Text Messages Discretion is awful!

[squire777]

Has anyone else noticed how when you give your phone to someone to play with they always checkout your messages or email? Or do I just have nosey friends?

 

[LikeWaah]

Couldn't you set up the Kid's Corner? Supposedly that separates your guests from you. You don't actually have to have kids to make use of it.

For the person whose gf likes to play certain games, you could just put those particular games in the Kid's Corner, then she can play anytime w/o having to unlock your phone.

If you want to share specific photos, you could probably have a Kid's Corner album, then just put the picture in that album.

I haven't actually tried this out, mind you, but it seems like that's exactly what the Kid's Corner was meant for. I don't know if that will address the issue of toast notifications popping up while using the phone. I would think it would, but I guess you just have to try it out to find out for sure.

 

[blehblehbleh]

Has anyone else noticed how when you give your phone to someone to play with they always checkout your messages or email? Or do I just have nosey friends?

Sounds like you got nosy friends.

 

[ryude]

I'm not bashing the Android platform. I'm criticizing it. I use all the major platforms, and they all have flaws. Noting them is criticism.

If someone decides not to consider something that may work better for him or her because of criticism of their "favorite platform," that's fundamentally irrational (and they're hurt most of all). This is not a religious debate, it's a usability discussion.

If others are unable to separate themselves from the smartphone platform they use, they're unlikely to consider a Windows Phone, iOS device, webOS device, Symbian device, Blackberry device, J2ME device, BREW device, or any other device. Such people are colloquially known as "fanboyz and fangurlz."

The wording you used to describe Android's method makes it seem like it is horrendous, when it's not. Here is how it really works.

WP8

1. Receive toast notification showing part of the text message.
2. Tap the toast message.

Android Jelly Bean

1. Receive text, quick reply pops up.
2. Reply on the spot, or click "View" to read the full text log.

Seems pretty comparable to me.

 

[brmiller1976]

Sounds like you got nosy friends.

Exactly. I would be all over their butts.

The wording you used to describe Android's method makes it seem like it is horrendous, when it's not. Here is how it really works.

WP8

1. Receive toast notification showing part of the text message.
2. Tap the toast message.

Android Jelly Bean

1. Receive text, quick reply pops up.
2. Reply on the spot, or click "View" to read the full text log.

Seems pretty comparable to me.

That's not how it works on my Galaxy S III, which is an Android Jelly Bean device. I listed the way it works on the S III, and yes, it is horrendous.

 

[Loonytik]

My guess is the UX people at MS are already ready working on a comprehensive solution for notification. It likely that security / privacy implications will be factored into this discussion.

In the mean time, have the party that's sending you sensitive data send it to you using an alternate communication texting application.

I started looking into the feature suggestion area of windowsphone.com and see pleas to change the toast notification dating back to 2010. Almost 3 years have passed and this hasn't changed....it's not going to. The baseline issue for me is I want to the ability to choose how I interact with my phone, not have the OS tell me what's best. Locking the phone and still having the message show defeats the whole purpose of it being locked. Deal breaker for me? I don't know yet, probably. I have 6 days left in the return period. The hardware(lumia 920) is unmatched by any phone I've seen but the OS telling me what I want to see discounts it a ton.

 

[brmiller1976]

Loonytik is right.

Another serious problem with WP8 is its insistence on a touchscreen and icons. Many of us are used to accessing the command line on our previous devices, yet Microsoft has locked us into this ridiculous touch-screen, live tile paradigm.

When I want to grep, I want to grep. Not "touch a grep live tile," but grep, right on the ****ing command line! With a keyboard!

WHY THE **** ARE YOU BLOCKING ME, MICROSOFT?!?

 

[ryude]

Exactly. I would be all over their butts.

That's not how it works on my Galaxy S III, which is an Android Jelly Bean device. I listed the way it works on the S III, and yes, it is horrendous.

Samsung uses it's own TouchWiz interface. Stock Jelly Bean differs.

 

[brmiller1976]

Samsung uses it's own TouchWiz interface. Stock Jelly Bean differs.

Of course, nobody actually uses or sells "Stock Jelly Bean." Nexus devices are insignificant in total sales.

If you're using an Android device, you're probably using one with TouchWiz.

 

[ryude]

Of course, nobody actually uses or sells "Stock Jelly Bean." Nexus devices are insignificant in total sales.

If you're using an Android device, you're probably using one with TouchWiz.

If you can't see what I'm saying then I don't know what to tell you.