[Trac #1311] Power button is too easy to hit inadvertently

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#1311: Power button is too easy to hit inadvertently
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 Reporter:  gnu       |       Owner:  jg       
     Type:  defect    |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal    |   Milestone:  Untriaged
Component:  hardware  |    Keywords:           
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 When in ebook mode, the power button is on a corner that's likely to be
 hit by a stray thumb -- and it looks an awful lot like the
 rotate/backlight button, which is in a similar corner and is something
 you're likely to want to hit.  Should this be changed in B3 hardware?

 This can probably be worked around in software, by doing a slight dance
 when the button is hit.  My suggestion:  When power is on, the first press
 on the button causes host software to be notified, which puts up a notice.
 The notice says to press the power button again if you really want to
 power off the system.  If nobody does that within 5 seconds, the notice
 goes away and you're back to normal.

 Of course, if the system does not respond, the user can hold the button
 down for 4 seconds and get an immediate EC poweroff.

 Alternatively, a short press on the power button could suspend the unit,
 rather than powering it off.  This would make it less catastrophic to hit
 it accidentally; you'd just hit it again to power back on.  But then how
 would you nicely ask the system to truly power ifself off?

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/1311>
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