Lollipop brings an awful lot of good stuff to Android devices, from its fresh and distinctive Material Design motif to its bevy of useful new features. But it also brings some annoying quirks, not least of which is the way it handles certain kinds of notifications. 

I’m talking specifically about heads-up notifications — a new type of notification introduced in Android 5.0. Heads-up notifications make certain alerts appear as floating cards at the top of your screen, on top of whatever else you’re viewing. The idea is to provide a less distracting way for you to see pertinent information — but in reality, those pesky cards often do just the opposite.

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