[mythtv-users] Re: [mythtv] Two Bugs in Mythtv v0.11 & TwoUsability Requests

[and]

This is one of the things I do for my day job and I would love to 
contribute in this way.
I think myth is a great piece of work, but there are a few areas the 
frankly 'mythstify' me (excuse the pun)  as a naive user. Some of the 
simpler things are why my tivo is easier to use and setup than myth.

I understand that requests do not write code, but it gives insights 
into how people use and understand the software and it's mental models, 
so it can prioritize code and suggest ways to solve some complex issues 
in a user and coding friendly way.
Thinking usability and expectation/experience early makes it much 
easier to streamline code and means you don't have to revisit as 
much... and coders, like designers are not the regular user that we 
need to make it attractive for so the rest of our households and the 
rest of the world can start using myth.

Maybe it's something in the weather today. It seems to be 
have-a-bad-day, day... ;-)

rgds
anders

On Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 07:30 PM, Roy Hooper wrote:

> Albert Santoni wrote:
>
>> There's no excuse for this kind of flaming.
>>
>> I agree with Todd's usability requests. I think they are good ideas, 
>> and
>> would help round out MythTV.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>
> I strongly agree.  Feedback about Usability isn't a comment about 
> things being bad.  It is a suggestion on how to make a good thing 
> better.
>
> MythTV is a already really great project, and all the activity I see 
> happening in here at the moment strongly suggests to me that there 
> will be "off the shelf" and other prebuilt and kits with MythTV on 
> them in the near future.  What this means is that more and more less 
> intelligent users will be using MythTV.  MythTV, by its very nature, 
> will also get used by more than just the geek-of-the-house...
> I'd suggest that a worthwhile project for any MythTV user or developer 
> who has a few spare hours is to try using (almost) every feature (in 
> your setup) of MythTV (and even its modules) and think of what could 
> be done to improve the functionality, usability, and user-friendliness 
> of those features.  Ranking how important and how well any existing 
> feature you use would be useful, as would rankings of any changes you 
> would like to see...
> After a number of people have submitted usability reviews, it will be 
> easy to see what people really want to see happen with MythTV and what 
> needs fixing first to make it kick serious ass from a user experience 
> POV.
>
>
> Roy
>
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