[mythtv-users] family acceptance test.

[Stephen P. Villano]

On 08/12/2015 04:39 PM, Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 12, 2015 04:01:25 PM Phil Bridges wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 3:52 PM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Was there ever any discussion about the rationalization for why the
>>>> interface would change from something usable to something that isn't?
>>> I think that's an overly harsh characterization of the situation.
>>>
>>> I use it and find it perfectly usable.  Is it exactly laid out how I
>>> would have done it?  No.  Could it be improved?  Sure.  But I don't
>>> think it deserves this level of hate.
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>>
>> Hate?  No.  Confusion?  Yes.  Intuitive (especially compared to the
>> previous version)?  No.  I think the empirical evidence of the sheer number
>> of "how does this work?" question shows that.
> Because of this thread and my impending upgrade I wondered what the big deal was so I read the 0.27 wiki (https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythMusic) and HowTo (https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/MythTV-HOWTO_-_0.27, way down) and fail to see where the problems are coming from. It doesn't seem significantly different than what I'm used to in 0.21. It still seems to be all about playing a PlayList - is that's what is confusing? It looks as though my old Artist/Disc/Tracks file layout, built with abcde, will work as before.
>
> Perhaps the volume (loudness) of those with problems is being mistaken for volume (quantity) of problems?
>
> What am I missing that I'll dislike when I actually use it?
>
>
This seems to be a cse of, "Precisely what problems are you 
experiencing, so that we can replicate them and try to clear that issue 
up" kind of issue.
Screaming "This sucks" doesn't describe a problem, "Counterintuitive 
because of X, Y, Z, A.." does give a developer a clue what you're 
complaining about.
It's been so long and my network is disassembled for a  move, so I can't 
define my complaints, but as music isn't a high priority to me, it 
wasn't much of an issue. I only recall some frustration that I didn't 
bother investigating. But then, I have significant hearing loss and 
music is rather spoiled for me due to that loss.