Hi RAWRR, Thank you for your suggestions.
When you talk about the Browse PC view you refer to porting the the advantage of using folders elsewhere in the library. Do you mean by this adding also the folders feature to the current library and allowing the user to set the tracks on "virtual" folders only existing in Mixxx? Do you think it can be a bit confusing for the final user having also the Clementine look like sort (v.0.1.2)? I like your "lasso (rubber band) select in library" and it can be very useful also, the scrollbars "midi-scriptable" will be very useful but I think that it's beyond this project. I've been playing a bit with skins and I think that splitting the library view into a set of widgets can give the skin designer a lot of freedom. Currently the skin supports tags for *LibrarySidebar*, *SearchBox*, *CoverArt*, and the *Library* itself, in my opinion the State / Progress / Controls widget can also be separated (in a *LibraryControls* tag for example). To allow the skin designer to play with this we can separate the *LibrarySidebar* tag in different tags: *LibrarySidebarButtons* and *LibrarySidebarMenu*, the first one will contain the main buttons (Library, Notes, AutoDJ) and the second one will contain the sub-menus for every item (Library Tree (legacy), Crates, Playlists for the Library item). I like your colored line idea maybe we can allow the skin designer to set a border color when creating widget groups. What do you think about times? Will be enough time to do the rubber band select? What others think? I've added all of this to this bug thread ( https://bugs.launchpad.net/mixxx/+bug/986704) On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 at 09:45 <re-cy...@hushmail.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I keep track of my own bugs and those I subscribe to best, so here > are a few relevant ones juxtaposed with observations and > suggestions: > > - - Library view v0.1.2 - > > This more or less offers a solution to "request filter system in > browser on i.e. genre tag" > (https://bugs.launchpad.net/mixxx/+bug/671630). Great! Your designs > seem more or less satisfactory. > > - - Browse PC view v.0.3 - > > My concerns are: > > "option to subdivide Library tracks into virtual folders" > (https://bugs.launchpad.net/mixxx/+bug/1228789) > > and "Add Preview column in Browse, and External Libraries views" > (https://bugs.launchpad.net/mixxx/+bug/1160525) > > The arguments are provided at the bugs, but a synopsis is that I > strongly feel that large collections are well served by being > sorted into folders. My preference is to create folders by artist, > but others might prefer genre or something else. Browse view > currently allows a Mixxx user to browse their files by whatever > structure they have crafted in their local filesystem. > > I'm all for relegating the Browse view to an impromptu discovery > tool, but only if its current advantage of using folders is ported > elsewhere in the Library. > > Two more items: > > I'd like to ask what you think of "lasso (rubber band) select in > library" (https://bugs.launchpad.net/mixxx/+bug/1093598). For > adding swaths of tracks to either AutoDJ, Analyze, Playlists, or > Crates, rubberband select can't be beat, and is far and away > superior to ctrl+clicking groups of tracks. > > The other is "all scrollbars midi-scriptable" > (https://bugs.launchpad.net/mixxx/+bug/1463677). Many controllers > have a browse rotary dial with push toggle, for browsing libraries. > It only works currently in Mixxx if the user selects a track > explicitly, at which point the browse knob can do some scrolling. > It takes way too many steps to get to that function and making the > scrollbars scriptable would clean this up considerably. > > Lastly, I've looked over the entire proposal with an eye toward > eventual touch features, and really the only thing I can find that > might cause problems are Library view v0.2.0 (v0.1.1), wherein > right-clicking is discussed, an awkward requirement in touch > interfaces, but this is a larger issue throughout the project and > in this case there are alternative routes to the same result so it > should be ok. Other than this nitpick, I'm a little worried about > treeview at all for touch devices as treeviews typically favor > small (read: not finger size) controls for collapsing and expanding > the tree. This again is a problem which already exists (if it can > be agreed it is a problem at all) and not something Joan's proposal > introduces. Still, it ears mentioning that facility which relies on > treeview probably won't work elegantly for eventual touch workflow. > > The only aesthetic complaint I have is that subdividing the Library > into too many sections starts to look like some kind of fractal, > with smaller and smaller nested fields; it can devolve into a soup > of confusing rectangles. There needs to be a way that the hierarchy > of parents is unmistakable, in other words, what object on the left > is responsible for any given rectangle on the right. Perhaps a > color trace (a colored line) or shared highlight color, flowing > from a tab to its boxes? > > All in all, it looks like a solid apprehension of our needs, with > only a few loose ends. Thanks for the effort and vision, Joan! > > RAWRR > > > On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 06:59:12 -0100 "Daniel Schürmann" > <dasch...@mixxx.org> wrote: > >Hi skin artists, > > > >IMHO Joan's proposals, will work good together with various future > >Mixxx > >features. > >But how about the beauty? > > > >Are there special demands, he has to consider to work smoothly > >with all > >sorts of skins and design aspects? > > > >Which part might become an independent widget? > > > >If Mixxx will have a touch or a radio skin, will it still work? > > > >Does anyone have a cool idea to make the library look modern? > > > >Thank you for comments. > > > >Kind regards, Daniel > >Am 02.04.2016 6:35 nachm. schrieb "Joan Marcè i Igual" < > >j.marce.ig...@gmail.com>: > > > >> Hello, > >> I am Joan and I am currently at my third year of engineering in > >Computer > >> Science and Mechanical Engineering at UPC, Barcelona. > >> I applied for GSoC under Mixxx for a Library Layout Redesign. > >> The idea is to change the current Qt TreeView (at the left of > >the library) > >> to buttons at the left allowing more space in the view, change > >the playlist > >> view, change the current library view and (if there's enough > >time) add a > >> Browse PC view where the user can select songs directly from a > >PC folder. > >> The project will split developed in different releases with a > >new release > >> every two weeks. > >> You can see all the info in the proposal document ( > >> > >https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HaZ5s7PKmE73LacEGbxRJy9LIKi0ZFb > >Z-emdSQ1m68o/edit?usp=sharing). > >> Also I include the mock-up of the proposed redesign. > >> > >> I will be waiting your feedback. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Joan Marce > >> > >> > >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- > >------------- > >> Transform Data into Opportunity. > >> Accelerate data analysis in your applications with > >> Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. > >> Click to learn more. > >> http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785471&iu=/4140 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Get Mixxx, the #1 Free MP3 DJ Mixing software Today > >> http://mixxx.org > >> > >> > >> Mixxx-devel mailing list > >> Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel > >> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Charset: UTF8 > Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.com/verify > Version: Hush 3.0 > > wpwEAQMCAAYFAlcCG4EACgkQzo/Gj4mkNMytPwP/dwbpvJl6/xBOxB1husgfbviGW3ID > 4Ie2HSwQkqtSCi+cgAs46Da6OxKKrGF7lj9Nfs7Wq9X4jyldfj3bVc/zgW4H4HEtJczC > 2rflnObDnSiGRI83kjBiwMH59fbGOYZ2mDbA+4CLfbvnmiJGwydVUXmVQHRThSvx/cWG > Dt8Vg/c= > =zYTu > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
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