> > Why can't slimserver be case insensitive? Seems easy > enough technology > > wise. > > and would you be happy if slimserver then chose Abba as the > standard display? > or should all artists be all caps so that you get ABBA no > matter what? Server > prefs perhaps, but then what if you have a mix? Do you want > to waste resources > having slimserver processing everything by looking it up from > cddb so that the > proper case is used? What is the point of tagging if the > server is expected to > twist it all magically into something that isn't in the tags? > > Why can't you fix your tags?
Naturally, I can fix my tags. If this fix made the server come to crawl then I'd say a) don't bother and b) what sort of funky design would really cause this to make the server slow down? Anyway, to answer the question as to the display--yeah, the display should show the artist as the file is tagged (mixed case). After all, it displays song titles etc. based on the song file. As for artist--and genre for that matter--these should not be case sensitive. That's just plain wrong as far as a usabilty standpoint. The fact that is is, is nothing to argue about. Is there some advantage from a usability standpoint that I'm missing? In fact, I'll bet that if the database only stored one case (so as to be not sensitive to case) it would actually IMPROVE the server performance. In the meantime, yeah, I'll go re-tag my files. Thanks, Phillip _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
