Yahoo and TiVo – The Names May Be Silly, But Their Partnership Is Not
An article about the Yahoo / TiVo User Interface Design and navigation ...
"Yahoo and TiVo announced a deal whereby internet portal Yahoo and video recorder manufacturer TiVo will connect their services together, enabling TiVo users to access Yahoo's vast online resources through their set-top boxes. The New York Times reported that under the deal, and starting this month, TiVo users will be able to use Yahoo's services to find television programs and send instructions to record the programs to their TiVo set top boxes.
And then there is the user experience. It makes a lot of sense for Yahoo to offer content such as weather and traffic reports via TiVo boxes, as the human interface required is not complicated. One of the reasons why WebTV, and other “through-the-TV” web browsing products have not been successful is that the idea of watching TV with a keyboard and mouse in your lap is appealing to absolutely no one. Edward Lichty, TiVo's Vice President of Corporate Strategy, commented “It's not about having a Web browser on your TV and having a keyboard on your lap. It'll still be focused on the TV experience and navigating with the remote control”. Lichty is right, but like those late night TV sales pitches, “for a limited time”. The biggest problem associated with TV based internet access is the user interface. Navigating through TV content with a remote is consistent with my AFCDI (any fool can do it) paradigm for user interface design. Browsing the web, on the other hand, is more complicated. You have to type – it requires two hands, or use some kind of natural language processing (NLP)/voice interface. Therefore, in order to really shake things up and bring the Internet into the living room, a number of things are required." continued ... (Via EURWEB)
"Yahoo and TiVo announced a deal whereby internet portal Yahoo and video recorder manufacturer TiVo will connect their services together, enabling TiVo users to access Yahoo's vast online resources through their set-top boxes. The New York Times reported that under the deal, and starting this month, TiVo users will be able to use Yahoo's services to find television programs and send instructions to record the programs to their TiVo set top boxes.
And then there is the user experience. It makes a lot of sense for Yahoo to offer content such as weather and traffic reports via TiVo boxes, as the human interface required is not complicated. One of the reasons why WebTV, and other “through-the-TV” web browsing products have not been successful is that the idea of watching TV with a keyboard and mouse in your lap is appealing to absolutely no one. Edward Lichty, TiVo's Vice President of Corporate Strategy, commented “It's not about having a Web browser on your TV and having a keyboard on your lap. It'll still be focused on the TV experience and navigating with the remote control”. Lichty is right, but like those late night TV sales pitches, “for a limited time”. The biggest problem associated with TV based internet access is the user interface. Navigating through TV content with a remote is consistent with my AFCDI (any fool can do it) paradigm for user interface design. Browsing the web, on the other hand, is more complicated. You have to type – it requires two hands, or use some kind of natural language processing (NLP)/voice interface. Therefore, in order to really shake things up and bring the Internet into the living room, a number of things are required." continued ... (Via EURWEB)
Yahoo / TiVo.
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