[mythtv-users] mythbuntu theme 28.16

[Nicolas Krzywinski]

Am 22.12.2014, 02:17 Uhr, schrieb <mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org>:

> Why do you think mythbuntu was altered for the visually impaired?
As s. o. already mentioned, due to the exagerated big font size in the  
recordings section. And partially because of the offensive colorings in  
the recordings view - but this is weird, because in the same view there  
are nearly unreadable colors used, so all in all this seems to be  
inconsistent.

Additionally, in the recordings section and in the informations section  
the text escapes the layout at various positions - I assume, you don't use  
the recordings section much (or with much lesser recording rules than me)  
and the informations section not at all, because this persists up to the  
current version...

> How exactly do you classify a "big software project"?
This was not expressed best; I always have difficulties to find the right  
words in english. What I meant is: MythTV consists of many software  
modules/parts/elements/whatever and the UI (technically) is only a small  
part of it, but when it comes to the usability and the acceptance factor,  
the UI takes a much bigger size of the factor in relation to the other  
modules.
This I meant in comparision to a single or few developer project that  
consists of one software piece that - when altered - is altered as a  
whole. There it is much easier for users to decide whether they like the  
software (or changes) (and use it (the software as a whole)) or not. This  
is the complicated part of MythTV: though there were many issues when  
getting everything to work, I simply love this htpc solution - therefore  
it is so sad if small parts of it hugely impact the great user experience.

> And 0.27 is the latest version. You are on that because it's sensible and
> 0.28 is still in development.
Ah ok, thanks for explaining this.

Am 22.12.2014, 13:00 Uhr, schrieb <mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org>:

> I'll admit that I was a bit puzzled by this discussion since I use the
> mythbuntu theme and the videos menu looked basically the same to me, but
Haha, same for me!

> I
> use List View.  I also don't care for the "carousel" type selections.  I
> think they look great, and would be fine for a small video library, but
> they don't scale for me.  Maybe I just don't understand how to use them,
> but I'll take a hierarchy like the list view for my library.  That is one
Yes, exactly. I would never ever find anything without the hierarchy typed  
view... :D

> of the main reasons I never considered trying to use xbmc.  I tried it
> early on and thought it was pretty, but not really scalable.
Ooook, thanks for that! So I will not waste time in trying xbmc...

Am 22.12.2014, 02:17 Uhr, schrieb <mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org>:

> There are many ways to contribute (not everyone can
> code, not everyone can write good documentation, not
> everyone can do good UI design, not everyone can do
> packaging, and not everyone may be able to contribute
> to a "bug/feature bounty" campaign for someone else
> to do the work).  But choosing not to contribute in any
> form is also a choice, and choices have consequences,
> including having no one to "horse trade" with to get
> some particular functionality in exchange for something
> you can do that they can not, or do not want to do (or
> are lousy at).
I did not opted in to any discussion, related to the Mythbuntu theme, over  
the last time, because my main concern is not me. I am fine with my copy  
of the old mythbuntu theme. And if once a day this version stops working,  
I am able to modify the current mythbuntu theme to fit my needs.
But this time I could not resist to write to this list, because it clearly  
affects multiple people. And because, in my opinion, there has to be a  
standard theme for such a great software project that is intuitively  
usable and good looking. I tried to explain why I think that this does not  
exist currently.
I have done this, because I assumed that (at least one of) the main  
goal(s) of the mythtv developers is to reach as much people as possible.  
Maybe I was on the wrong track, and mythtv mainly is targeted to tech  
people.
So, if proposals on how to widen the user base, generally will lead to  
"you can do it" answers, I will understand this and save my time in future.

> 0.27.4 is the latest stable.  0.28/master is in active development,
> and would generally not be recommended as a daily driver for
> those who highly value stability.
Thanks for that as well - I mixed this up. Though I am on an older 0.27.x  
and even afraid of doing an update to the latest 0.27.... but don't mind,  
this is a special traumatic case over here ;-)

Am 22.12.2014, 02:17 Uhr, schrieb <mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org>:

> Some people hugely disliked the decreased density of the Watch Recordings
> screen. I don't buy that argument - you still have to scroll as many
> presses to select the recording, no matter how many you can see ahead -
This is not true. Due to fewer elements on one page, you have to page  
down/up many more times now.


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