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June 4, 2010: I'm happy to announce the release of the new Enter Text feature for the Roku Remote app.
You know how painful it is to press a million arrow and enter buttons on the remote just to enter the title of a movie. The new Enter Text menu option significantly reduces the number of clicks. Just navigate to a Roku search screen, then press the "Enter Text" menu option. When done, just hit the back button to return to the main Roku Remote screen.
Note that this is a bit of a hack. The Roku player doesn't actually support the entry of text. The only way around this is for
the app to guess where the cursor is and do the arrow presses for you. If you find the app enters the wrong letter, click the Reset button to get it back in sync with the Roku box. See the Help screen for more details.
Please leave comment and/or suggestions on the discussion board or send an email to me at gregg@greggreno.com.
May 28, 2010: With the release of the new Roku software and the ability to search for movies from the Roku box (and not from a PC), people are going to be frustrated with how difficult it is to enter text into the search screens. So, I'm working on a new Search feature that will make text entry into the search screens easier. I'm still testing it, but I expect to release the update soon. Also, I cleaned up the launch icon a bit. It still isn't hi-res though.
May 21, 2010: Well, I was looking through the Android Market page for developers, and came across a new feature called Bugs. Clicking on it shows what bugs people have been having. What I found was that a few people were having force closes when loading config files, even though nobody had sent me an email or left a message about it in the Android Market. I've fixed that and re-released the app with this minor change. But without Google's update to the developer page, including a detail log file of the force close, I never would have found that bug. Thanks Google!
February 1, 2010: I've just released a big update for the Roku Remote. Included in this update are: redesigned graphics (thanks Trista Jansen!), ability to switch between multiple skins (gray and teal), and support for multiple Roku players through the use of the Load and Save Config options.
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