[shr] feature request - power

[Leonardo de Virgilio]

I'm totally agree: a more simple on/off (big) button should be more:

- quick
- stable during moving/walking
- power-safing

Yes, sliding buttons are cool, but not really functional using Neo as daily
phone.

2009/5/22 William Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au>

> I think the point is that sliders suck:
>
> 1. they are very hard to use - unless you have fingers as thin as a
> stylus.  Especially the ones that go close to the screen edge.
> 2. They are impossible to use whilst walking.
> 4. They take too long to operate - seem to use a lot of processing as
> they "hang" for a few seconds part way until the display settles.
>
> Basicly, sliders are inappropriate for digital (on/off) values - thats
> what radio buttons are for.
>
> And yes I would love to have the time to figure out how the opaque mess
> that is e works so I can fix these HCI disasters, at least for
> myself ...
>
> BillK
>
>
> On Thu, 2009-05-21 at 16:19 +0200, Johny Tenfinger wrote:
> > On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 16:09, jeremy jozwik <jerjoz.forums at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > well nuts to that...
> > >
> > > "I can switch them easly... Closing as upstream - looking of elementary
> > >  Toggles depends on elementary theme. If you think default elementary
> theme
> > >  is bad, please report it on e tracker (or develop SHR theme ;) )"
> >
> > (that was me who closed that ticket, and i'm main developer of
> shr-settings)
> >
> > Size of Toggles (that sliders) is equal to size of buttons. So what's
> > the problem? It only looks thin. I agree on one - we really should
> > have our own elementary (and e17 at all) theme. But we don't have at
> > the moment. That's why i closed ticket, as it's not possible to do
> > easily without breaking everything. I hope you understand :)
> >
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