Re: [Usability] Some usability feedback

[Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net>]

On Fri, 2004-12-03 at 11:24 +0100, Reinout van Schouwen wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> 
> >> files here. So how is it *not logical* to start burning an audio CD when
> >> dragging these files to burn:/// or selecting a few and rightclick >
> >> burn to CD?
> >
> > Because burn:/// doesn't have any notions of order.
> 
> And that's exactly where I think "MrBurns" code could be adopted to make 
> the burn:/// location do a little bit more in a smarter way. You drag 
> audio files to it, you get a sorted/numbered list view, fully utilizing 
> id3/vorbis/playlist metadata when available. You drag data files to it, 
> you get the current behaviour. A combination of both renders a two-paned 
> view for audio and data tracks and gets you a mixed mode CD.

You're not looking for nautilus-cd-burner here, you're looking for
Coaster.

> > There are already a bunch of playlist formats which are usable. It all
> > depends on the requirements for such a playlist. The .pls format can
> > solve most of the needs of a movie player like Totem.
> 
> Well then, do you think you could separate Totem's playlist editor from 
> Totem, much like Epiphany's bookmark editor can be used without an 
> active Epiphany window? Or am I asking too much at once here? :-)

What for exactly?
The playlist parsing and saving code are already separated from the
playlist widget, and Rhythmbox uses that same code.

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Bastien Nocera <hadess hadess net> 
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