[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #1635: LiveTV uses UP to go up the channel list, Guide uses DOWN.

[Greg Stark]

"Steven Adeff" <adeffs.mythtv at gmail.com> writes:

> On 4/6/06, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:
> > Greg Stark <gsstark at MIT.EDU> writes:
> >
> > > The case where I find this confusing with a regular satellite box is
> > > when I'm watching something, flip "up" some number of channels
> > > during the commercials, then want to go back but want to do it more
> > > quickly than one channel at a time so I bring up the guide and
> > > intuitively go "down". And of course immediately lose my place
> > > entirely.
> >
> > Your mental model is broken.  Fix your mental model.  :)
> 
> I was going to say its a more limited model, but that doesn't sound
> any nicer either ;-)

Well I guess what I'm saying is that even in the OSD mode I still have
something like the "grid" model in mind. I still feel like I'm going "up" or
"down" a certain distance. Not just changing a number.

> > > I think there should be an option to list the guide in descending order so
> > > that up always means up and down always means down.
> >
> > I think you'll be the only person in the world that does that.  But to
> > channel Isaac, "send in a patch".

Well apparently there's at least one other person since I'm not the original
poster on this topic.

> > > I have another suggestion. It would also be nice to have an option
> > > to make the guide not "wrap around". I find it hard to orient myself
> > > with no boundaries.
> >
> > Again, I think you're the only person in the world that has this issue.
> > I find the wrapping a feature that I wish existed in more places.
> 
> I had a friend that refused to use the wrapping feature when we had
> TiVo back in college, he was adamant that numbers don't loop...

Actually I don't mind the "up" key wrapping around to the bottom or vice
versa. It's the display that provides no feedback of where you are and when
you've reached the boundaries.

Perhaps an equally good option would be simply having some sort of divider row
between the last and first rows so you can tell visually where the wraparound
is. Instead of having just an infinite expanse of channels.

-- 
greg