[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #8701: OSD timeouts need revisiting

[John P Poet]

On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 2:06 AM, MythTV <mythtv at cvs.mythtv.org> wrote:

> #8701: OSD timeouts need revisiting
>
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>  Reporter:  gigem                            |       Owner:  stuartm
>     Type:  task                             |      Status:  new
>  Priority:  minor                            |   Milestone:  unknown
> Component:  MythTV - User Interface Library  |     Version:  Trunk Head
>  Severity:  medium                           |     Mlocked:  0
>
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>
> Comment(by beirdo):
>
>  Talking with sphery on IRC, we came up with a proposal to make three types
>  of timeouts, short/medium/long with default timeouts of 3/5/10s.  These
>  could be made overridable by  either a base theme edit, or by UI-based
>  settings.  These three types should adequately cover the entirety of our
>  timeouts, while allowing for some things to last longer than others, etc.
>
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> Ticket URL: <http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/8701#comment:2>


Having three settable timeouts would be nice.  Personally, I would set the
OSD timeouts like so:

Jump/Skip/Speed messages:  1 second
User requested position status:  3 seconds
User requested program info:  13 seconds


John
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