[mythtv-users] Re: [mythtv] Two Bugs in Mythtv v0.11 & TwoUsability Requests

[Roy Hooper]

Albert Santoni wrote:

>There's no excuse for this kind of flaming.
>
>I agree with Todd's usability requests. I think they are good ideas, and
>would help round out MythTV.
>
>Thank you.
>

I strongly agree.  Feedback about Usability isn't a comment about things 
being bad.  It is a suggestion on how to make a good thing better.

MythTV is a already really great project, and all the activity I see 
happening in here at the moment strongly suggests to me that there will 
be "off the shelf" and other prebuilt and kits with MythTV on them in 
the near future.  What this means is that more and more less intelligent 
users will be using MythTV.  MythTV, by its very nature, will also get 
used by more than just the geek-of-the-house... 

I'd suggest that a worthwhile project for any MythTV user or developer 
who has a few spare hours is to try using (almost) every feature (in 
your setup) of MythTV (and even its modules) and think of what could be 
done to improve the functionality, usability, and user-friendliness of 
those features.  Ranking how important and how well any existing feature 
you use would be useful, as would rankings of any changes you would like 
to see... 

After a number of people have submitted usability reviews, it will be 
easy to see what people really want to see happen with MythTV and what 
needs fixing first to make it kick serious ass from a user experience POV.


Roy