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How to Dismiss Banner Notifications With a Swipe in iOS 5

Earlier we posted an article about NCQuickDismiss, a jailbreak tweak for iOS 5 that makes it easy to dismiss banner notifications with a tap.

But did you know that you could dismiss banner notifications with a simple swipe, and you don't even have to be jailbroken to do it?

Check inside for the video evidence...

NCQuickDismiss: Quickly Dismiss iOS 5 Banner Notifications

In general iOS 5's new notification banners are a good thing, but sometimes they wear out their welcome. Unfortunately, there's no built-in method to quickly dismiss a notification banner, you just kind of have to wait until it decides to disappear.

That sounded like a job for the jailbreak community to tackle, and indeed they did. The result? NCQuickDismiss...

How to Add Banner Notifications to iPod Music With ‘NowListening’

NowListening is a jailbreak tweak for iOS 5 that makes it so you can receive banner notifications whenever your iPod app begins playing a new song.

Unfortunately, there is no default option to enable this function on a stock iOS 5 installation, so you must have a jailbroken iPhone to enable music banner notifications.

If you meet this criteria, then take a look inside for a video walkthrough of NowListening...