Re: [Freevo-users] Anyone into interface design?

2004-12-01 Thread tobe
Hi Zach, die freevo Interface is very simple. It is in fact so simple, that you just can't put that much thoughtin it. You have a main menu with items for each type of media you want and very simple submenues for these. I think, the development team can't change anything on the interface, because

[Freevo-users] Re: Anyone into interface design?

2004-12-01 Thread Dirk Meyer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone out there read Jef Raskins book The Humane Interface, or know about the GOMS keystroke analysis? If so could you rate for me the Freevo interface? No, and freevo is my only user interface I ever worked on. At work, I do background stuff like server programs or

[Freevo-users] Complete fxd manual

2004-12-01 Thread tobe
Hi all, i am searching for a complete fxd manual. Wich media types are there and wich information tags can be inside. Wich tags can be inside containers, wich grafics/font tags can be in wich containers/media types. etc... Another question is, wich directory items can show cover images. What

Re: [Freevo-users] Re: Anyone into interface design?

2004-12-01 Thread Evan Hisey
Zach- As long as the interface remains remote friendly I wold love to see what you got. Also if you have not read it I recommend reading Alan Cooper's The inmates are running the Asylum A good book on why UI's seem to be inevitably bad. Dirk- In that case I would say you did real good on

Re: [Freevo-users] Re: Anyone into interface design?

2004-12-01 Thread Zach Lym
Yes, of course it would remain remote friendly :) I have heard good things on Alan Cooper's book. I would like to read it along with The Design of Everyday Things. It does not explain the underlying science of human computer interaction, or how to test it. Jef's book is more of a shortcut,

Re: [Freevo-users] Anyone into interface design?

2004-12-01 Thread Zach Lym
Ahh yes, hopefully the simplicity weeded out most common mistakes. However I still get pissed of at doors, the light in my car, and ESPECIALLY the standard alarm clock interface! Man, I get a spike in blood pressure just thinking about that one :) Zach On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 10:09:38 +0100 (MET),

[Freevo-users] DirectFB / G400 / Kernel 2.6.8.1 problems

2004-12-01 Thread Peace Monk
I had directfb working before, but I had to rebuild my machine. This time I am taking notes so I will post them when I have it all running with freevo. I followed instructions from http://www.sci.fi/~syrjala/directfb/matrox-tv-out-howto When I run dfbterm I get: (*) DirectFB/Config: Parsing

Re: [Freevo-users] DirectFB / G400 / Kernel 2.6.8.1 problems

2004-12-01 Thread Chris Griffiths
Do you have the i2c modules loaded? (send output of lsmod) On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 23:30:25 -0400, Peace Monk [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I had directfb working before, but I had to rebuild my machine. This time I am taking notes so I will post them when I have it all running with freevo. I

[Freevo-users] Media Portal Skins ?

2004-12-01 Thread Tom Van den Bon
Hi Everybody, I saw that a new media portal(http://mediaportal.sourceforge.net/) software was released, very similiar. Although I would never go over to windows and run it, instead of freevo and linux, I do like the skins. Would there be a way to convert these to work on freevo ? Is it legal ?

Re: [Freevo-users] DirectFB / G400 / Kernel 2.6.8.1 problems

2004-12-01 Thread mike lewis
I may be wrong, but I had to install sysfsutils (and/or perhaps something else?) to get DirectFB working with 2.6.8-1. I have Debian unstable. Yes, sysfsutils is what I needed to get it working.. However, there are no xine directfb drivers so no vdr-plugin and no dvd-menus if your on