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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1097942" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>It does! This time I did not notice any inconsistencies in the flow between panels, and I checked both "Recorded Radio" and "Recorded TV".</p><p></p><p>I did notice one inconsistency in the flow <em>within</em> a panel, on the "Small Icons" panel. I had only one row of icons, so this observation is not conclusive, but using UP moved the focus to the first icon in the list, whereas using DOWN appeared to do nothing. On the "Big Icons" panel, I had two rows of icons, and UP from the top row moved the focus to the same column in the bottom row, and DOWN from the bottom row moved the focus to the same column in the top row. The behaviour of DOWN in "Small Icons" is consistent with "Big Icons", so the anomalous behaviour is UP from the top row in "Small Icons".</p><p></p><p></p><p>I think that wrapping round provides a functional benefit when navigating long lists (this is how "List" and "Big Icon List" behave). But if MP does not offer that for the other layouts, then I think (having tried it) that I prefer the way you have coded it now -- LEFT from first item or RIGHT from last item takes you to the side-bar menu (it makes it clear that you have reached the end of the list).</p><p></p><p></p><p>This time I noticed a different screen-content problem, and I encountered it on both "Radio Recordings" and "TV Recordings" (I am sure that these panels must have a lot of panel definition files in common, so it is not surprising that they exhibit the same behaviour).</p><p></p><p>The problem occurred on returning from the side-bar menu <em>to</em> the "List" layout, after having changed the layout from some other setting. What happened is that the list was missing from the panel, but the programme info was still displayed for the item that had the focus (see screen shot). I could move the focus up and down the list, and the programme info changed accordingly, but the list still did not appear. It was only when I used the LEFT or RIGHT buttons that the list appeared briefly, to be replaced almost immediately by the side-bar menu. Unfortunately, this does not happen every time, but it did happen several times during my testing tonight. However, I could not spot any pattern in the occurrences.</p><p></p><p>The only other content-related observation is with respect to the arrows at extreme left and extreme right. If the arrow is intended to indicate that using LEFT or RIGHT in the direction of the arrow takes you somewhere else, there are quite a few places where the arrows are missing. I have listed them below. Also, the arrow pointing down ought to be flatter (more "squashed") to make it more similar to the left/right arrows. And there is a complete absence of up arrows!</p><p></p><p><strong>Missing left/right arrows</strong></p><p>"List" layout, right edge</p><p>"List" side-bar menu, both edges</p><p>"Big Icon List" side-bar menu, left edge</p><p>"Big Icon List" programme info, right edge</p><p>"Filmstrip" and "Coverflow" programme info, right edge</p><p>"Filmstrip" and "Coverflow" side-bar menu, left edge</p><p>"Icons" and "Big Icons" layout, right edge</p><p>"Icons" and "Big Icons" side-bar menu, both edges</p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1097942, member: 141969"] It does! This time I did not notice any inconsistencies in the flow between panels, and I checked both "Recorded Radio" and "Recorded TV". I did notice one inconsistency in the flow [i]within[/i] a panel, on the "Small Icons" panel. I had only one row of icons, so this observation is not conclusive, but using UP moved the focus to the first icon in the list, whereas using DOWN appeared to do nothing. On the "Big Icons" panel, I had two rows of icons, and UP from the top row moved the focus to the same column in the bottom row, and DOWN from the bottom row moved the focus to the same column in the top row. The behaviour of DOWN in "Small Icons" is consistent with "Big Icons", so the anomalous behaviour is UP from the top row in "Small Icons". I think that wrapping round provides a functional benefit when navigating long lists (this is how "List" and "Big Icon List" behave). But if MP does not offer that for the other layouts, then I think (having tried it) that I prefer the way you have coded it now -- LEFT from first item or RIGHT from last item takes you to the side-bar menu (it makes it clear that you have reached the end of the list). This time I noticed a different screen-content problem, and I encountered it on both "Radio Recordings" and "TV Recordings" (I am sure that these panels must have a lot of panel definition files in common, so it is not surprising that they exhibit the same behaviour). The problem occurred on returning from the side-bar menu [i]to[/i] the "List" layout, after having changed the layout from some other setting. What happened is that the list was missing from the panel, but the programme info was still displayed for the item that had the focus (see screen shot). I could move the focus up and down the list, and the programme info changed accordingly, but the list still did not appear. It was only when I used the LEFT or RIGHT buttons that the list appeared briefly, to be replaced almost immediately by the side-bar menu. Unfortunately, this does not happen every time, but it did happen several times during my testing tonight. However, I could not spot any pattern in the occurrences. The only other content-related observation is with respect to the arrows at extreme left and extreme right. If the arrow is intended to indicate that using LEFT or RIGHT in the direction of the arrow takes you somewhere else, there are quite a few places where the arrows are missing. I have listed them below. Also, the arrow pointing down ought to be flatter (more "squashed") to make it more similar to the left/right arrows. And there is a complete absence of up arrows! [b]Missing left/right arrows[/b] "List" layout, right edge "List" side-bar menu, both edges "Big Icon List" side-bar menu, left edge "Big Icon List" programme info, right edge "Filmstrip" and "Coverflow" programme info, right edge "Filmstrip" and "Coverflow" side-bar menu, left edge "Icons" and "Big Icons" layout, right edge "Icons" and "Big Icons" side-bar menu, both edges -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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