simbo;319719 Wrote: > This is an example of what's called "negative affordance"; shattering a > user's expectations of what a button does by making it behave > differently under certain circumstances. It's also called context specificity, which is all around us (ATMs, popular software, etc.). The alternative is button/menu proliferation. Besides, how is having "+" popup a sub-menu under Now Playing, but adding tracks while browsing not behaving differently under certain circumstances?
simbo;319719 Wrote: > Don't have a problem with "Play" - does exactly what it says on the tin. Ah, but browse these forums and you'll find lots of people who have a problem with Play, because they expect it to add a track to the current playlist. Some folks get pretty agitated when it blows away the current playlist.... simbo;319719 Wrote: > Of course this is all very subjective. My expectations haven't been > shattered because I'm used to the old-style remotes. New users may find > this a little confusing though. agreed, but I agree with Peter that adding another menu layer would be even more confusing to new users, and cumbersome for experienced users. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49831 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
