Disqus
Why is it that you can’t remap some of the buttons on your S60 device? There’s some buttons you can
program. The softkeys, for example; you can pick what those do. You can
also program the 5 directions of your d-pad or joystick, if you don’t
have Active Standby on. And it can do nearly anything the phone can do.
On the E-series that have a dedicated email key, like my E62, you can
dictate WHICH inbox it goes to. However, as Stefan rants, you cannot set it to do whatever you want.But what about the other excess buttons?
Willbur of Howardforums asks if he can reprogram the volume buttons on his E62 to scroll his screen up and down, to read notes. Ericem1 wants to know
if he can reprogram the VoiceDial button on his 6682 to be a camera
button. I’d like to have control of the gallery app. I’m also
interested in the buttons on the new E-series phones that are coming out.I know for a fact that it can be controlled via software. For
instance, the Email Key can be told WHICH email account it opens. The
VoiceDial button on Ericem1′s 6682 can be told to open VoiceCommand
instead of the built-in voice dial app. And then again, there’s the
softkeys and joysticks.Has anyone tried to write a program for S60v3 that can reprogram the gallery button on the side to pull up my Vox Mobile app, or another gallery app? What about that zoom/volume rocker on my N73? Why can’t it scroll when I’m in a scrollable app?
Source: Symbian Guru
This has been the one major pain in the ass I’ve experienced with S60. As a former Palm PDA user, not smart phone user, I loved being able to set which applications open with whatever button I press.
Is it a power user kind of feature? … I don’t think so. People like setting things up their own way.
Give them the capability.
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
