Hey, sorry for the late response. I believe that Apple went in a way of saying that the concept of having a separate Notification Center was outdated. For instance, whereas before you could pull notifications as an extra layer from the Lock Screen, in iOS 11 the notifications -were- part of the lock screen. Also, Notification Center was a transparent layer on top of any screen, it could be either the lock screen, an app or the springboard with all the apps. In iOS 11, instead of a layer, when you pull down from the top of the screen you’re dealt with... the Lock Screen. Of course it didn’t appear intuitive, so they renamed both the previous Notification Center and the Lock Screen to the cryptic “Cover Sheet” (an expression that was never widely adopted by users or the press). Also? There was an inconsistency in the behaviour of the “physics” of the OS, so to say: whereas a translucent layer was brought in previous post iOS 7 interactions, the same background image from the lock screen was brought down with the Cover Sheet... Which doesn’t make much sense, especially when you’re in the Springboard with the apps and the typical background image... Only to pull the Cover Sheet and bring yet again the same image (used as a background) on top of the current screen... To solve that they created two half-baked solutions: first, they promoted the iPhone X and iPhone 8 with different images on the lock screen and springboard, this way they avoid the bizarre “pulling down the same image on top of the very same background”. Also, they came up with a non-sensical transparency-and-at-the-same-time-fade-in effect when you pull down the Cover Sheet.
All in all, while everyone expected Apple to enhance the Notification Center in iOS 11, they instead proposed that “people didn’t need a typical Notification Center at all”, with this unification of a Cover Sheet (being both lock screen and Notification Center). Some may even say that this a result of Face ID, since your phone would be instantly unlocked and, hence, a Lock Screen didn’t make much sense any longer...
So... now onto iOS 12:
Apple seems to admit that the idea of the Cover Sheet didn’t get much traction. They now at least call the Notification Center as... Notification Center. I see many of the inconsistencies there still (such as the stupid transparency and fade into still image effect when you pull down the Notification Center, and the double overlay of the same wallpaper twice...) but at least it gives me hope that they will pull it out and offer something refined for iOS 13. Also, by not “giving up” on a properly named Notification Center, they give us hope of further enhancements in the way we deal with typical notifications - maybe iOS 13 will be on par with Android in that regards...
So, the Cover Sheet was a flop. I am loving iOS 12 so far. Looking forward to what the future will bring.
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it would be really helpful if you provided more context with details and examples if you're looking to have a meaningful discussion
it's very hard to understand what your first post in this thread is saying, and even more cryptic when you say that you have a list of changes that you are not willing to share
I’m sorry I seemed cryptic, I am just incredibly short on time to properly develop a long list of things. I’ve sent most of my observations up above. Hope it is clearer now.
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it would be really helpful if you provided more context with details and examples if you're looking to have a meaningful discussion
it's very hard to understand what your first post in this thread is saying, and even more cryptic when you say that you have a list of changes that you are not willing to share
I’m sorry I seemed cryptic, I am just incredibly short on time to properly develop a long list of things. I’ve sent most of my observations up above. Hope it is clearer now.
