“A test of a new banner notification feature at Apple’s official iCloud website was mistakenly made public on Tuesday, revealing a forthcoming feature for the service,” AppleInsider reports.
“Users who visited the iCloud.com website could find an iOS-style notification at the top of their browser. It featured placeholder text for both a title and a message,” AppleInsider reports. “‘Default Title for English,’ the title read, followed by ‘English – This is test message description.'”
AppleInsider reports, “The early reveal shows that Apple is planning to bring banner alerts to iCloud.com, a feature that first debuted last year on the iPhone and iPad with the release of iOS 5… Notification Center will also be coming to the Mac this summer with the release of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion.”
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… enthusiastic about this? Sorry … seems like a waste of screen real estate, to me. One that could easily become annoying.
It could also be a useful communication tool, such as when the recent Java compromise fiasco hit. Fast way to communicate with all users.
So, Apple confirmed it was a misstake?