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[Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Alan,

I see your concerns, valid points there.

Probably the hardware buttons should then control ringtone volume while
no app is focused (or a call indication is on top) and control the
multimedia volume whenever an app is focused or media-hub is playing in
the background.

Switching the functionality solely depending if audio plays or not (as
we currently do) will always have the problem that it switches too
often/quickly so you'd be never able to adjust a volume in games like
Dinosaur with them.

Would this be something you think it would work?

Br,
Michael

On 21.09.2015 10:52, Alan Pope wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> On 21 September 2015 at 09:30, Michael Zanetti
> <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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,
>

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