Oh wow that would be preferable. I'll jailbreak my Mini right away.Check out MountainLionCenter. Changes the way Notification Center appears in iOS to how it does on OS X.
http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/06/04/mountainlioncenter/

Phew, yesterday I jailbroke an iPhone 4, iPhone 4S and iPhone 5. Today I'll jailbreak an iPhone 4, iPad Mini and Apple TV 2.
 
	 
				 
 
		 
	 
 
		 and the app icons will gradually reappear.
 and the app icons will gradually reappear.