On Tuesday, January 7, 2014 1:07:22 AM UTC+2, Daniel Roesler wrote: > On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Gabriele Svelto <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 06/01/2014 21:12, an wrote: > > >> As I was told before here there is no visual notification while the phone > >> is sleeping like Android has, the blinking led and I think that's a useful > >> feature, you don't need to power the phone to see what you've been missing. > > > > > > Is that really a good approach? On Android phones most users end up > > > installing enough apps that receive notifications (Facebook, Skype, > > > Whatsapp, etc...) that in the end the notification LED is basically > > > constantly blinking at which point they either ignore it or assume that > > > it's supposed to blink all the time. > > > > I think it is. The LED on or blinking when you have a notification > > behavior has been around since way before smartphones (think all the > > way back to pagers), and I think it's still super useful. Maybe many > > users have it effectively constantly on due to app spam, but that's > > not a reason to not include the behavior. There are many users who > > control their app spam and use the behavior. > > > > > > > > Now if one could limit it only to a subset of apps that would be more > > > interesting (for example, I would only care about missed calls and SMSes). > > > > That's a really great idea, even if most apps let the user turn > > notifications off in the app's own settings. Also, doesn't this get > > into a larger discussion about denying individual permissions for apps > > in general (i.e. just go and de-select the "can send notifications" > > permission for that app)?
Glad I brought up the subject. I don't know if the blinking led is the best approach but visual notification while the screen is off for at least calls and sms could really be of help. As for per app permissions (see Xprivacy for Android) by default that would be outstanding. > > > > > > > > Gabriele > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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
