On Mon, 2009-05-11 at 07:06 -0700, VDR User wrote: > On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Stuart Morris <stuart_mor...@talk21.com> > wrote: > > > > 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. > > I mean this in the nicest way possible but paying more attention to > what you're pressing would pretty much resolve your problem. > > In all honesty most of the complaints I've read have little or no real > issue with VDR itself but rather the users either not paying attention > to what they're doing, not bothering to read the manual & memorize the > few keys involved, and/or wanting VDR to kid-proof the remote for > them. It seems all of these "problems" could be eliminated with a > little extra effort by the user. That being said, if there's > something that could be done to help and Klaus is willing to do it > then super. Or better yet if someone else takes it upon himself to > create these patches so Klaus can be left to focus on the bigger fish > to fry. > > For the record, I have kids, who can be more like monkeys often times, > and have no problem keeping the remote away from their curious > fingers.
Perhaps I should keep my remote at your house? :) > I've accidentally pressed buttons that had undesired actions > before as well. So, when I say these problems can be resolved with a > little more effort & attention on the users part, I'm speaking from > experience. Of course it's easier to decide you can't be bothered > with it on your end and ask someone else to fix it for you, but > truthfully speaking the user-side fix isn't exactly hard to begin > with. I guess we'll have to agree to disagree as to how serious of an > issue this stuff is, or whether it's even a problem with VDR itself or > not. > > Regards, > Derek > > _______________________________________________ > vdr mailing list > vdr@linuxtv.org > http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr > _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@linuxtv.org http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
