Hi,

Thanks for suggestions.

regards,

Sumesh.

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 10:09 PM, Albert Santoni <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Sumesh,
>
> Thanks for posting your proposal. I think it's far enough along that
> you should submit it formally through Melange, and should we have any
> comments or feedback, we'll contact you through Melange.
>
> Thanks again,
> Albert
>
> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Sumesh KS <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I updated draft proposal for "Advanced Library Search" and uploaded. Link is
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0Bzs8XKoC0mOIODU2ZWVkNzMtNjhhYS00YTFjLTkxMzctZTA1NmY2NTAxZjIy&hl=en&authkey=CPCs-PEM
>>
>> I like to get opinion about this proposal,
>>
>>
>> I am looking forward to hear opinion.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sumesh.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:13 AM, Sumesh KS <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Thanks ryan. I get your replay in IRC. but can't send reply due to
>>> some problem in internet connection. I will modify the proposal
>>> including details about search grammar. I already created a rough
>>> model about search grammar. i will send a new proposal after including
>>> these details. Thanks for your suggestions.
>>>
>>> Good night.
>>>
>>> regards,
>>>
>>> Sumesh.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:03 AM, RJ Ryan <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Hi Sumesh,
>>>> You asked on IRC, but I don't know if you got my responses, so I'm copying
>>>> them here for your and others' benefit:
>>>> First off, your proposal is nicely organized. I think it would be
>>>> stronger if you went into some more detail on what sort of
>>>> features you're going to put in your search grammar. For example,
>>>> you should explain what kind of operators you intend to support,
>>>> and how you think existing Mixxx features fit in with the
>>>> operators. This will help give us a sense that a) You have
>>>> thought about the project from both a technical and
>>>> user-interface point of view and b) You have some familiarity
>>>> with Mixxx, what it is for, and how our users use it.
>>>> I would suggest installing Mixxx and going through some online
>>>> guides on how to DJ, this will give you a sense of the pain
>>>> points that a novice user experiences when using Mixxx. I would
>>>> also suggest that you try to use Mixxx's library
>>>> extensively. Switch to Mixxx instead of your regular music player
>>>> for a day. Make sure to note all the ways in which the search
>>>> feature got in your way of using Mixxx. Since you are
>>>> re-designing search, it had better fix the problems you yourself
>>>> have with it :)  If you do this, make sure to write about these steps
>>>> you went through in your proposal.
>>>> How will your operators make it easy to condition on things like
>>>> BPM, or song key? How will you be able to condition on songs that
>>>> are in a given playlist or crate? How will people specify negations?
>>>> (i.e. show me songs that don't have "GAGA" in the title, or aren't
>>>> in my "Bad Music" crate)
>>>> The application is the chance to show us that you've thought
>>>> about the problem. My suggestion is to look at services that make
>>>> very good use of operators (GMail, Google Search) and see if you
>>>> can pick off any ideas and apply them to problems our users face
>>>> with Mixxx.
>>>> I personally think that a DJ could make very effective use of
>>>> GMail-style labels if crates worked that way.
>>>> Your proposal doesn't have to be a design document, so don't go
>>>> into deep technical/implementation detail. Stay high-level. It
>>>> would make the application stronger to show that you've
>>>> considered the user and how they will integrate your operator
>>>> language into their "DJ workflow" e.g. how they organize,
>>>> categorize, and filter through their music collections.
>>>> I hope this has helped. Please feel free to ask anything either
>>>> on IRC (rryan) or on mixxx-devel if you have more questions.
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> RJ Ryan
>>>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Sumesh KS <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I prepared a draft proposal for "Advanced Library Search" and uploaded.
>>>>> Link is
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0Bzs8XKoC0mOIZmI4MmJiMTYtZjUyYi00NTQwLTk0MDktOWM0ODA3MjU4MjEw&hl=en&authkey=CJWl-p4J
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is not a final one. I like to get opinion about this proposal,
>>>>> from project mentor and mixxx community.
>>>>>
>>>>> I am looking forward to hear opinion.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sumesh.
>>>>>
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