Re: [Banshee-List] ANNOUNCE: Banshee 1.0 Alpha 3 (0.98.3) Released!

["Gabriel Burt" <gabriel burt gmail com>]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 2:25 PM, LCID Fire <lcid-fire gmx net> wrote:
>
> Gabriel Burt wrote:
>  > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 2:04 PM, LCID Fire <lcid-fire gmx net> wrote:
>  >> Gabriel Burt wrote:
>  >>  > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:55 AM, LCID Fire <lcid-fire gmx net> wrote:
>  >>  >> Aaron Bockover wrote:
>  >>  >>  > Hello,
>  >>  >>  >
>  >>  >>  > We've released Banshee 1.0 Alpha 3 (0.98.3), two weeks after our second
>  >>  >>  > 1.0 alpha release, which brings some great new features and lots of bug
>  >>  >>  > fixes and performance improvements.
>  >>  >>  Well I finally tried out the new banshee and it's looks quite good. I
>  >>  >>  love the lastfm features but didn't have the chance yet to play around
>  >>  >>  that much.
>  >>  >>  One thing that got pretty appearent: Please remove the browser frame!
>  >>  >>  The old frame layout was really nice and simple - but not only does the
>  >>  >>  browser frame take much space - it also destroys the simplicity of the
>  >>  >>  ui. The basic idea is great - but I'd like it more to be in the source
>  >>  >>  list than in a seperate frame.
>  >>  >
>  >>  > I don't know what you mean.  Is your issue with the Last.fm support,
>  >>  > or general?  Can you explain in more detail, or provide a mockup of
>  >>  > what you want?
>  >>
>  >>  Sorry to be not clear about this.
>  >>  I have a problem with the general layout. I'd rather have the browser
>  >>  and the source list merged. Perhaps it gets a little clearer looking at
>  >>  the following fake screenshot:
>  >>  http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3060/2416228517_8d8159c66a_b.jpg
>  >>  This is what I think should be changed. (Look at the source list ;))
>  >>  My line of argumentation is that I don't need to filter the playlists
>  >>  anymore because they are already filtered. At least in the way I use
>  >>  banshee it's not a use case (but I'd be interested what use cases other
>  >>  people have). So the only thing where I think it makes sense is the full
>  >>  music library - and therefor a new ChildSource "All artists" could be added.
>  >>  Did I make myself a little more clear?
>  >
>  > So the real issue is you don't want the browser to be shown for
>  > playlists, right?  The way to solve that, if at all, is to remember if
>  > you chose to hide the browser on a source (including playlists, etc).
>  Not entirely.
>  I don't want another frame(!) for the browser to start with (since the
>  source list is already some kind of browser) - but I would like to have
>  the browser functionality in a slicker layout. This means I like the
>  idea - but not the way it is shown in the ui. One solution for this
>  would be to merge the source list and browser.
>  It's true - I don't need the browser in the playlist - but it wouldn't
>  hurt me to have it as long as it would not be a seperate frame.

Sorry to say, but I don't think it's going to be changed.  I, for one,
really don't like your mockup, and I think the way our browser works
is slick and what people expect.  Other views where you have your
music shown in one list but grouped visually by artist/album etc are
possible/planned.  But the browser will stay how it is.

Gabriel