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| From | Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: Battery usage |
| Date | 2016-08-14 15:28 +0000 |
| Organization | NOYB |
| Message-ID | <e1bh10Fhd10U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (6 earlier) <VA.00000bb6.054603fb@me.invalid> <e16graFbousU1@mid.individual.net> <VA.00000bb8.0a284387@me.invalid> <e1994cF18qhU1@mid.individual.net> <VA.00000bba.0f6e5efc@me.invalid> |
Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> wrote:
> 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.
BUT - as I said in the part you snipped - Mr. User WAS told to switch
on 'airplane mode' and he was NOT told to switch WiFi back on. So this
Mr. User is a naugthty boy and hence all bets are off.
[Left for completeness:]
> >> 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.
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