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Subject: Re: modifying Rockbox for disabled child

Re: modifying Rockbox for disabled child

From: Frank Gevaerts <frank_at_gevaerts.be>
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 12:07:12 +0200

On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 06:01:13AM -0400, benjamin brown wrote:
> Should this be a custom build or should it we make it an option in the
> configure script, something like a kids mode or safe mode option. I'm all
> for an easy fix to raise the quality of life for someone, but there is more
> than one person in the world that can benefit from this. Understandably
> the features that need disabled are not going to be the same for everyone,
> perhaps a graduating scale could be implemented "safe, safer, safest".
> It's just something to think about.

It is indeed something to think about, but historically settings that
disable UI functionality have been *very* contentious.

Frank

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Received on 2013-10-21

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