Stephen Rowles schrieb: > Why is there enter and select as different buttons, why are they used > inconsistently? Sometimes select shows a sub menu, sometimes (TV guide) it > shows the full description of the program and you have to press a > different key to get the sub menu. Then on top of that there is a Play > button which has a 3rd meaning, do we really need that many buttons? I > could see the argument for 2, but 3? So far I have been unable to get what > I would consider a sensible and easy to use key configuration without > going in and changing the freevo plug-ins for things like TV. >
Just to make that point clear: ENTER always should open the submenu, whereas SELECT selects the first choice in the submenu. In that sense you only need ENTER, but SELECT is a handy short cut. In the example of the TV guide, ENTER will open the submenu, whereas SELECT will show you the full description (or start watching TV), which you also could get by selecting the first entry in the submenu. The same with PLAY and REC in the TV guide, you can reach both functionalities by entering (ENTER) the submenu and choose them from there, or you can use the shortcuts. Thus you just need SELECT, ENTER, UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT and EXIT in the TV guide, but if you have more buttons available on your remote you can use them for the other tasks. Moreover if you have those four coloured keys on your remote that can be found on many remotes nowaday, you can also use the button bar plugin, to access the first entries of the submenu more easily. I understand your wish to make the freevo interface more intuitive and there are more reliable in all parts of freevo, but I think especially the TV guide part is not as bad as you describe it. By the way, the wiki (http://doc.freevo.org/Lirc) claims that you need only 8 buttons, that are essential for freevo: LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN, SELECT, ENTER, EXIT, DISPLAY But as I said, probably there are places in freevo where the user interface is not very intuitive and maybe can be improved. I do NOT want to stop that discussion! I just want to make the current navigation concept clearer... Regards Tanja ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
