Am 22.11.2007 um 17:42 schrieb Jay Vaughan:
It may be unintuitive as long as you don't know about it, but once
you
know, it's pretty handy for operating the device one-handed -- at
least for the right handers. Also, note the semantic adjacence
between
closing an application ("turning off the power of this application")
and closing the whole operating system.
it should be an option in a control panel somewhere. me personally,
i'd prefer to use the AUX button as the main interface, and leave
the power button dealing with, simply, all power-related issues,
which can include a menu for shutdown and such, but not for killing
apps..
And what about the things the AUX button is used now?
Call your problem 'too few buttons' and i'm with you. But i just don't
get your point here.
However. It's opensource. If you don't like it, change it. ;)
(Make it g-conf customiseable, if it isn't already...)
i mean, think about it, please, just for a second. you have
designed a computing system whereby the systems primary power button
is *also* the means by which apps are managed. in two words: not
good. not good at all.
Call it the On/Off button instead of Power button and everything makes
sense... ;-)
Why waste one of only two buttons because you think a device needs a
dedicated Power button?
Remember. TWO buttons! No way to use them without multiple actions.
(long klick, short klick)
Regards
Tilman
