[mythtv] Ticket #6814: Contextualise 'Watch Recordings' menu & add ability to set/unset 'watched' flag on playlist items

Yeechang Lee ylee at pobox.com
Mon Dec 14 21:07:54 UTC 2009


Justin Hornsby <justin0hornsby at gmail.com> says:
> Rather than integrating menus & fiddling around with contexts why not
> make the menu button toggle between them?

I really like this idea, and agree that it's a huge improvement versus
my trivial refinement of your work. It would behoove to have some
indication that a second menu is available via MENU based on context;
look at how many people (including me) didn't know about 0.22's new
second page of Program Details because a) there is no visual evidence
of its existence and b) nothing on the first page indicates that
pushing the remote button again immediately jumps to the second.

> I know there's probably going to be resistance to this kind of
> change but I see this a) as a necessary tidying up (the need for two
> menu keys has annoyed me for some time)

Requiring two "menu" buttons is bad UI design, period. The behavior
isn't even consistent, with only one menu available in most
locations. The status quo was only tolerable pre-0.22 because RIGHT
existed. Your work is a welcome and necessary step toward resolving
this issue.

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