{"id":117,"date":"2013-03-27T23:17:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T21:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/?p=117"},"modified":"2013-03-27T23:19:09","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T21:19:09","slug":"call-forwarding-setup-on-iphone-what-a-stupid-ui-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/2013\/03\/27\/call-forwarding-setup-on-iphone-what-a-stupid-ui-design\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Call Forwarding&#8221; setup on iPhone &#8211; what a stupid user interface design&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m using call forwarding a lot on my iPhone &#8212; every day after I left the office I forward calls to my voice mail, and next morning I cancel this forwarding. Also, in periods where I&#8217;m on-call I forward calls to my fixed line as soon as I arrive home, and I cancel this forwarding when I leave home so that I can be reached on my cell phone again&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Ok, here&#8217;s the thing I&#8217;m complaining about: When you want to enable call forwarding, you need to move the <code>Call Forwarding<\/code> switch from <code>OFF<\/code> to <code>ON<\/code>. This immediately enables call forwarding without giving you the chance to enter the number you want calls to be forwarded to. So if you&#8217;re frequently changing call forwarding destinations a lot as I do you will often end up setting a wrong destination for a short while until you have clicked the <code>Forward to<\/code> field and updated the destination phone number.<\/p>\n<p>And, what&#8217;s <em>really<\/em> lame, you still cannot select a number from your phonebook as the destination, you have to manually key in the destination number &#8212; I already complained about that two years ago, and Apple still hasn&#8217;t fixed this in iOS 6.1.3. Unbelievable for the self-proclaimed leader in usability, Apple! My first cell phone 15 years ago could do that already&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m using call forwarding a lot on my iPhone &#8212; every day after I left the office I forward calls to my voice mail, and next morning I cancel this forwarding. 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