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Semi Hold mode?

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nwimpney:
I kind of like this idea, but not so much a semi-hold, as a "WPS lock"

It's probably quite different with larger or touch-screen players with more of a tendency to bump around in your pocket, but I've always sticked to small simple players that can be easily operated without looking at the screen.  (while skating/cycling, etc.)

My clip+ has fairly stiff buttons, so I generally don't have to worry about locking it, and I like having the track skip and volume buttons handy, but occasionally I'll press the wrong button, and end up in some menu, where I have to look at the screen to navigate back to the WPS.

A mode with only volume controls, play/pause, and track forward/back would be great. 

Not really useful for the fancy touchscreen crowd, but awesome for minimalist players that can be used no-look.

-Nick

Strife89:

--- Quote from: nwimpney on July 15, 2010, 03:32:48 PM ---I kind of like this idea, but not so much a semi-hold, as a "WPS lock"

[O]ccasionally I'll press the wrong button, and end up in some menu, where I have to look at the screen to navigate back to the WPS.
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* Strife89 seconds this.
I usually keep my iPod in my pocket once I have my playlist loaded, and just fiddle with the controls by pressing/sliding the controls from the outside.

Thing is, if at any time I (or something else) press Menu or Select, or hold Menu, then I've placed the iPod into a menu without realizing it. This forces me to pull my iPod out of my pocket and navigate back to the WPS (which cannot be done by simply pressing Play if I'm in the Quickscreen; but if I assume this and press select and it turns out I'm in the File Browser, there goes my playlist!).

On targets with relatively few buttons (such as the iPods), even if a "WPS Lock" could be/is implemented, button mappings would be difficult to decide on. My solution: design/intend for WPS Lock to be toggled by Hold-switch-flipping (that is, flipping Hold from off, to on, and back to off in quick succession) while in the WPS. If the user somehow manages to glitch the setting, powering off or a hard reset might be the only way out.

So anyway, what do y'all think? Does nwimpney's idea hold up?

JdGordon:
Having a mode which doeesnt let you exit the current screen is an interesting idea.... toggleing it would presumably be hold+select or something.
as usual it is up to someone to actually code it before we can decide for sure if it would work

nwimpney:

--- Quote from: JdGordon on July 16, 2010, 01:40:58 AM ---Having a mode which doeesnt let you exit the current screen is an interesting idea.... toggleing it would presumably be hold+select or something.
as usual it is up to someone to actually code it before we can decide for sure if it would work

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Yeah.  This is what I'm thinking.  It wouldn't be replacement for the standard hold mode, by any means.  sometimes you want it to be totally mash-proof, which is why hold is there.

So all you "HOLD is HOLD" guys can relax.  :P  We don't want that changed.  Just another mode where you can operate it blind without getting lost in the menus.

Chronon:

--- Quote from: nwimpney on July 16, 2010, 04:01:26 PM ---So all you "HOLD is HOLD" guys can relax.  :P  We don't want that changed.  Just another mode where you can operate it blind without getting lost in the menus.

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* Chronon relaxes.  :)

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