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Have you thought of accidental calls? Cellphones used to have similar emergency buttons. People sitting on their phones caused too many calls and these buttons
by gioele 12y ago
Have you thought of accidental calls?
Cellphones used to have similar emergency buttons. People sitting on their phones caused too many calls and these buttons have now disappeared. [1]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_dialing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_dialing
- osipovas 12y agoWe certainly have though about accidental calls. That's why we implemented a double tap (with a timeout) as well as a countdown where the user is able to cancel. False alarms are definitely something we're keeping our eyes on.
- uptown 12y agoDo you have a video showing this interaction?
- osipovas 12y agoHere we go! Double Tap to Confirm: http://gfycat.com/UnderstatedRelievedIncatern http://gfycat.com/UnderstatedRelievedIncatern 5-Second Timeout: http://gfycat.com/HeartfeltHeavyAkitainu http://gfycat.com/HeartfeltHeavyAkitainu
- oconnore 12y agoDouble tap is probably not good enough. Maybe a swipe pattern? Left left right right or something of that nature?
- preetnation 12y agogood idea
- dragonwriter 12y agoIt requires multiple actions, not a single press, and smartphones still have emergency-call-without-unlock functionality (at least, my Galaxy Note 3 does) like the emergency-text-without-unlock this system provides. Sure, the old one-button emergency call feature is gone because of excessive accidental calls, but that's not what this is (even substituting "text" for "call".)