[mythtv] Re: Propossed change to the ProgLister

[J. Donavan Stanley]

Bruce Markey wrote:

> David Engel wrote:
>
>> On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 06:12:24PM -0400, J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
>>
>>> This reminds me, do we really need both EditRecording and 
>>> EditScheduled since EditRecording calls EditScheduled if the 
>>> recording isn't scheduled?
>>
>>
>>
>> The big difference is that EditScheduled calls the simplified,
>> InfoDialog for scheduling if the user hasn't chosen to always use the
>> advanced recording dialog.  Personally, I would have no problem doing
>> away with InfoDialog, but I'm sure somebody would disagree.
>
>
> Not me. I've long believed that the InfoDialog doesn't really
> serve a purpose at this point other than it may appear to be
> simplier for a first time user to chose from just the basic
> record types. However, these days, setting priority, profile
> and start and end offsets are so integral that it is probably
> a disservice to new users to not expose these options. I believe
> that most users don't discover (or read in keys.txt) that they
> can get to thses other options by pressing INFO a second time.
> I think it would be better for everyone to see just the complete
> 'advanced options' page without the InfoDialog.
>
I'd tend to agree there, the "advanced" screen should be the default, if 
not the only recording options screen IMO.