[Sugar-devel] [PATCH] Record: stop recording with the same shutter key in gamepad

[James Cameron]

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:28:18PM -0300, Manuel Qui?ones wrote:
> You raised an interesting point.  So I was between two options: using
> the same game key O for start recording/stop recording, and using
> another game key, like [] or X .  I decided to go for the first one
> because 1. that seemed to me analogous to the record button of a real
> camera and 2. that seemed similar than using the buttons on the
> screen, which looked like a toggle.  But I think you have a point
> in...

A real camera often has a recording in progress indicator.  We don't
have that, because our privacy LED for the camera is lit even before
recording starts.

> If we use the same reasoning as with the gamepad but with the buttons
> in the screen, then should we put the two buttons side by side, and
> make one insensitive while the other is active? or a toggle is ok in
> the screen?

Since the display gives some state feedback, the overload is not as
important.

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James Cameron
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