I have a different idea for EPG Guide. I'm creating a mokup but I didn't have the time to finish.
The general idea is to have *ALL* the programs in one line. Behind this line, another line to restrict by channel gender (define by user), then behind another line with a 'day timeline' with with the hours and then a last timeline with the days. When you move right or left a timeline or the program list, all timelines are sync and the program list too. We can imagine other restrict 'bars' they can be user defined (the numbers and the actions). I will post to the wiki a screenshot as soon as I've finish it. This is just my 50 cents and sorry for my bad English. 2009/7/3 Daniel Chapman <[email protected]>: > Interesting solution, but i definitely don't think this is a good idea for > various reasons. > Leptest > > 2009/7/3 Keith Cirkel <[email protected]> >> >> To solve this, I would add buttons to the top, bottom, left and right. The >> user navigates a "screen of buttons" and actions the "right" button to move >> to the right, rather than moving their "cursor" (potentially infinitely) to >> the right. >> ---- >> Keith Cirkel >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:19 AM, Michał Sawicz <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Dnia 2009-07-03, pią o godzinie 10:40 +0200, David McLeod pisze: >>> >>> --8<-- >>> >>> > So, what problems do I immediately see? >>> > >>> > Well, considering that Moovida uses an opacity technique to tell the >>> > user that additional things (e.g. bars of a list) can be scrolled to, >>> > I am not sure how to do this with an EPG guide like this. If you are >>> > a visual person you might understand what I mean. How do I do opacity >>> > changes on the 'grey bars' we use when they move to the left of the >>> > screen and tuck under the TV station logos? Those bars are going to >>> > be different lengths to represent different lengths of the TV >>> > shows...then we need to do the same technique for the right of the >>> > screen. Instinctively, I know this is going to look visually weird... >>> > but maybe, I might be able to solve this in Photoshop or by testing >>> > out some 'comps' to get this worked out...so for now I will continue. >>> >>> The current list modifies opacity of the whole item, right? The whole >>> list row / grid cell gets it's opacity reduced. What I would see >>> consistent with the rest of Moovida UI is a thin, constant-width opacity >>> gradient from top to bottom on both sides of the grid. There's one >>> problem with that... AFAIK we can't have opacity masks in current >>> pigment... >>> >>> --8<-- >>> >>> > Let me explain... (check out the orange arrows on the thumbnail >>> > sketch) I go up and down TV stations (imagine there are 100 or so), so >>> > that means the up and down buttons are taken... then I go left and >>> > right through the 'timeline'... that means the left and right buttons >>> > are taken. So, I have a problem now... I can navigate up to those >>> > buttons so the user can switch between the views! >>> >>> We discussed this with Kevin in one of our posts. He proposed that the >>> upper buttons could be accessible by going to the far left and left >>> again (that is if the farthest left available item is "now"). I don't >>> think that's a good idea. I'd rather have the two views separate in the >>> menu. Watch TV > it shows you 'now & then', Programme Guide > the full >>> fledged guide. >>> >>> -- >>> Michał Sawicz <[email protected]> >> > > -- Tony Ducrocq
