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[NoiseEHC]

>> So accessing the frame in ebook mode - is probably not something you do in
>> your ebook workflow (at least on an olpc without touchpad support).
>>
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> Correct - and dedicating a frame button on the tablet mode is probably
> something I would not do (we don't have too many buttons accessible in
> tablet mode)
>   
Incorrect. Since I use the XO-1 for reading ebooks while traveling with 
public transport regurarly, I can clearly see the need for not only 
frame support but for handling the laptop from the keyboard even in 
ebook mode. What important is that volume/brightness level and 
magnification (and anything activity specific) should be available from 
ebook mode at least via some menu (and no submenus please).
You should not dedicate a full button to this menu, probably holding the 
rotate screen button for 1 sec is the correct method activating this 
menu (which would take over cursor keys and the 4 game buttons), and 
while the menu is on screen, pressing the rotate screen button would 
hide it. (It also requires to activate screen rotation when the rotate 
screen button is released, not when it is pressed. Also it could have 
some delay so pressing 3 times fast in a row would rotate to the other 
direction, no need to reflow and redraw the screen 3 times.)

See, developing this functionality will be hard (because Sugar does not 
have framework support for it) and probably you have some better things 
to do now but at least putting this functionality on the roadmap would 
be cool.

ps:
Note that the Frame is an usability problem what is evident if you want 
to use it via the keyboard (and will be even more problematic when the 
XO will have touchscreen support). Of course it is only my humble 
opinion and we all know how much opinions worth.... :)

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