[Loadstone] Feature wishes

[Ari Moisio]

Hi Shawn

  In fact we gain  N-way lookaround when we are no more limited to  eight 
directions.

   Current keyboard usage is not very efficient because same functionality 
is duplicated with arrow keys and shifted numerical keys.

  Manipulation of search string should be handled by LS, we cannot probably 
use S60 functions. With this approach we can keep star, zero and hash 
functionality if desired. However seldomly-used functions such as 
navigation mode, editing point information etc could be in the menues and 
more often used such as looking around, searching a named point or moving 
should be accessible as quickly as possible. Nav-mode query is one of 
those i haven't used much but it migth be nice to have easily accessable 
too.

Unfortunately it is impossible to combine ease of programming and ease of 
use:-(


You can still escape from the Gates of hell: Use Linux!
-- 
mr. M01510


On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Shawn Kirkpatrick wrote:

> Unfortunately your plan has a few major problems. Using the arrows means
> only a 4-way look around as opposed to the 8-way we have now. It also means
> losing the ability of using the numeric keys for anything else, that's a lot
> to lose. You'd lose the check point, update, and exit exploration functions
> just for a start. Not being able to use the shift key is the show stopper
> for this plan. Without that there's no quick way to make a nav mode query.
> That's not to mention the incredible coding mess this would make trying to
> get a text input system in to the keyboard handling. It would either have to
> do that or use a symbian standard edit field that would cut us off from the
> arrow keys and our output system.
>
> On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Ari Moisio wrote:
>
>> Hi Shawn
>>
>>  I have tried to keep current exploration mode   functionality  and only
>> reduce keystrokes and erroneus movements. Could you  elaborate what
>> functions will be missed with this scheme?
>>
>>  Long key presses sound a good idea. However old problem remainss still:
>> there is still no way to 'see' further than eigth points in eight fixed
>> directions with moderate keystrokes.
>>
>>   This new scheme will bring two powerful features, find and show area
>> directly accessible to the user. It will also enable one-finger usage with
>> only the joystick  to explore the map.
>>
>>  For even more intuitive user interface if user looks to west with key
>> left same key will be used to advance to further waypoints, right arrow
>> will bring back,  closer to current virtual location and when it is
>> reached   revert  search to points at  east.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> You can still escape from the Gates of hell: Use Linux!
>> --
>> mr. M01510
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Shawn Kirkpatrick wrote:
>>
>>> This sounds like a mess from the user interface end. It would also drop
>>> functionality for no real gain. The way we're trying it now is to remap the
>>> keys so that a normal key press of the numeric keys would look in that
>>> direction and a long key press would move the focus. I'm thinking the show
>>> area function will be tweaked so it could be made to work in a given
>>> direction. That way maybe a shift of a numeric key would bring up a list in
>>> that direction.
>>>
>>> On Fri, 2 Nov 2007, Ari Moisio wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>>  New way to implement exploration mode, comments?
>>>>
>>>> - In exploration mode there is a text field and number keys enter text.
>>>> Phone operates in two modes, text input mode and browsing mode.
>>>>
>>>> - In text input mode number keys enter text, backspace deletes last
>>>> character and arrow keys enters browsing mode by list items in given
>>>> directions as a browsable list sorted by distance as current show area
>>>> does.  Pressing select will show
>>>>  nearby items in all directions.
>>>>
>>>> - In browsing mode there is a sorted list of nearby items in given
>>>> direction. First item could be 'back' to cancel previous virtual movement,
>>>> in this case focus should be initially at the second item, ie nearest
>>>> waypoint in given direction. Selecting item with 'select' will virtually
>>>> move to that waypoint, update trip meter and return to text input mode.
>>>> Pressing key2 will cancel selection and return to text input mode.
>>>>
>>>> - If there were some text in the text field when entering browse mode
>>>> lists will be limited on items that have given string at the beginning or
>>>> after space or  punctuationn.
>>>>
>>>> - Because backspace is used for text editing there is no more shifted
>>>> keys in exploration mode.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  You can still escape from the Gates of hell: Use Linux!
>>>> --
>>>> mr. M01510
>>>>
>>>>
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