All Things Bluetooth
Just an issue to track all of the design issues brought up by Bastien regarding Bluetooth (mostly paraphrasing his email) plus any other things that come up:
Settings
Device Names Incorrect/Meaningless:
- editing device names for display: GNOME/gnome-bluetooth#13
- multiple devices with all get the same name despite being different
- provide a way to rename/differentiate devices with different purposes? e.g. "kitchen audio" from "office audio"
Pairing:
- dialogue on top of dialogue when removing a pairing: GNOME/gnome-bluetooth#88
- lack of feedback when there are errors when pairing or connecting: GNOME/gnome-bluetooth#18
- people not liking the connection switch (it doesn't really convey that connections could fail...)
- connection switch not as effective as button: GNOME/gnome-bluetooth#29
Scanning/discovering issues:
- audio cutting up: GNOME/gnome-bluetooth#27
- file transfers slowing down: GNOME/gnome-bluetooth#78
- even pairing problems (which we work around)! GNOME/gnome-bluetooth#39 (closed)
Icons:
- Whether to show device type icons: GNOME/gnome-bluetooth#34
- colour, or symbolic? what size?: GNOME/gnome-bluetooth#35
Warn before disabling Bluetooth when it would disconnect devices:
Unified devices List is confusing
- Some folks don't understand what the spinner is for: GNOME/gnome-control-center#1054
- split into 2 separate "configured devices" and "other devices"?
General:
- discoverability info is unclear GNOME/gnome-bluetooth#33
Quick Settings
Allowing easy access to connect to devices:
- GNOME/gnome-shell#2395
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GNOME/gnome-control-center#975
- Also see comment above about using switches When/how to show device batteries:
- os-mockups#139
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GNOME/gnome-shell#3041
- Doesn't only apply to Bluetooth, but also Logitech wireless, and likely more devices in the future (also settings panel)
File Transfers
- it's a horrible experience
- is it worthwhile even exposing the functionality?
- can't send a file from withing Files
- which would be the obvious way to do so
- no one has complained about this being missing
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- use bluetooth in addition file transferring feature? os-mockups#146
Device pairing assistant
- Probably need to have a toggle switch in the Bluetooth settings for this: os-mockups#136
- We need to make sure that pairing keyboards is easy even if we just have a mouse available
Edited by Sam Hewitt