Who designs these things?

[kengr]

Ok, I got the new handset for the nice cordless phone today. Got stuff set up (you have to do all sort of settings on the base *and* on each handset)

First discovery was that the caller ID function won't work if it is behind a "distinctivre Ring" box (this is somewhat broken behavior). This sort of breaks the usefulness of the distinctive ring number.

But just a bit ago, I called Stacy about something. I was using the headset plugged into the handset. And I discovered to my complete and utter disgust that if you have a call active and put the handset in the charger cradle on the base IT HANGS UP!!!!

What idiot thought *that* was a good idea? Especially when using a headset plugged into the handset.

My best guess is that the idiot thought folks would switch to the speaker phone on the base. Well, I hate to tell him this, but many of us prefer to use a headset. It's easier to hear and the mike generally works better.

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[fayanora.livejournal.com]

And I discovered to my complete and utter disgust that if you have a call active and put the handset in the charger cradle on the base IT HANGS UP!!!!

Don't ALL cordless phones do that? All the ones I've ever had did that.

[kengr]

The one I was using (that Plantronic I let you use once) doesn't. And since the "cradle" has no hookswitch, just the two pins for the power connection...

If the cradle had the handset face down, I'd sort of expect it. But it has it face up, so the keypad and display are accessible and usable. Yes, I can *dial* it while it's in the cradle.

But this design means that if I fumble picking it up from the cradle I might hang up the call.