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<blockquote data-quote="Verbal" data-source="post: 22194" data-attributes="member: 15517"><p>What a community! People already posting ways to fix things!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is exactly my broader point. Why follow Microsoft at all? It's not like MCE is a runaway success that would make sense copying. Frankly I'd like to see MCE copying MP's user interface. </p><p></p><p>Frankly, if I were to copy something, I'd copy the ipod before MCE. (And I'm no Mac fanboy).</p><p></p><p>If you read the forums, there are so many great coders and designers that if we step back and look at the big picture, we can come up with a really innovative and common sense interface.</p><p></p><p>For example, let's rethink the whole top level menu. The way it is is great because everything is right there. Nothing is more than a few clicks of the remote away.</p><p></p><p></p><p>But the problem is a lot of it doesn't make sense to the non-technical user. </p><p></p><p>For example, if we now have "My Radio" and "My Music". Where would Podcasts go? Technically, podcasts are basically MP3 files, like the ones in My Music, so maybe they should go there?</p><p></p><p>I don't think that's right. From the listener's standpoint, a podcast is really like a radio broadcast. It's also similar to internet radio. What these things have in common is that the content of the "station" keeps changing, but the name of the station does not.</p><p></p><p>Looking at it this way, "My Music" is reserved for your personal collection of music. "My Radio" would be for real time or time shifted audio transmissions. When you go into MY radio, you could be presented with a list like:</p><p></p><p>Engadget Podcast 8/25</p><p>94.1 FM WYSP </p><p>101.1 FM WHFS</p><p>billybobhardrock.com Live</p><p></p><p>etc. </p><p></p><p>From that standpoint, what do you think of this as the top level menu:</p><p></p><p>TV</p><p>Radio</p><p>Video</p><p>Music</p><p>Photos</p><p>Games</p><p>News & Weather</p><p>Internet</p><p></p><p>That's it. Of course anyone could customize it, but out of the box, it sort of makes sense, doesn't it???</p><p></p><p>Again, I realize its a silly change, but anyone whose had to deal with the Wife Approval Factor(TM) understands that simple changes to the way something looks or is written can make a big difference when it comes to acceptance. </p><p></p><p>On another topic:</p><p></p><p>What do you guys think of integrating a Chess or Go game ino MCE. Could we easily incorporate an opensource java version into a plugin o make it look seamless with MP?</p><p></p><p>This has other cool factors, because you could play chess online on your TV from your couch with the remote.</p><p></p><p>BTW, if anyone is interested, I've got my MP working with a saitek p3000 wireless gamepad as the remote, and I've got the profile set so MP works perfectly. I also run Celestia and Google Earth through MP using this too, and its no problem.</p><p></p><p>MP rocks! Seriously, let's make this software into the killer app of the living room.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Verbal, post: 22194, member: 15517"] What a community! People already posting ways to fix things! This is exactly my broader point. Why follow Microsoft at all? It's not like MCE is a runaway success that would make sense copying. Frankly I'd like to see MCE copying MP's user interface. Frankly, if I were to copy something, I'd copy the ipod before MCE. (And I'm no Mac fanboy). If you read the forums, there are so many great coders and designers that if we step back and look at the big picture, we can come up with a really innovative and common sense interface. For example, let's rethink the whole top level menu. The way it is is great because everything is right there. Nothing is more than a few clicks of the remote away. But the problem is a lot of it doesn't make sense to the non-technical user. For example, if we now have "My Radio" and "My Music". Where would Podcasts go? Technically, podcasts are basically MP3 files, like the ones in My Music, so maybe they should go there? I don't think that's right. From the listener's standpoint, a podcast is really like a radio broadcast. It's also similar to internet radio. What these things have in common is that the content of the "station" keeps changing, but the name of the station does not. Looking at it this way, "My Music" is reserved for your personal collection of music. "My Radio" would be for real time or time shifted audio transmissions. When you go into MY radio, you could be presented with a list like: Engadget Podcast 8/25 94.1 FM WYSP 101.1 FM WHFS billybobhardrock.com Live etc. From that standpoint, what do you think of this as the top level menu: TV Radio Video Music Photos Games News & Weather Internet That's it. Of course anyone could customize it, but out of the box, it sort of makes sense, doesn't it??? Again, I realize its a silly change, but anyone whose had to deal with the Wife Approval Factor(TM) understands that simple changes to the way something looks or is written can make a big difference when it comes to acceptance. On another topic: What do you guys think of integrating a Chess or Go game ino MCE. Could we easily incorporate an opensource java version into a plugin o make it look seamless with MP? This has other cool factors, because you could play chess online on your TV from your couch with the remote. BTW, if anyone is interested, I've got my MP working with a saitek p3000 wireless gamepad as the remote, and I've got the profile set so MP works perfectly. I also run Celestia and Google Earth through MP using this too, and its no problem. MP rocks! Seriously, let's make this software into the killer app of the living room. [/QUOTE]
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