On Tuesday, January 31, 2012 9:50:43 PM UTC+1, Tim in Boulder wrote: Overall it's a tech support nightmare. > And it's just gotten worse with the menu button now going away. I frequently need to tell users to check something in their device's system settings, and it used to be quite easy: "Press Home > Menu > Settings > ..."
I can't even remember any users requiring additional help finding Menu after I sent them directions like that. Presumably even the low-information users knew they had a menu button from their home screen. Now, though... how are you supposed to direct users to system settings? "If you have ICS on a phone, pull down the status bar and tap the icon with three lines next to the date. If you have Honeycomb or ICS on a tablet, tap the clock, then the icon with three lines on it, then the icon with three lines on it again. Otherwise, press Home > Menu > Settings > ..." Oh yeah, that'll work well. I'm tempted to just add an item in my own settings activity that will launch the system settings; at least I know how to direct users to that. String -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/android-discuss/-/rJ9fbBxLsL4J. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
