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[Rasmus Eneman <Rasmus@xxxxxxxxx>]

I do also feel that the hit area may be to small. If it's an important call
that I have been waiting for I may be stressed and push reject by accident
On Jun 7, 2013 5:26 PM, "Josh Leverette" <coder543@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> My concern with the difficulty is in the size of the target. There will be
> a large vertical travel to reach the accept button, and only a small
> vertical region that can be hit. It is also adjacent to a reject button, so
> that might be problematic. I think Android's solution to this is the best,
> with a slider that once grabbed can be moved in the desired direction.
> Haptic feedback also lets you know when you've grabbed it successfully. As
> far as doing something more important, maps is perhaps the only thing that
> I can think of that would supercede this. It's at most a 30 second
> interruption to whatever you're doing if you let it ring through, but the
> interruption can be much shorter if responded to appropriately. For an
> activity which has such a small response window, it seems like it would be
> important enough to interrupt the screen.
>
> Maybe make both styles an option? Or perhaps my concerns are completely
> unfounded. I'm not the expert here by any means, so do whatever is
> necessary. I'm just voicing an opinion.
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Matthew Fischer <
> matthew.fischer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I'm actually okay with this design. I personally find it annoying when a
>> call takes over my screen, especially when I'm doing something more
>> important, using maps, for example. And over the past few years it has
>> become more clear to me that the primary purpose of my "phone" is no longer
>> for making phone calls. I spend far more time using email, web, maps, and
>> SMS.
>>
>> I do of course hope that your concern about "difficult to quickly accept"
>> is unfounded, there are occasionally some calls that I really don't want to
>> miss, but I think that the notification is there long enough to catch it.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 7:24 PM, Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> I recently watched this demo[0] of the new notification OSD, and I have
>>> some concerns about how not-prioritized a phone call is in the current
>>> design. This was the comment I left on the Google+ thread about this video.
>>>
>>> "I don't know... I feel like the incoming phone call needs to take over
>>> the screen fully and completely, in much the same way as happens with iOS
>>> and  Android. A phone call is too important for a small notification, and
>>> placing notifications at the top of the screen places them in the least
>>> optimal position for quick response. I can easily reach all around my 4.65"
>>> Galaxy Nexus's screen, but the top is the least convenient place to reach
>>> right before trying to put it up to my head to answer a call, I believe.
>>> Especially with such small buttons.
>>>
>>> The aesthetics are coming along nicely though, so congratulations on
>>> that, and for normal notifications that should be fine."
>>>
>>> Essentially, since the driving purpose behind a phone is to make and
>>> receive calls, I feel like we should give ultimate priority to incoming
>>> phone calls. If a user misses a phone call because of an easy-to-miss or
>>> difficult-to-quickly-accept phone notification, then the device has,
>>> effectively, failed at its intended purpose. Smartphones have expanded the
>>> vision of what the device is able to do, but real time communication is
>>> still not something to be diminished, is it?
>>>
>>> These are just my thoughts of course, and I'd love to hear opinions from
>>> people who are more involved in the project than I am.
>>>
>>> [0] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQMIf1cOyHc
>>>
>>> --
>>> Sincerely,
>>>     Josh
>>>
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>>
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