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@xxxxxx> wrote: > From: Udo Richter <udo_richter@xxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Editing usability > To: "VDR Mailing List" <vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx> > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
