Lid switches tests confusing

2013-01-31 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
When testing the XO hardware, users are frequently tripping up on the
lid switches test.

Right now, the text on the screen says this:

Testing /switches
Activate lid switch

This is where our users get stumped: what is a lid switch? If they
work out that they need to close the lid, when are they allowed to
open it again?

The next message is also problematic:

Activate ebook switch

What does this mean? When can the XO be taken out of e-book mode?

How about we make the messages look more like this?

Testing /switches
Close the lid and open after 2 seconds
Swivel the screen and close it into ebook mode



Sridhar Dhanapalan
Engineering Manager
One Laptop per Child Australia
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Re: Lid switches tests confusing

2013-01-31 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On 1 February 2013 12:06, Sridhar Dhanapalan srid...@laptop.org.au wrote:
 When testing the XO hardware, users are frequently tripping up on the
 lid switches test.

 Right now, the text on the screen says this:

 Testing /switches
 Activate lid switch

 This is where our users get stumped: what is a lid switch? If they
 work out that they need to close the lid, when are they allowed to
 open it again?

 The next message is also problematic:

 Activate ebook switch

 What does this mean? When can the XO be taken out of e-book mode?

 How about we make the messages look more like this?

 Testing /switches
 Close the lid and open after 2 seconds
 Swivel the screen and close it into ebook mode

I've made an upstream ticket: http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/12514
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