Re: [Banshee-List] Media totals in sources panel

["Michael.S.G." <OzFalcon bden org>]

I noticed it too. But on more thought - Find it better.

As this banshee setup is at a friends (Think Beer drinking)
And often they would just select the big number and wade
throught it. NOW they select smart playlists I have setup (Cause
they the track totals next to them.....As they did before but no
main MUSIC one to distract them).

Thats people for you.

Oz.



On 20/01/11 07:52, Todd Wilson wrote:
> gnomeuser gmail com wrote, on 01/19/2011 09:56 AM:
> > 2011/1/19 Todd Wilson<twilson csufresno edu<mailto:twilson csufresno edu>>
> >
> >      IIRC, at one time Banshee used to display totals for the sources (Music,
> >      Audiobooks, Videos) in the sources panel, but with 1.9.2, I no longer
> >      see them.  Playlists (and the Play Queue) still have them, but not the
> >      sources.  Is my memory correct?  Was this a deliberate change?
> >
> > This was a deliberate change, the total count remains for the Podcast
> > source and for playlists.
> OK, then I'll ask the obvious question:  Why?  Source total is useful
> information to have at a glance (I realize that it's still available in
> the status bar, but only when the source is selected).  It makes it easy
> to see if a drag and drop to a device got all the songs, or to see
> approximately how much of my library is on a device, etc.  It doesn't
> clutter the interface, since, as you point out, it's still there for
> podcasts and playlists.  I suppose I could make a smart playlist of my
> whole library so that I'd always have the total in the source panel, but
> shouldn't the previous behavior at least be available as an option in
> the preferences?  Thanks,
>
> Todd Wilson
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