Lid switches tests confusing

Sridhar Dhanapalan sridhar at laptop.org.au
Thu Jan 31 20:30:12 EST 2013


On 1 February 2013 12:06, Sridhar Dhanapalan <sridhar at laptop.org.au> wrote:
> When testing the XO hardware, users are frequently tripping up on the
> lid switches test.
>
> Right now, the text on the screen says this:
>
>     Testing /switches
>     Activate lid switch
>
> This is where our users get stumped: "what is a lid switch?" If they
> work out that they need to close the lid, when are they allowed to
> open it again?
>
> The next message is also problematic:
>
>     Activate ebook switch
>
> What does this mean? When can the XO be taken out of e-book mode?
>
> How about we make the messages look more like this?
>
>     Testing /switches
>     Close the lid and open after 2 seconds
>     Swivel the screen and close it into ebook mode

I've made an upstream ticket: http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/12514



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