[opendtv] Re: Commentary: Is Internet TV yet another would-be wedding?

  • From: "Kon Wilms" <konfoo@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:45:08 -0700

On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Manfredi, Albert E
<albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Craig Birkmaier wrote:
>
>> Think in terms of the task bar in Windows or the Dock on the Mac.
>
> Yes, that's what I was thinking. Here is the way it's supposed to look:
>
> http://www.eetimes.com/galleries/slideShow.jhtml?galleryID=42&imageID=3

An info banner - great work by Intel. We were making those in MHEG
back in 1995ish.

> And the next slide shows what happens when you select an item. In short,
> it gives you a sidebar. Or at least, that's one option. They show a
> weather sidebar in the slide.

When will the TV user experience designers start thinking outside the
box? The desktop metaphor does not work on television unless all your
prospective clients want to do is spam the viewer... oh wait...

Cheers
Kon
 
 
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