[mythtv-users] family acceptance test.

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Joey,

Saturday, August 15, 2015, 2:09:37 PM, you wrote:

>>> On Aug 14, 2015, at 11:19 PM, Michael Watson <michael at thewatsonfamily.id.au> wrote:
>>>> Well put.   If you dont satisfy the majority of users, there is no point….

> Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote on Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 06:53:52AM +0200:
>> users( for whom you do it in the end)

> I think this highlights the fundamental difference of opinion in this thread.
> For some reason, you have this notion that developers are obligated to satisfy
> the users. No such obligation exists. End of story. Every developer is different
> and is driven by different motivations. Some are committed to pleasing other
> users. Some just want to write software that works for them, and if others find
> it useful, then good for them. You can't force all developers into the bin that
> suits you.

> Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com> wrote on Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 06:53:52AM +0200:
>> always leave
>> the old way workable. This way you leave people time to adapt. Also
>> for whichever action is available in the UI always create at least
>> three ways to accomplish it.

> And now you're asking the developer to maintain three ways to do something, even
> if he only uses one himself? Maintaining old code isn't trivial. Why would a
> developer waste time on that when he could be working on something more useful
> or enjoying his other hobbies or sleeping? If other developers find these
> alternatives useful, they are of course welcome to maintain them.

Leaving multiple and old ways to accomplish the same doesn't do much
to the code. I was talking about the UI. A simple option when setting
it up to the user what happens when you click a track (prompt, menu,
play, add). Just an example of what I mean. How things go beneath the
surface and what is possible there is up to the programmer. He can add
a feature or he can not, but he should be careful in removing
features. The whole discussion as I experienced it is about how the
users can deal with the UI not about if music gets played correctly.
If you look at how mythtv is created with the themes, a lot of this
user interaction should be left to the theme builders. At the same
time making it easier for a single user to adapt his or her
experience.

> For the record, the MythMusic developer did solicit ideas from the community
> before the rewrite:
> http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/416301.
> You can see how a design by committee approach might go.

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