1. A method comprising: displaying, on a touch-sensitive display of an electronic device, a first information; and in response to detecting a single swiping gesture on the touch-sensitive display starting from an edge of the touch-sensitive display in a first direction: while the single swiping gesture continues moving in the first direction, gradually increasing a display of at least part of an inbox while reducing a display of the first information along with the movement of the single swiping gesture, the inbox supporting a plurality of applications and including information from the plurality of applications, the inbox being different than the first information; while the single swiping gesture continues moving in the first direction, a notification indicator is displayed indicating one or more new messages are received; in response to the indication of one or more new messages being received, determining whether a most recently received new message of the received one or more new messages is for one of the plurality of applications supported by the inbox; in response to the determining that the most recently received new message is for a first application that is not supported by the inbox, gradually shifting in a display of a plurality of visual notification icons in the first direction from the edge of the touch-sensitive display while gradually increasing the display of at least part of the inbox and reducing the display of the first information along with the movement of the single swiping gesture in the first direction, the first application being associated with a first visual notification icon of the plurality of visual plurality notification icons; when the single swiping gesture meets a threshold, displaying the plurality of visual notification icons and the inbox without displaying the first information; and when the single swiping gesture ends before meeting the threshold, displaying the first information and discontinuing displaying the inbox and the plurality of visual notification icons; and in response to the determining that the most recently received new message is for a second application that is supported by the inbox, progressively displaying more of the inbox as the single swiping gesture continues moving in the first direction without displaying the plurality of visual notification icons; when the single swiping gesture meets the threshold, displaying the inbox without displaying the first information; and when the single swiping gesture ends before meeting the threshold displaying the first information and discontinuing displaying the inbox.