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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: lpr on August 17, 2006, 06:22:03 pm

Title: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: lpr on August 17, 2006, 06:22:03 pm
Hello,

Would it be possible to add a function/icon that would allow quick zone switching?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: Bill Kearney on November 07, 2006, 08:49:58 am
What, they still haven't implemented this?  Myself and a whole host of others asked for this AGES AGO.  And it's STILL NOT AVAILABLE?
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: gappie on November 07, 2006, 09:04:06 am
Hello,

Would it be possible to add a function/icon that would allow quick zone switching?

Thanks.

yes, would be nice. i searched for that some days ago.
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: marko on November 07, 2006, 12:30:07 pm
do you mean quicker than ctrl+t, or a way to get from zone1 to zone4 in one step?
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: StFeder on November 07, 2006, 12:57:01 pm
do you mean quicker than ctrl+t, or a way to get from zone1 to zone4 in one step?

I'd like to have toolbarbuttons to jump from zone 1 to zone 4. At home I use zone 1-3, no problem to toggle through all zones or using Player -> Playback Options to change the zone.

At Party I only use Zone 1 (for Playback) and 4 (for Headphone prelistening) and there it would be nice to change them quicker without toggling through all the other zones or using Player -> Playback Options.
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: glynor on November 07, 2006, 01:17:01 pm
I'd like to see this too.  Preferably a single toolbar button with a drop-down where you can choose from your defined zones (like the current Mode toolbar button).  I'd be okay with individual toolbar buttons for zones too, but I'd really prefer the Mode-button-like approach (smaller space on toolbar and still quick and functional).
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: gappie on November 07, 2006, 05:23:54 pm
do you mean quicker than ctrl+t, or a way to get from zone1 to zone4 in one step?

both would be nice. for me it is not quicker than ctrl t but there are other people who use this machine and everytime my wife (who is actually very handy with computers) has to ask:what was it again, changing zones?
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: Bill Kearney on November 07, 2006, 07:59:46 pm
Control T isn't quicker when it means pulling out the keyboard drawer for a rack mounted display.  In version 11 days the excuse offered was they already had the artwork/UI frozen.  Apparently there's quite a freeze going on with version 12 too.
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: Alex B on November 08, 2006, 07:10:26 am
I have only recently found that the "DSP Studio" button has right-click playback options too. The zones are listed in the first right-click menu. This may help a bit.
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: Bill Kearney on November 08, 2006, 11:36:38 am
Nope, right clicking doesn't help AT ALL when you're using a touchscreen.  Really, it's been a simple request that plenty of users have made, for quite a long time.  Meanwhile they keep grafting on countless creeping features while ignoring just basic usability.  MC's great and all but it's niggling little UI requests like this that stand directly in the way of suggesting it to other users.  If it can't be demoed easily then it ain't gonna benefit from sales.
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: StFeder on November 08, 2006, 04:05:12 pm
I have only recently found that the "DSP Studio" button has right-click playback options too. The zones are listed in the first right-click menu. This may help a bit.

Thank you, Alex, for that tip! It's a quiet nice workaround to me!
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: Matt on November 09, 2006, 02:04:24 pm
Next build:
NEW: Added ability to add a "Zones" button to the toolbar.
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: Bill Kearney on November 09, 2006, 03:24:46 pm
Well, well. truth to the squeaky wheel argument?
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: glynor on November 09, 2006, 03:30:02 pm
Next build:
NEW: Added ability to add a "Zones" button to the toolbar.

Nice.  Build 110 is shaping up to be pretty sweet to play with over the long (in the US) weekend.  Thanks!
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: Matt on November 09, 2006, 03:41:10 pm
Well, well. truth to the squeaky wheel argument?

We had to take time out of our busy schedule of "grafting on countless creeping features."
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: Doof on November 09, 2006, 04:33:08 pm
We had to take time out of our busy schedule of "grafting on countless creeping features."

PWN3D!!
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: glynor on November 09, 2006, 05:20:22 pm
HA HA HA!!!   ;D  :o
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: Alex B on November 09, 2006, 06:29:55 pm
Some translations for the rest of us...


http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=squeaky+wheel+gets+the+grease
Quote
1.   squeaky wheel gets the grease         7 thumbs up   
   
It means that if you person loud enough, you'll eventually get your way.

Becky begged for months to her parents for a new car and she somehow got it. Squeaky wheel gets the grease, I guess.


http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pwn3d
Quote
1.   pwn3d         273 up, 39 down   
   
1: Losing badly at something

2: l337 (online) slang for 'owned'

3: The mis-spelling of 'owned'

4: Getting showed up/embarressed in a public event by someone/something

Example for 1:
Ryan loses to Brian
Brian: "Hahaha, you got PWN3D!"

Example for 2:
"omfg d00d i pwn3d him cuz i r r0xx0rzz"

Example for 3:
"And then I pwn3d him at Halo"
"Whoops, I mean owned"

Example for 4:
Person A: "I spent a long time writing the entire script to Harry Potter"
Person B: "Yeah, I downloaded it off the internet too"
Person C: "PWN3D!"
by Sam Harrison Jan 8, 2004 email it


2.   pwn3d         127 up, 46 down   

When one nerd claims superiority over another.

Eugene: I've never got it on with a girl, I own you.

Poindexter: oh yeah? Well I've never even spoken to a girl, but have 50GB of tentacle rape pr0n on my C:\ and have every star trek episode on DVD

Eugene: omg you rule

Poindexter: omg wtf j00 pwn3DD!!!1
by Kung-fu Jesus Jul 28, 2004 email it


3.   pwn3d         89 up, 14 down   

Originating from the word "owned", the word later took on the 1337 variation 0wn3d. Because this was primarily used as a cry of victory or supremacy in first person shooter games online, typos occured, the most common involved missing the "o" key and hitting the "p" key. This stuck, leaving us with the words pwn, pwn4g3, and pwn3d

Dude, 3 head shots in a row, you just got pwn3d.
by John Wells Nov 22, 2004 email it


4.   pwn3d         29 up, 20 down   

To be beaten badly at something

I just pwned you at Tactical-ops!
by OWNED Feb 5, 2003 email it


5.   pwn3d         28 up, 31 down   
   
A intended mispelling in leet speak, originally coming from having root access to a UNIX operating system such as if it were your computer you would own it, but by means of exploiting a hole in their system, you gain full control of their system, and in essence own it, or should I say 'pwn' it. If you are a victim of such an escapade you would be considered 'pwn3d'. This has been taken out of context as you can see over the years buy wannabe "hackers" and children with nothing more to do than try to act `leet`.

"Yeah, he was running a vulnerable finger daemon and I pwn3d his ass with a simple buffer overflow"

"haha, you got pwned by that guy with 4 fingers"

"all your base are mine, i pwn you"


EDIT

and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creeping_featurism
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=feature+creep
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: jgreen on November 09, 2006, 06:50:31 pm
It was only recently that I figured out what the word "pr0n" meant.  Here's a case of a picture being worth 10,000 words.
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: Alex B on November 09, 2006, 06:52:55 pm
It was only recently that I figured out what the word "pr0n" meant.

today?

Sometimes a few characters can create a picture. (http://www.google.com/search?en&q=pr0n)
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: jgreen on November 09, 2006, 07:06:01 pm
Alex, just bear in mind, it wasn't until we saw the elephant picture that we got the "Alexicons".  What goes around, ends up with your name on it.
Title: Re: Customize toolbar request.
Post by: glynor on November 09, 2006, 08:03:22 pm
Wow.... ASCII pr0n.  That's something.