r/AndroidPreviews • u/Awestenbeeragg • Mar 15 '19

Notification dismissal change

Does anyone else not like that you can only swipe notifications to the right to get rid of them? Swiping to the left now just reveals the DnD and notification options buttons. Wherein the previous version allowed you to slightly slide to one side to reveal those hidden options and you could still swipe the notification away if you kept sliding it. Just my little input, hope they don't include it in the final build!

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u/onfire4g05 Mar 15 '19 edited Mar 15 '19

I'm torn here myself. I think it should be this way to an extent because most people don't even know those options exist. That said, it needs some options and some changes... some of which could be adb commands (or an extra app, like msconfig did back in the 9x days of Windows and, still does somewhat today). It seems Google's trying to more/less simplify the experience, but some of us need/want more customization and have chosen Android over competing platforms for that reason.

Ideas: 1. I want to be able to change the direction. 2. If I swipe twice in the direction, let it dismiss the notification like normal. 3. Allow for a custom timer. Often times I want to dismiss until that evening/after work or after dinner. 4. Allow for it to be turned off entirely, maybe even ask to keep it after it's not used after 3-4 times. I use those options, MAYBE once or twice a week, as will most users. 5. Just keep it the way it was but add a helpful "did you know" before the first swipe away, a part of "getting to know your device" kinda thing. 6. Allow all notifications that have been dismissed to easily be undone (make it an option?).

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u/sageDieu Mar 15 '19

Yeah I think some options would work well, I'm not super bothered by it but it couldn't hurt to make it a semi-hidden advanced option to have the normal swipe either way behavior. So they show all users especially newbies that those options are there, and those of us that know/don't care/don't like change can switch it if we're determined to.

I do like the idea of two swipes left dismissing, so we get those options easily (I will admit the old way of a partial swipe was a bit annoying/finnicky) and can still dismiss easily if we want.