[mythtv-users] watch recordings - change group filter - Label setting

[Joseph Fry]

>  Hi.  I recently (re)found a setting that I had forgotten about, and after
>>> recently reading a response about the number of settings a vs. the code
>>> just doing the right thing, I thought I would post the below email thread
>>> and ask the question:
>>>
>>> Why is this even an option?  If you change the programs to show a
>>> 'filtered' list, then why on earth would you ever want it to be labeled,
>>> "All Programs"?  Even better, why would the default be to show, "All
>>> Programs".
>>>
>>>
>>>  I have to agree... that is one of the first things I have to dig for
>> because the default makes no sense.  "All Programs" should mean ALL
>> PROGRAMS... if I choose to filter it to "Sports Programs" then I should
>> see
>> no reference to "All Programs" anymore.
>>
>> I think a sane default would be to have the filtered list heading be the
>> name of the filter... and be done with it... anything else can cause user
>> confusion.  For example, when I set up my new primary frontend, my wife
>> freaked out... and I do mean FREAKED OUT when she couldn't find her
>> favorite shows under "All Programs", I told her to press FFwd to switch
>> filters and all was good.  But her exact response was "that's stupid... it
>> says 'All Programs' it should show all of them!"
>>
>
> I'm glad you noticed (and agreed) that it's a senseless setting.  We
> recently discussed this setting on IRC and are planning to remove it and do
> it as it should have been done in the first place (as you said, showing
> "All Programs" with a filter applied is not a good idea--and just results
> in confusion and a completely unnecessary FAQ entry:
> http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Why_aren.27t_my_new_recordings_showing_up_in_Watch_Recordings.3F--as it wouldn't be a FAQ if it worked properly, because it wouldn't be so
> confusing).  Unfortunately, the discussion happened after the 0.26 freeze,
> so we're waiting until we reopen non-bug-fix changes before proceeding.
>

I'm glad to hear that you guys are taking the time to step back and clean
up some things... it's certainly not as fun as adding new features and I'd
imagine that the changes won't make a lick of difference to us long-term
users and developers, so your efforts are purely a selfless contribution to
the user community.  If I may be presumptuous, we really appreciate it!
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