On Sat, 2006-12-02 at 19:37 -0500, Zephaniah E. Hull wrote: > This is all in the first few hours of having the machine, and I know > that some of this is known. > > Some of this is also partly my area, and some of this is of limited > scope, however, that all said.... > > > The wireless: > We need an easy way to lock the wireless function of the laptop > _off_, this is largely due to FAA restrictions on operating wireless > devices in the air. This means that just being able to turn it off > once the machine is booted is not really enough, and having to > remember to turn it off before you leave for the airport is, ah, > fairly sucky. > > In the short term, a software fix is the best we can do. > > In the long term, I think a physical switch would be a lot better. > How to work this into the ID of the laptop is an interesting > question, but not one that I'm qualified to make many suggestions > on. > > Power indicators: > We need a way, from ebook mode too, to very easily check to see not > only that we have some power left, but to get an idea of _how_ much > power beyond 'we must shut down now'. Ideally, an extra button or > two on the unit that, in sugar, brings up a partial frame with a > power percentage, probably in a nice little bar, would be very nice. > > 'Game' buttons: > The current implementation sucks, we know it sucks, but after trying > to read an ebook in ebook mode, I can identify _how_ they suck a lot > better.
Trying to play Doom on the XO-1, we found another problem; both game button modules emit the _same_ key codes. That sucks. We need to get each of the 8 game buttons to emit _8_ different key codes somehow. Apps can map them however they want (like make both sets of 4 the same) but all 8 need to be different underneath. Dan > Specificly, the buttons are all too hard to press. And they don't > do enough things in ebook reader mode, but a lot of it is simply > that they are too hard to press. > > Recessed is nice, but someone better at button design then me should > take a look to see how we can make it easier to press the bloody > things. > > In ebook mode, we need a way to tell it that we wish to enter/exit > 'navigating links' mode, and a way to say 'follow this link', along > with 'follow this link', keys for forward and back would be nice. > > Also page up/down, in addition to small up/down, would be handy, as > would repeat on the small up/down. > > That's some software changes, but quite possibly an extra few > buttons as well. > > Brightness: > This is a lot less critical, but hey. It would be nice if we could > fiddle the brightness in ebook mode, but that's fairly minor. > (And would mean either more buttons, or a 'toggle through a list of > the meaning of these buttons' button, which, might not be a bad > idea for ebook mode either, and the swapping could be entirely > software.) > > I'll probably have more later, but. > > Zephaniah E. Hull. > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
