On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:21:36 -0500, "Joshua Simmons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 11/20/07, Manuel Dejonghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Nov 21, 2007 12:26 AM, Joshua Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > And finally, at some point I read something about rockbox having a morse >> > code input system, that might be useful to those people who know morse >> code >> >> That might by the worst idea, since it can be very easy to eavesdrop >> the clicking of buttons. I can prevent someone else watches my hand or >> the screen, but it's hard to make the clicking silent enough. > > >Yes, you are probably right, that might not be a great idea. Y'all are complicating a BJ again. The standard on-screen keyboard is perfectly adequate for this task. Unlike a computer display, the screen of a player is practically unviewable from more than a couple feet away. Make the password display line a fairly small typeface and provide the option of displaying the actual password as it is typed (my option) or asterisks. If some mythological evil-doer who cares enough about your personal information to try to look over your shoulder ever materializes, then simply turn away to enter the password or just wait until he leaves. IMO, gestures is a bad idea for several reasons. One, it isn't portable across all hardware since different players have vastly different number of inputs. Second, it is something that those of us with dexterity handicaps can't do, especially if the gestures are required to be done in a certain minimum interval. The standard RockBox on-screen keyboard can be operated by anyone who can read and is portable across all platforms. I like the idea of strong encryption on my JBR, especially if it is incorporated into the recording/playing system. I use my JBR for interviews on occasion and being able to encrypt the audio file to preserve the privacy of the interviewee would be very useful. It would be even more useful if a corresponding program for host computers were also available. On-the-fly encryption would be ideal but I could live with post-recording encryption as long as the encryption over-wrote the "plain text" audio sectors. John -- John De Armond See my website for my current email address http://www.neon-john.com http://www.johndearmond.com <-- best little blog on the net! Tellico Plains, Occupied TN What do you call a blonde's cranial cavity? Vacuum chamber? -- John De Armond See my website for my current email address http://www.neon-john.com http://www.johndearmond.com <-- best little blog on the net! Tellico Plains, Occupied TN Okay, okay, I'll take it back ... UNfuck you!
