One of my favorite things about the Nokia N81 8GB was the fact that it did *not* have a Gallery shortcut key next to the camera button. I’ve had this key on every phone since the N80, I believe, and I’ve found that it’s more of a nuisance than a convenience. In my experience, this little button is activated by accident more often than on purpose, and sends the phone on a rather slow adventure to show off my latest pictures and videos.
It’s even worse if you use certain car mounts, as this Gallery button is right in the way of most of the side-arms on these mounts. Frustrating, to say the least. However, I’m very pleased to announce that about a week ago, while watching MoBuzzTV in the shower with my N95-3 safely inside a zip-loc baggy, the solution came to me….
Put a time-delay on it. Simple as that, really. Think about it. The camera shutter button is located directly next to the offending Gallery key, and is almost NEVER accidentally activated. This is because for the camera shutter button, you need to press and hold it for a few seconds before it activates the camera. How genius.
I think it would be easy to implement via firmware, I honestly don’t know. However, I think this would completely solve the problem that I’m sure everyone has faced of that blasted Gallery button activating on accident and opening that silly Image/Video Gallery.
