aubuti;319755 Wrote:
> 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?
I think the more fundamental issue is having a button labelled to do
one thing but actually do the opposite. Few context-driven interfaces
have such a thing - they resort to more generic labels to prevent
confusing users.
aubuti;319755 Wrote:
> 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....
True, I'm one of them. It's an interesting one; ask anybody to explain
what they expect the play button to do and you'll probably only get one
answer ("um, play?"), and yet we find ourselves drawn to that button
when we find a song to append to the playlist. Personally, I think
what's missing here is a "Party Mode" that makes the button act like
the plus button. Changing the action, certainly, but at least it's not
doing the opposite. ;-)
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