Yeah... remember in my second email I said I had another idea? It was pretty close to this and operates somewhat like the Main Menu in Moovida :). Left and Right are channels...up and down are a list of shows and their time.
Will email it on Monday (didnt want throw too much into this mailing list at once). David On Sat, 4 Jul 2009 01:50:59 +0200, Tony Ducrocq <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > > >
