[mythtv] SoC 2006: Configuration Revamp Information

[Isaac Richards]

On Tuesday 06 June 2006 2:17 pm, Steven Adeff wrote:
> On 6/6/06, Isaac Richards <ijr at case.edu> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 06 June 2006 1:28 pm, Steven Adeff wrote:
> > > The question then becomes, how would a novice user know if a setting
> > > in the "Advanced" settings is something they may wish to change?
> >
> > Err, change the level and look?  The point of having the differentiation
> > between levels is to move stuff that the novice user doesn't really care
> > about immediately out of the way.
>
> right, but say a user is having an issue with something that an option
> under Intermediate would solve.
>
> Perhaps a heirarchy like:
>
> - Settings
> ---- Novice
> ------ Section A
> ------ Section B
> ------ Section etc
> ---- Intermediate
> ------ Section A
> ------ Section B
> ------ Section etc
> ---- Advanced
> ------ Section A
> ------ Section B
> ------ Section etc

That would be absolutely horrible to use unless the 'advanced' section 
contains everything form 'novice' and 'intermediate', which would completely 
defeat the purpose of having them separated in the first place.

It should just be a menu popup to change the level.  Available at any time in 
a settings screen, changes happen immediately.

Isaac