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Keymap Survey
MarcGuay:
Hey folks,
I thought it would be a good idea to solicit input on the keymaps (button configurations), as I've come across a couple of ugly ones recently and can only assume there are more on other players.
Please try and be as objective as possible ("I like it better that way" is not good enough) and don't compare Rockbox to the original firmware ("the Apple interface does this when I press this" is not good enough). Examples of acceptable reasons are that the buttons interfere with functionality or are out of step with the rest of the interface. Here are a few that I've come across:
Target: e200
Action: Skip directory
Current: Stop+Left/Right
Problem: Playback stops half of the time you attempt the combo. This is probably left over from when the Stop button was the Menu button.
Proposed: Change to Select+Left/Right. Other button combos already use the select button and it's harmless if you don't time it right.
Target: e200
Action: Bring up the recording menu from the recording screen
Current: Down
Problem: Although the recording menu is not technically a context menu, in every other case the way to bring up the menu which deals specifically with your current location (fancy way to say "context"), is a long press of Select.
Proposed: Change to Long-Select.
Target: Gigabeat F
Action: Delete bookmark from the recent bookmarks screen
Current: A button
Problem: The A button is used in the rest of the interface to bring you to the WPS.
Proposed: Unsure, don't own the target.
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P.S. I would prefer if this didn't expand into a discussion on a total rework of the interface - please keep your suggestions specific. The goal is simply to tighten them up for the 3.0 release, not to start something entirely new.
P.P.S. As I understand it, the Sansa c200 keymap is full of problems and worthy of it's own flyspray task. Please comment here: http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/8824.
P.P.P.S. No guarantees that anything will change.
JdGordon:
--- Quote from: MarcGuay on July 16, 2008, 09:36:03 AM ---Target: e200
Action: Skip directory
Current: Stop+Left/Right
Problem: Playback stops half of the time you attempt the combo. This is probably left over from when the Stop button was the Menu button.
Proposed: Change to Select+Left/Right. Other button combos already use the select button and it's harmless if you don't time it right.
--- End quote ---
yeah, i agree.. It always feels wierd pressing "stop" to do that action
--- Quote from: MarcGuay on July 16, 2008, 09:36:03 AM ---Target: e200
Action: Bring up the recording menu from the recording screen
Current: Down
Problem: Although the recording menu is not technically a context menu, in every other case the way to bring up the menu which deals specifically with your current location (fancy way to say "context"), is a long press of Select.
Proposed: Change to Long-Select.
--- End quote ---
doesnt make much difference, but yeah I guess its logical
robin0800:
Sansa C200
--- Quote ---Rec + Play
If there is an audio file playing, returns to the While Playing Screen (WPS) without stopping playback
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and this
--- Quote ---Rec + Left or Rec + Right
Move the line cursor within the text line
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I don't like this as it seems to me any short press on Rec starts recording
Edit
Actually I Think this is a bug In the WPS it takes a long press on REC to start recording but any other screen starts on a shot press if some one can confirm i will post a bug report.
MarcGuay:
Like I said, the c200 is riddled with issues, and the flyspray task may be a better place to post your comments/suggestions. Unless the people working on that (pixelma?) want to gather ideas here as well.
soap:
--- Quote from: MarcGuay on July 16, 2008, 09:36:03 AM ---Target: e200
Action: Skip directory
Current: Stop+Left/Right
Problem: Playback stops half of the time you attempt the combo. This is probably left over from when the Stop button was the Menu button.
Proposed: Change to Select+Left/Right. Other button combos already use the select button and it's harmless if you don't time it right.
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Soap Proposed: Keep Short Next + Long Next and Short Prev + Long Prev like the iPods which have a very similar physical key layout. The manual says this works (I haven't tried, should charge up my e200)
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