Re: [Usability] Menu item in SJ

[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On Feb 17, 2006, at 6:55 AM, Ross Burton wrote:
> ...
> Sound Juicer has a menu item which was labelled CD->Submit in 2.12, 
> and in 2.14 is labelled CD->Submit Track Names.
>
> Both of these are incorrect.  What the button *actually* does is open
> the relevant page on the MusicBrainz server for that CD, so if it 
> found a matching album you can edit the metadata if it is incorrect, 
> and if it wasn't found you get an import page.

That seems quite time-consuming. How does iTunes get away with not 
opening a Web page for its "Submit CD Track Names" item?

> The import could be submitting a new TOC (different releases often 
> have different TOCs) for an existing CD, or importing from FreeDB, or 
> entering the data from scratch.  When this is done the user can 
> re-read the CD in SJ and they'll get the new data.
>
> It's quite tricky to cover all of that in a single menu entry. Any
> suggestions?  CD->Edit Track Data is the best I can come up with.
> ...

"Contribute Track Names..."?

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