I haved lost count the number of times I have pressed the numbered keys on my remote by accident and then panic because I don't know how to undo what then happened.
This is definitely a trap for unsuspecting beginners.
Some kind of editing mode would be safer. Otherwise the key layout is ok.
Stuart
--- On Sat, 9/5/09, Udo Richter udo_richter@gmx.de wrote:
From: Udo Richter udo_richter@gmx.de Subject: Re: [vdr] Editing usability To: "VDR Mailing List" vdr@linuxtv.org Date: Saturday, 9 May, 2009, 9:59 PM On 09.05.2009 22:04, Klaus Schmidinger wrote:
This 'editing mode' could have some (OSD
visible) key mapping like
red->toggle mark, green->jump to last mark,
yellow->jump to next mark,
blue->start editing. However, this would make
jumping a lot more difficult.
The color keys are already in use during replay - and
I really don't see
how using the color keys would be any more intuitive
than using the
number keys.
Users don't expect number keys to do anything else than being numbers. The color keys are more 'general use', and there's already a common way to display their meaning onscreen.
Personally I don't find the key mapping that
unintuitive. After all,
the number keys are unused in replay mode, so why not
use them for
editing?
2=Cut 4=Move Back 6=Move Forward 7=Jump Back 8=Test 9=Jump Forward 0=Toggle
Yeah, but was it 7 or 1 for jumping? Does cutting start on 2 or 8?
Don't get me wrong, I can do this blindfolded in my dreams. Its just not as obvious and easy to discover for beginner/infrequent users as the rest of VDR is.
Cheers,
Udo
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