Who thought the media controls were a good idea?

So I'm watching a video or writing an important text message and I go to adjust the volume for my video/music. I hit the volume key and suddenly, the entire screen is covered up by the volume and skipping controls. I mean, who thought THAT was a good idea?

It wouldn't be too bad if the media controls stayed for a shorter amount of time, but I think there should be a better way of adjusting the volume for media.

Maybe the buttons should just show up on the side of the screen? Or along the top/bottom?

Posted via the super amazing BlackBerry Q10

Agreed. I wish that there was a list somewhere that we could put these deficiencies.

Posted via CB10

Yea a lot of people here vented about this and started threads already.

Personally, I think the black box should be translucent. iOS got this right.

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I believe that we don't need that at all. The side keys do everything for me. Press repeatedly/volume up or down, press and hold/skip track, middle key/play&pause.

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Omg this is also my issue while watching youtube.. i miss some scenes if i dont pause. I hope they make it smaller, i dont want it to cover half of the screen.

I absolutely HATE that pop up media screen! It is always getting in the way. Maybe if it were a small banner at the top or bottom, that may be better.

Posted via Pilot's Q10

Yup, they should be smaller or dismissable, because on Q10 it lays over whole screen and I can't do anything when changing volume.
I'd move it to top stripe and perhaps allow option to switch them off as you can do Previous-Play-Next without onscreen box.

Agree that it is totally unnecessary for a large pop-up to be right in the middle of the screen. Lot of ways it should have been done.

Hope that in a future update we see this change.

I want it small and at the top or bottom. Also an option to turn it off altogether would be nice

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OMG I thought I'm the only one getting angry about this f****ing pop-up. Absolutely bulls**t! Not even an option to slide it away. Who invented that crap?!

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Originally Posted by canuck_67

Agreed. I wish that there was a list somewhere that we could put these deficiencies.

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Added this to BlackBerry Beta Zone for BB10:

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Any response?

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Agreed. That popup is annoying, intrusive, and a time waster.

Yup, it hurts more than it helps

One of my biggest gripes with the os, totally stupid.

It's really irritating. I hope they add an option to disable it or make it far more minimal at least.

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I agree. It could at least go in a corner and be smaller.

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