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I'm all in favor of the physical camera button. I was actually brainstorming today about ways to be able to select which app you want to run without actually t
by Qz 16y ago
I'm all in favor of the physical camera button. I was actually brainstorming today about ways to be able to select which app you want to run without actually turning on the screen (be it iphone/droid/wp7/whatever). I want to be able to take out my phone and just start doing what I want to use it for immediately, without fiddling with lock screens and menus. I want it to be a voice recorder on demand, camera on demand, camcorder on demand, mp3 player on demand, etc.
- loewenskind 16y agoThe reason you have lock screens is exactly because you have the phone in your pocket. If it worked the way you suggest you would have photos of the inside of your pocket, recordings, phone calls, etc.
- Qz 16y agoI think you misunderstood. I'm not saying there shouldn't be a lock screen, I'm trying to figure out a way to keep the lock screen (so that it doesn't do stuff in your pocket) but be able to go from phone-in-pocket to doing-what-i-want-it-to-do, without going through the usual process of: take out phone, power on, bypass lock screen, search for app icon, etc. I don't know how to accomplish that, but it would be a huge feature for me if it was possible.
- rms 16y agoThe same kind of mode toggle switch you have on a camera should work.
- loewenskind 16y agoAh, I didn't get that from your original comment. If you could figure this out you could probably.... erm.... <whisper>patent it</> and sell it for big bucks to any of the big phone players.
- MichaelGG 16y agoWell, if you don't have PIN to lock, you could have different gestures to unlock that would jump to an app. Like swipe up for camera, right for phone, diagonal for messaging, etc. Perhaps even show those icons so unlocking is swiping the app icon you want to use across the screen. As long as it's limited to a few apps, it might work.
- Qz 16y agoActually that's exactly what I came up with later last night after posting the comment. Lock screens on android are replaceable right? Maybe I've found my first dev project...