829615 - Explain state change when wifi/bluetooth/etc icons are toggled

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox OS Graveyard :: Gaia::System, defect)

Description

[John Hopkins (:jhopkins)]

When one of the wifi/bluetooth/etc icons are toggled, the UI should briefly explain what the state has been changed to and fade out shortly after.

For example:
Toggling wifi 'on' should display "Wifi enabled" and 'off' should display 'Wifi disabled'.

This will be especially helpful when it's not apparent what an icon does.  For example, it was unclear to me what the new [ $ ] icon does.

(Boot2Gecko 1.0.0-prerelease, Last updated: 01/11/2013 10:30am)

Comment 1

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Switching flags per new usage for tracking? + tef? after retiring basecamp?

Comment 2

[Fabien Cazenave [:kaze]]

Josh, can we have a UX spec for this, please? (or close as WONTFIX…)

Comment 3

[Josh Carpenter [:jcarpenter]]

The iconography and toggles have been updated since this bug was filed, so the issue is less severe than previous. I expect most users who play with these will know what WiFi and Bluetooth toggles do, and we generally prefer not to bombard the user with positive confirmation messages if we can help it. So we'd prefer not to issue alerts here.

That said, I'm adding Rob for needsinfo as he is working with Francis on a patterns review and in a better position to comment on their thinking for situations like these.

Comment 4

[Rob MacDonald [:robmac]]

I agree with Josh's assessment. The status bar indicators already serve as a confirmation for the wi-fi, bluetooth and airplane modes in any case. Thanks!

Comment 5

[John Hopkins (:jhopkins)]

Agreed - the icons are better now than when the bug was reported.

Comment 6

[Fabien Cazenave [:kaze]]

Thank you all for the clarification!