Comments on: iPhone 3.0 Beta 3: Push Notification Settings

By: Rob R

Rob R — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 15:48:17 +0000

Here's to hoping that the push notifications can be set per application instead of globally. For example, I want sound alerts from sms and email but not twitter, espn, or facebook.

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:35:34 +0000

Did I miss a discussion on "Fetch New Data"? - it's not in the settings anymore based on these shots.

By: Pierluigi

Pierluigi — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:18:17 +0000

@MANGU

Simplify Media pushed a 3.0 compatible update just two days ago.

By: Omari James

Omari James — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 01:38:36 +0000

I still want the 3G switch on the main settings menu. Hmph. I won't stop complaining about that.

By: MANGU

MANGU — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:40:25 +0000

Hey guys wordbook app just pushed an update that make it 3.0 ready. This might be a first?

By: frog

frog — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 21:08:22 +0000

Great. I'll only have badges and sounds. The window thing drives me mad, I receive heaps of SMS and am always cursing the little box that pops up.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:24:03 +0000

@fassy:

That is why the term individual threw me in the previous article. Did it mean "each individual notification type" or "each individual developers' choice(s)?"

It would seem to only make sense if "registering" means being able to offer all three types for the end-user to choose from... and "not registering" would either mean not needing notifications, or the dev leaving it up to the global settings.

Ahhh.. who the héll knows...

By: Muero

Muero — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:05:03 +0000

I considered the fact that the Carrier settings could appear in areas outside of AT&T's hold, but the carrier in the screenshot is AT&T. This at least shows that this isn't a "normal" screenshot from 3.0 beta 3; some things had to be done in the code to get this.

By: fassy

fassy — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:00:31 +0000

@Rene If devs can choose what type(s) of notifications to send, and users can choose what type(s) of notifications to receive, do we know what happens in a conflict yet? Obviously, user prefs should "win", but there is no way a dev can know what my phone's settings are currently. Can notifications degrade gracefully?

For example, if ESPN.com sends out alerts for sports scores, but I have turned off alerts during my Super Important Business Meeting, will my iPhone show a badge update indicating a notification came in when I get out, or have I effectively disabled notifications from ESPN.com altogether?

If the latter, I would expect some devs to start sending out duplicate notifications by type, which could get hairy to manage both on the dev and on the user side.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:55:44 +0000

@Muero: My only guess is that because, in Canada, both Rogers and Rogers' subsidiary, Fido, offer the iPhone, we got Settings > Carrier surfaced in 2.0? (Post updated to clarify).

By: Carolinamic

Carolinamic — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:42:43 +0000

Muero is right, they don't normal so up. I'm running the beta 3 on a my 2g and I had to double check my settings after reading this post. Never the less I do like the option though. Anything that gives the user more control to customise their device is awesome. Good job apple. Know give us API s for the calender to autoupdate.

By: Rene Ritchie

Rene Ritchie — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:37:38 +0000

@Steve, no, however devs surfacing that as end-user choices remains to be seen, and is something good. i.e., not just having a dev choose what type of notification they want to send, but users being able to choose within the app what kind of notification we want to receive.

@Muero "Carrier" setting panel has always been there for Rogers users (meaning is there in 2.x and still there in 3.0 Bx).

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:33:13 +0000

"It will be even nicer (perhaps vital) that we also get to selectively enable/disable them within individual apps as well."

Didn't TiPb just post an article about developers registering for individual notification types? Am I completely misunderstanding this whole thing?

By: Muero

Muero — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:28:43 +0000

These don't show up on 3.0 beta 3 normally, so these must've been acquired the same way as the video recording screenshots. Did anyone else notice that the Carrier settings (right above Notifications) would be an addition as well?

By: Sil3ntrid3r11

Sil3ntrid3r11 — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:53:03 +0000

That is perfect and something along the lines I was hoping for! My settings: sounds and badges! The text messages box would get annoying, especially if you get actual text messages too!

By: fassy

fassy — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:40:34 +0000

Still have not checked out the 3.0 SDK yet (curse you, day job!), but, after seeing these preferences, I have a question for those who have -- do push applications have control over what type of notification they send? IOW, is it just

-> Send Alert Update

in which case, if Alerts were turned off on the iPhone, nothing would be received, or is it more like

-> Send Notification as Type X

...where X could be any combination of Alert, Sound, and Badge, and, if sent as multiple types, the phone displays the most appropriate for its preferences?

By: Jeremy Sikora

Jeremy Sikora — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:23:40 +0000

Would be nice to see those options for SMS and MMS messages as well. We can only hope. It would be a start to better notifications.