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Subject: Re: questions about latest Rockbox

Re: questions about latest Rockbox

From: Hilton Shumway <hillshum_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 08:08:39 -0600

On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 5:35 AM, Paul Louden <paulthenerd_at_gmail.com> wrote:

 If this
>> is such a big problem remembering nothing will change if voice is
>> disabled, we could make a long press (BUTTON_REPEAT), say time and
>> BUTTON_REL (a tap), could leave the screen?
>>
>>
> This would make more sense, though it would make more sense if the
> long-press were a function actually related to the quick screen. As the
> screen doesn't even display the time itself, having a button combo to
> announce it there doesn't make much sense from a usability standpoint for
> sighted users, and just adding voiced things to random places "because
> there's a button free there" doesn't lead to a very coherent design.
>

But it's assumed voices don't happen at all unless they are explicitly
turned on

Hilton
Received on 2009-10-05

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