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I am a fan of the Android notifications but I have told that the webOS ones are even better! This should be an interesting device all in all.

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WebOS notifications are nice because you can swipe away individual notifications. But they also take up more screen than on Android (which matters because Palm/HP loves tiny phones). I'd say it's a push overall.

It would be really nice if they have a notification tray (or rather a summary area). That would make it the best notification system on any current platform. Right now, once you swipe the notifications away, there's no single place to go and view those notifications. I can't recall if it still keeps a small reminder icon on the bottom.

Ideally, swipe left to dismiss, swipe right to dismiss for now (still listed in the notification "tray").

> I can't recall if it still keeps a small reminder icon on the bottom.

It does this if you don't swipe it away and you interact with some other app. So, if I'm writing an emial and a text message comes in, it will show up with the full notification, but if I touch the email again, it will show the tiny reminder icon.

One major problem with WebOS notifications is that you can't interact with some of them when they appear. You have to wait until after (1) they've minimized themselves, (2) you've tapped the minimized icon in the lower right corner, and then (3) tapped or swiped the expanded notification item. It's particularly infuriating with the WiFi "Captive portal detected" notification.

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