[mythtv-commits] Ticket #6172: disable getPreviewImage when gui option un-checked

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Sun Jan 25 15:22:55 UTC 2009


#6172: disable getPreviewImage when gui option un-checked
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 Reporter:  jrigg at condesinc.com  |        Owner:  stuartm 
     Type:  defect               |       Status:  assigned
 Priority:  trivial              |    Milestone:  0.22    
Component:  MythTV - General     |      Version:  head    
 Severity:  low                  |   Resolution:          
  Mlocked:  0                    |  
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Comment(by anonymous):

 Replying to [comment:1 stuartm]:
 > Not sure I really see the point of this, it was removed from the mythui
 ported version for a reason.

 And that reason was?

 -Too many options for the user. We should eliminate what we deem as
 unnecessary and force (possibly unwanted) functionality down their
 throats.

 - The Code is too fat, and a lines is a lines no matter how small.

 - Your explanation here.

 I used to think the goal of a Mythfrontend box would be $100 for a small
 silent HD capable device. Thanks to VDPAU that is achievable now. I have
 lowered my goal to $50. Such a device is often diskless and uses a read-
 only root file system. It takes over ten seconds to generate thumbnails
 that aren't already cached, and in the system I described, the cache is
 eliminated every power cycle. This makes parts of the gui unresponsive and
 irritating. Forcing eye candy on the user at the expense of unresponsive
 irritating performance smells of MicroSoft mentality. Just my opinion.

 Anyway, if your going to remove it, then the themes shouldn't still have
 the check boxes.

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Ticket URL: <http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/6172#comment:2>
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