If check-in fails, an alert will appear in the notification bar.

"In order to access the update, you will receive a message on your phone's notification bar," said the Google mobile team.

At the very top is a notification bar, a search field and a dropdown menu for all your account options.

All alerts and user prompts come through a notification bar at the bottom of the screen.

Some pushed advertisements to the device notification bar, well beyond the confines of the actual application.

At first it went well, but when ads were pushed into people’s notification bars and onto phones’ desktops, users grew angry.

Users can customize the lock screen and quickly access settings from the drop-down notification bar.

Palm's notification bar is much less obtrusive.

While the stats for G+ are impressive, they don't even include mobile users or those who come in through the Google notification bar.

It doesn't include a custom skin by Acer though they have tweaked the Notification bar.

Sometimes, apps containing adware will display ads in unusual spots, such as a phone's notification bar or home screen.

On Android devices, the experience is even better, because you can control the TV directly from your phone's lock screen or notification bar.

The notification appears in the Notification Bar when the user launches the browser.

This notification bar, however, cannot be dragged down to see the quick details of new messages, emails etc as it can on most Android handsets.

LauncherPro also has the usual usability enhancements, like enabling auto-rotation, choosing an action for the home key, and hiding the notification bar.

Software is still buggy: reading a notification from the e-paper display doesn't always clear it from the main notification bar.

A simplified color scheme with a black background gave vividness and contrast to the notification bar, menus, and other user interface components.

The notifications bar remains, and there are up to five screens for widgets and further apps, although the option to pinch an overall view has gone.

For example, by default, swiping up on the screen shows and hides the notification bar, and swping down shows the notifications drawer.

AOL will superimpose a menu bar and notification bar on the television screen, alerting the user whenever a new e-mail or instant message arrives.

He also says LeadBolt lets people opt out of receiving ads sent to notification bars and desktops, though they need to go to its website to do so.

When a website requests a location, a notification bar lets users decide whether to give their exact whereabouts, the neighbourhood or city they are in or nothing at all.

Dragging down the notification bar from the top brings up quick access to features such as a note-taker, a universal remote control for other household devices and a calculator.

The Nokia Asha 310 has a lock-screen that shows the date and time, connectivity status, app shortcuts, a notification bar, a back button, and menu keys.

The notification bar allows the user to access the call functions as well as messaging, content player apps, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth toggles and sound options.