Push + directional key makes a lot of sense to me. Adding memory of the rotation direction used the last time the machine was in a given ebook/non-ebook state, as has been suggested before, would help avoi dextra presses as well.
SJ On 6/6/07, Zvi Devir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Dan Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 23:50 +0300, Zvi Devir wrote: > > > On Tue, 5 Jun 2007, Dan Williams wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 12:38 -0700, Don Hopkins wrote: > > > > > > > >> you press the button again, but require you to either press and hold > > > >> the button, or press another button (like the arrow keys) to actually > > > >> rotate the screen or power the system down. > > > > > > > > That's pretty indirect; I'd argue the more direct the better. The > > > > button has a rotation icon, and when you press it, it should rotate the > > > > screen. > > > > > > > > > > I think regarding the rotation key as a "modifier" is very intuitive. > > > Pressing the rotation key + gamepad UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT rotates the screen > > > to the appropriate direction (see the ticket). It will also prevent > > > unwanted and expensive rotations > > > > Though, if it's unwanted, why was the button pressed? Users will > > certainly learn what the buttons do and when to press them and when not > > to press them. > > > > dan > > > > I meant that, for example, after rotating the screen once, the user has to > press > the rotate button three more times in order to get back to the original > orientation. Two out of the three rotation operations are intermediate steps > which can be skipped. > > Zvi > _______________________________________________ > Sugar mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar > _______________________________________________ Sugar mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/sugar
