when you select a channel to view, you can select multiple programmes on that channel
for either viewing in the detail window or
setting a reminder in your N900 SHOWTIME calendar or
performing a remote record

basically when you click a programme in the list its selected and when clicked again its deselected and you can select multiple.

When you click on MYFAVOURITES from the channel drop down all your favourite channels will be preselected so you dont have to individually select them again, but to see the data you still need to click go , this is to save bandwith and processing power, the idea is to see only 1 channel at a time for a selected date and so process only 1 file at a time , its quite intensive, so better not to load your N900 and then to find it struggling.

However, I will see if I can find a good way to load the data for favourite channels automatically for the selected date if it exists.
Ill add this as a user option with a checkbox so user can deselect if needed. Sometime I view only 1 or 2 of my favourites.

Another option is to have different favourites lists , but maybe we are taking it too far for a simple app, no ?

Thanks for your suggestions, its quite thoughtful and I will certainly think about it.
Im only trying to save time for making another useful app for us so I want to limit enhancements unless its absolutely a neccessity

nice idea, will try this ! , but the problem is Maemo5 themes make it difficult to override system colours, when I override its always caused some irregular behaviour , but worth a try again.

cheers