Rockbox Development > Feature Ideas
Pause & adjust volume when locked?
Llorean:
The whole point of a hold switch is "prevent accidental button presses from altering playback in any way without disengaging the hold switch first" so allowing buttons to work is definitely "completely different" yes.
gellfex:
--- Quote from: Llorean on November 23, 2008, 11:54:35 PM ---The whole point of a hold switch is "prevent accidental button presses from altering playback in any way without disengaging the hold switch first" so allowing buttons to work is definitely "completely different" yes.
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I do understand that if it was there was only one option. But the whole point of Rockbox is to give lots of options and control, no? On the M25 it's a toggle in settings, either the way I like it, or the way you like it, full lock. Choice is great!
It's not like I came up with this idea myself, it was implemented on a number of products.
Llorean:
Another point of Rockbox is to keep the code maintainable, the settings managable, and to ensure an efficient and small binary.
This means "not adding every single feature anyone thinks is a good idea."
Rockbox has a long standing policy on not having customizable controls, as well, and this would certainly fall into that category.
As a suggestion: If you like to pause frequently, in the future don't purchase a player with a pause button you think is awkward to press.
gellfex:
--- Quote from: Llorean on November 24, 2008, 12:15:48 AM ---Another point of Rockbox is to keep the code maintainable, the settings managable, and to ensure an efficient and small binary.
This means "not adding every single feature anyone thinks is a good idea."
Rockbox has a long standing policy on not having customizable controls, as well, and this would certainly fall into that category.
As a suggestion: If you like to pause frequently, in the future don't purchase a player with a pause button you think is awkward to press.
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Look, I understand your position as "guardians of the code", and that this option has a snowballs chance. But I must say in response, as a Rockbox newby, that hearing any frivolous setting was turned down is a surprise. After I studied the huge number of options available just on display like upside down or negative and "line selector type" (lets not get into themes!), it seems odd to hear you ridicule an ergonomic setting option that was implemented and much loved on a then and now highly regarded series of players that were relatively spare of options bells and whistles. 250mb M25's still sell at auction for the same price as a 4gb Sansa because people LIKE them. I could provide links to discussions of people wishing for this feature on their players, but clearly that's pointless.
Never mind, I'll toddle along and play with all the exotic font options on my rockbox...
Llorean:
At what point was it actually ridiculed?
With the font and theme options there are usability implications. While they do add a graphical flourish, they also make it possible for the user to customize the player so its playback state and position can be more easily seen (large fonts, high contrast colours, large status icons). They allow the user to accomplish things there is no workaround for.
Meanwhile, your request can simply be worked around by actually making use of the existing pause button.
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