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| From | Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: Battery usage |
| Date | 2016-08-14 12:34 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <VA.00000bba.0f6e5efc@me.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | (5 earlier) <110820160932576171%nospam@nospam.invalid> <VA.00000bb6.054603fb@me.invalid> <e16graFbousU1@mid.individual.net> <VA.00000bb8.0a284387@me.invalid> <e1994cF18qhU1@mid.individual.net> |
In article <e1994cF18qhU1@mid.individual.net>, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> But - as has been mentioned - nowadays 'airplane mode' with WiFi on
> is an allowed combination on many flights.
Yes, I got that ...
> In this scenario, turning off the airplane icon would only confuse
> Joe User ("I'm on an airplane, but I don't see the icon! Am I
> violating the rules?").
.. but when Mr.User travels on a flight on which WiFi is NOT permitted
he is as likely to be tricked into believing that he is obeying the
rules because the aeroplane icon is still visible even though he has
turned his WiFi back on, in violation of the regulations.
>> Better still, I'd remove "airplane mode" altogether and replace it
>> with a "no radios" mode, with an icon the didn't look like a plane.
>
> 'geek' approach. Not acceptable. See above.
It's a 'geek' problem.
Unless the phone itself knows what the regulations are for the
particular flight that its owner is taking then it shouldn't attempt to
tell the user whether or not it is in a safe or legal mode for that
flight. Unless and until the phone can do that it is not a "user
friendly" problem, but must remain in the realm of geekdom.
"no radios" may not be the best word for it, but some name that draws
attention to the geek-nature of the setting rather than making it a
source of false reassurance seems to me to required.
--
Cheers,
Daniel.
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