Jay Vaughan wrote : > The point is: Power Button = Turn the computer off, and on. Oh, and > also, close apps, and .. Arrgh! Not Sensible! > > Don't you see the danger here? Surely, we are all competent computer > users .. but I can't give Pops this thing and tell him, use the same
hey jay i guess i know what you're thinking of: making the power button something which messes up semantics. yet, this can be quite easily solved: think of the power button as "negative action" instead of "power" so, the semantics would be along the lines of * phone: switch phone off, logout, suspend, whatever. * item: delete, cut, "step back" * process: kill, stop, minimize * sound: deactive speaker, deactivate mic, lower volume * phone functions: hang up, suspend, redirect then your tap system would apply: complex tap -> "more serious action" (kill rather than minimize or stop) - easier tap -> "soft action" eg long hold, two-tap, one-tap i havent given that system too much thought though and as you know im currently not even into openmoko dev. just my 2c. Philip -- Q: According to Sigmund Freud, what comes between fear and sex? A: Fuenf.
