Obviously everyone has their own opinion about whether they prefer full EPG or Now & Later, but remember we need to cater to the majority of *potential* * *users, not to ourselves. What about if we compare the most popular devices/software that have some form of EPG and use the most common, or... Another way to do this would be to offer an option the first time a user goes into the EPG, something like.. "What viewing style would you like to use? Full View or Now & Later." (With a default/recommended). Once an option is selected, a simple notification could pop up saying "Remember, you can always change this setting in the *main configuration menu*." I would say this is probably the most user-friendly way.
What do you guys think? Cheers, Leptest 2009/7/7 Michał Sawicz <[email protected]> > 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]> >
