On 8/7/07, pauric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andy "PS - That reminds me... am I the only one who thinks you should be > able to > select "power off" from the battery status icon?" > > Yes and no. From a icon/workflow perspective it would seem sensible to > place options for stand-by/off/status etc. However, from a usability > perspective if you have to hit a physical button to power-on then the user's > mental map of that functionality will be linked to the button... so there's > little point in adding complexity to the interface if user's are likely to > go back to the same place for power-down as they did for power-up.
yes and no, but slightly differently: if the user regards the neo/openmoko as a 'computer', then a software power off icon/button/option is expected, to match how a desktop running windows/linux/macos works (and these have hardware power-on buttons, too). if the user regards it as a phone, then a hardware button is needed. smartphones/pdas blur the lines between computer and phone, so we probably need both. _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community