[mythtv] Re: Propossed change to the ProgLister

[Isaac Richards]

On Monday 17 May 2004 02:43 am, Bruce Markey wrote:
> David Engel wrote:
> > On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 06:12:24PM -0400, J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
> >>This reminds me, do we really need both EditRecording and EditScheduled
> >>since EditRecording calls EditScheduled if the recording isn't scheduled?
> >
> > The big difference is that EditScheduled calls the simplified,
> > InfoDialog for scheduling if the user hasn't chosen to always use the
> > advanced recording dialog.  Personally, I would have no problem doing
> > away with InfoDialog, but I'm sure somebody would disagree.
>
> Not me. I've long believed that the InfoDialog doesn't really
> serve a purpose at this point other than it may appear to be
> simplier for a first time user to chose from just the basic
> record types. However, these days, setting priority, profile
> and start and end offsets are so integral that it is probably
> a disservice to new users to not expose these options. I believe
> that most users don't discover (or read in keys.txt) that they
> can get to thses other options by pressing INFO a second time.
> I think it would be better for everyone to see just the complete
> 'advanced options' page without the InfoDialog.

Not a chance =)  I very rarely use the advanced screen, myself, and when I do, 
it's always a pain.  There's way too much going on on that screen, it's not 
really useable.

Isaac