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On Dec 22, 2014 7:29 AM, "Nicolas Krzywinski" <<a href="mailto:myth@site7even.de">myth@site7even.de</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Am 22.12.2014, 02:17 Uhr, schrieb <<a href="mailto:mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org</a>>:<br>
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>> Why do you think mythbuntu was altered for the visually impaired?<br>
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> 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.<br>
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> 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...<br>
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>> How exactly do you classify a "big software project"?<br>
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> 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.<br>
> 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.<br>
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>> And 0.27 is the latest version. You are on that because it's sensible and<br>
>> 0.28 is still in development.<br>
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> Ah ok, thanks for explaining this.<br>
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> Am 22.12.2014, 13:00 Uhr, schrieb <<a href="mailto:mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org</a>>:<br>
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>> I'll admit that I was a bit puzzled by this discussion since I use the<br>
>> mythbuntu theme and the videos menu looked basically the same to me, but<br>
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> Haha, same for me!<br>
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>> I<br>
>> use List View. I also don't care for the "carousel" type selections. I<br>
>> think they look great, and would be fine for a small video library, but<br>
>> they don't scale for me. Maybe I just don't understand how to use them,<br>
>> but I'll take a hierarchy like the list view for my library. That is one<br>
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> Yes, exactly. I would never ever find anything without the hierarchy typed view... :D<br>
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>> of the main reasons I never considered trying to use xbmc. I tried it<br>
>> early on and thought it was pretty, but not really scalable.<br>
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> Ooook, thanks for that! So I will not waste time in trying xbmc...<br>
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> Am 22.12.2014, 02:17 Uhr, schrieb <<a href="mailto:mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org</a>>:<br>
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>> There are many ways to contribute (not everyone can<br>
>> code, not everyone can write good documentation, not<br>
>> everyone can do good UI design, not everyone can do<br>
>> packaging, and not everyone may be able to contribute<br>
>> to a "bug/feature bounty" campaign for someone else<br>
>> to do the work). But choosing not to contribute in any<br>
>> form is also a choice, and choices have consequences,<br>
>> including having no one to "horse trade" with to get<br>
>> some particular functionality in exchange for something<br>
>> you can do that they can not, or do not want to do (or<br>
>> are lousy at).<br>
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> 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.<br>
> 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.<br>
> 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.<br>
> 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.<br>
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>> 0.27.4 is the latest stable. 0.28/master is in active development,<br>
>> and would generally not be recommended as a daily driver for<br>
>> those who highly value stability.<br>
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> 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 ;-)<br>
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> Am 22.12.2014, 02:17 Uhr, schrieb <<a href="mailto:mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org">mythtv-users-request@mythtv.org</a>>:<br>
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>> Some people hugely disliked the decreased density of the Watch Recordings<br>
>> screen. I don't buy that argument - you still have to scroll as many<br>
>> presses to select the recording, no matter how many you can see ahead -<br>
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> This is not true. Due to fewer elements on one page, you have to page down/up many more times now.<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Can you shoot me screenshots of the issue areas? I'm unable to look at them right now but I'd like to take a quick peek later</p>