TheLastMan wrote: > This alphabetic scroll bar is brilliant, and one of the main attractions > of the app. I really have no problem with it at all, but there you go - > we are all different!It is nice, but the the fact without use/motion it can > accidentally scroll off the screen, means if you do accidentally lose 'grip' of it as you move up/down/stop, you are left with a finger on a track and not scrolling any more. This is an unnecessary frustration.
I'd suggest an option to have the the scroll bar perminantly available down the right part of the screen. So rather than having to scroll to grab it, you can just place your finger where ever you like on it over the vertical range (or slide it) to get to your desired position. Want to get to the end of the list? At the moment you have to scroll, grab the scroll widget that's now appeared, and then drag it to the bottom. With my sugestion you'd just place your finger at the bottom of the scroll widget. Done! If you want to instead scroll through your music, just slide your finger up and down the scroll bar... Simple, quicker, easier. Surely that's what we want? By all means have an option to behave this alternative (simpler) way only if you want to dedicate a tiny part of the screen to constantly displayed scroll widgets. TheLastMan wrote: > Logitech's own app has a permanent scroll bar, try that.It does in deed, and > is simple and fool proof for it. It works 100% predictably for me. TheLastMan wrote: > I can see your point, but the current arrangement means less clutter on > the screen and less chance of accidentally pressing the wrong option.Agreed, > but with a large screen there's no reason not to offer option to immediately play, add to play list etc on each song. Again, an option to do this would be great and improve the speed of the app IMHO. > This is a great function I have not seen on the other SB apps, and I > don't find it tricky at all (I am right handed). Sure, part of the item > is obscured as you drag it but you can see the whole line move, so no > biggie. Perhaps you have big fingers or poor fine motor skills?Yes, it's one > of my main prerequisites for buying this SB controller! It's great you can pick up a song in your playlist and re-order it, but its not intuitive that you have to grab it by the far left of the line. I suspect the only reason this "magic area" exists is because "holding" a line (which you'd do for a drag'n'drop) opens up the sub options. I'd argue this isn't necessary, as you can get to the sub options (quicker) by clicking the arrow at the far right of the line. Personally I'd think the whole/majority of the line should work the same. ie: You should be able to drag an drop a song by grabbing hold of the line, and not just a magical area to the far left. My instinct is to grab the middle/end of the title... Which does not work of course. This is a minor thing though! > Really, what is this one about? At the moment it is a two click job and > you want to make it a one click job? Is that really so frustrating?Agreed, > it's minor, but I guess it's more of a general example. Given a bigger screen, there's more space available, so some of the main option currently tucked away in sub menus could be offered on each line. The most likely thing you want to do with a track in your playlist is:- a) Drag and drop it. (Which you can do) b) Play it now. (Single click) c) Remove it. To do (c) you have to hold the line, or click at the end of the line, and then you're presented with a screenful of options/information... In the middle of which is "X Remove from playlist". Simply pressed a dedicated X towards the end of the line would be nice. eg: I could remove 5 tracks in less than a second that way. > I use this on the tiniest Android touch screen phone and those extra > options would definitely create an issue with accidentally touching the > wrong option. For small phone use this app is laid out very well.Absoluetly > agreed, and that's why I mentioned at the start we're talking about a full size tablet. As I said previously, most of these are just (personal) annoyances/preferences, but (1) with the scroller widget really is painful for me. Just this evening, I was scrolling through a list of tracks, paused to see the list, and voila the widget was 'ungrasped', disappeared, an then as my finger is over a song I get the options appear for this track, which of course I don't want. Not only am I now in sub options I don't want to be in, but I've even lost widget that's now off the screen. Just have an option to leave a dedicated scroller on the right pllllllleeeeeeaaaasse! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NeilF's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13059 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97467 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
