On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 12:50 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Wed, 2010-04-21 at 15:40 -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote: > > Adam Williamson (awilliam@xxxxxxxxxx) said: > > > > Given that this is a remote programming tool (as opposed to a tool for > > > > *using* the remote), it's likely to be special. > > > > > > Guessing isn't always a good idea. =) You can't use a Harmony remote > > > without programming it; out of the box they do absolutely nothing. You > > > have to 'program' it for the actual components you want it to control. > > > Concordance does this. > > > > I know what it is. What I mean is that concordance isn't a tool for > > letting you use the remote as a peripheral with the OS. It's the equivalent > > of a JTAG programmer. > > That's hair-splitting. Ultimately the problem is the same. If you buy a > Harmony and you have Windows or OS X, you're fine. It comes with a > software disc and instructions on what to do; it's obvious how to set it > up. If you use Linux, it's not at all obvious; there is software but you > have to find that out and install it yourself. If you just plug it into > your system, nothing at all happens, and it's easy to conclude there's > no way to use it. It would clearly be much better if, when you plugged > in the remote to your Linux system, something notified you that software > is available to let you do what you need to do with it. Same experience > as with a 'peripheral'. If that software was even integrated into the desktop, you might have a point. As it is, it integrates in nothing. At least, if the user did a search on the net, they'd get clues, and read documentation about how to use it. -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
