I would look to the iPhone for inspiration. These days, it works pretty well most of the time.
As far as I know, there is no way to adjust playback level in advance for something I haven't started yet on the iPhone either. If I want to start a game silently, I can switch the phone into mute mode though before starting the game. Once the game has started, the volume control changes the game volume (not the ringer), and I can take phone out of mute mode after adjusting the volume. Michi. On 21 Sep 2015, at 19:00 , Michael Zanetti <[email protected]> wrote: > 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, >> > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
