#965 NORM Gen2: Keyboard LEDs shine thru case, miss parts of the keyboard

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#965: Keyboard LEDs shine thru case, miss parts of the keyboard
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           Reporter:  gnu         |       Owner:  mlj      
               Type:  defect      |      Status:  assigned 
           Priority:  normal      |   Milestone:  Gen2     
          Component:  mechanical  |     Version:           
         Resolution:              |    Keywords:  video led
        Next_action:  never set   |    Verified:  0        
Deployment_affected:              |   Blockedby:           
           Blocking:              |  
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Comment(by gnu):

 The issue is whether the user can see to use the keyboard in the dark.  B2
 laptops, which presumably cjl never saw, actually had LEDs that lit up the
 keyboard.  These were removed for cost reasons in B3 and the org ran out
 of time/money to fix the issue in later designs.

 OLPC has publicly committed to an upcoming ARM-based design in the same
 case (which presumably
 will have the same problem), and a tablet-based design which has as much
 credibility as the original dual-screen XO-2.  Presumably the usability in
 the dark should be revisited in each of
 these designs, and in future designs.

 But I'm used to organizations closing out bug reports "just so they can
 show how few bug reports they have".  Why fix a bug, after all, when you
 can just close its report out?  Up to now, OLPC had avoided that practice.
 But why should a technology development org stand out as better than most
 of its industry?  May as well sink to the average, or below; who cares
 about product quality, really?

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