[mythtv] Re: [mythtv-users] FF/REW key binding confusion

Ben Bucksch linux.news at bucksch.org
Thu Jun 19 22:56:06 EDT 2003


Chad McQuinn wrote:

>instant replay (7 sec back)
>30 second skip
>  
>
I personally don't think that such a multitude of different buttons for 
a single function (forward/backward in different speeds, conotinuously 
or once) is a good idea.
7 sec back (why 7? why not 3 or 10?), 30 secs forward (why 30?), 
commercial skip forward, commercial skip backward, slow motion, pause, 
forward in different speeds, sticky or not, the same for reverse.
How is my grandma supposed to remember and use all that, without taking 
her glasses and trying to read the tiny text/icon on her remote (if her 
remote has the right icon at all)?
They are all basically the same - change the replay speed or skip - and 
could be unified (apart from commercial skip forward maybe). There must 
be an elegant solution, I just don't know which one it is :-(.

>have an option [...] Then everybody can be happy.
>
I feel *so* reminded of Mozilla development ;-).



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