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devolute — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:35:43 -0000

yay. I'm an 'innovator'.

Loving the ride, guys.

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xain09 — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 08:32:02 -0000

Nice Nice nice!

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Stephen — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:48:55 -0000

Still waiting on an invite to try out boxee, anyone have any?

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Andreas Setterlind — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:08:06 -0000

Please start be not hidding the main menu (at least in the root / home screen) as having it hid away is not intiutive for first time users, I think it was better in the pre-alpha skin when it was always visible. Perhaps make it optional to enable auto-hiding from the settings if some users still want that. I also think that besides the home / root screen (which is pretty good as it is, missing is only the ability to bring up the main menu with one click on the Apple Remote) you could really learn a lot from the usability of XBMC's Project Mayhem III skin in the video, music and picture sections

/ My 2 cents

PS! Will Whitney not also be reading the feature suggestions section in the Boxee forum? There are some great ideas about usability there as well.

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Jann Gobble — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:52:15 -0000

An option to "remove 'The', 'A', (etc) from the beginning of the titles" would be nice.

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avner ronen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:41:27 -0000

don't know when we'll get to it

Re: boxee blog » from alpha to beta (help needed)

avner ronen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:41:01 -0000

it's coming

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Mohan — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:08:06 -0000

Hulu needs a search bar.

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jae — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 10:43:12 -0000

Please offer a 64-bit build for us 64-bit Linux users (ie Ubuntu 8.10 64)

Re: boxee blog » from alpha to beta (help needed)

avner ronen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:25:32 -0000

LOL

you're right. we have testers that are not coders, and we're constantly getting stuff into their hands.

what we should get better at is getting stuff out early for testing among select group of users.

Re: boxee blog » from alpha to beta (help needed)

drjimmy42 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:19:10 -0000

No, no, no!!
Steps 4 and 5 are totally wrong. It should be

4) code,test,code,test,code,test
5) get other people to test that didn't write it

:-) Happy coding/testing

http://googletesting.blogsp...

Re: boxee blog » from alpha to beta (help needed)

mosten — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:59:09 -0000

"licensing of bxflplayer and libboxee has been clarified in this week’s release"

And that was what? What in boxee if anything is still not covered under the GPL?

Re: boxee blog » from alpha to beta (help needed)

avner ronen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:54:38 -0000

we hear ya

Re: boxee blog » from alpha to beta (help needed)

avner ronen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:54:09 -0000

there are 2 issues.
(1) the performance of the UI could/should/will be fixed
(2) the performance of the video playback. that one is a hard nut to crack

Re: boxee blog » from alpha to beta (help needed)

avner ronen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:53:11 -0000

- Netflix on ATV will come sooner or later
- the issue with ABC is the Move Networks player.. we need to support it. Lost is coming indeed, one of the very few shows i am currently watching..
- Agree re Hulu favorites
- we are working to improve the big library performance and will provide a way for you to get more insight into the scan process
- it is possible, we just need someone in Amazon to start answering our calls/emails..
- iTunes support is big. no question we need to bring it to boxee.

feel free to post ideas at http://getsatisfaction.com/...

Re: boxee blog » from alpha to beta (help needed)

avner ronen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:49:33 -0000

i agree. please suggest the feature on http://getsatisfaction.com/...

Re: boxee blog » from alpha to beta (help needed)

avner ronen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:48:48 -0000

we're using Trac internally and planning to open it up to users as well

licensing of bxflplayer and libboxee has been clarified in this week's release

Re: boxee blog » from alpha to beta (help needed)

avner ronen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:46:33 -0000

i also think we need to provide users more control over the home screen

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avner ronen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:44:43 -0000

i agree. we need to find a way to let you the list of videos that we were not able to identify and put into the library

Re: boxee blog » from alpha to beta (help needed)

avner ronen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:43:16 -0000

this is a raging debate...

Re: boxee blog » from alpha to beta (help needed)

avner ronen — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:38:28 -0000

1. i don't when/if we'll ever get to it.
2. pls post the request to http://getsatisfaction.com/... (i am personally going to vote for it :))

Re: boxee blog » from alpha to beta (help needed)

William Roddy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:19:20 -0000

I signed up for Linux Beta and now it won't accept my user name (or password). I reset my password, but I think I might have mis-typed my user name. Help.

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SeanO — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 03:17:52 -0000

I love the UI myself, but if I had to teach my grandmother to use it, we'd be in trouble. Keeping the left bar hidden may be a big mistake. Does hiding it really buy much real estate?

It should be more focused on video. Most people don't want to turn on their television to listen to music or view photos. Not saying axe those features, but maybe they should be buried in the menu under "More" or "Extras."

This app shouldn't be a jack of all trades. Play local media, play internet media. Primarily video. That's what's important. I think Front Row has the right idea in UI (just not features).

Re: boxee blog » from alpha to beta (help needed)

Thomas — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 01:55:06 -0000

Can't wait for the beta to show up! I'm an aTV user myself and I would like to see a little faster interface...If thats even possible? ;)

Re: boxee blog » from alpha to beta (help needed)

Barry Hess — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:49:17 -0000

My list of desires as a Boxee on aTV user:

* Netflix
* ABC (Lost is coming!)
* Mark Hulu shows as favorites from within Boxee, so they'll appear in my queue
* MTV videos direct access (I can't find it without first browsing music)
* I'm using Boxee as a pure Internet media front-end. My 8000 song + 150 ISO library made Boxee crawl like a one-legged baby. Perhaps large library performance needs improved?
* Similarly, some feedback while the initial scanning process is still taking place. I left it for a day or two, but never could tell if/when it was done.
* If I could somehow buy Amazon music and get it shoved back into my iTunes library? Wow. I'm sure that's not possible, is it?
* Likewise, an option to just mirror my iTunes library in the Boxee interface. I've got it all setup in iTunes, just make it available in the Boxee UI. It's that easy! ;)

The latest fixes to the aTV UI have been a great improvement. Thanks for rolling them out!