Greg Klanderman Wrote: > Julian, > > There's some related discussion in bug 616, though maybe it should be > forked off as a separate bug: > > http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=616 > > I'm not sure I fully understand your problem however. I think what > you're saying is that when browsing artists, it is confusing because > the displayed strings look out of order at first glance: > > Beatles > James Brown > Buffalo Tom > > until you identify which are people's names and identify the last > name. > > But then you state: > > > I think I underestimated the extent to which I used the physical cue > > from the CD spines when I browsed my CDs in my CD racks. > > I don't know about your CDs, but on mine the artist names are written > just as above, and I sort them on my shelf just as the SB does. > > Of course if we did have an intermediate "display name" you could > choose to set yours to "LAST, FIRST". > > greg Thanks for the info re bug 616, I'll go and have a look at that.
To clear up your confusion, your initial understanding of my dilema is correct. When I said that I under estimated the visual cues I got from my CD rack I wasn't talking about what is written on the spines. The human brain is a wonderous thing (yes, even mine on a good day!) and very subtle cues like the exact colour(s) on the spine combined with the typeface and whether the writing on the spine takes up 2 inches or 4 inches. Possibly even more powerful are "meta-patterns" created by the group of 8 Bowie albums next to each other that give a hint that the CDs 12 inches below the "David Bowie block" are Lloyd Cole, or at least an artist beginning with C. Finally there is also muscle memory in play, e.g. I am currently programmed that to get to my Iggy Pop albums I need to kneel on the floor to get to the bottom shelf. It is far easier for the brain to quickly and unconciously process these sorts of rich visual and physical cues rather than instantly interpret a fresh jumble of letters on a screen when you've just scrolled down a listing. - Julian -- JulianL _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
