[mythtv] RFC: Alerting in Myth
Jay R. Ashworth
jra at baylink.com
Thu Jan 17 02:47:28 UTC 2008
On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 04:29:55PM -0600, Kevin Kuphal wrote:
> The addition of the UI clock on the menu system got me thinking
> that it would be straightforward to add a graphic/button element
> that could be added to themes (or even a simple textual one) that
> could query a database table for outstanding alerts. If one or more
> was present, it could display simply: "2 items require attention"
> on the menu.
>
> Then we could bind the INFO key (which does nothing in the menus
> to my knowledge) to bring up a new "window" that presents simply a
> list of alerts that can be read and acknowledged by the user.
Nobody *quite* said that it would be useful if this was visible not
only in the UI menutree, but over playing programs as well -- possibly
by configuration option (if you're dumping to tape analog, which some
people still do, you don't want it to come up).
Was your proposed implementation something which would cover both
situations?
Cheers,
-- jra
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