[mythtv-users] hours to edit channels?

[Douglas Peale]

On 07/11/2011 05:20 AM, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
> On 11-07-11 06:28 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
>> I think you're kinda missing the point. Just because you have a huge computer 
>> screen does not mean we all have one the same size.
> No, in fact, in the context of a web interface, he is exactly hitting
> the point on the head.  Properly written web interfaces (i.e. those not
> constrained to a given window size and wasting the space around them)
> are supposed to render the page such that it flows and fits the canvas
> they are working on.  The bigger your canvas, the more data you see
> inside your scroll window.
>
> Granted, some sizing assumptions should be made so as to not make it an
> interface that has scrollbars and scrolls off of the screen of the
> majority of/average user(s), but having more real-estate than that
> assumption should not result it in being wasted down to a lowest common
> denominator.
>
This exactly.
I want to scream every time I get a tiny non-resizeable window with a huge amount of text with both vertical and horizontal
scroll bars
>> Also, many users will be setting up using only the display screen ie TV. The 
>> display parameters chosen will reflect what the average user has access to.
> Great.  Just don't make that the limitation for users with more space.
>
>> Now whether or not the setup screens could be dynamically resized to suit your 
>> preferences, I don't know. Perhaps you'd like to submit a patch?
>
Love to, but unfortunately, by the time I got up to speed on the code, you guys would be up to version 1.0. I'm afraid its not
practical.

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