I could not finish off all ideas I had for improving the menu in time 
for preview 6. So, yes, this is definately an area where new and 
fresh ideas will be seen in preview 7 as well :-)

However, I'd be interested which hardware you're on (I know the menu 
is not too fast on my iBook G3 for instance ;-) and what element it 
is that makes you perceive the menu as slow.

Best regards, 
Felix 

First of all, great product!

I also think that the navigation of the menus is a little slow and in particular during its appearance on the screen (but it's a personal impression).One less important latency would be an appreciable comfort.

I've a iMac G5 (isight), I do'nt think that that is really one question of power but rather of feeling.

A proposal: the menu could be more transparent, like the "command+tab" fonction, with the possibility (just an option) of having the name of the menus larger. 

Moreover if i have browse to for example many recordings under eyetv 2, i liked it to behave simular to frontrow, so the browsing speed up, if i hold in the navigation button. 

thanks for the input.

The menus should appear pretty fast on screen as long as the Core 
Image effect for "bluring" the menu into view is turned off. The new, 
wider menus are often too much for Core Image as it is now.

I'll of course keep an eye on the menu performance and 
configurability as development continues. Always keep in mind all 
releases to date are still previews :-)

Best regards, 
Felix 

thanks for providing that detail. I previously thought the problem 
related to drawing speed.

That delay is caused by the emulation of the "plus (held)" and "minus 
(held)" button codes. Whenever Remote Buddy receives a plus and minus 
button down event, it starts a timer, which "fires" after the 
fraction of a second, by then making it a "held" button code. Now, if 
you release the button before the timer fires, Remote Buddy 
recognizes this as normal plus and minus button events, if you 
release it only after the timer fired, it is recognized as plus 
(held) and minus (held) button presses.

So, in consequence, you'll see that Remote Buddy does not instantly 
react to the button press, but that the desired action is instantly 
executed upon the release of that button, which is probably what 
makes you perceive the menu as slow.

If you don't need the "plus hold" and "minus hold" buttons, you can 
turn off their emulation in the preferences (Remotes pane > select 
Apple Remote > select Options tab > deselect the checkbox) for 
instant reaction.

I'll see what can be done for preview 7, though (including the 
speedup you mention).

Best regards, 
Felix