[mythtv-users] New to the whole DirecTV thang.

[Nathan Ziarek]

I'd like to start a "things we like" section. It could be as simple as
having people email me mockups, screen shots and ideas (with a little bit of
text explaining it) and I'll throw it up on the site, giving the user
credit. It would be a great way for us to see what others are thinking and
to build off of those flashes of brilliance. 

You can either send them directly to me (put mythtv-graphics in the subject,
so I can sort easier) or we can start a new thread here.

If anyone is interested, I'd be happy to oblige...

Nate

-----Original Message-----
From: mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net
[mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at snowman.net] On Behalf Of tarek Lubani
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 6:34 PM
To: Discussion about mythtv
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] New to the whole DirecTV thang.

Hey, why not? it would have a limited scope, no doubt, but it seems like a 
good idea. Perhaps asking Nathan Z. to devote a section of his site to 
user-submitted pictures might not be a bad idea, since he's already 
basically running a "what myth will look like in the future" site..

> I was thinking of that VERY thing.  Making screen shots, etc.  Maybe we
> should start a design/UI website, etc.?  And let's get serious here, the
> look and feel of a product can make or break it.  Taking two examples:  a
> PVR with a so-so feature list but a kick butt UI and a PVR with a kick
> butt feature list and only a so-so UI.  Most people would end up getting
> the one with less feature.  Yeah, we may be different as we're linux users
> here, but you understand my point.

Hehehe. Touchy..

> Careful buddy!  I've made two themes (both highly rated I might add) and I
> rebuild the MythTV website.  I *am* trying to put what little time I have
> into the project *AND* I'm trying to push the UI a little.  I have had
> _NO_ time to play with the new CVS features (and I'm being serous--I've
> got a lot on my plate right now) but I'd really like to get in there and
> build a nice UI.

There aren't really many new "features" per se. But more and more is being 
"themed". I suggest grabbing the default theme's ui.xml, copying your 
theme's graphics into it, and playing from there.. You'll need to make a 
bunch of new graphics, such as for the conflicts and things, but it 
shouldn't bee *too* hard..

tarek : )


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