Philip Meyer;360695 Wrote: 
> 
> 
> 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.

SqueezeCenter doesn't need any more tricky overloaded button functions.
The default should be to offer this, clearly labeled, in the usual
settings locations in the normal UIs. If you want to tell power users
how they can tweak the button mappings, fine. But please don't make the
remote control behavior more complex!


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