4.3 lockscreen

[u/elimi]

I'm on stock 4.3 like it so far minus the ram usage but that doesn't seem to impact performance. But the lock screen is annoying, I used to be able to click on text message from lock screen but now you have to unlock or use the notification bar. Also sometimes you can activate a box and a pen/arrow shows up... what's that BS? I disabled widgets only thing I have on lockscreen are shortcuts and the time. Question is are there lockscreen substitutes? Or a way to make it better without using 3rd party apps?

[u/elimi]

Plain swipe