[mythtv] SoC 2006: Configuration Revamp Information

[Steven Adeff]

On 6/2/06, Simon Kenyon <simon at koala.ie> wrote:
> On Friday 02 June 2006 19:36, Justin M. Hunt wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am Justin Hunt, and I am working on the configuration revamp this summer.
> >  I am in 3rd year at the University of Toronto and I am a information
> > systems specialist within the department of computer science.
> >
> > There are several settings which I have identified which may be removed,
> > unless there is compelling reasons not to.  Please look through the
> > following list of options, and reasons, to see if there are any which you
> > feel should not be removed.
>
> i would just define a complexity to each setting and allow the user to decide
> how complex they want their configuration. this is what xine does
> all the options were put there for a reason. the point is that not everyone
> needs to fiddle with every option.


I hate those "expert" mode setting things. I'd prefer to have them as
seperate menus, so like a "Basic", "Advanced", "Expert", each with
progressively more "obscure" settings. As someone else mentioned, most
settings are there for a reason, someone at some time needed them,
better to not remove any of them but place the more obscure ones in a
seperate section. Choosing proper defaults is arguably more important
for these so that the greater population of Myth users don't have to
bother.

It would also  be nice to be able to copy settings from one machine to
another, so if someone were to build a new frontend they could just
have it copy the settings of one of their other frontends and tweak
from there.

As well, I  find it cumbersome to have to work through the settings
menu with the remote, it would be nice to have easy access to settings
via MythWeb. I imagine this is not really part of the scope of the
project though.

-- 
Steve
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