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Subject: Re: replace quickscreen key with hotkey

Re: replace quickscreen key with hotkey

From: Jeff Goode <jeffg7_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:27:28 -0400

  On 10/11/2010 20:08, Jonathan Gordon wrote:
> Just trying to gauge opinion.. How do people feel about replacing the
> quickscreen action with the hotkey one? (with quickscreen being the
> default).
> I personally think the quickscreen is totally useless (especially in
> its current form) and it is mapped to long-menu on the ipod. hotkey
> (which has limited use, but much more valuable) is menu+left or
> something ridiculous, basically making it impossible to use.
>
> My suggestion is then, on targets where hotkey cant be put on its own
> one button combo (short or long press of a single button) hotkey is
> used instead of quickscreen. Where there is enough buttons for both
> leave it as is.
>
> Jonathan
The quickscreen isn't a hotkey option yet but it would be easy to add.
I don't have an opinion one way or the other about keymaps for targets I
don't use, so I can't help you there. Too bad that after all this time
there still isn't any kind of UI philosophy consensus to answer that
kind of question.

Jeff
Received on 2010-10-12

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