Gaia/System/ConsumptionControl

Team

• UX: Josh Carpenter (IRC: jcarpenter)
• Eng: Chris Jones (IRC: cjones)

Status

• Stage: ?
• Release target: ?

Questions

• What information do we want to provide him/her (e.g. Apps using more data)?
• What options do users get (e.g. buy more data, limit app traffic, switch-off 3G and use wifi only)?
• Do we enable specific contraints/abilities for individual apps? eg:
  • ...restrict app type X to specific connections (eg: Skype is allowed wifi only).
  • ...allow app type Y to automatically select preferred connection in certain conditions (eg: switch to WiFi if approaching data limits).
  • ...etc

UX Requirements

Last updated: Mar 27, 2012 (Josh Carpenter) This is very rough outline. Will fill this in in more detail.

• Ability of user to turn mobile data usage ON/OFF
• Ability to system to track data consumption totals (eg: Android's Settings > Data Usage feature)
• Ability to system to track data consumption per-app
• Ability of user to set limits
• Ability of system to warn users when close to the limits
• Ability of system to offer users options (eg: purchase more minutes via link to carrier site, etc)