Hi Michael, On 21 September 2015 at 09:30, Michael Zanetti <michael.zane...@canonical.com> 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, -- Alan Pope Community Manager Canonical - Product Strategy +44 (0) 7973 620 164 alan.p...@canonical.com http://ubuntu.com/ -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
