Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Interface ideas

[Christophe Fergeau <teuf gnome org>]

Le lundi 18 avril 2005 à 18:33 +0300, Juha Sorensen a écrit :
> On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 23:49 +1000, James Livingston wrote:
> > I think this sounds like a good plan, because it makes the queue-source
> > what it really is a "slightly magical" playlist.
> 
> On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 17:24 +0200, Christophe Fergeau wrote: 
> > Do we need a totally new play queue source, or would some tweaks of the
> > current playlist source be enough? This is what I'm wondering at the
> > moment...
> 
> In my opinion, treating the queue a playlist in any way is wrong. While
> from a programming standpoint, it might be advantageous to implement the
> queue as a playlist, it doesnt make sense for the user interface. When I
> think of a queue in music software, I see it as something that, as long
> as there are items in it, supercedes the current source, whether that be
> a playlist, shoutcast stream, or the library, not as a source in
> itself. 

I'm not following you there... When I say "tweaks of the current
playlist source", I'm talking about changes UI-wise and behaviour-wise,
ie what you are expecting from a "queue" could be such a tweak. And I'm
not saying the queue should be a playlist exactly like the others, I'm
wondering if it could be made to behave mostly like a playlist. 

> 
> I like what Jonathan is proposing. I just hope that the queue
> functionality is not tied to a playlist source. The "remove played
> entries" type playlist is a neat feature I'm sure many will find use
> for, and IMO is worth implementing. 

Once again, why is it so neat and useful? I'm not against that, I'm just
asking you to convince me. I already mentioned 1 drawback removing songs
from the queue would have, and this is the 3rd time I ask for specific
reasons why removing songs from the queue would be useful without
getting 1 (even bad) reason. So why?

Christophe