[BRLTTY] NLS EReader thumb keys

[Dave Mielke]

[quoted lines by Dave Mielke on 2021/08/26 at 20:12 -0400]

>>The only problem I have is that the thumb keys are reversed as to
>>what functions they'd normally do. The Up and Down keys, the one on the far
>>left and far right, are supposed to move one line up (left) and one line
>>down (right). The other two, Back and Advance, or Left and Right as I think
>>they're actually called, are for panning the display. Is there a reason
>>those functions were reversed?
>
>We made those assignments, as near as I can remember, when Humanware only had models where that didnt' matter. Now, unfortunately for us, they have "smart" devices and made assignments that didn't agree with ours. That gives us essentially three choices:

Okay, now I know that it's much more than just a problem. The Humanware NLS eReader actually has raised edges on its keys that tell the user which direction each key will go. This, to me, means that the key bindings absolutely need to be fixed. I'll do this before 6.4 is released. I'm just waiting on a dude from Humanware to tell me which models have these raised edges and, in the end, how they'd prefer us to address this issue.

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