Re: [Rhythmbox-devel] Rhythmbox Breakdown #2

[Martin Jeppesen <d2xdt2 gmail com>]

> Once again the search box was brought up. As well as the usual
> discussion about a clear button, there were suggestions of removing it
> completely. While keeping the search box contents across session is bad
> because it confuses a lot of users, it was felt that emptying it when
> you look at a different source wasn't a good idea because it will change
> what is being played.

I have posted a enhancements bugs about this, both with detailed
information from the mailinglist.

No search entry
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=320937

This bug

Duration Info and Current Song Info in statusbar
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=320938

emphasizes the use of the statusbar, that the previous bug suggests.

> Paul Boyd sent a patch to the list implement a "repeat one song" play
> order, which prompted a short discussion on how to put this in the user
> interface. The current version adds a "Play Order" sub-menu to the
> control menu, which lets you access the new play order and all 7
> existing ones (only 4 of which you could get to before). Hopefully this
> will lead to people writing some new play orders, such as album-shuffle
> or ones based on suggestions from AudioScrobbler.

I would like to see this for 0.9.3 =)

> Support has also been added for using the year/date metadata from
> tracks. Rhythmbox uses the full date internally, but only the year is
> currently visible in the interface.

Does this mean that

Sort album lists by year
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=128155

is likely to be implanted (as default?) ?

> Bug 315389, add "Move to Trash" command:
> (http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=315389)

Perhaps it is off topic, but have it been considered to have an "Open
directory in Nautilus" feature?

Right now Rhythmbox only have a delete feature, which sort of stands
out, and that can hardly compete with a file manager like Nautilus.