Philip Meyer;601293 Wrote: > I don't think it's insane. Certainly it would be nice to have a way > browsing only artists that have albums or all artists, or only > composers, or only orchestras, etc. But for almost all casual users, > this is not a problem at all. > Why do you see it a PROBLEM for your specific needs?
you're like an ostrich with its head in the sand. did you not read Jims post at the start of this thread? the one that i was thrilled to see? yes phil, YES i see it as a PROBLEM that you can't browse ONLY those things. we have a DB, why should we not leverage it? this whole argument of yours is just so baseless on its face; afterall you use custom browse exactly b/c you want these abilities but can't have them in the native app. why in gods name would you fight against them doing it better? and please don't keep short selling the so called "avg user." they would be happy to be able to do these things, if they only could. Philip Meyer;601293 Wrote: > Does it prevent you from playing something? Do you really need to do it > often? I didn't think that you personally ever used Browse Artists. in winamp i frequently switch between the two. is it really so odd that one would want to browse AA at some times, and all A at other times? i also frequently switch my many, many smartviews. Philip Meyer;601293 Wrote: > It is possible to configure the Artists list to show all artists, and > therefore would have all album artists in the list. and i repeat, i should not have to fool with options or settings or potentially trigger rescans to do any of this. PROBLEM. Philip Meyer;601293 Wrote: > it can be configured to hide a multitude of artists that mostly > otherwise clutter the list, and in most cases, most users prefer that, > in that they don't often Browse Artists to find a single obscure track > that happens to exist on one compilation album. Browsing artists isn't > really designed for that reason. and you got this view from what authority exactly? its amazing how b/c you think it so, then it must be so. it ain't so. say it isn't so phil! if people want to sort by artists or AA, that decision is theirs, not yours, and not SBS's. LET THE USER DECIDE! i have TONS of multiple artist albums, some are comps an some aren't. either way, i do, believe it or not, want to browse them when i feel like it, and i want to do so EASILY and ON THE FLY. we have a DB, lets leverage it. Philip Meyer;601293 Wrote: > That said, SBS is flexible enough to allow third-party plugins to access > the data, as it isn't held as "one master list", and thus different ways > of browsing can be provided. Custom Browse provides this. see previous post. Philip Meyer;601293 Wrote: > No it's not. The artists list is configurable, somewhat. You configure > what types of artists you want to see in the list, such that you don't > have to filter it every time you want to browse. > It has been designed for browsing a filtered set of albums. i.e. you > select an artist, and then see only albums relating to that artist. > For that reason, it's been designed to show only a list of artists that > have albums. all part of the problem. first of all you missed the point. the point is that in its default config, SBS will present ALL your library at once in AA form via those entry points. secondly, you simply unknowingly illustrated another problem, in that you have to mess with setting/options and rescans. btw, once you click an artist name, i don't care if it shows you only their albums they appear on, why would that bother me? but maybe i want to see just song titles instead, or years, song titles, etc... -- MrSinatra www.lion-radio.org using: sb2 & sbc (my home) / sbrec & ipeng (parents' home) - sbs 7.5.3b - win xp pro sp3 ie8 - p4(ht) 3.2ghz, 2gig ram - 1tb wd usb2 raid1 - d-link dir-655 - 45k+ mp3 ::VOTE FOR 'BUG 15604' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15604)!!!:: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84475 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
