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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: NEWKEYS v2Re: NEWKEYS v2
From: Mike Holden <rockbox_at_mikeholden.uklinux.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 09:58:17 +0100 (BST) c s said: > > --- Kjell Ericson <Kjell.Ericson_at_haxx.se> wrote: >> On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Linus Nielsen Feltzing wrote: >> >> > > Why would the user pressing the key known for >> going back a menu level >> > > expect that action to cancel a setting? >> >> > I agree. Before the cancel feature was added, I >> can't remember having >> > that many complaints from people not being able to >> cancel a setting. >> >> Oh, I forgot to tell about all the zillions of times >> I pressed PLAY in a menu >> and nothing happened. >> That was to first logic thing for me to fix (to >> accept PLAY as okey). >> The next logic thing (for my thinking) was that STOP >> should be cancel while I >> see back/cancel as synonyms and okey/play as >> synonyms. >> >> So whatever you do, please don't remove the >> possibility to press PLAY. Add it >> instead where it is missed in the menues. > > > Ah. So that's how this design path got started. I > really have no problem with leaving play to do what it > does now, but it would never occur to me to press the > key that takes you forward one more level after I had > just changed a user setting. For me I logically say to > myself, “That setting is good so I'm through here... > now lets back up and get the hell out of here.” Using > PLAY to do that doesn't make a lot of sense to me but > there isn't any harm done by leaving it there. I use this PLAY functionality when in the settings screens as well. However I have an FMR, so this is somewhat moot in this case as we are primarily discussing the inadequacies of the Player keypad! -- Mike Holden Rockbox page: http://www.mikeholden.org/~rockboxReceived on 2003-08-27 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |