Sample Apps and boilerplates
Hi All, I am new to Roku development but have some experience in terms of project management on other sdk's including boxee and Yahoo TV widgets. I just looked through the sdk and various forum po...
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bryankaiser
couldn't agree with you more. I was actually thinking about the "community option". The disadvantage to that direction versus a Roku driven "wizard" would be the design and interface that typically results from a community is hit and miss. Even with mature open source platforms like Joomla, the design options are limited. If Roku truly got behind this idea and brought in a top UI designer, they could better control the ultimate look and feel. Roku has done an excellent job in this regard so far, I'd think this would be an opportunity to further enhance that.
I also hope that some of the vendors will jump into this "window of opportunity" and provide turnkey solutions in the area of ad supported and transactional solutions for a piece of the pie. Because even with a wizard approach, we cannot expect the advanced functionality on a silver platter...
rg
couldn't agree with you more. I was actually thinking about the "community option". The disadvantage to that direction versus a Roku driven "wizard" would be the design and interface that typically results from a community is hit and miss. Even with mature open source platforms like Joomla, the design options are limited. If Roku truly got behind this idea and brought in a top UI designer, they could better control the ultimate look and feel. Roku has done an excellent job in this regard so far, I'd think this would be an opportunity to further enhance that.
I also hope that some of the vendors will jump into this "window of opportunity" and provide turnkey solutions in the area of ad supported and transactional solutions for a piece of the pie. Because even with a wizard approach, we cannot expect the advanced functionality on a silver platter...
rg
