On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:25:31 -0500, Brian J. Murrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to defend against your claims that "my" definition of OSD is out of > my ass and contrary to what "everyone" thinks it is would a definition > from the wikipedia be good enough for you? > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On-screen_display > Or perhaps they are talking out of their ass too?
That wikipedia definition applies to VCRs and the like. Were using the display was a spiffy new feature. If one to use your definition of OSD we could just shorten it to "D" since it's all on the screen. Why bother with the "on screen" portion at all? This isn't a Myth convention it's used widely by the users and developers of multimedia/HTPC apps to indicate the portions of the GUI that are overlaid on the video vs the user interface that gets displayed when no video is being played. And even it it wasn't widely used, it's STILL used in that context within Myth. Hey let's all play a fun game, let's all start calling books "on paper displays" and get all pissy when someone says "what the fuck are you talking about?".
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