LG Smart TVs log USB filenames and viewing info to LG servers

Re:LG Smart TVs log USB filenames and viewing info to LG ser... by lelandbatey on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @03:30PM (#6764214)

I'm a little surprised that these are all held up as "bad examples". For example, I looked at the picture of the Windows `wget` gui and thought "that doesn't look that bad." Sure there's a lot of dense information, but things are pretty well explained and it's pretty clear how it works. It is ugly, but it's also totally functional.

I guess ultimately, I really don't care how ugly something is if it's at least consistent and informative. However, I know I'm an outlier in this.

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Re:LG Smart TVs log USB filenames and viewing info to LG ser... by Pxtl on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @04:53PM (#6764785)

Imagine it wasn't wget, but a tool you'd never used before and you didn't know what the arguments meant. All those options are poorly defined. Also, it's confusing how filetypes switch from checkboxes to a listbox.

Trying to cram everything into one panel has left us with nothing but the controls and very little space for information.

Also, even if you wanted that layout, the alignments are terrible and the use of frames is arbitrary and inconsistent.

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Re:LG Smart TVs log USB filenames and viewing info to LG ser... by lelandbatey on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @06:25PM (#6765257)

If I were in that situation, and I find I often am, my choice is to go and read the manual. I think this comes from years of reading man pages for command line tools, but the first step I feel should always be to read the instructions.

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Re:LG Smart TVs log USB filenames and viewing info to LG ser... by Angostura on Tuesday November 19, 2013 @08:19PM (#6765783)

You are not the target user for GUIs.

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