Hi Alan, I see your concerns, valid points there.
Probably the hardware buttons should then control ringtone volume while no app is focused (or a call indication is on top) and control the multimedia volume whenever an app is focused or media-hub is playing in the background. Switching the functionality solely depending if audio plays or not (as we currently do) will always have the problem that it switches too often/quickly so you'd be never able to adjust a volume in games like Dinosaur with them. Would this be something you think it would work? Br, Michael On 21.09.2015 10:52, Alan Pope wrote: > Hi Michael, > > On 21 September 2015 at 09:30, Michael Zanetti > <[email protected]> wrote: >> * Make the hardware buttons always control the multimedia volume, that >> is, game sounds, music player etc but don't ever touch ringtone volume >> with them. >> > > While this works for your specific use case of "Game is making noise > in a library", what if I'm in the library and my phone rings? I want > to reduce the volume quickly so the call goes to voicemail. If the > volume keys only work for multimedia then I can't quiet a ringing > phone. > >> * Make the volume slider in the indicator always control the multimedia >> volume, never touch the ringtone volume. >> > > Again, how do I reduce the volume of an incoming call? > >> * Apps should always use the multimedia role, regardless of what they do >> (unless thy deal with actual calls or incoming messages). >> >> * Add a second "slider" to the indicators that controls ringtone volume. >> That slider could be a bit special tho, i.e. that it works more like a >> profile selector. 0 is "vibrate only", 1 is "beep" and all the greater >> values adjust volume of the ringtones. >> > > This won't help if your phone is locked (and indicators aren't > accessible in one of our security settings). > >> One thing I've not mentioned here yet are alarms. Alarms, again >> could/should have their own role. But one never controls that role with >> either the buttons or a slider. Instead, each alarm has his own volume >> value assigned when the alarm is created, and an alarm is always played >> at the volume its config says (except maybe only vibrate when the phone >> profile is set to vibrate only - but those are small details we could >> work out on the road). >> >> IMO this behaviour would make the volume way more predictable, >> especially since one needs to use a slider in the indicators to change >> the ringtone volume but at the same time giving the user visual feedback >> on what the current volume is. >> > > I'd rather we just did what Android does and have an icon in the > volume popup so you know what you're adjusting. > > e.g. http://imgur.com/ggQdZBS (adjusting media volume) vs > http://imgur.com/3Y1vapF (adjusting alert volume). > > Cheers, >
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