2005-08-23, 12:37 AM
I've just installed GBPVR for the first time and have installed XRecord, FastFind, and Guide2J skins. I see each of these as essentially upgrades/replacements for native GBPVR functionality. (Correct me if I'm wrong here.) Yet, they are just added to the Main Menu and don't replace those items. A minor problem is it makes the menu longer than it has to be. The more significant issue is that it makes the menu confusing to the person who wants to see this as a utilitarian appliance and not a techie thing. (Think WAF.)
It shouldn't be necessary to have to describe the difference getween "TV Guide" and "Guide2J" or between "Recordings and XRecord" to a non-tech user/spouse. If a 'replacement' "Search Guide" plugin is present, for example, that should be what is invoked when "Search Guide" is clicked; there shouldn't be a separate menu entry for it. Further "Guide2J" is not a real human-friendly term to appear on the menu. Even if a 'replacement' plugin happens to use the functionality of the native code/plugin which must still be present, only the replacment should appear on the main menu.
Now, I can envision that there may be times when both are desired on the menu, such as when one is trying out or debugging a new plugin but doesn't want to delete (or hide) the native code/plugin. So perhaps this should be a user-configurable thing. Ideally, that would be covered by the GBPVR Config program on the Plugins tab. However, at the very least there should be some way to control this with a (documented) text file that could be edited.
Or can this and should this be better done with the skins?
If something like this already exists which allows one to rationalize the main menu, then please accept my apologies for the above discussion and point me to how to do it.
Many thanks.
It shouldn't be necessary to have to describe the difference getween "TV Guide" and "Guide2J" or between "Recordings and XRecord" to a non-tech user/spouse. If a 'replacement' "Search Guide" plugin is present, for example, that should be what is invoked when "Search Guide" is clicked; there shouldn't be a separate menu entry for it. Further "Guide2J" is not a real human-friendly term to appear on the menu. Even if a 'replacement' plugin happens to use the functionality of the native code/plugin which must still be present, only the replacment should appear on the main menu.
Now, I can envision that there may be times when both are desired on the menu, such as when one is trying out or debugging a new plugin but doesn't want to delete (or hide) the native code/plugin. So perhaps this should be a user-configurable thing. Ideally, that would be covered by the GBPVR Config program on the Plugins tab. However, at the very least there should be some way to control this with a (documented) text file that could be edited.
Or can this and should this be better done with the skins?
If something like this already exists which allows one to rationalize the main menu, then please accept my apologies for the above discussion and point me to how to do it.
Many thanks.
