Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Jukebox playlist

[David Hammerton <david craz net>]

See what I said about the way iTunes does it, pretty much what you are 
saying, although IMHO slightly better:

http://mail.gnome.org/archives/rhythmbox-devel/2004-May/msg00106.html

Perhaps in order to split the views, instead of having the 'dynamic 
playlist' always in another view, why not have the option of multiple 
views that you can attach any playlist/etc to?...  Though I don't think 
this is strictly necessary.

Cheers

David

On 18-May-04, at 10:46 AM, Dan8827 wrote:

> Colin Waters wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 2004-05-16 at 06:38, Jacob Emcken wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I don't really use playlists because I like just to listen to all my
> > > music and let Rhythmbox shuffle through it.
> >
> > Yeah, I think that's a really common use case for Rhythmbox.  More
> > common than I'd realized up until fairly recently.
> >
> > > I think it could be great to have some sort of jukebox playlist where
> > > you could drag songs to.
> >
> > So I'd been thinking recently about supporting this.  Here's a start,
> > just to get discussion going:
> >
> > http://web.rhythmbox.org/uidesign/
> >
> > I think the overall key idea is that I really like the browser
> > interface, and we should focus a lot on that.
> >
> > The proposal above leaves a lot out (including the search bar I just
> > noticed).
>
> So it appears that the "Next Song" area will drop down on a mouse click
> and reveal a list of songs?  Or can one only queue up one "Next Song"
> at a time?
>
> Assuming the former, it might be difficult to delete or reorder the 
> songs
> in the list.  Also, the list isn't visible.
>
> I'd propose something a little different.  Have a new type of Source
> called "Dynamic Playlist" or "DJ Mode" (or however we can describe
> what were talking about).  Selecting that Source changes the UI -
> it's similar to the "Library" mode, but now there is a new area,
> which a display similar to the Library, which sits below the
> Player Area and above the Browser.  (I'll call it the "Dynamic
> Playlist" for now).  This area starts off blank.  You then drag
> songs from the Library to the Dynamic Playlist.  Songs can be dragged
> around the Dynamic Playlist to re-order them.  A right click context
> menu allows deletion from the Playlist, as does the "Delete" key.
>
> The horizontal borders between the "Dynamic Playlist", "Browser"
> and "Library" are all adjustable.  (This might get crowded in smaller
> windows; I run RB full screen at 1600x1200, which might be part of
> the reason why this approach seems good to me....)
>
> Selecting items in the Browser still filters the Library, but does
> not affect the Playlist.  Other features might include a "Clear
> Playlist" and "Save Current Playlist" buttons/menu items.
>
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