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[Cyrille Ngassam Nkwenga <cyrildz@xxxxxxxxx>]

I really like the idea of emergency call...  but since Ubuntu doesn't use
hardware buttons it would be very trivial to trigger it.
What do we have ? Power button , Vol UP and DOWN.
Pressing all at the same time is not friendly when in an emergency case.
Think of the case you don't want no one to notice you are calling ...
So you should be able to do it with one hand.
Long press on Power ?
Long press on VOL UP and DOWN ?
Or long press on vol up or down until the vol is null or max and still
pressing suggest an emergency case ? This will help not being noticed  and
But there is a flaw... The phone is on your pocket and unconsciously you
pressed and hold VOL Down or Up ...
Am 27.06.2013 18:54 schrieb "Anders Hagen Jarmund" <ajarmund@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Hi,
>
> Maybe it's only me missing it but; phones with touch are quite hard to use
> if you not are able to look at the screen or the screen is harmed in any
> way. In an emergency situation both may be the case (broken glasses, you
> have to call from your pocket etc.)
>
> Therefore I think there should be some way to use eg. the power button to
> call the emergency number. Eg. if you click the SOS signal or something on
> the power button, it calls 112 (or 911).
>
> Other views/ideas?
>
>
> Anders
>
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