Flat design, yada yada. Here's what I need from iOS 7 as a developer

Re:Flat design, yada yada. Here's what I need from iOS 7 as ... by acqq on Thursday May 23, 2013 @05:57AM (#5756000)

As a user, I am very against: "No More Push Notification Permissions"

As long as I can select, I'll allow Push Notification only for one or two applications that I really want to interrupt me (e.g. some messaging client that I want to depend on -- even other messaging clients should keep quiet until I want to "chat"). All other apps should be forbidden by default to notify me of anything.

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Re:Flat design, yada yada. Here's what I need from iOS 7 as ... by tomwilson on Thursday May 23, 2013 @06:47AM (#5756141)

You could still disable them via the notification centre settings in Settings.app.

I think what the OP is saying is not to remove the permissions settings totally, but just to have it 'default to on'.

The way it works now is so many people have been burned by stupid apps sending useless crap that when the app launches and ask if they want to receive notifications - they just immediately say no.

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Re:Flat design, yada yada. Here's what I need from iOS 7 as ... by davidkatz on Thursday May 23, 2013 @06:08AM (#5756028)

I understand the problem of spam in notifications, but my question is, what's wrong with deleting an app that spams you, or not installing it in the first place if you don't trust their use of push notifications?

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Re:Flat design, yada yada. Here's what I need from iOS 7 as ... by jvzr on Thursday May 23, 2013 @06:17AM (#5756057)

Maybe I want to play that great game everyone recommends, and yet not receive their f*cking marketing push?

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Re:Flat design, yada yada. Here's what I need from iOS 7 as ... by krichman on Thursday May 23, 2013 @06:25AM (#5756079)

Why don't we err in favor of the user instead of the developer? It's bad enough that they cannot get apps from anywhere but the App Store, give them a break.

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Re:Flat design, yada yada. Here's what I need from iOS 7 as ... by gmac on Thursday May 23, 2013 @06:20AM (#5756065)

what's wrong with deleting an app that spams you

If it already woke me at 3am, lots.

or not installing it in the first place if you don't trust their use of push notifications

How am I supposed to form an opinion as to my trust or otherwise in this company/developer before I've even installed their app?

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Re:Flat design, yada yada. Here's what I need from iOS 7 as ... by lardissone on Thursday May 23, 2013 @10:44AM (#5757068)

The problem is not with spammy applications, but with others that you don't need notifications at all. I don't know, new Google's Hangouts, I don't want to receive notifications, but I don't want to delete it, because I may use it sometime. Also, you're thinking as a developer. As a developer that cares on the user, so you probably are thinking that your app will have internal notification settings, about frequency and which to notify, but in the real world it's not a standard, sadly.

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Re:Flat design, yada yada. Here's what I need from iOS 7 as ... by vacri on Thursday May 23, 2013 @06:44AM (#5756129)

I find it hard to fathom why you seem insistant on an "all or nothing" approach being suitable for the entire marketplace.

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