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[danmusician]

In general, the sound controls in iOS are inconsistent and annoying. I use the WunderRadio app. If I double tap home and slide to the left and tap the mute icon, the radio app still plays. But if I slide the volume control to the left it turns down the volume. Some games and other apps ignore the volume slider. I understand that some sounds are "sound effects" and others are "audio." But there needs to be a master volume control and a master mute. (And in that control bar, why is the order of controls mute, brightness, playback and THEN volume. Shouldn't mute and volume be beside each other? Seems to me that the audio controls should be together.)

[gmstoner]

One feature I would like to see is a do not disturb sync. Let's say I'm having a bad headache and go to home early from work to sleep it off. I would love if I put my iphone on do not disturb that my other devices would recognize it. The last thing I want to do with a pounding headache is change a my settings on my mac and iPad for notifications as well.

Secondly, I once asked Siri to put turn on do not disturb and she refused. I was a bit taken aback. Seems like a no brainer to me that she could do that.

[redgeminipa]

I guess it's a small price to pay for using one device for many functions. Think of how much money you're saving versus just a standalone GPS unit.

But, you have a good point. Maybe someone in Cupertino is reading this, and will pass along the message.

Oh, and what's up with Macworld lately? I have to refresh a page several times before a comment finally posts.

[Soundteck]

Another Feature that needs to be added to DND would be to set it for independent days. In my case Saturday and Sunday would need a later time to shut off and on. But not everyones weekend is Sat Sun. So the ability to set it for individual days would suffice.

[yamankaytaz]

I was just thinking about that the other day!
I use an app to notify me of prayer times, and since I put my phone on silent or do not disturb when I go to sleep, it won't notify me of the Dawn prayer time... so I have to set my alarm to wake me up.

It would be great to be able to use Do Not Disturb while the phone is locked or in use, plus it would be great to be able to choose which apps to exempt from the restriction if needed, in my case Guidance app.

[dfs]

The author could also have considered the situation of those of us who use an iOS as a clock radio. When you're trying to get to sleep the last thing you need is lights flashing or noises chirping. And on my iPad, any notification alert gets parked right over the part of the screen which contains the digital time display!