I did a test with that the other day, and indeed an Alarm will sound even in silent mode. Perhaps its different for each app and device. That that is merely proof of a problem, not an excuse for the Android OS devs
God Bless ya Octavian Damiean <odami...@linux.com> wrote: >On Feb 26, 2013 2:57 PM, "Bill R. WASHBURN" <dygitulju...@gmail.com> >wrote: >> >> On a desktop interface, the management of alert sounds has occurred >within the program providing the alert because no central alter >management >system has traditionally existed. Even on a desktop device, this is >less >than ideal. >> >> While this same management setup works OK on a phone, Android has >shown >that it ends up being clunky and somewhat inflexible. >> >> One of the things that the BlackBerry platform got right was central >alert management (which they do in the settings app). Their >notification >management is superior to Android's for several reasons: >> - the user has the ability to create profiles or use the default >profiles, >> - all programs that will make notifications must register with the >notification system thereby ensuring that the notifications can be >managed >(not overridden as with alarms on an Android), >> - the user can quickly scroll through the notification settings when >configuring a notification profile to make sure that the settings for >each >notification source is correctly configured, >> - the user has more options for notification schemes than just noise, >vibrate, and silent. >> >> My real-life usage scenario is this: I have to attend court more >often >than the average user. To keep the judge from taking my phone, I want >to >make absolutely certain that the phone won't make a peep. With my BB, I >could quickly scroll to the "Court" profile and even the highest >priority >alerts would be limited to a very short vibration (the flaw being, if I >remember correctly, that alarms could still trigger sounds despite the >profile selection and even power on the device so I pulled the battery, >anyway). >> >> With my Android, I have such a lack of confidence in programs paying >attention to the alert and sound settings that I power down the device >and >pull the battery for safety. >> >> Here's what I would like to see in a notification management system: >> - central management, >> - notification profiles with program by program settings, >> - user-definable overrides by contact for certain alerts (certain >family >members should always be able to reach me, my job mandates that they >always >be able to reach me), >> - methods for selecting profiles (NFC stickers, 2D bar codes, or >other >wiz-bang methods), >> - an option to require extra steps to exit certain profiles (to >prevent >my pocket from taking the phone out of the "Court" profile). >> >> Thanks, >> >> Bill R. WASHBURN >> >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > >I like the idea of profiles and think that it would be nice to have. > >Regarding Android. If you put your phone into silent mode no alert will >be >audible. That's systemwide. > >Cheers, >Octavian > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >-- >Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net >Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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