Here is my first draft : http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/194/mokup.jpg
I hope you understand my idea. 2009/7/3 Tony Ducrocq <[email protected]>: > 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 > -- Tony Ducrocq
