[mythtv-users] RANT: MythTV has a *horrible* end user experience.

[Brad DerManouelian]

On Feb 25, 2008, at 4:34 PM, David Brodbeck wrote:

>
> On Feb 25, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
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>> On Feb 25, 2008, at 10:16 AM, David Brodbeck wrote:
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>>> I know the next response will be "write a patch" but UI programming
>>> in
>>> X windows is a bit of a black art, and one that I don't really know.
>>
>> So write up a bug report and let it sit there until someone else has
>> time to fix it.
>
> It's not really a "bug," though.  Presumably it works exactly how the
> developer who wrote it wanted it to work.  I disagree with their user
> interface philosophy but that's just my opinion.
>
>> Not to sound like a jerk, but no one is born knowing how to do UI
>> programming in X Windows. It's really not as scary as you might  
>> think.
>
> A while back I looked at the example code (complete with Monty Python-
> related comments) in the Unix Hater's Handbook and decided I wasn't
> going down that road. ;)  I've also never been much good with C++.  My
> college class in it spent as much time talking about how to work
> around g++ 2.x compiler bugs as it did talking about actual code and
> I've avoided it ever since.

Well, if you're not going to learn to code, write a patch or file a  
bug then you're just complaining to complain. Carry on.