I really don't like how the Chumby widgets will advance in queue even if you are using them. Half the time I am in the middle of something interesting when the widget timer expires and blows away whatever I was doing with the previous widget. These Chumbys are supposed to be dynamic devices, not static.
I propose a change in device functionality of the top rocker switch that would allow users to stop the auto-progression without leaving the widget.
Something like this:
I imagine that a quick click of the top rocker switch would pull up a overlay dashboard. Where as a long hold of the rocker switch would return the user to the normal Chumby dashboard as a click of the rocker switch does today.
On the top half of the overlay: a volume control (mute, max, levels), Pin button, Back to Control Panel button.
On the bottom half of the overlay, a widget queue carousel that would let you see what the next widgets are, what number they are in the queue, and a look at how long they are set to run.
Also, it could time out if I leave it up after say, 2 minutes and put the Chumby back into whatever automatic mode it wants to run in for that time of day.
technorati: Chumby, carousel, widget, dashboard, ui
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Created 11 weeks, 1 day ago