Lothar Behrens wrote: >> problem is, you're relying on people thinking clearly, being able to >> make good logical decisions and correctly choosing the environment to >> boot into on startup. unfortunately, this is the last thing most people >> can do in the sort of high-stress situation which typically demands an >> emergency call. >> >> if you study some mobiles, they are able to make emergency calls without >> unlocking the screen, because manufacturers realise people can't even >> manage that simple task when they panic, even something they may do 20 >> times a day >> >> [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splashtop >> > > I have talked about boot options. At this time there is no locking > screen. Simply there should be a button to bypass the normal boot by > pressing and go into an emergency mode. > > This way only 8 seconds may be remaining until a emergency call would be > possible. Not 2 minutes. > > The unlock screen may have a top left area and a top right area. Right > would be normal unlock and left maybe emergency call. > > You must have a lock, since otherwise you may accidantly issue an > emergency call.
the point i was making is that when people are in stressful situations they panic; even something as simple as selecting a different option at boot-time becomes difficult. the point about the screen lock was an example to illustrate my main point. there are many more i could have chosen, but picked one related to mobile phones _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
