Re: [Banshee-List] banshee r3492 - in trunk/banshee: .src/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Collectionsrc/Core/Banshee.Services/Banshee.Sourcessrc/Core/Banshee.ThickClient/Banshee.Gui.Widgets

[Kevin Dupuy <kevindupuy bellsouth net>]

On Thu, 2008-03-20 at 22:02 +0000, Alex Hixon wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:43:25 -0500, "Gabriel Burt" <gabriel burt gmail com>
> wrote:
> > We purposefully replaced this more verbose version with the simple
> > one.  For example, we don't expand the file size into "2 GB, 42MB, 12
> > KB".  It's much cleaner, shorter without such expansions.  Please
> > revert.
> 
> Reverted. Sorry about that; I wasn't sure if it was a something you
> guys did on purpose or what. I probably should've sent a message to the
> list before hand, though.
> 
> I do kind of disagree with the decision though, for two reasons:
>   a) Information loss. Fairly obvious, but 1.2 days worth of music
>      really doesn't show as much information as 1 day, 12 hours, 15
>      minutes.
>   
>   b) Wrong formatting for time. You don't really reheat your food for
>      1.2 minutes do you? "OK, so, 2/10ths of a minute is 12 seconds."
>      If you're trying to easily work out the total playtime of a short
>      playlist (~20 songs), it's much easier to read "1 minute, 12
>      seconds" (or at the very least, "0:01:12"), rather than "1.2
>      minutes".
> 
> I do agree that it seems a bit verbose, but I'd rather verbose than
> time measurements that require me to do a bit of math each time I want
> to work out how long my playlist is. Also, your example about filesize
> isn't /that/ valid since you only ever really need rough measurements
> for filesize, and you don't work out length that way (if that makes
> sense).
> 
> Anyway, just my 2c.
> 
> Cheers,

I second Alex on this one. 
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