We found that with every iteration of iOS and Android the notifications keep getting bigger and more prominent. Both on the lockscreen and the notification area. This is great for a lot of things but can be frustrating when communicating with trigger-happy typists.

In iOS 10 the latest messages appear at the top of your notifications area. That means the first message you received is pushed all the way to the end of the queue, often below the fold. These poor messages are vital for the context of the succeeding messages but remain unread, banished to the outer edge of your device.

It would be great if we could combine all these separate messages in one notification, so it reads as a complete sentence, instead of a stack of bewildering words. After all, if we can’t make sense of the notifications, what is the point?