On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Marco Scannadinari <m@scannadinari.co.uk> wrote:

I think the problem is that, while it is easy to just start typing the password or press ESC/Enter, these things have close to zero affordance - it is very much not obvious that this functionality is present.
I think that it would be best to move the password box into the shield, or move notifications into the password screen, removing the shield altogether. Either way, there should be clear visual indication of what the user can do to exit the lock screen.

-Marco


fwiw
1) There are animated arrows on the lock screen showing the direction you need to drag it.
2) Pressing Escape to dismiss things has been a common pattern for years.
3) Windows 8, 8.1 and 10 have a similar lock screen shield that is dismissed in the same way.

I don't think any of the interactions with the shield are unclear or confusing.

Regardless, this is not the right place to discuss upstream design decisions.
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-Elad Alfassa.