[mythtv] MythMusic database schema suggestion

[Jeffrey Brent McBeth]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2003 at 01:10:44PM -0700, Chris Petersen wrote:
> > Not when you need all (or most) of the records anyway.
> 
> well, true.  But in a tree view, you rarely open everything.  Plus, it
> balances out the queries from the user's point of view - there isn't a
> giant pause when first entering the program (which is quite significant
> with my library, and makes mythmusic rather unusable) because it's
> spread out into tiny chunks when the user needs the information.

Exactly, from a user standpoint, several small pauses is much better than
one long pause.  As it is right now, my wife comes running saying that
MythTV has locked up, by time I get there (of course) things are finally up.

A perfect example is the WinNT login screen.  Microsoft presents the login
screen before it is actually ready for you to login because it provides the
_appearance_ of being faster.  It then banks on you being slower to get the
login/password typed in before it can finish getting ready.  Same excuse for
splash-screens for apps, progress bars, and things like the low-latency
scheduler.  While over-all it slows the computer down, it provides the
appearance of being faster.

Jeff

-- 
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Computer Science is as much about computers as astronomy is about telescopes
	-- Edsger Wybe Dijkstra (1930-2002)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: not available
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.snowman.net/pipermail/mythtv-dev/attachments/20030624/21f35257/attachment.bin