#2415 NORM Untriag: Need specification for handheld interactions

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#2415: Need specification for handheld interactions
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 Reporter:  Eben    |       Owner:  dcbw     
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  Untriaged
Component:  sugar   |     Version:           
 Keywords:          |    Verified:  0        
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 We need to set some standards for interaction with handheld mode.  For
 instance, we probably want to make sure that when leaving handheld mode,
 the screen rotates back to normal. We may also want to keep a preference
 for the rotation so that an activity can automatically return to the users
 preferred state when re-entering handheld mode (jg proposes a property set
 for the activity's window)

 These things (and more) will probably fall under the responsibility of the
 activities themselves, which is a strong argument for publishing some
 specifications in general, and probably a reason for us to consider
 creating a basic API for handheld mode in alignment with said spec.

 jg recommended setting up some freedesktop standards in this area, and on
 a personal note I want to be sure these decisions are also clearly
 outlined in our own human interface guidelines.

 Feel free to use this ticket to suggest and discus some of these
 standards, in hopes that we can compile them in one or more locations once
 we have something solid.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/2415>
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