#1310 HIGH Future : Handheld mode: rotation, activity switching, and key-map

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#1310: Handheld mode:  rotation, activity switching, and key-map
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  Reporter:  gnu               |       Owner:  Eben          
      Type:  task              |      Status:  assigned      
  Priority:  high              |   Milestone:  Future Release
 Component:  interface-design  |     Version:                
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:  relnote       
  Verified:  0                 |    Blocking:                
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Changes (by mtd):

 * cc: mtd (added)


Comment:

 Am I correct in summarizing a subset of the latest, uncontested ideas as:

 1a) switch to activity view when in sugar view (not in an activity) and
 ebook/handheld mode is invoked [eben]

 1b) in activity view, a rotate button press should not rotate but flick
 through open (running) activities [eben, maybe maybe]

 1c) in activity view, a dpad Left/Right (West/East?) cycles around the
 (launchable) activities in the activity ring and Check launches [bemasc,
 maybe]

 I think the above would be fairly easy to implement (building on my ebook-
 switch-recognition patch from #2954).

 Alternately, should these be:

 1a) same

 1b) rotate button press should bring up an "on screen key mapping" overlay
 [eben] showing / enabling some active-activity / brightness / volume
 manipulation functions [homunq, #comment:12 ]

 1c) same

 ...?  The "overlay" seems harder.

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