On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 02:13 -0800, comomolo wrote: > > Charlie.M wrote: > > > > Personally I don't use Banshee's video features and its true they are > > fairly limited compared to the music portion of the Banshee. But I > > think they are better left in and hopefully improved upon rather than > > removed since they are at least functional. > > > My whole point has nothing to do with the fact that video must be improved, > but removed *because* Banshee wasn't designed as a *media* (=all kinds of > media) manager but a *music* manager. (If someone wants to state that it was > indeed designed as a media manager in first place then I expect to see some > evidence of that.) > > Does that mean a media library handling all kinds of media files should > never exist? Of course not. It does mean Banshee is not designed that way > and if you, or the devs, or anyone wants Banshee to become what it's not, > someone better goes back to the design table. When you add functions to any > object (software or hardware, computer related or not) that wasn't designed > in first place to do those functions, you can't be surprised they don't work > well. > > It's not about my personal preferences or anyone else's. > > I hope this time I made myself understood... Banshee (0.1x.x) was originally a music player, yes. However, as of 1.0, it underwent a complete remake of its interface and codebase, and during this, it was re-designed as a media player. Hence, when you see the Banshee menu entry, it's now called "Banshee Media Player" not "Banshee Music Player". Either way, the video playing option is here to stay, and whatever you say is not going to change it. If you don't want to use the video playing option, just don't use it damnit. Don't go kicking up a fuss just because you see some feature you don't use in a program that other people may use. -- Chow Loong Jin
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