Steve Troughton-SmithJul 8, 2023
Warming up the productivity engines by putting some effort into my internal satellite TV app, which now has a new product name to go with. Revamping the janky 2015 ObjC codebase with modern Swift. Still an internal app, however, not one I have plans to distribute
Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithJul 8, 2023
Trialed a few Midjourney-assisted icons but ended up going back to a plain glyph. Just looks better on the tvOS homescreen
Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithJul 9, 2023
Major rewrite of my EPG view today; really struggling with making it look nice, but it works
Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithJul 9, 2023
Still experimenting with displaying information on tvOS; now, I have color-coded genres, at least. Not at all happy with how I denote 'now’, but maybe I just need a ruler at the top with a big line through the entire list
Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithJul 9, 2023
Big line it is
Show threadJohn Davis
@stroughtonsmith what’s the voice over solution look like for something like this?
Jul 9, 2023 at 7:09pmIvory for iOS
Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithJul 9, 2023
@its_john_davis I haven't done anything to support VoiceOver? It's only used by my immediate family
Show threadJohn DavisJul 9, 2023

@stroughtonsmith yeah, and that’s cool. I was asking more for the thought exercise :D.

Maybe a custom rotor could go through the channels, and then it would iterate through the shows?

Show threadSteve Troughton-SmithJul 9, 2023
@its_john_davis personally I would just provide a custom accessibility label for each row with current and next show. Just because you *can* show all this data to a sighted person doesn't mean it’s particularly relevant for a non-sighted one. I would want an accessible UI optimized to give me context, fast, and not accidentally lose me down a submenu