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[Daniel Clem <clem11388@xxxxxxxxx>]

I did a test with that the other day, and indeed an Alarm will sound even in silent mode. Perhaps its different for each app and device. That that is merely proof of a problem, not an excuse for the Android OS devs

God Bless ya

Octavian Damiean <odamiean@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>On Feb 26, 2013 2:57 PM, "Bill R. WASHBURN" <dygituljunky@xxxxxxxxx>
>wrote:
>>
>> On a desktop interface, the management of alert sounds has occurred
>within the program providing the alert because no central alter
>management
>system has traditionally existed. Even on a desktop device, this is
>less
>than ideal.
>>
>> While this same management setup works OK on a phone, Android has
>shown
>that it ends up being clunky and somewhat inflexible.
>>
>> One of the things that the BlackBerry platform got right was central
>alert management (which they do in the settings app). Their
>notification
>management is superior to Android's for several reasons:
>> - the user has the ability to create profiles or use the default
>profiles,
>> - all programs that will make notifications must register with the
>notification system thereby ensuring that the notifications can be
>managed
>(not overridden as with alarms on an Android),
>> - the user can quickly scroll through the notification settings when
>configuring a notification profile to make sure that the settings for
>each
>notification source is correctly configured,
>> - the user has more options for notification schemes than just noise,
>vibrate, and silent.
>>
>> My real-life usage scenario is this: I have to attend court more
>often
>than the average user. To keep the judge from taking my phone, I want
>to
>make absolutely certain that the phone won't make a peep. With my BB, I
>could quickly scroll to the "Court" profile and even the highest
>priority
>alerts would be limited to a very short vibration (the flaw being, if I
>remember correctly, that alarms could still trigger sounds despite the
>profile selection and even power on the device so I pulled the battery,
>anyway).
>>
>> With my Android, I have such a lack of confidence in programs paying
>attention to the alert and sound settings that I power down the device
>and
>pull the battery for safety.
>>
>> Here's what I would like to see in a notification management system:
>> - central management,
>> - notification profiles with program by program settings,
>> - user-definable overrides by contact for certain alerts (certain
>family
>members should always be able to reach me, my job mandates that they
>always
>be able to reach me),
>> - methods for selecting profiles (NFC stickers, 2D bar codes, or
>other
>wiz-bang methods),
>> - an option to require extra steps to exit certain profiles (to
>prevent
>my pocket from taking the phone out of the "Court" profile).
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bill R. WASHBURN
>>
>>
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>
>I like the idea of profiles and think that it would be nice to have.
>
>Regarding Android. If you put your phone into silent mode no alert will
>be
>audible. That's systemwide.
>
>Cheers,
>Octavian
>
>
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