Comments on: New Plug-in: National Public Radio http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/ The Plex blog Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:09:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Oli http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21249 Oli Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:25:30 +0000 http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21249 YIPPEEEE! YIPPEEEE!

]]> By: Jason http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21243 Jason Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:13:45 +0000 http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21243 Thanks to Plex being so awesome, Dish network has one less customer now. I took about half the money I was paying them and quadrupled my internet speed, money well spent I'd say. Any chance someone can make a Netflix plugin? Please :) Thanks to Plex being so awesome, Dish network has one less customer now. I took about half the money I was paying them and quadrupled my internet speed, money well spent I’d say.

Any chance someone can make a Netflix plugin? Please :)

]]> By: andreas http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21229 andreas Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:08:51 +0000 http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21229 I agree with Erik. I think the view-options should be "turn-off-able" since my seven year old daughter don't really need those options and she often opens that menu by mistake. I agree with Erik. I think the view-options should be “turn-off-able” since my seven year old daughter don’t really need those options and she often opens that menu by mistake.

]]> By: elan http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21190 elan Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:37:14 +0000 http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21190 @Oli: It's being worked on as we speak :-) @Oli: It’s being worked on as we speak :-)

]]> By: Oli http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21173 Oli Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:40:57 +0000 http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21173 Great progress guys! Is any work currently being done to create an iPlayer app or do i need to make it myself!? Great progress guys! Is any work currently being done to create an iPlayer app or do i need to make it myself!?

]]> By: elan http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21147 elan Thu, 26 Feb 2009 08:14:21 +0000 http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21147 @Erik: I couldn't agree with you more. We have that and lots more on the list for 1.0 :-) @Mickey: Well, you did ask nicely. @Erik: I couldn’t agree with you more. We have that and lots more on the list for 1.0 :-)

@Mickey: Well, you did ask nicely.

]]> By: Mickey http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21133 Mickey Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:31:41 +0000 http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21133 I'm with Erik. Even though I like to tinker occasionally, I'd much rather be watching movies & tv shows, so a straight-forward app is more appealing, with an advanced settings ability. That said, I love Plex and I think you are all doing fantastic work. Keep it up! PS - Do you think we could get a plug-in for Pitchfork.tv? I’m with Erik. Even though I like to tinker occasionally, I’d much rather be watching movies & tv shows, so a straight-forward app is more appealing, with an advanced settings ability.

That said, I love Plex and I think you are all doing fantastic work. Keep it up!

PS – Do you think we could get a plug-in for Pitchfork.tv?

]]> By: Erik K Veland http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21120 Erik K Veland Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:08:51 +0000 http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21120 OK. After having to completely flush out all old databases and files and then try finding my way through all the millions of settings strewn EVERYWHERE, I tend to agree. The number one priority for 1.0 should be to: a) Ship with sensible defaults b) Ask the user where they store their Movies, TV Shows and configure with minimal fuss c) Get as much preferences they can elsewhere (regional setting from the system's international settings for example) d) Remove all hard-to-understand settings and banish them to an external "Advanced Settings" app for tinkerers and geeks. e) Consolidate all settings into a sensible easy to navigate place Here's a hint to begin with: The end user do not care what settings pertain to the skin, and which pertain to the app proper. For them it is all ONE app. Treat it as such. I know you strive towards Apple simplicity, and I applaud you for that. It is also what converted me over to Plex from boxee in the first place. You will have to face the vocal minority of forum posting geeks that want to tweak every little gizmo as they are used to from XMBD and absolutely HATE CHANGE. I know it's a balance issue and that the path of least resistance is to avoid change and angry forum posters. Please resist that. There is a vast userbase who WANT a simple easy-to-use media center solution that Just Works™. Be that media center! Be Front Row with extensibility, better organisation and internet content! OK. After having to completely flush out all old databases and files and then try finding my way through all the millions of settings strewn EVERYWHERE, I tend to agree.

The number one priority for 1.0 should be to:

a) Ship with sensible defaults
b) Ask the user where they store their Movies, TV Shows and configure with minimal fuss
c) Get as much preferences they can elsewhere (regional setting from the system’s international settings for example)
d) Remove all hard-to-understand settings and banish them to an external “Advanced Settings” app for tinkerers and geeks.
e) Consolidate all settings into a sensible easy to navigate place

Here’s a hint to begin with: The end user do not care what settings pertain to the skin, and which pertain to the app proper. For them it is all ONE app. Treat it as such.

I know you strive towards Apple simplicity, and I applaud you for that. It is also what converted me over to Plex from boxee in the first place.

You will have to face the vocal minority of forum posting geeks that want to tweak every little gizmo as they are used to from XMBD and absolutely HATE CHANGE. I know it’s a balance issue and that the path of least resistance is to avoid change and angry forum posters.

Please resist that. There is a vast userbase who WANT a simple easy-to-use media center solution that Just Works™. Be that media center! Be Front Row with extensibility, better organisation and internet content!

]]> By: 1gkek http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21114 1gkek Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:30:06 +0000 http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21114 You may have just cost DirecTV a subscriber. We've been leaning that way for a while, but this thing rocks! Well done! You may have just cost DirecTV a subscriber. We’ve been leaning that way for a while, but this thing rocks!

Well done!

]]> By: Anh http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21101 Anh Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:37:04 +0000 http://elan.plexapp.com/2009/02/24/new-plug-in-national-public-radio/#comment-21101 There is still a lot of producible bugs in stacking and scraping, most of it occurs if you don't update Plex chronologically. They still have to iron that out first, at least to get a stable 1.0 release. But I agree, last 0.7.8 should have been 0.8 There is still a lot of producible bugs in stacking and scraping, most of it occurs if you don’t update Plex chronologically. They still have to iron that out first, at least to get a stable 1.0 release. But I agree, last 0.7.8 should have been 0.8

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