#2249 HIGH 8.2.0 (: Web browsing should be possible in ebook mode.

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#2249: Web browsing should be possible in ebook mode.
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   Reporter:  cscott            |       Owner:  erikos              
       Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new                 
   Priority:  high              |   Milestone:  8.2.0 (was Update.2)
  Component:  interface-design  |     Version:                      
 Resolution:                    |    Keywords:                      
Next_action:  never set         |    Verified:  0                   
  Blockedby:                    |    Blocking:                      
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Changes (by thomaswamm):

 * cc: eben (added)
  * next_action:  => never set


Comment:

 The display rotation button seems underutilized, it could be serving a
 more useful function.  I propose that it be renamed the 'Menu' button, and
 be used to call up a general-purpose menu system, which is then navigable
 with the directional pad.

 Example:  Press 'Menu' button. A menu appears on screen, and a highlight
 appears on menu item 'Cancel'. Immediately pressing 'Menu' button again
 cancels the menu, and goes back to where you were before. But while in the
 menu, you can use D-pad to pick some other function (which is of course
 highlighted). Pressing 'Menu' button executes the highlighted function.

 The menu system would include the display rotation options, so nothing is
 lost. In fact, you could quickly choose from 4 rotation options:  0, 90,
 180, or 270 degrees.  0 degrees could be the same as 'Cancel'.  The
 existing display rotation system requires me to go thru unwanted rotations
 to get to the orientation that I want.

 I can't be the first person to have thought of this, so I presume there is
 a fatal flaw in this idea that I am unaware of. Maybe Microsoft has a
 patent on it (the Windows 'Start' button)?

 Standard menu items could include zooming, activity switching, starting,
 stopping, system shutdown/restart/suspend/whatever, collaboration, View
 selection (Neighborhood, Group, Home, Activity), frame activation, display
 brightness, audio volume, etc.  Activity-specific menu items could include
 things like 'Go Home' in Browse, or 'Sensor Mode' in Measure.  You could
 even display the entire keyboard on-screen as a submenu. (This could help
 transition software to XO-2)

 Accessing a very powerful menu system needs only 5 buttons: the 'Menu'
 key, plus 4 direction keys (the D-pad). In menu mode, the gamepad keys
 could duplicate the D-pad, to help when the XO is rotated such that D-pad
 is inconvenient.

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