• felsiq@piefed.zip
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    17 days ago

    I see your reasoning here, but if I get a call I don’t want - whether or not I’m in another call already - I’m gonna find and click the big red “fuck off” button ASAP. IMO this is the most time-sensitive (and kinda default) operation, so it should have the larger and visibly different button

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      17 days ago

      You could make it big and still in the middle, but keep the pattern the same like the person suggests

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        17 days ago

        It should be a play button in the back left (opposite of the pause), and the bigger hang up button as shown.

        As it is, the dismiss button looks exactly the same as the end call button does in an uninterrupted call, and without reading the labels, there’s a very real confusion that it will end the current call, just like that button normally would.

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        16 days ago

        That pattern would be wrong though, as the green phone icon means answer the call.

        The left button has 2 icons as it performs 2 actions:

        1. End Current call
        2. Accept incoming call

        The right button has 2 icons as it performs 2 actions:

        1. Hold Current call
        2. Answer incoming call

        The middle button therefore only needs 1 icon:

        1. Decline incoming call
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          16 days ago

          The middle button is currently ambiguous, as it is the same signal for hanging up (horizontal phone). When i have seen that (rarely have i ever), i have not wanted to hang up on the existing call, so i haven’t pressed it.

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            16 days ago

            It is and it isn’t. Currently, even on a single call, it is both the decline button and the hang up/end call button. People on iPhones are used to this as it is how it has worked forever.

            When a call comes in while you’re on a call, the screen is essentially the “new incoming call” screen - it shows the incoming callers ID, and has the ability to answer with actions performed on your current call, and to decline the call. It follows the existing pattern and behaviour. It also says “decline call” underneath it, to get rid of any ambiguity.

            I honestly don’t see a better, more clear way of doing this ui. You would rarely want to do an “end current call, and decline incoming call”, so having 2 red phone icons wouldn’t make sense. There’s never been an icon to “continue call” so adding one just for this situation would be more confusing.

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              16 days ago

              I like the idea of following the pattern by having the smaller green phone circle behind the red hang up circle, indicating that the call you’re on stays open.

              Just because people are used to it doesn’t mean it’s good design, but also thankfully it is not my job to design an alternative.

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                16 days ago

                That’s unnecessary though, because of course declining the incoming call means you stay on the call you’re already on.

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                    15 days ago

                    I’m going to assume you aren’t an iPhone user, correct? That’s all this is really - people who don’t use iPhones, who dislike Apple/iPhones, ragging on a UI that makes perfect sense in the context it’s used.