I do also feel that the hit area may be to small. If it's an important call that I have been waiting for I may be stressed and push reject by accident On Jun 7, 2013 5:26 PM, "Josh Leverette" <[email protected]> wrote:
> My concern with the difficulty is in the size of the target. There will be > a large vertical travel to reach the accept button, and only a small > vertical region that can be hit. It is also adjacent to a reject button, so > that might be problematic. I think Android's solution to this is the best, > with a slider that once grabbed can be moved in the desired direction. > Haptic feedback also lets you know when you've grabbed it successfully. As > far as doing something more important, maps is perhaps the only thing that > I can think of that would supercede this. It's at most a 30 second > interruption to whatever you're doing if you let it ring through, but the > interruption can be much shorter if responded to appropriately. For an > activity which has such a small response window, it seems like it would be > important enough to interrupt the screen. > > Maybe make both styles an option? Or perhaps my concerns are completely > unfounded. I'm not the expert here by any means, so do whatever is > necessary. I'm just voicing an opinion. > > > On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Matthew Fischer < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I'm actually okay with this design. I personally find it annoying when a >> call takes over my screen, especially when I'm doing something more >> important, using maps, for example. And over the past few years it has >> become more clear to me that the primary purpose of my "phone" is no longer >> for making phone calls. I spend far more time using email, web, maps, and >> SMS. >> >> I do of course hope that your concern about "difficult to quickly accept" >> is unfounded, there are occasionally some calls that I really don't want to >> miss, but I think that the notification is there long enough to catch it. >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Josh Leverette <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I recently watched this demo[0] of the new notification OSD, and I have >>> some concerns about how not-prioritized a phone call is in the current >>> design. This was the comment I left on the Google+ thread about this video. >>> >>> "I don't know... I feel like the incoming phone call needs to take over >>> the screen fully and completely, in much the same way as happens with iOS >>> and Android. A phone call is too important for a small notification, and >>> placing notifications at the top of the screen places them in the least >>> optimal position for quick response. I can easily reach all around my 4.65" >>> Galaxy Nexus's screen, but the top is the least convenient place to reach >>> right before trying to put it up to my head to answer a call, I believe. >>> Especially with such small buttons. >>> >>> The aesthetics are coming along nicely though, so congratulations on >>> that, and for normal notifications that should be fine." >>> >>> Essentially, since the driving purpose behind a phone is to make and >>> receive calls, I feel like we should give ultimate priority to incoming >>> phone calls. If a user misses a phone call because of an easy-to-miss or >>> difficult-to-quickly-accept phone notification, then the device has, >>> effectively, failed at its intended purpose. Smartphones have expanded the >>> vision of what the device is able to do, but real time communication is >>> still not something to be diminished, is it? >>> >>> These are just my thoughts of course, and I'd love to hear opinions from >>> people who are more involved in the project than I am. >>> >>> [0] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQMIf1cOyHc >>> >>> -- >>> Sincerely, >>> Josh >>> >>> -- >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Sincerely, > Josh > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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