If you’ve taken advantage of iOS 5’siCloudfunctionality, you understand how much potential is on tap. iCloud coerces all all of your iOS devices to stay in sync; at least that’s the theory.
While the potential is certainly there, iCloud still has a way to go before all of its issues are ironed out; though I definitely commend Apple for being gung-ho about its rollout.
One of the main issues that I’ve personally experienced — and no doubt countless others share similar sentiments — is withiMessage. More specifically, since iCloud can synceveryiOS 5 device you own,allof your devices alert you when you receive a new iMessage.
Now I know; why not just disable alerts altogether for all but one device? Well, there’s a number of reasons why I would not want to do that. The main reason being is that you shouldn’t have to select one feature over another. iCloud is meant for convenience, and taking such a step would certainly be a leap backwards.
Instead, let’s examine a more proactive approach — utilizing the iPhone’s built in technology to solve the issue. That’s exactly what we tried to do. Introducing our solution to the multiple iMessage alert conundrum —Alert Priority.
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We first came up with the idea of Alert Priorityduring our inaugural iDB podcast. We were all discussing how annoying notifications were, and I mentioned the fact that whenever I receive an iMessage it comes to everysingleiOS device I own. Trust me, if you’ve yet to experience that phenomenon, believe me when I tell you it’s incredibly annoying.
Needless to say, Alert Priority is an idea that we brainstormed on the whim while recording our podcast. Since then, we’ve attempted to flesh out the idea and give it some substance.
Here’s how it might work:
Seems feasible enough, doesn’t it? By the way, the video drawings were done with the awesome Paper app for the iPad.Check out our post on Paperfor more details.
What do you think?
