Forum: General Topics

Hi Stephen,
One more thing, it's not even a suggestion. With the recent possiblilty to use different profiles I found myself often alternating between two of them, the "driving" profile and my custom geocaching profile. Basically I'm doing this every time I'm getting out or into the car. I wonder if there would be a way of alternating between two selected profiles with a single keypress. Any ideas ?

Yes, I'm using the zero key (I wish there were more for more functions ;-)
But that cycling through the profiles each time is tedious if you are doing this often.

My personal feeling is that some keys are wasted for the not-so-frequently used screens but optimizing the "keys ergonomics" would probably require some survey on the most frequently used functions.

Hmm, how about making more keys "user definable", beyond the zero key ? The default functions could be the current screens (which could be also accessible through a menu) but the more adventurous users could define their own functions (and save the config, and maybe even share some more complex configs with other users?). That would be cool :-)

Hi,
First I looked for the unused keys. It seems that the media and volume keys are not recognized.
The spare keys on N95 are:
-10 (the green handset, I think it does nothing in TMJ?)
-50 (the "edit" key)
-8 (the "clear" key)
But probably you would not like to make changes that would be so much dependent on the model,
or do you think this would do no harm to the other phones ?

As for the tickboxes - yes that would be helpful, would this work with the "shortcuts" menu as well ?
(I'm using the shortcuts menu with the zero key, as it also gives me quicker access to "new wypoint",
"pause track recording", "night colours", "new track section", "select nearest waypoint" besides the profile
selection.

I guess making the shortcuts menu customizable would make things too complex ?

Another thing that I'm often turning on and off is "zoom with autopan",
mostly because I want it to auto-zoom only when I have a waypoint selected
and prefer to manually control the zoom when there is none.
This is accessible from the plan screen with three keypresses,
so I've learnt to do it semi-automatically (unselect waypoint, change to the plan screen,
open the plan options menu, then "4" and "2" and here you go - does not require too much
attention). However the "profile cycling" process is more interactive, and requires to look
at the display to select the right options with the arrow keys :-(

BTW. I've noticed that the shortcuts menu works with number keys, too for the first 9 items. Alas the profiles
and select nearest waypoint fall out of this range. Would you add the corresponding
digits to each row of the menu, or are you conserving the space here ?

" But probably you would not like to make changes that would be so much dependent on the model,
or do you think this would do no harm to the other phones ? "

I was thinking more along the lines of having a way to enter the keycodes manually (by first finding them via the Debug Info) to customise the extra keys, so that way it wouldn't be dependant on model. Only a thought though - certainly won't be implemented for a while. Its a shame that only those three keys are available on the N95. I'd say its probably best not to touch the green handset key or edit key as these already have very distinct functions themselves. (If the phone rings for example, the handset key would probably still answer the call, so TMJ's action in this case might be affected).
Incidentally the Clear key is in fact already recognised in TMJ, though I haven't given it a use (except to close the menu) since its usual use on the phone is as a 'Delete' function, and I didn't want to confuse this by using it for something different in TMJ. I suppose it could be used as an optional secondary 'Zero Key' type shortcut though...?

" As for the tickboxes - yes that would be helpful, would this work with the "shortcuts" menu as well ? "
Yes, I'll definitely add this into the next version.

" I guess making the shortcuts menu customizable would make things too complex ? "
I think for the moment I'd rather not go down this route - more complexity as you say!!

" I've noticed that the shortcuts menu works with number keys, too for the first 9 items. Alas the profiles
and select nearest waypoint fall out of this range. Would you add the corresponding
digits to each row of the menu, or are you conserving the space here ? "

I'm sure there was a reason why I hid the numbers, but I've forgotton what it was now!! I've added them back for the next version, and have rearranged the order so that the profiles are accessible by a digit...

Great. Thanks.

Now, after I've upgraded to 0.6.3 and now 0.6.4 I want to say again, how much I appreciate the fact that I do not have to cycle through all the profiles each time. It may seem as small change but it makes a lot of difference.