[1jaxstate1]

Windows mobile power user is reporting that MS wanted to implement a notification center, but ran out of time.

Guess we'll see it in WP9

TAKE THAT NAYSAYERS!

[aubreyq]

Windows mobile power user is reporting that MS wanted to implement a notification center, but ran out of time.

Guess we'll see it in WP9

TAKE THAT NAYSAYERS!

Interesting. I've mentioned in a few threads that switching to the new kernel must've taken a lot of time and resources for MS to focus on everything regarding WP8. You have a link to that report?

What DID happen to WeeBear?

[1jaxstate1]

Here's the link http://wmpoweruser.com/interesting-m...n-out-of-time/

Interesting. I've mentioned in a few threads that switching to the new kernel must've taken a lot of time and resources for MS to focus on everything regarding WP8. You have a link to that report?

What DID happen to WeeBear?

WeeBear took a break due to something with his eye, If i remember correctly.

[AngryNil]

Great, now people here can stop telling me I'm doing it wrong.

[lonbraj]

They clearly ran out of time. WP8 is WP7.5 with a new kernel and a promising future, it's a new start. We are 5 years late, i hope MSFT update WP more often because one year for a major update is not enough.

[1jaxstate1]

Amen!!

Great, now people here can stop telling me I'm doing it wrong.

[lonbraj]

Great, now people here can stop telling me I'm doing it wrong.

+99999999999999999

[thed]

But, the start screen! And the lock screen!

In all seriousness, it's good to know that someone at MS understands the need for it. WP8.5 maybe?

[blehblehbleh]

Great, now people here can stop telling me I'm doing it wrong.

Hahaha but at the moment you are! j/k.

It'll be interesting to see their take on a notification center. Hopefully we'll see one in 8.5. I'm hoping they MS left a bunch of features out because they plan to speed up their dev and release cycles once they got over the hump of the kernel switch.

[aubreyq]

Notification Center fans are hereby vindicated. Well, when it comes out, that is.

[1jaxstate1]

They are going to have to rebuild the kernal again, so no updates for WP8 to WP9, which will introduce the all new fantastic notification system. Lol

[independentvolume]

Motorola is going to lose money, get dropped by google, pick up wp9, and become the new Nokia. Market down.

[Squachy]

WEll i guess that rumor awhile back where they had to cut features out of wp8 to make the launch date could have some validity if this rumor turns out to be true.

And remember when Nodo came out which brought cut and paste (then considered a major omission)? Yeah that was like sometime at the beginning of the new year, before Mango mid-year.

[aubreyq]

WEll i guess that rumor awhile back where they had to cut features out of wp8 to make the launch date could have some validity if this rumor turns out to be true.

Absolutely.

And remember when Nodo came out which brought cut and paste (then considered a major omission)? Yeah that was like sometime at the beginning of the new year, before Mango mid-year.

NoDo was January 2011 or so (very soon after WP7s launch). Mango arrived in September 2011, I think?

[Squachy]

Absolutely.

NoDo was January 2011 or so (very soon after WP7s launch). Mango arrived in September 2011, I think?

I thought Mango was 'official' in like end of July but some carriers didnt roll it out till a couple months after. At least..i htink thats what happened.

[PG2G]

NoDo was January 2011 or so (very soon after WP7s launch). Mango arrived in September 2011, I think?

NoDo was announced at CES (January) and MWC (February) but didn't actually come out until March (and April for most of us).

We'll probably see an intermediate update announced at MWC. I doubt it'll include anything that would require updates to the SDK though. I'm guessing more hardware support (Snapdragon S4 Pro and perhaps ST-Ericcson's NovaThor and NVIDIA's Tegra 4) and other things that don't really affect users (like universal search). We'll see though

I thought Mango was 'official' in like end of July but some carriers didnt roll it out till a couple months after. At least..i htink thats what happened.

I think the Mango beta was released late July, with it going RTM in mid/late August, and it being officially released around September.

[JSern]

Think about it, if the notification center is like the N9, swipe to the left from the home screen

[aubreyq]

Think about it, if the notification center is like the N9, swipe to the left from the home screen

Trying to think, if you swipe your finger to the left from the Start screen on WP8 (revealing screen right of Start), you'd get Kids Corner, so for a Notification Center you'd be swiping your finger to the right (revealing screen left of Start).

[aubreyq]

NoDo was announced at CES (January) and MWC (February) but didn't actually come out until March (and April for most of us).

Aaaah, that makes sense. I remember coming down from Yosemite in April 2011 and there was an update notification on my phone. So that was NoDo, then. Thanks for the clarification.

[deadwrong03]

it shouldnt even be a major update to add a notification center couldnt they slip it in sometime from now til march in a minor update

[CJ Thunder]

Trying to think, if you swipe your finger to the left from the Start screen on WP8 (revealing screen right of Start), you'd get Kids Corner, so for a Notification Center you'd be swiping your finger to the right (revealing screen left of Start).

I frequently get two texts at the same time and only see one of them so even looking at the screen you can miss things. It has to be in the OS. Swipe from left of Start won't help in a game or movie or other app. It has to be an off screen pull or a reorganization of the buttons.

Though in some apps I feel doing the pull down like iOS or Android plays into some errors and it might be too late to do a button reorganization.

[nizzon]

Notificationcenter mentioned at BUILD!
We might see it in the future. Awesome news!

Skip to 2:45...
In WP8 Live Tiles will now no longer expire after 2 weeks - YouTube!

[electricbopeep]

I must admit, I felt both vindicated and relieved when I read this. I was seriously considering moving on from WP if a notification center (or some amalgam thereof) wasn't implemented in wp8. But the truth of the matter is that I strongly believe in and like/love wp's approach to mobile computing and I have substantial misgivings when it comes to android and ios (although I can admire aspects of those os's). Although I wish a notification center was part of wp8, I can understand the delay and am more glad than anything that the community's request is being acknowledged. I'm hoping to see notification center in the next incremental or .5 upgrade and cant wait to see how ms thoughtfully applies wp's unique design/ui philosophy to the notification center.

[AngryNil]

Swipe from left of Start won't help in a game or movie or other app. It has to be an off screen pull or a reorganization of the buttons.

I don't see the problem with hitting the home button and swiping once to go to the left of the tiles. Seriously not a big deal, way better than having buried notifications in the Me app as it is right now.

[CJ Thunder]

I don't see the problem with hitting the home button and swiping once to go to the left of the tiles. Seriously not a big deal, way better than having buried notifications in the Me app as it is right now.

That is two steps, the other two systems use pull down. Nothing wrong with using a good idea.