Bugzilla – Bug 14420
Show mute state in status bar
Last modified: 2011-11-06 23:24:35 UTC
This came out of a cf discussion a few minutes ago. Especially with the new behavior defined in bug 14418 the thinking is that on at least devices like baby and jive users might well be confused why music won't playback on playback changes when mute is on, so a mute icon would help. Mute comes in most significantly when syncing is enabled. Unless the user elects to sync volume between synched players, muting one player will not mute the other players. Since statusbar real estate is limited, we might want to try to overlay the mute state on top of the play state rather than taking up a space. The play states are 1) play, 2) mute and 3) stopped/undefined (no icon)
Would like Noah's thoughts on this one, assigning to him to discuss Thurs.
Jive is the only device that would be difficult to add a mute icon to the status bar. All other landscape devices have enough room. Mute could warrant a persistent overlay (popup) that is in "on" until the mode is turned off. You see this a lot on TV UI's. Another way to tackle this would be in the titlebar using actual words (similar to Rebuffering...). The question is whether this is only on NP or every screen? Let's talk about pro's/con's on Thur. Regardless, this added feedback would be a +. Good catch Tom!
Does the "mute" feature work on Boom (same as Baby: press = mute)?
ip3k players show on the now playing screen: "Now playing muted (x of y)" then when mute is taken off: "Now playing (x of y)" But if music is paused or stopped, it shows just "Paused" or "Stopped". Note: this is prior to the planned changes in bug 14418 where mute will now stay on through these changes. Oh, and the credit goes to Pat/Weldon, I'm just the messenger... :)
Created attachment 6220 [details] Asset for QVGA status bar - mute icon
Created attachment 6221 [details] Asset for lrg format status bar - mute icon
Reassigning to Tom for implementation.
7.4.x milestone is in the past
Tom is no longer available to us
Unassigned bugs cannot have a priority.