Thoughts on these ideas? On 08/22/2016 12:17 PM, Be wrote: > I think we have been too constrained in our thinking by the old library > design. We're too accustomed to everything being controlled from the > left side of the library area. Having all the controls affecting each > feature within their own feature area would me more intuitive. It will > require a small bit of adjustment for current users, but I think they > will quickly get used to it and like it. > > On 08/22/2016 12:04 PM, Be wrote: >> (I forgot to reply list before, but fortunately this actually succeeded >> in breaking the super deep thread display in Thunderbird for me). >> >> Come to think of it, without the feature icon list taking up horizontal >> space, I think we could afford to have a LibrarySidebarExpanded adjacent >> to each track table! >> >> On 08/22/2016 12:01 PM, Be wrote: >>> On 08/22/2016 11:35 AM, Daniel Schürmann wrote: >>>> >>>> Am 22.08.2016 3:44 nachm. schrieb "Be" <b...@gmx.com >>>> <mailto:b...@gmx.com>>: >>>> >>>>> There are two problems with this: >>>>> 1. If Auto DJ is open in the right track table, there is a spatial >>>>> disconnect between the open feature and where the user has to click to >>>>> access its LibrarySidebarExpanded. >>>>> 2. The feature icon bar is relatively cluttered. To open the >>>>> LibrarySidebarExpanded with your proposal requires searching through >>>>> many different icons to find the desired one and understanding where it >>>>> would open a track table if it would change the open track tables. >>>> >>>> Yes, this bugs me as well. The button bar was introduced to avoid >>>> scrolling when changing features. But we get not entirely rid of it. We >>>> have discussed to introduce a fly out menu or customizable sorting, but >>>> no idea has become real by now. >>>> >>> >>> Oh! Now I understand how a fly out menu could work: to replace the >>> feature icon bar entirely. Clicking and releasing the breadcrumb icon >>> would change LibrarySidebarExpanded to show the current track table's >>> feature. Clicking and holding the breadcrumb icon would bring up a menu >>> like the current feature icons list. This would make our differences >>> about focusing track table panes moot because different features would >>> be opened directly on the track table they change. >>> >>>>> Having an icon on the track tables for this will solve both issues. >>>> >>>> Good idea! We have actually an icon for it: The breadcrumb icon. It >>>> should be somehow natural for this feature because it matches the button >>>> bar icon. >>>> >>> >>> I was thinking of using the new focus button for this, but I'm liking >>> the idea outlined above better. >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > 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 >
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