1. A method for providing alert event notifications comprising: displaying a first user interface layer including at least one user interface element configured to provide an alert event notification; overlaying at least a portion of a second user interface layer over at least a portion of the at least one user interface element configured to provide an alert event notification such that the at least a portion of a second user interface layer prevents viewing of the at least one user interface element configured to provide an alert event notification; detecting an alert event; overlaying the at least one user interface element configured to provide an alert event notification over at least a portion of the second user interface layer in response to the alert event; receiving a user input indicative of an acknowledgement of the alert event notification; and opaquely overlaying at least a portion of the second user interface over at least a portion of the at least one user interface element configured to provide a notification of the alert event in response to the user input indicative of an acknowledgement of the alert event notification.