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[Sergio Schvezov <sergio.schvezov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 12:19 PM, 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.
>

I do find that if I'm doing something the notification is great, but if the
phone was in my pocket (locked), taking over the screen and making it
actionable through a swipe would be nice as I struggle to take the phone
out of my pocket and try not to drop it :-)