why is it ugly ? I guess that's subjective.
I don't think MS has to do anything unique. It's just a damn notification center. I don't think there's a lot to add.
Of course there could have been a unique way! This grouping under a swipe is so Android. We have HUBS. We could have used ME hub for notifications. We already collect social notifications in that hub, why couldn't the OS extend to collect notifications on there?
An option to swipe with two fingers from top would slide in the ME tile with all the notifications. This way those who want Android/iOS features where they have always been, because they can't be arsed to learn new stuff, can have notification drop down "unique to WP" and those like me who love tiles, could still have ME tile pinned and get tile to flip when there are notifications. Silent notifications can keep building up in ME hub and could be accessible with swipe.
They are frontrunners for a reason...sometimes copying, or mimicking a leader is not a bad thing. There aren't but so many ways to show notifications.
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See my reply above. There are ways unique to WP. That would have been a choice to users as well as a tick in the list of feature. Tile lot gets tile. Drop down lot gets drop down.
Custom Rom so it's not original Android since it's custom
Nothing is original in Android