[teej]

With this redesign, I gain the convenience of not having to clear the red dot. To me, that seems like a trivial pain point.

With this redesign, I -lose- information and functionality on voicemails. My home screen no longer indicates if I have unread voicemails, only missed calls. I can't separately manage my call history (which I never clear) and my voicemail inbox (which I always clear). I don't know with one glance how many missed calls vs voicemails I have.

That seems like a LOT of functionality loss for VERY LITTLE pain relieved.

[callahad]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't two missed calls without voicemail display identically as a single missed call with voicemail? I don't think you have that information in the first place.

Once you get into the app, of course, things are conflated, but if anything, you're gaining information on the home screen: You can be sure that the number on the icon is the actual number of missed calls.

[teej]

True, you are gaining the information of the -exact- number of missed calls you have. The information isn't important on the main screen though. The current design tells me about the -absence- of a voicemail, when it has a red (1) on it. That is what I'm losing in this design.

[mikeryan]

You seem to be picking nits. The _only_ time its telling you of an absence of a voicemail is when it's a 1.

[jlees]

Not always. I have a weird bug with my iPhone where I'll receive voicemails, but the phone itself doesn't ring - others have reported this too (whether it's an O2 UK problem or what, I don't know).

Thus it's actually really useful for me to know if I have a missed call or a voicemail that never rang through. It also confuses the hell out of a system that'd try to guess which missed call the voicemail belongs to...

[mikeryan]

Its definitely not a UK problem - happens here in SF w/ AT&T usually in my house when I can't get a signal ;-)

[teej]

99% of the time, that red dot is either a 1 or a 2 on my phone.