Re: [Muine] Updated groups proposal

[Jorn Baayen <jbaayen gnome org>]

Hey,

> > (Though, I don't think we should have "total playtime of XX minutes"
> > here, because groups are just groups of music, not ordered, and
> > therefore having a total playtime wouldnt really make sense, either .. )
> 
> It would not directly make sense, but the total playtime is always the 
> same, no matter how the group is ordered. But I believe I have an idea 
> how to get user feedback on this. See below.

Well, I still think it doesn't really make sense, because when we fill
the playlist with songs from a group, some songs might be played more
than once due to their popularity. This kind of renders the total
playtime useless in this case.

> >>>- I added a button in the main UI to open the "playlist filling" stuff.
> >>>Not quite happy with this yet ...
> >>
> >>I feel the same too, but it seems this is currently the best solution.
> >>Perhaps users will come up with a better one once it in place.
> 
> Well, it seems there are some issues of which we are not really certain 
> on how to solve them. My best guess is to let the users tell us. Perhaps 
> it is an idea to provide a short questionnaire on the website with the 
> new release, in which the user can answer some questions related to the 
> design issues we stumbled on.
> 
> Such a survey shouldn't be forced, thus I believe best the way to 
> mention it, is by using the Help menu. Adding something like "Make Muine 
> Better" would do the trick. Also have it mentioned on the site and in 
> the release notes. The users who care about this will probably find it 
> by these ways.
> 
> I'll volunteer for this task if everyone else also thinks this is a good 
> idea. (I like usability testing ;)

Good idea! Would be cool if you could take this on. :)


Jorn