[linux-dvb] Re: some newbie questions concerning VDR 0.71 & DVB 0.82

[Klaus Schmidinger <Klaus.Schmidinger@cadsoft.de>]

Carsten Koch wrote:
> 
> Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
> >
> > Carsten Koch wrote:
> ....
> > > I think it would be a good idea to have a consistent way
> > > to get a "Summary" info in all applicable modes.
> > > What I mean is: we should define ONE key for that.
> > > Pressing that same key in "Normal" mode gives us the EPG
> > > summary of the program currently being watched, in "Timer"
> > > mode it displays the summary entry for the current timer,
> > > in "Recordings" mode it displays the summary entry for the
> > > current recording. In "Replay" mode it displays the summary
> > > entry for the recording being replayed.
> ....
> > I haven't found a "good" solution yet
> > how to let the user define any number of additional keys, but I'd say
> > a functionality like the one described above should go onto an "extra"
> > key.
> 
> I agree and I will not try to defend the use of "Blue"
> as a consistent key to get at the various summary displays
> in the various modes.
> 
> My point was that a consistent key layout that puts similar
> functions on the same key in all modes will help the user
> learn the interface.
> 
> My Sky Digibox has an "i" key that gives me a program summary
> in all applicable modes (in the EPG, it gives me the summary
> for the program I have highlighted, when watching a program
> it gives me a summary for the program I am watching, etc.).
> So they do use the extra key that you suggest above.
> 
> As you do not feel comfortable with using "Blue" for the
> various summaries in all of the applicable modes, how about
> implementing an additional "i" key and putting the summaries
> on that one?

Additional keys are always ok. I just have to find a nice
way of allowing the user to define all these keys in the 
learning phase. Since not every user may want to use all
of the keys (maybe because the individual remote control
just doesn't have that many keys) I need a way of allowing 
the user to skip definition of individual keys. Once this
is done new functionalities can be easily added.

Klaus
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