[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #1635: LiveTV uses UP to go up the channel list, Guide uses DOWN.

Steven Adeff adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com
Thu Apr 6 18:24:58 UTC 2006


On 06 Apr 2006 13:59:49 -0400, Greg Stark <gsstark at mit.edu> wrote:
> "Steven Adeff" <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> writes:
> > On 4/6/06, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> > > Greg Stark <gsstark at MIT.EDU> writes:
> > > > The case where I find this confusing with a regular satellite box is
> > > > when I'm watching something, flip "up" some number of channels
> > > > during the commercials, then want to go back but want to do it more
> > > > quickly than one channel at a time so I bring up the guide and
> > > > intuitively go "down". And of course immediately lose my place
> > > > entirely.
> > >
> > > Your mental model is broken.  Fix your mental model.  :)
> >
> > I was going to say its a more limited model, but that doesn't sound
> > any nicer either ;-)
>
> Well I guess what I'm saying is that even in the OSD mode I still have
> something like the "grid" model in mind. I still feel like I'm going "up" or
> "down" a certain distance. Not just changing a number.

stop applying paradigms where they don't belong! j/k, I think if the
buttons for browse mode and the grid had seperate mapping ability this
would solve the problem of what does the "up" button mean.

> > > > I think there should be an option to list the guide in descending order so
> > > > that up always means up and down always means down.
> > >
> > > I think you'll be the only person in the world that does that.  But to
> > > channel Isaac, "send in a patch".
>
> Well apparently there's at least one other person since I'm not the original
> poster on this topic.
>
> > > > I have another suggestion. It would also be nice to have an option
> > > > to make the guide not "wrap around". I find it hard to orient myself
> > > > with no boundaries.
> > >
> > > Again, I think you're the only person in the world that has this issue.
> > > I find the wrapping a feature that I wish existed in more places.
> >
> > I had a friend that refused to use the wrapping feature when we had
> > TiVo back in college, he was adamant that numbers don't loop...
>
> Actually I don't mind the "up" key wrapping around to the bottom or vice
> versa. It's the display that provides no feedback of where you are and when
> you've reached the boundaries.
>
> Perhaps an equally good option would be simply having some sort of divider row
> between the last and first rows so you can tell visually where the wraparound
> is. Instead of having just an infinite expanse of channels.

the channel numbers aren't enough?

--
Steve


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