On Fri, 2010-03-26 at 13:12 +0100, Helge Hafting wrote: > Tom Hacohen wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 12:04 PM, sam tygier <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > [...] > > It's a nice idea, for too much hassle for something not *that* useful, > > because when you are reading you will probably ask the screen (either > > automatically or manually). > > A nice feature (that e also has) is: if someone touched the screen > > immediately after going to dim, this probably means he's doing > > something, so a popup opens and asks > > if he wants to request the screen resource (terminology is different in > > e, but it's the same idea.) > > A popup is not what I call nice. Especially not popups that depend on > timing, and pops up on the phone's own initiative. The idea reminds me > of a certain paperclip that the ms-office users learned to hate . . . > > Another solution: A top bar icon to click, that toggles the timeout on > and off. Small, always there, don't get in my way. > > A popup gets in the way of what I wanted to see, when I touch the > screen. So, not only will I have to turn the light on again, I will also > have to dismiss some popup. > > If the top bar gets too crowded with such things, merge several of > them into a pulldown menu. Toggling the backlight timeout is > useful but a two-click operation is ok. (Unlike bringing up the > keyoard, which ought to be one-click...) This can be done already by > using shr-settings, but that takes way too much time. > > Helge Hafting > _______________________________________________
Too much bother - just have a setting "permanently disable dimming and never bother user ever again" - could have a modifier "terminate with extreme prejudice" Sorry, couldnt resist - I hate the thing :) BillK _______________________________________________ Shr-User mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shr-project.org/mailman/listinfo/shr-user
