Dnia 2009-07-06, pon o godzinie 16:12 -0700, Kevin Fox pisze: --8<-- > > Yeah you're right, IMO in LiveTV it should be the Now & Next by > > default, > > the full one in recordings. > > Like I said, I prefer Full over Now&Later, so... > It should default to whatever the user left it on. :) That lets them > choose which one they like.
But you don't use LiveTV so what's the problem ;). I do use it now and then and the full EPG is too bloated for simple 'I now want to watch... this!'. When you turn on LiveTV, you don't need all the info right to the show that's coming up next and in EPG you often get left with a stub of what used to be a programme but only lasts 15 minutes and now you only see that... something _was_ there actually. --8<-- > > Still, being in the player you can have two separate buttons for N&N > > and > > for the full EPG. > > This may be more confusing. Need two small icons that relay the fact > that they are both EPG and that one is Full and one is Now&Later. I think the amount of buttons will grow in the player at a steady pace with new features, this is inevitable. I've an idea, though - a 'selector' widget that will take the space of one button in the player but when you wait a moment (just like the cog appears in other views), other options will show up above and below (like here you'd have full EPG and N&N). You will then be able to press up/down and the alternatives will move up and down. The selector will stay at the previously activated item. > > Just to be clear, I don't like the two separate paths to it either, > > but > > I don't like 'go left to go up' even more... > > I think most people will switch it once, then leave it that way forever, > because they like one more then the other. So long as the EPG remembers > which one it was last left in it will be great. Why ask every single > time which mode you via the menu's, if you usually only want the same > mode? Right? Also, I think most people will use Moovida with more then 6 > buttons on the remote, a keyboard, a mouse, or a touch screen, which its > then a nonissue. Having the UI be consistent with the rest of Moovida is > worth it I think. I wouldn't... Just as I said - I'd want the N&N to be available for LiveTV and EPG for when I want to maybe set a schedule up. > There currently is a 'go right to go up' in the UI.' A little different, > but similar. 6 buttons on a remote is IMHO suboptimal to begin with and > necessitates some UI trade offs like this. I think its preferable to > have it work nicely from a touchscreen/mouse/keyboard/7+ button remote, > and make sure there is a workable solution for 6 buttons. The split menu > like you describe is suboptimal for touchscreen/mouse/keyboard/7+ and > only optimal for 6 button. The mode switcher like the rest of the > Moovida UI with the buttons in the top right is optimal for all but 6 > button and still provides a reasonable work around for 6. Except when you "go right" you go right and up, but when it would be at the left, it would be weird to land in a completely different place. As the guys @ Fluendo are committed to the 6-button remote and even more to usability, I don't think this will get the needed applause. And I wouldn't give it either. I'd rather have separate menu entries than that. Especially since the two, for me, are meant for two different usecases. -- Michał Sawicz <[email protected]>
