[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #6813: Patch to manage upcoming recordings from the "Watch Recordings" screen

[Yeechang Lee]

Robert McNamara <robert.mcnamara at gmail.com> says:
> >>  * We're trying to move away from the "number button = change
> >> view"  functionality.  We'd rather allow for friendly menus that
> >> have the  user selecting the view from a plain-english list.
> >
> > I'm glad to hear that since I suspect PAGEBOTTOM/PAGETOP/PAGEMIDDLE
> > will be more often useful for most.
> 
> I think you must be thinking of something else.  Above I am
> referring to changing the sort order or the list contents in various
> myth screens by pressing number keys which have no obvious
> definition or consistency across screens.

No, those "Sort by Title/Sort by Time" messages at the bottom of
various screens were exactly what I had in mind. I meant that deleting
those bindings would, by freeing up the 2 key, likely encourage more
people to use the number buttons for the PAGEBOTTOM/PAGETOP bindings.

> > That said, could the ability to change the view by pushing a
> > button be retained by using PAGELEFT/PAGERIGHT?
> 
> This would be horrible interface design in my opinion.  I'd rather see
> the ugly behavior traded for a more obvious and user friendly one,
> rather than trading one insanity for the next.

I didn't mean for the PAGELEFT/PAGERIGHT bindings to be the only way
to change the view; I really like the direction 0.22 has gone in terms
of making most (All?) functions formerly only accessible via random
keybindings available via MENU. I only meant that, since there is
already a current precedent for using NEXTVIEW/PREVVIEW, perhaps
PAGELEFT/PAGERIGHT could also be used for similar roles.

> > I take back what I said above. Are PAGEBOTTOM/PAGETOP/PAGEMIDDLE
> > going away?
> 
> Not relevant to the comments I made on the patch, but no, there's no
> immediate plan to remove them.  The above were the names of his
> textareas.

Thanks for the clarification; as you can guess I totally misunderstood
what you meant by "topline/midline/bottomline."

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