On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Yeechang Lee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ylee@pobox.com" target="_blank">ylee@pobox.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">Michael T. Dean <<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>> says:<br>
> No, Watch Recordings used the INFO to show info (and *context* menu) on<br>
> the selected recording. It was changed because many people whined that<br>
> "Any sane user interface doesn't need 2 menus," so now we have 2 menus<br>
> and an impossible to describe user interface ("Hit MENU, and if you<br>
> don't see <whatever>, hit MENU, again...").<br>
<br>
</div>How is this harder to use, or describe, than telling people they have<br>
to bind two separate buttons and remember what functions appear in<br>
which menu? Besides, you and I both know that the Watch Recordings<br>
menu is context-sensitive and will almost always do the right thing.<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> Again, INFO was always for information/context menu and MENU was for<br>
> "main" menu (i.e. like the one you'd have at the top of the<br>
> application, versus the right-click/context menu).<br>
><br>
> What Mike says is 100% accurate (and not the revisionist history of<br>
> those who complained until MENU got changed).<br>
<br>
</div>Please spare us the patented Michael T. Dean passive aggressiveness.<br>
<br>
No, it makes no sense, in an environment with relatively limited<br>
buttonspace (I have a programmable remote with softkeys, but most<br>
don't), to have two menus that are completely separate and require two<br>
different buttons. You were wrong when mythtv-users had this debate<br>
after 0.22 was released. More importantly, other developers disagreed<br>
with you; otherwise the change would never have occurred.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Well, as a user, with no affiliation with the developers: I liked it better before, too. MTD's analogy between application menus and right click menus is right on the money - changing the way the interface works does NOT belong in the same context as altering the details of a specific recording/video.</div>
<div><br></div><div>If you use a remote with too few buttons, that's your problem - I'd rather that you and others didn't ruin my experience to solve your own issues. The interface was logical, now it isn't.</div>
<div><br></div><div>(And seriously, how many remotes don't have both a Menu/Options/Settings button and an Info/"i"/Details button?)</div><div><br></div><div>- Chris</div></div></div>