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<blockquote data-quote="doveman" data-source="post: 874470" data-attributes="member: 67412">I can see where you're coming from regarding the TV Server config being more powerful than a STB GUI but I'm considering it from the point of view of a non-technical person who will be overwhelmed by it and will be much more comfortable using the less powerful GUI with their remote, rather than having to either RDP/VNC in to the box or connect a keyboard/mouse to their HTPC, close MP and fire up TV Server config. Same goes for moved/deleted/renamed channels, which I'd like to see automated as much as possible and manageable in a user-friendly way from the GUI where not, so that I don't have to assist friends/family whenever a scan is required.&nbsp;Once initially set up, I think most people will probably just be changing the position of the odd channel (perhaps a new one that's been picked up on a scan), or hiding channels they've decided they don't want to watch. However, I don't think it would be particularly hard to design a GUI that allows the user to select multiple channels before moving them up/down, hiding/unhiding them, etc (e.g clicking OK on a channel could select it and Ch. Up/Down could move the selected channels, then clicking Stop would freeze the position and clear the selection). As we're looking at Freeview here, I imagine a lot of users will have remotes with coloured buttons, so we could even use those to make things simpler (i.e. Red to select/unselect a channel, Yellow to hide/unhide selected channels) with on-screen cues as to which button does what (which could and should be shown even if we don't use the coloured buttons and just use e.g. OK, Stop, Record, etc, so that users aren't left trying to remember which button does what).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doveman, post: 874470, member: 67412"] I can see where you're coming from regarding the TV Server config being more powerful than a STB GUI but I'm considering it from the point of view of a non-technical person who will be overwhelmed by it and will be much more comfortable using the less powerful GUI with their remote, rather than having to either RDP/VNC in to the box or connect a keyboard/mouse to their HTPC, close MP and fire up TV Server config. Same goes for moved/deleted/renamed channels, which I'd like to see automated as much as possible and manageable in a user-friendly way from the GUI where not, so that I don't have to assist friends/family whenever a scan is required. Once initially set up, I think most people will probably just be changing the position of the odd channel (perhaps a new one that's been picked up on a scan), or hiding channels they've decided they don't want to watch. However, I don't think it would be particularly hard to design a GUI that allows the user to select multiple channels before moving them up/down, hiding/unhiding them, etc (e.g clicking OK on a channel could select it and Ch. Up/Down could move the selected channels, then clicking Stop would freeze the position and clear the selection). As we're looking at Freeview here, I imagine a lot of users will have remotes with coloured buttons, so we could even use those to make things simpler (i.e. Red to select/unselect a channel, Yellow to hide/unhide selected channels) with on-screen cues as to which button does what (which could and should be shown even if we don't use the coloured buttons and just use e.g. OK, Stop, Record, etc, so that users aren't left trying to remember which button does what). [/QUOTE]

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