On Sun, 2005-09-25 at 07:38 +0200, Martin Jeppesen wrote: > They all have in common that the Source window is gone and replaced by > a combobox. One thing that will be an issue, is that the source list is now a tree. This gets used by daap shares, which have playlists under them, and ipod will work similarly in the future. This is also made more complicated by the fact that in the case of daap shares, the children aren't added until you click on the source for the first time. > The Show/Hide Browser toggle button is now a check box. Personally I think the disclosure triangle looks better than a checkbox; but the checkbox does have advantages, namely getting rid of a custom widget and being able to be put in places other than directly above the browsers. One other thing to consider is that it may not be obvious what the browsers are, without the Show/Hide disclosure above them. After going a few days deliberately not using the disclosure triangle, I find that I can live without it - I use the search box a bit more (when previously I had been using the browsers) and use the menu item other times. I would use it even less if we made it so that the search box could match multiple properties at the same time (bug 139196). > The Shuffle and Repeat check boxes are now a combobox, so all 7 play styles can > be listed. That looks good. We still have the issue of trying to think up meaningful names for all the play orders. The ones that exist currently are: linear (shuffle off, repeat off): Play tracks in order, once each linear-loop (shuffle off, repeat on): Play tracks in order, repeating shuffle (shuffle on, repeat off): Play tracks in shuffled order random: Play tracks randomly random-by-age: Play tracks randomly, with less recently played tracks played more often random-by-rating: Play tracks randomly, with more highly rated tracks played more often random-by-age-and-rating (shuffle on, repeat on): Play tracks randomly, with more highly rated and less recently tracks played more often Some other ones that have been suggested are: repeat-song: Play one song repeatedly random-album-linear: Play albums randomly, with tracks in order random-album-shuffle: Play albums randomly, with tracks shuffled <snip screenshots> The only other thing I would note, is that I think the status bar text would look better centred. Thanks for you suggestion, they're given me some food-for-though. James "Doc" Livingston -- >> After all, everybody's got a water buffalo. -- Ben Coleman > in their machine room. -- Nix with the candlestick.-- Christian Bauernfeind
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