New Layout

[Bruce85]

I'd like to see Wiz TV change its layout because the current one is too blocky and simple. It would be better if it was divided into frames: menu on the left and the content on the right -- and perhaps the title across the top of the page. This would allow WizTV to incorporate many subsections under each section. For example, it would allow the Weather service to offer more options for the viewer.

Opening menu

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                                        WizTV
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 News                       Which section would you like
 Weather                                    to view?
 Podcasts
 Vodcasts
 Photos
 Horoscopes
 Guide
 Upgrade
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The News page.

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                                    WizTV -- News
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News
 - Local                             Recent headlines show up
 - National                               on main news page.
 - International
 - Sport
 - Entertainment
 - Technology
 - Science
Back to Main
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Sport page

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                                    WizTV -- News
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Sport
 - Cricket                             Recent headlines show up
 - Rugby league                        on main news page.
 - Australian rules
 - Soccer
 - Netball
 - Rugby union
 - Basketball
 - Other
Back to News
Back to Main
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The weather page (main)

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                                    WizTV -- Weather
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Weather
- Outlook                                      Select you city:
- Current                             (Menu containing all capital    
- Radar                                      and regional cities) 
- Satellite
- Lightning
- Rain
- Surf
- Snow
Back to Main
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The weather page (radar)

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                                    WizTV -- Weather (Radar)
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Weather
- Outlook                                    Radar (City name)
- Current                       Last 3 images show up side by side
- Radar                                      
- Satellite
- Lightning
- Rain
- Surf
- Snow
Back to Weather
Back to Main
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etc

[tonymy01]

There is a WizTV forum you can post to here- http://www.beyonwiz.com.au/phpbb2/viewforum.php?f=22
But I like the idea of sections detailing what is in next sections on the right, kind of like the preview you get in Windows7.

[peteru]

How do you make this layout simple enough to navigate with just the cursor keys and OK/recall?

[Bruce85]

How do you make this layout simple enough to navigate with just the cursor keys and OK/recall?

The Setup and File List sections of Beyonwiz use the aforementioned layout.

[peteru]

WizTV UI toolkit is fairly restricted subset of the normal Beyonwiz UI toolkit. Some UI paradigms are not possible or practical to implement for WizTV.