This one looks kind of like the now & later proposal, minus the later. correct?
On Fri, 2009-07-03 at 16:50 -0700, Tony Ducrocq 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 > > > > > > -- > Tony Ducrocq > >
