>Playlist mode, not party mode, can be invoked dynamically via the add
>button, but not when it's disabled.
>
There's not much difference between the two modes, but what I meant was that
the normal behaviour is lost when someone presses add.
The wiki says:
Invoking Playlist Mode
Playlist mode is entered whenever the user hits the ADD (+) key on a
playable item.
It can also be invoked by going into Settings->Advanced->Playlist Mode
and toggling Playlist Mode to on.
I can't see how overloading the add button with a side-effect helps to solve
the original enhancement request. Guests will not know that they have to add a
track to the end of a playlist in order to enter playlist mode, and if you want
party mode, you still have to use the settings to invoke it. What's the
benefit of changing mode on the use of the add button?
It is also possible to turn back to normal mode by press-and-hold Add, which
usually adds songs after the currently playing track. So, in a party if
someone wanted to add a track to play next, this would turn off party mode, and
the next time something is played it would wipe the playlist.
>Custom map files are not applicable to the Controller UI, so not a
>viable solution for this.
>
Okay.
>Doing this as a plugin is a good idea, and I'll explore that as a
>possibility. For the record though, this feature change should be a
>miniscule effect on the memory footprint.
>
Maybe it is okay to leave as core functionality then.
>I just did a search in bugzilla for all bugs across all products ever
>opened with at least 30 votes.
>http://tinyurl.com/65fhp7
>note that the Party mode bug 8828 is the *top vote getter of all time*
>in our bug database.
>
37! Maybe they all went to the same party :-)
I've no doubt some people really want a party mode (not sure three modes
normal/playlist/party are required though). My main concern was the use of Add
to change the mode.
Thanks,
Phil
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