Timezone override makes a lot of sense. Manually setting time and allowing any time/date before today ... does not.
Andreas Sent from Mobile. On Apr 30, 2013, at 10:37, Dave Hylands <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally, I don't think we want to remove the manual stuff. > > I know when I'm travelling, I often don't have any of the automatic methods > available (i.e. my prepaid sim doesn't work in Eurpoe), and I like to change > the timezone while I'm on the plane. Free Wifi seems to be much more uncommon > in the European airports than it is in North America. > > GPS gernally doesn't give you a timezone (although there isn't any reason it > couldn't since you should be able to use a timezone map). Although if you > lived in a timezone border town, you probably wouldn't want your time > flipping every time you go shopping either. > > Dave Hylands > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Andreas Gal" <[email protected]> >> To: "Alex Keybl" <[email protected]> >> Cc: [email protected], [email protected], "Cheng Wang" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 10:26:08 AM >> Subject: Re: [b2g] Feedback from Telefonica internal dogfooding program >> >> The date issue is definitely a problem. I have seen it myself >> repeatedly. I still think we should delete all the manual date/time >> setting code and rely on the many time sources we have available >> instead (NITZ, NTP, GPS). >> >> Andreas >> >> Sent from Mobile. >> >> On Apr 30, 2013, at 10:22, Alex Keybl <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'll try to address the most critical here, and if we should be >>> concerned for v1.0.1. >>> >>>> * 3G stops working after a while (8 hours? One day?) >>>> * Short battery life (a few mentions that it got worse with >>>> update), this might also be issues with charging since we had >>>> those at MWC with Geeksphones. >>>> * Phones stuck in 1980 (which causes errors with marketplace, >>>> https sites, and others) >>> >>> Likely hardware/build/changeset specific. We should be confident in >>> our testing as well as partner longevity/field testing for v1.0.1 >>> here. >>> >>>> * After saving an app (may be web app?) to the desktop, it works >>>> the first time but hangs after future attempts (lots of mentions >>>> of twitter) >>>> * Problems handling a time change (clocks off by an hour, alarms >>>> firing wrong) >>> >>> Would be more interesting if we're able to reproduce these (or had >>> steps to reproduce). Do we have contact info? >>> >>> -Alex >>> >>> On Apr 29, 2013, at 11:52 PM, Cheng Wang <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Feedback on Keons and Peaks from Telefonica's dogfooding program >>>> (mostly Peaks, I think, but I don't have the solid numbers). >>>> Most of these came from users who'd updated to the 20130404 >>>> build (I think this is a build that TEF is handing out?), I've >>>> tried to take out the feedback from users still on 20130222 (this >>>> was the build shipping with the phones). A few users have >>>> 20130416 or 20130418 (this is the current GP build). >>>> >>>> Fair warning, this is interpreted from text that was machine >>>> translated from Spanish so details may be missing/incorrect. >>>> >>>> I got a ton of feedback from them so pretty much everything here >>>> got mentioned at least a few times. >>>> >>>> Concerning things: >>>> >>>> * 3G stops working after a while (8 hours? One day?) >>>> * After saving an app (may be web app?) to the desktop, it works >>>> the first time but hangs after future attempts (lots of mentions >>>> of twitter) >>>> * Lots of trouble with the back button, this came up almost as >>>> frequently as the tiny fonts on the Peak, easily dozens of times. >>>> * Short battery life (a few mentions that it got worse with >>>> update), this might also be issues with charging since we had >>>> those at MWC with Geeksphones. >>>> * Phones stuck in 1980 (which causes errors with marketplace, >>>> https sites, and others) >>>> * Problems handling a time change (clocks off by an hour, alarms >>>> firing wrong) >>>> >>>> Bugs (things are broken/feel broken): >>>> * Fonts, buttons are too small (likely a Peak resolution problem) >>>> -- This one got mentioned so many times, in particular Here maps >>>> which can't zoom and browser >>>> * Persistent update for Here Maps that won't go away. >>>> * 3G stops working after a while (8 hours? One day?) >>>> * Calendar entries duplicated (not sure why) >>>> * Black screens were reported a few times from different usecases >>>> * "Taking the phone in airplane mode, open the notification center >>>> to remove airplane mode, I am asked the pin but does not hide the >>>> notification center and this is therefore covering up the option >>>> to accept." >>>> * Didn't handle a time change correctly (clock in notification bar >>>> is correct, clock on home screen isn't, alarm at the wrong time) >>>> * Import from SIM stalls out (maybe only during first run) >>>> * Outgoing SMSes sometimes get weird characters appended (may be a >>>> problem with the SIMs that they're using) >>>> * Undefined MAC address >>>> * Even though specific Facebook contacts were selected, all >>>> contacts were downloaded >>>> * After saving a web app to the desktop, it works the first time >>>> but hangs after future attempts (may explain the twitter problem >>>> above) >>>> * Camera flash settings are odd (there are four states but three >>>> symbols and the symbols don't necessarily match with behavior) >>>> * Browser sometimes comes up blank >>>> * Lots of WiFi issues: often need to reenter passwords, may need >>>> to reboot to switch between connections, can't seem to connect >>>> automatically. >>>> * "There was an error synchronizing your Facebook Contacts" once a >>>> day. >>>> * SMSs take a long time to be received (may meaning before we >>>> notify?) >>>> >>>> Annoyances: >>>> >>>> * Back button hard to hit reliably (too small, sometimes hits >>>> notification bar, too far to reach) >>>> * Moving the cursor when editing text is too hard >>>> * Won't update reliably (may just be Here maps) >>>> * Music stops playing when music app loses focus >>>> * Settings > Date Time > Doesn't always show the current time >>>> zone. >>>> * Importing both Facebook and Google contacts gets names messed up >>>> (possibly if people are maybe using different names?) -- Can't >>>> put custom name on imported contacts or merge contacts into a >>>> single name >>>> * Cannot disable autorotate or force it for some apps >>>> * Can't zoom the browser (may be that users are trying to do it >>>> wrong) >>>> * Hangs when using it as a hotspot "after a while" >>>> * Video recorded is a crop of what's actually displayed >>>> * Too easy to tap notification bar buttons when trying to close >>>> the bar >>>> * Cannot change browser search engine (came up multiple times) >>>> * Applications aren't keeping state between launches so it doesn't >>>> seem to be multitasking. >>>> * Really short battery life (or possibly issues charging) -- >>>> complaints that this started after the update. >>>> * A lot of people seem to have clocks set at 1980 (which makes >>>> HTTPS not work) >>>> * Some things aren't translated to spanish >>>> * Can't configure screen timeout (my Peak has a setting for this >>>> but I can't tell if it's working) >>>> * Dailer shouldn't beep when phone is silent >>>> * Keyboard requires a lot of precision >>>> * No volume in music apps >>>> * Changing SIM password is confusing (no feedback) >>>> * Calendar alerts for "right now" when it means "in 15 minutes" >>>> >>>> >>>> Feature requests: >>>> >>>> * Smart keyboard capitalization (caps for first letter in names >>>> for example) >>>> * Change user agent so we stop getting offered android apps >>>> * Cursors (password fields, entering SIM unlocks etc) >>>> * Volume for radio (this came up a surprising amount) >>>> * Enable USB storage mode by default >>>> * Need a game built in (lots of suggestions) >>>> * More apps need to be offline >>>> * Needs a file manager and downloading of files in the browser >>>> * Needs more homescreens >>>> * Capslock >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> dev-gaia mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-gaia >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dev-gaia mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-gaia >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-b2g mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g >> _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
