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>A subtle light blinks above the screen to indicate that something — a text, an e-mail message, voice mail, a Facebook post — is waiting for you. Correct me if

by wasd 14y ago

>A subtle light blinks above the screen to indicate that something — a text, an e-mail message, voice mail, a Facebook post — is waiting for you. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't android do the same thing? It seems to be the case for my Galaxy Nexus.

discodave 14y ago
No no, on the Gnex the light is below the screen, it's completeley different. In other news, the light on my gnex blinks white for sms, green for app notifications and blue for facebook notifications EXCEPT that the facebook messenger app (seperate from the main fb app) blinks green.... why?
- ElliotH 14y ago
  >> why? Same as the 'why' for many Android apps. The API is huge, the potentials on different devices are barely countable and Google's developer advice is sadly lacking. This inevitably results in developers forgetting things like LED colours etc. (I'm a fan of Android, I wouldn't buy a phone without it at the moment, but it really is a weak point. Especially when compared to iOS where Apple seems to really nail home how an app is supposed to behave on their platform)
  - UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
    No iOS devices even hae a notification LED, so how can Apple "nail home how an app is supposed to behave?" Or is your point that you'd assume Apple would accomplish that if it had the LED?
    - rimantas 14y ago
      There is a setting which flashes camera flash LED on alert. But I guess GP ment general uniformity in behaviour.
    - ElliotH 14y ago
      Apologies. I mustn't have made myself clear. I was referring to documentation of features in general. One could of course extrapolate this to how Apple would handle LEDs, but it wasn't really my point. To clarify I really do like Android, I just wish documentation of recommended behaviour was brought front and centre.
corresation 14y ago
Blackberry did this before Android, and further most Android devices (including most Nexus devices) abandoned notification LEDs. I was very glad that the SGSIII brought it back.

by wasd 14y ago

discodave 14y ago

No no, on the Gnex the light is below the screen, it's completeley different. In other news, the light on my gnex blinks white for sms, green for app notifications and blue for facebook notifications EXCEPT that the facebook messenger app (seperate from the main fb app) blinks green.... why?

ElliotH 14y ago
>> why? Same as the 'why' for many Android apps. The API is huge, the potentials on different devices are barely countable and Google's developer advice is sadly lacking. This inevitably results in developers forgetting things like LED colours etc. (I'm a fan of Android, I wouldn't buy a phone without it at the moment, but it really is a weak point. Especially when compared to iOS where Apple seems to really nail home how an app is supposed to behave on their platform)
- UnoriginalGuy 14y ago
  No iOS devices even hae a notification LED, so how can Apple "nail home how an app is supposed to behave?" Or is your point that you'd assume Apple would accomplish that if it had the LED?
  - rimantas 14y ago
    There is a setting which flashes camera flash LED on alert. But I guess GP ment general uniformity in behaviour.
  - ElliotH 14y ago
    Apologies. I mustn't have made myself clear. I was referring to documentation of features in general. One could of course extrapolate this to how Apple would handle LEDs, but it wasn't really my point. To clarify I really do like Android, I just wish documentation of recommended behaviour was brought front and centre.

corresation 14y ago

Blackberry did this before Android, and further most Android devices (including most Nexus devices) abandoned notification LEDs. I was very glad that the SGSIII brought it back.