[mythtv-users] Mouse Support, Touchscreens, etc

[Michael T. Dean]

On 03/09/2006 04:12 PM, White Joe wrote:
>  
> I notice that every six or eight months there is a post asking whether
> Myth supports touchscreens and the answer is usually "No, cause that
> would require mouse support, and Myth doesn't support mice."  In some of
> the threads there is an allusion to a potential workaround which doesn't
> reach a resolution.
>
> Why doesn't Myth support mice or touchscreens.  I am not trying to twist
> anyone's arm into anything.  I am just curious.  Is it an issue of
> priority, difficulty or philosophy?
>   

Check out Brad Templeton's "The Revolutions of the Hard Disk Video 
Recorder (HDVR/PVR)", specifically the section called "Telepathic User 
Interface" at:

http://www.templetons.com/brad/myth/revolutions.html

Just a guess, but I'm thinking any serious Myth user--and I would bet 
that all the main Myth developers are serious Myth users--wants that 
telepathic UI.  Mouse and touchscreen control make telepathic UI's 
impossible, so it seems there are few people interested in working on it.

See for example: 
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/dev/67643#67643 .  Thor 
even went out of his way to show it's possible, but--due to lack of 
interest in the feature--left it up to someone who wants mouse control 
to create the patch(es).

Mike