[mythtv-users] [mythtv] Why can I pretend to change the volume if internal controls are disabled?

[Krzysztof Adamski]

On Sat, 2009-02-07 at 10:53 +1100, Ben Coleman wrote:
> Joe wrote:
> >> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Andrew Barbaccia <andrew at monolithmc.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>     
> >>>> Unmap the "volume button" on your remote from MythTV and map it to you
> >>>> receiver.
> >>>>
> >>>> Kevin
> >>>>         
> >>> I think that's a good workaround, but I want to fix the problem.
> >>>       
> >> Why are you pushing a button to perform a function that does nothing on your
> >> system?  Seriously?  People spend waaay to much time messing around with
> >> stuff.  Move on.
> >>     
> >
> > Personally, I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss/reject stuff like this.
> > While I agree it's pretty minor, in general having buttons or things
> > in the menus which do not work or do something other than what is
> > advertised takes away from the feeling of a complete and polished
> > package.  Simply said it promotes a perpetual "unfinished" feeling.
> >
> > If it is a simple change, I'd vote for just changing the text in the
> > OSD to tell the user that the button they just pressed did nothing.
> > At least this would make the UI honest and it seems like a minor/quick
> > patch.  Possibly reducing confusion for someone down the road can't be
> > a bad thing if it doesn't break anything.
> >
> > Just my $0.02.
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> I've never known any device to say, "that button doesn't do anything 
> because you configured it not to". I have seen buttons being pressed on 
> the wrong menu say, "that doesn't work here..." (DVD players) but 
> personally, when you're actually watching something, you want the least 
> pop-ups I would expect. Also, the last example is trying to access a new 
> menu, not a function. Surely there is standard framework around 
> behaviour of options. If there isn't.. it'd be worth writing them for 
> all to follow to keep things consistent.

On my TV I have the internal speaker shut off, all my sound goes through
the amp and external speakers. 
If I press mute or volume keys on the remote for the TV, I get a message
saying the internal speaker is off.
So this is a normal thing to inform a user that the action that was
requested does not work due to the settings.

K