
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There are different ways to approach this, too.
Something like what @Pagemakers just posted is akin to moving selected widgets from the Notification Center to the lock screen.
Something like what @CanadaMaple posted is more akin to the "complications" on the Apple Watch face. Much smaller, mini widgets are positioned in the corners of the lock screen, leaving the main screen area largely as it is now.
The latter approach would be my preference.
Something like what @Pagemakers just posted is akin to moving selected widgets from the Notification Center to the lock screen.
Something like what @CanadaMaple posted is more akin to the "complications" on the Apple Watch face. Much smaller, mini widgets are positioned in the corners of the lock screen, leaving the main screen area largely as it is now.
The latter approach would be my preference.
With support for "third-party app information as watch face complications" being added within watchOS 2 this fall, the weight of expectation for a similar feature within iOS will become even greater.
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/06/08Apple-Previews-New-Apple-Watch-Software.html
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2015/06/08Apple-Previews-New-Apple-Watch-Software.html
Imagine your phone is sitting on your desk or couch.
You pick it up and look at the screen without touching any button and immediately you know your next appointment, your live stock price, the next program TiVo is going to record and the current station the train is at that you are waiting to meet.
This is very much what complications on the Watch will be able to do in V2, and something that many phones have been cable of for years to a lesser degree. The mind boggles at the dullness of the iPhone lock screen. It could be so good.
You pick it up and look at the screen without touching any button and immediately you know your next appointment, your live stock price, the next program TiVo is going to record and the current station the train is at that you are waiting to meet.
This is very much what complications on the Watch will be able to do in V2, and something that many phones have been cable of for years to a lesser degree. The mind boggles at the dullness of the iPhone lock screen. It could be so good.
