Al Johnson <[email protected]> writes:
> On Friday 04 February 2011, Neil Jerram wrote:
>> Given that approach, does this even need a setting? Given that someone
>> using this will still have to explicitly pair their GPS client device
>> with their FR, is there any reasonable scenario where someone wouldn't
>> want the GPS service available?
>>
>> (Maybe if the client device is one where you trust the software for one
>> kind of Bluetooth thingy, but you don't trust its software for accessing
>> GPS. Is that plausible, and should we be bothered with it, at the cost
>> of less automatic operation?)
>
> I suggest we trust bluez for access control for now, and do without a
> setting.
> If somebody screams we can add a setting later.
OK, agreed, thanks.
>> > You just need to turn bluetooth on
>> > and off through Quick Settings, rather than looking for the app or
>> > digging into the settings each time.
>>
>> My current SHR-T (which is the latest available) doesn't have bluetooth
>> in the quick settings, but I imagine a new release may address that.
>
> It may not be there - I was guessing/hoping it would have a quick way to turn
> on/off Bluetooth, WiFi and such.
Yes. This is the last piece of the jigsaw. I feel like emtooth might
be relevant here, and that I don't completely understand where the line
is between shr-settings and emtooth. But I will pursue that in a
following response to Pau.
> If a setting could logically be in many places it's a pain to have to search
> through them all until you find the place someone decided was 'the one true
> place.' This is especially true for rarely used things as you're less likely
> to remember where it was next time you're looking for it. Nokia have been
> making it even worse recently because 'the one true place' varies from model
> to model.
>
> I expect this is one of those UI decisions without a right answer.
> 'Intuitive'
> depends on people's expectations, and we don't all expect the same things.
Agreed. Anyway we don't need to decide this for now. Maybe, if and
when we do, the intuitive answer may have become clearer.
Regards,
Neil
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