[Trac #1320] Left-hand game keys should control mouse?

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#1320: Left-hand game keys should control mouse?
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 Reporter:  cjb               |        Owner:  Eben     
     Type:  defect            |       Status:  assigned 
 Priority:  normal            |    Milestone:  Untriaged
Component:  interface-design  |   Resolution:           
 Keywords:                    |  
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Changes (by Eben):

  * status:  new => assigned

Comment:

 Well, the HIG clearly specifies that we should NOT be using the D-pad to
 move a cursor around:

 http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Human_Interface_Guidelines/The_Sugar_Interface/Input_Systems#The_Directional_Buttons

 It's extraordinarily inefficient at such a task. However it is also true
 that none of the activities actually do anything intelligent in this mode
 yet.  Perhaps something is better than nothing until we can do things the
 right way?  The correct implementation of hand-held mode will be to remove
 the toolbars, thus eliminating the need to "click via mouse" at all.
 Instead, there will be direct ways of manipulating the activities.  In web
 for instance, the D-pad can map to forward, back, prev-link, next-link,
 and an action button on the right can follow the selected link.  The
 remaining action buttons could do other interesting things like show a
 list of bookmarks to choose from, etc.

 Marco, how much work do you think it would be to "do this right" for even
 just one activity for demonstrative purposes.  It seems that Read and
 Browse are the prime targets.  Right now we're more in control of Browse,
 so perhaps it's a good place to start...

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