Still, we aren't talking about roomba or iPhone. Both of which are substantial costs. We are talking about enhancements that could be free, or in the case of remote technology, almost unnoticeable to the consumer.
Since a company that developed such a remote, would add it to all their TVs and no one set of consumers would see the cost of its development. All they would see is a tool better able to handle 200 channels. I'm so far very impressed with my new Philips TV. It was cheaper than all the others too. Mainly because it is a little old and not 120 hertz and only has 3 HDMI inputs and so on. But aside from the strange missing aspect ratio button, it has a very well-thought-out remote/UI combo. I see your point about the small changes. But if they would really help people. If it would make your site more effective. You should do those things along side your new things. You should fix what will stay and add new things. If you aren't fixing what is staying, you'll just eventually cut that feature out when you decide it isn't effective. When all along it was because you neglected to fix it. In other words. Brings a axiom about Noses and Faces to mind. The fact is, the remote as it is forces a choice between 3 conditions for the user. One in which he must press up from channel 15 to channel 255. A second, where they must remember that the channel they want is on 255. And a third (one I use) where a user must guess a close enough number, for me it is 222, and then move around from there. I chose the third option because that is around the middle of the HD channels, and I don't always know what I want. I look at the guide. (In this case the one Tivo gives me) Now I realize that speeding up tivo is a bitch. But the whole reason channel guides on cable and tivo boxes exist at all is because the TV itself is woefully incapable of dealing with user's desires. So something else 'good enough' replaced it. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36646 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
