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Re:Crafting a high-performance TV user interface using React by nodamage on Thursday January 12, 2017 @04:07PM (#13386115)
Same with in-flight entertainment systems on planes. They always have terrible, slow interfaces.
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Re:Crafting a high-performance TV user interface using React by makecheck on Thursday January 12, 2017 @06:07PM (#13386994)
I always want to turn it “off” because it’s too distracting, and the only way is to turn the Brightness down to off. It goes like this: BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, oh now it’s off. Then 5 minutes later, the airline starts its welcome mostly-advertising video which TURNS THE DAMNED THING BACK ON AT FULL BRIGHTNESS. Then it resumes DirecTV at which point I have to say: BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, wait, BrightnessDown, annnnnnnnd now it’s off.
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Re:Crafting a high-performance TV user interface using React by johnward on Thursday January 12, 2017 @04:30PM (#13386285)
This causes people to press harder in reaction and then they are bouncing the person in front of them's head. It's comical if it's not happening to you.
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Re:Crafting a high-performance TV user interface using React by JonRB on Thursday January 12, 2017 @04:39PM (#13386359)
I recently took a flight with Virgin Atlantic and was actually pleasantly surprised. It still wasn't perfect, but it was by far the best I've seen from in-flight entertainment.
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Re:Crafting a high-performance TV user interface using React by richev on Thursday January 12, 2017 @05:36PM (#13386814)
Mostly I'd agree, but Emirates ICE system is pretty decent https://www.emirates.com/au/english/flying/inflight_entertai...
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Re:Crafting a high-performance TV user interface using React by BHSPitMonkey on Thursday January 12, 2017 @09:11PM (#13387886)
Most of the newer ones I see these days are just Android tablets with capacitive digitizers and a pretty decent shell.
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