From fork-admin@xent.com Thu Sep 5 11:31:55 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.example.com Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AE3216F56 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 11:28:51 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Thu, 05 Sep 2002 11:28:51 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g857iEZ09117 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 08:44:14 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1E99294233; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 00:38:02 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@example.com Received: from localhost.localdomain (dsl-208-151-246-47.dsl.easystreet.com [208.151.246.47]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92FAB294221 for ; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 00:37:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from karl@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g857qCu12404; Thu, 5 Sep 2002 00:52:12 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: karl set sender to kra@monkey.org using -f To: "Jim Whitehead" Cc: "FoRK" Subject: Re: CD player UI for toddlers References: From: Karl Anderson Organization: Ape Mgt. In-Reply-To: "Jim Whitehead"'s message of "Wed, 4 Sep 2002 11:03:03 -0700" Message-Id: Lines: 15 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0802 (Gnus v5.8.2) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@example.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: 05 Sep 2002 00:52:12 -0700 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-18.5 required=7.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,KNOWN_MAILING_LIST,NOSPAM_INC, QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SIGNATURE_SHORT_DENSE, SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT,X_AUTH_WARNING version=2.50-cvs X-Spam-Level: "Jim Whitehead" writes: > The CD player we have combines play and pause in a single button, but > doesn't provide *instantaneous* feedback that the button was pushed, instead > requiring you to wait until the music starts, 5-10 seconds. This is a UI > disaster. Since Tatum doesn't get feedback right away, she presses the > button again, thereby pausing the CD before it even plays. She'll only ever > get music if she presses the button an odd number of times. This happens a > surprising amount of the time, since she eventually hits the button again > when the music doesn't play. Nice to hear that somebody else does this too. -- Karl Anderson kra@monkey.org http://www.monkey.org/~kra/