[vdr] Re: Enhancing vdr UI usability

[Jan Ekholm <chakie@infa.abo.fi>]

On Fri, 4 Jun 2004 skrodzki_list@stevekist.de wrote:

>
>>>>>> On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, "bernd_muc" == bernd_muc@gmx.de wrote:
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>  +> Just curious, but do remotes in Europe have coloured buttons on them like
>  +> this?  Here in North America, they do not.  I am just curious to know
>  +> where this concept of coloured "action" buttons came from.
>
>  bernd_muc> Yes, they do - at least the newer ones. I think the concept was
>  bernd_muc> started by the broadcasters that offer the videotext service
>  bernd_muc> (almost all do).  Videotext is unknown in the US.
>
>Additionaly the interactive DTV stacks I know (Open TV, MHP) also rely on this
>coloured buttons and I think this is very senseful.

I think at least MHP requires the colored keys for a remote that is
supposed to be compatible, probably some other European standards too.

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