[mythtv] Re: [mythtv-commits] mythtv commit: r7763 by kkuphal

[Kevin Kuphal]

Bruce Markey wrote:

> mythtv at cvs.mythtv.org wrote:
>
>>       Author: kkuphal
>>         Date: 2005-11-05 23:19:34 +0000 (Sat, 05 Nov 2005)
>> New Revision: 7763
>>    Changeset: http://cvs.mythtv.org/trac/changeset/7763
>>
>> Modified:
>>
>>    trunk/mythtv/programs/mythfrontend/viewscheduled.cpp
>>
>> Log:
>>
>>
>> Displays Later Showings in the same font as Earlier, Disabled, and 
>> other non-recordings states
>
>
> This was absolutely deliberate. Later means 'the scheduler
> decided it may be best to postpone this so hit "Record anyway"
> if you'd rather have this ASAP'. Earlier means 'who gives a rats
> ass, it's going to record earlier anyway'.
>
> States like rsInactive, rsLowDiskSpace, rsLaterShowing, etc.
> are active font to tell the users that it coudda, shouldda,
> wouldda record and the user may want to do something about.
> rsPreviousRecording, rsEarlierShowing, rsRepeat, etc. is
> just trivial crap. The show has been or will be recorded
> and this is all just 'oh, by the way...'. It could be said
> that a Later is going to record eventually but I actively
> look for Laters to see if things shuffled around the I'd
> most prefer.
>
This seems entirely contrary to the intention.  If you want to draw 
attention to something that the user may want to take action on, it 
should be in a font *other than* the font that all the normal recordings 
are in.  rsLaterShowing is, to me, as much of a "oh, by the way" as 
rsEarlierShowing.  I don't care that you're recording it later, just 
that you're recording it at all.  And it seems entirely illogical that 
rsInactive would show in the normal font when it isn't recording. 

At a minimum, it would be nice to have these be in a different font 
classification that, if nothing else, the theme designers could choose 
to display either in the same as the active font or something entirely 
different to draw attention to it.

Kevin

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