Comments on: Take Control with Remote Control http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/ hot bits and bytes Sun, 18 May 2008 10:50:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: martin http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/#comment-72 martin Fri, 26 May 2006 18:43:37 +0000 http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/#comment-72 <p>Thanks for the hint to the iRemocon device. Version 1.0 will have support for the Apple Remote control only. But we'll see what will be in 2.0.</p> Thanks for the hint to the iRemocon device. Version 1.0 will have support for the Apple Remote control only. But we’ll see what will be in 2.0.

]]> By: joey http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/#comment-70 joey Fri, 26 May 2006 06:29:06 +0000 http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/#comment-70 <p>iRemocon, then you will get lots of Japanese users. I'm surprised that this app isn't wildly popular already.</p> iRemocon, then you will get lots of Japanese users. I’m surprised that this app isn’t wildly popular already.

]]> By: semaja2 http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/#comment-58 semaja2 Sun, 21 May 2006 00:47:47 +0000 http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/#comment-58 <p>I like the name MultiControl :P (My program is MultiAlarm :P)</p> <p>Also a suggestion that i would really like put in is a way for someone like me to distribute scripts easily</p> I like the name MultiControl :P (My program is MultiAlarm :P)

Also a suggestion that i would really like put in is a way for someone like me to distribute scripts easily

]]> By: Axel Rauschmayer http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/#comment-56 Axel Rauschmayer Sat, 20 May 2006 11:27:16 +0000 http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/#comment-56 <p>Here are few more name ideas: ControlSwitcher, MultiControl, MasterControl, ControlConfigurator, EmoteControl, InControl. Key thing for naming to me seems to be: What are the main characteristics of this program and how can they be concisely expressed in a name that is as unique as possible? In that regard, most of the suggestions above fail, because they sound too generic.</p> <p>BTW: As I already hinted at, I really like that one directly edits AppleScripts in RemoteControl. Paradoxically, this leads to good usability, as a GUI can also get in the way and is very hard to get right.</p> Here are few more name ideas: ControlSwitcher, MultiControl, MasterControl, ControlConfigurator, EmoteControl, InControl. Key thing for naming to me seems to be: What are the main characteristics of this program and how can they be concisely expressed in a name that is as unique as possible? In that regard, most of the suggestions above fail, because they sound too generic.

BTW: As I already hinted at, I really like that one directly edits AppleScripts in RemoteControl. Paradoxically, this leads to good usability, as a GUI can also get in the way and is very hard to get right.

]]> By: martin http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/#comment-55 martin Fri, 19 May 2006 18:02:29 +0000 http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/#comment-55 <p>Thanks a lot for the feedback. A lot of the things mentioned by Axel will be addressed in the next version which will be out in a couple of days.</p> <p>And yes - it should get a new name.... TakeControl sounds nice. Any more suggestions for names are very welcome.</p> Thanks a lot for the feedback.
A lot of the things mentioned by Axel will be addressed in the next version which will be out in a couple of days.

And yes - it should get a new name…. TakeControl sounds nice. Any more suggestions for names are very welcome.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/#comment-54 Andrew Fri, 19 May 2006 02:36:57 +0000 http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/#comment-54 <p>I love this program even tho i dont have a remote, it allows me to make my program work with the remote</p> <p>Also i agree a new name would be good</p> <p>PS. keep it in the menu bar or make a prefrence file maybe, because i hate having things in my dock</p> I love this program even tho i dont have a remote, it allows me to make my program work with the remote

Also i agree a new name would be good

PS. keep it in the menu bar or make a prefrence file maybe, because i hate having things in my dock

]]> By: Axel Rauschmayer http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/#comment-53 Axel Rauschmayer Thu, 18 May 2006 20:55:20 +0000 http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/#comment-53 <p>I've been waiting for an application like this ever since I got my iMac. Thanks! It is really well executed, too: Even though the interface is minimalist, it does everything one needs (which is a very good sign).</p> <p>Suggestions: - Change the name to something more memorable (PromoteControl, TakeControl, Recontrol, BackStage etc.) and more googleable. - Holding remote control keys: this produces different key codes from just pressing+releasing. Can these be accessed via RemoteControl, too? Example: Apple's DVD player jumps to the next chapter if one presses+releases "right" and fast-forwards when holding "right". - VLC: I use "step forward/backward" very often. Can I invoke these in RemoteControl? - VLC: Can fast-forwarding be accessed (meaningfully), so that it mimics the Apple DVD player behavior? - Activating RemoteControl: Could this command be customized to be invoked by any key (plus/minus holding it)? With RemoteControl, I don't care for FrontRow at all, so activating FrontRow should not take up a key combination. - The settings window does not come to the foreground if it is hidden under other windows. - Make RemoteControl a normal application: this is probably a matter of taste, but I would prefer RemoteControl to be a normal application, because it has no functionality that has to be accessible under every application (any status information can just as well be displayed in the dock). Advantages: MenuBar space is quite precious and should not be wasted; its behavior would be more application-like (=predictable). - Include remoteable apps in the menu: iTunes, DVD Player etc. are already controllable by the remote control, so it would be nice to have them as part of RemoteControl's application menu.</p> <p>Thanks again,</p> <p>Axel</p> I’ve been waiting for an application like this ever since I got my iMac. Thanks! It is really well executed, too: Even though the interface is minimalist, it does everything one needs (which is a very good sign).

Suggestions:
- Change the name to something more memorable (PromoteControl, TakeControl, Recontrol, BackStage etc.) and more googleable.
- Holding remote control keys: this produces different key codes from just pressing+releasing. Can these be accessed via RemoteControl, too? Example: Apple’s DVD player jumps to the next chapter if one presses+releases “right” and fast-forwards when holding “right”.
- VLC: I use “step forward/backward” very often. Can I invoke these in RemoteControl?
- VLC: Can fast-forwarding be accessed (meaningfully), so that it mimics the Apple DVD player behavior?
- Activating RemoteControl: Could this command be customized to be invoked by any key (plus/minus holding it)? With RemoteControl, I don’t care for FrontRow at all, so activating FrontRow should not take up a key combination.
- The settings window does not come to the foreground if it is hidden under other windows.
- Make RemoteControl a normal application: this is probably a matter of taste, but I would prefer RemoteControl to be a normal application, because it has no functionality that has to be accessible under every application (any status information can just as well be displayed in the dock). Advantages: MenuBar space is quite precious and should not be wasted; its behavior would be more application-like (=predictable).
- Include remoteable apps in the menu: iTunes, DVD Player etc. are already controllable by the remote control, so it would be nice to have them as part of RemoteControl’s application menu.

Thanks again,

Axel

]]> By: Tippo http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/#comment-52 Tippo Fri, 12 May 2006 18:17:49 +0000 http://www.martinkahr.com/2006/05/12/take-control-with-remote-control/#comment-52 <p>nice! just what I've been waiting for! I don't understand all the functionality, but I'm just happy I can control VLC from across the room.</p> <p>Cheers!</p> <p>Tippo</p> nice! just what I’ve been waiting for! I don’t understand all the functionality, but I’m just happy I can control VLC from across the room.

Cheers!

Tippo

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