From a usability standpoint, having 'dynamic badges' and 'flipcoins' available with the same (nearly the same) gesture just isn't going to work. I know, each of these ideas is unique and not all of them would be adopted by the platform, but it's hard (for me) to keep them separate when they're presented together.
Mission Control, as defined in the video, is absolutely brilliant, and in a perfect world would replace the current method for app switching. I also love the "swipe from the bottom" implementation, though honestly even keeping the current home double-tap method would be an improvement.<p>The rest of the improvements (with the exception of putting the notification center in its rightful place <i>below</i> the home screen) seem unnecessary.
I like a lot of these. I have an issue with the Mission control feature. It's nice and it looks pretty, but it's not necessary. To go back to an app that you were using do you really need to be able to see a screenshot of where you were? The linear fashion of the multi-tasking bar is meant to convey a sense of time which a grid doesn't do as well or as obviously. Do I read to the left or do I read down or do I read in a spiral? I did like the way that you could pick a page in safari to go to because that is a pain sometimes.<p>The "flipcons" are an interesting way to overcome widgets. You get to see small bits of information like a widget but it's not always there.<p>Notification Center, I'm not sure why it really bothers people that it pulls down over instead of being under the home screen, but to each his own.<p>Overall these look very good. Great job.
I like most of the ideas but I would love it if more "concept artists" would pay attention to how it would actually work in the whole user experience. This is one of the better concepts but too many times you see these god awful "what I demand from the next version" concepts that have features that would be unbelievable annoying when you actually have to see/use every time you use the device.
Sometimes less is more. I can see why people like these features and would want the, but not all of them are a hit. The last one especially with app previews just isnt necessary. So are the "dynamic badges". We already have the notification center which is just as easily if not more easily available and it gives you the same information.<p>Other platforms already have these features. I think a lot of these people who create concepts of its features that exist on WP7 or Android etc. should just switch to that platform. It's not that these are a bad idea by themselves and a few are actually good ideas. It's just that there's a chance they can cause more problems than they solve and become annoying. Like I said, less is more especially when it comes to Apple and it's iDevices.