The gesture doesn't switch the light on

PSX-7 also doesn't react on gestures when it starts from apps list.

Yeah the thing with your device app sounds like an inconsistency and a bug to me. Although it is consistent between the 2 ways of launching PSX-7, so it doesn't seem to be necessarily connecting to launching from a glance or not.

Idk why it's different for Fenix 7 and FR955.

If during activity, I manually decide to switch to the watch face or widget and I make it for some reason so I need light to see my watch, and have to press the light button instead the gesture, the same the touch - I use buttons. So during activity for me means when I only see activity screen...

That's not a logical / semantic argument for why "during activity" settings should only apply when the user sees an activity screen, that's just a reason for why you want it to be that way.

And you didn't really explain why you would want the gesture to be off during an activity, but the gesture to be on when you temporarily switch back to the watchface or a widget. I don't really understand the use case. If I go for a run and I want certain display/touch settings "during the activity", I don't see why my preferences would suddenly change because I switched back to the watchface. Is it because switching back to the watchface implies you're taking a break from the activity, so "general use" settings should apply?

If that's the case, then maybe "general use" settings should also apply when the activity is paused? But of course they don't (and I wouldn't want them to.)

Maybe general use settings should also apply when you're in the activity menu or system menu? After all, you can't be running that hard if you're messing around with settings, right?

What if you stop moving or your HR drops to zone 0? Maybe that should count as "general use" and not "during activity".

Instead of Garmin trying to guess when you're not "really" in an activity, I think it's simpler and more consistent for Garmin to have a very simple definition of during activity: while an activity is being recorded (paused or not, activity screen visible or not).

So during activity for me means when I only see activity screen...

Clearly not what it means to Garmin, as their implementation is consistent with "during activity" meaning "while an activity is being recorded".

Like I said they could've called the setting menu "Display > Activity Screens" if that's want they meant, but they called it "Display > During Activity".

Similarly, there is a setting called Health & Wellness > Goal Alerts - its options are Off, On, and Not During Activity. If you set this option to Not During Activity, and you reach your step goal while you're recording an activity, but you're looking at a watchface, glance or system settings, do you expect the goal alert to be displayed?

I expect it not to be displayed, based on my understanding of what "during activity" means. I'm curious what you would expect.

PSX-7 also doesn't react on gestures when it starts from apps list.

Yeah the thing with your device app sounds like an inconsistency and a bug to me. Although it is consistent between the 2 ways of launching PSX-7, so it doesn't seem to be necessarily connecting to launching from a glance or not.

Idk why it's different for Fenix 7 and FR955.

If during activity, I manually decide to switch to the watch face or widget and I make it for some reason so I need light to see my watch, and have to press the light button instead the gesture, the same the touch - I use buttons. So during activity for me means when I only see activity screen...

That's not a logical / semantic argument for why "during activity" settings should only apply when the user sees an activity screen, that's just a reason for why you want it to be that way.

And you didn't really explain why you would want the gesture to be off during an activity, but the gesture to be on when you temporarily switch back to the watchface or a widget. I don't really understand the use case. If I go for a run and I want certain display/touch settings "during the activity", I don't see why my preferences would suddenly change because I switched back to the watchface. Is it because switching back to the watchface implies you're taking a break from the activity, so "general use" settings should apply?

If that's the case, then maybe "general use" settings should also apply when the activity is paused? But of course they don't (and I wouldn't want them to.)

Maybe general use settings should also apply when you're in the activity menu or system menu? After all, you can't be running that hard if you're messing around with settings, right?

What if you stop moving or your HR drops to zone 0? Maybe that should count as "general use" and not "during activity".

Instead of Garmin trying to guess when you're not "really" in an activity, I think it's simpler and more consistent for Garmin to have a very simple definition of during activity: while an activity is being recorded (paused or not, activity screen visible or not).

So during activity for me means when I only see activity screen...

Clearly not what it means to Garmin, as their implementation is consistent with "during activity" meaning "while an activity is being recorded".

Like I said they could've called the setting menu "Display > Activity Screens" if that's want they meant, but they called it "Display > During Activity".

Similarly, there is a setting called Health & Wellness > Goal Alerts - its options are Off, On, and Not During Activity. If you set this option to Not During Activity, and you reach your step goal while you're recording an activity, but you're looking at a watchface, glance or system settings, do you expect the goal alert to be displayed?

I expect it not to be displayed, based on my understanding of what "during activity" means. I'm curious what you would expect.

It's simply illogical and inconsistent...

Gesture = ONLY light on.

If the gesture is ONLY used to turn on the light, why is it possible to turn on the light with the button?
So e.g I start tactic activity and I don't want any light but settings give me the ability to prevent accidental switching on of the light by gesture but not y accidental pressing of the button...