JJZolx wrote: > I'm trying this out right now. With long lists it's pretty slow, so I'm > not sure it's a workable alternative quite yet. On the client side I'm > using Chrome on Windows 7 Pro x64 on an i5-3750K with 16GB. Server is > running LMS 7.8.0 on W2k3 Server 32-bit on a dual-core Xeon with 4GB, > running from the perl code using ActiveState Perl 5.14.1. My library is > approximately 3100 albums, 37,500 tracks. > > BUGS (?): > > The playlist display always remains blank, although songs can be > added and played. -Edit: I just saw the posts above about synced > players. That was the case, although I almost always use synced players, > so this is a fairly critical bug.- > > > Under 'Currently Playing', only the Song tab displays anything, the > rest are blank. On the Song tab, the Artist line is always blank. >
This should be fixed in 0.6.7 JJZolx wrote: > > Information under the tabs when browsing into genres, albums, etc. is > often wrong (or seems wrong). It appears to remember/display the last > list shown. For instance, if I browse Albums, click an album, then go to > the Albums tab, it shows a list of albums for the last artist that I > browsed. Likewise, if I browse a genre, say Rock, it goes into a track > list of everything from Rock, but the Albums tab remains populated only > with albums from the artist last browsed. > The search result panels are independent from one another on purpose (unless you to a general search from the upper right search field), so they will keep the last search result. If you double-click an album in any panel, you'll get the tracks as the result of an search for this panel. If you want to see all albums for the artist on the track, double-click on a track in the result list, which will bring you to the album search results (for this artists). Double-clicking on a album here will again bring you to the tracks search result panel etc. JJZolx wrote: > > The Artists tab in the browse window is always empty. > Probably a timeout issue. I've increased it by 10sec. Next version will have such parameters configurable. JJZolx wrote: > > Under Music Library, when I scroll past the end of the Albums list > (sorted by artist), instead of stopping it circles around to albums from > near the end of the list (Tom Waits, fwiw). -Edit: I relaunched the > interface and this time it works correctly.- > Used to happen in earlier versions when I handled lists loaded on-demand differently. If it still happens, it's probably a bug in the underlying framework. If you find a reproducible test case, I can have another look at it. JJZolx wrote: > > I often get the track info pop-up while mousing the scroll bar in the > browse window. > Can't reproduce this - is your mouse cursor still on the scrollbar when this happens, or is it over the track? JJZolx wrote: > > The interface requires a window that is far too wide in order to > fully display all the player controls. It would be better to scale the > sliders according to window width, rather than hiding buttons. > There needs to be better way(s) to add music to the current playlist. > Again, requiring a window of a certain width in order to show the > Play/Add buttons is very cumbersome. A right-click context menu or else > hovering buttons might work. > Well, several people complained about this. Not that easy to fix, thought (see 'this post' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98186-Announce-Alternative-Web-Interface-(beta)&p=739944&viewfull=1#post739944) for details). Newer versions are slightly better. JJZolx wrote: > > Under Music Library, I find the drill-down aspect of the user > interface to be somewhat unintuitive, although I do see how it currently > works. Either a 'Back' button or maybe some kind of breadcrumbs would > make it easier and more obvious how to get back after drilling into a > level. > Not quite sure where the back button should take you, since usually there is a number of starting points JJZolx wrote: > > It might be helpful if mousing over a string in the browse window > could display a tooltip with the full string, for when the string is > truncated due to the window/column not being wide enough. Some delay > before doing this would be good. > In which lists? Why not just extend the column? JJZolx wrote: > > A 'Play Next' playlist control would be invaluable. > What should this do? There already is a "Play" and a "Next" button. JJZolx wrote: > > I can see little use for a track N of M slider. Wouldn't anyone > moving to a certain track in the playlist just use the vertical scroll > bar and then click the track? (I assume that's what you do, since I > can't see the current playlist.) > The main purpose of the slider is to show information (which track of how many is played). Since it's already there, I added the control function. JJZolx wrote: > > In the Albums lists, I'd prefer that the 'Compilation: Yes/No' line > not be displayed. It just makes the list busier and more difficult to > read. > > > I think most people would prefer album lists sorted by artist to be > sorted by artist/date/album, not artist/album. > > > When browsing Genres, I think most people would prefer to first see > either an album list sorted by artist, or else an artist list, not > tracks by title. > > > In track lists I find the pop-up artwork to be annoying. Perhaps you > could only have it pop-up when the mouse is hovering over the album > name? Or make the delay time longer before the cover is displayed. > Seems like I'm not "most people". You can already change the sort order and it will be remembered for the next search. I'll add some/all of this to the preferences as soon as they are available JJZolx wrote: > > The cover window doesn't need to move relative to the mouse position. > A helpful feature (ala LMS Default web UI) would be to allow the user to > click the cover and have it displayed in its own window. > Movement is switched off in 0.6.7. Since 0.6.6: Right-clicking on the cover of a track in the current playlist displays a menu listing all images (jpg,png) located in the same directory as the track. This is meant for showing booklets, band photographs etc. JJZolx wrote: > > I find it difficult to 'grab' column dividers that have an arrow next > to them in the browse window to resize columns. > Can't change anything about that, it's a build-in function of the GUI framework used. JJZolx wrote: > > Can the 'Selected Track' button be disabled if there's no selected > track, rather than displaying empty tabs? > Probably, but I don't quite see the point JJZolx wrote: > > If possible, you should add a browse Album Artists in addition to > Artists. Something sorely missing from LMS. > Not quite sure what you mean by that - the "All Artists" panel should already include all artists, as should the albums by artist. JJZolx wrote: > > As other's have mentioned, the ability to drag-and-drop a > genre/artist/album/track directly into the playlist would be a good > addition. > When moving tracks within the list fully works (v0.6.7 has a limited version), I'll have another look at this. 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