Thank you, Peter Schmidt, for your generosity. Does the playlist/library display need to be a display, or could it become a menu item. I personally rarely interact with this display.
At the risk starting another mock-up deluge, I'd like to re-enter my suggestion for how the queue feature might operate and look. http://php.internet.is/gleipnir/Jukebox.png Summary: 1) Source list is a menu item. 2) Area vacated by Source list becomes a Jukebox/Queue display, containing a scrolling, chronological list of past and future songs. The list of future songs is automatically kept full, taking into account shuffle/no-shuffle settings. User can influence future songs via drag-and-drop -- by re-ordering, removing and adding songs. I am very much looking forward to a queuing feature. It is "guaranteed to break the ice a parties." Gisli On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 23:06 -0500, Peter Schmidt wrote: > On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:30:10 +1000, Jonathan Matthew > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The queue display can be manually resized by dragging the handle > > separating it from the playlist/library display, the same way the > > browser panel can be resized. I don't think it's worthwhile trying to > > have it automatically resize itself. > > It shouldn't resize itself, but it should remember its size when it's > shown/hidden. And it should automatically show/hide when it's gets the > first entry or it gets empty. > > > I think the answer to all of these, as far as this approach is > > concerned, is to add another expander thing like the show/hide browser > > one in the same row as it, and have the queue expand above it, rather than > > below. Screenshots/mockups to follow, assuming I can get it to work. > > That sounds perfect. > > > I have to say that the 'queue is just another source' approach is > > looking better all the time, but we'll see how this one works out. > > I've watched a lot of non-experienced users use iTunes, which has the > Party Shuffle feature, which is practically the same, and I haven't > seen a single person EVER use the Party Shuffle. They just don't get > it. I think that having the queue in the main window is much easier to > understand for newbies. People that use MusicMatch Jukebox get it, and > it works in a similar way (although it's more of a playlist than a > queue, it still sits above the music library). > > And for more experienced users, it would save a lot of clicking back and > forth. > _______________________________________________ > rhythmbox-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel > _______________________________________________ rhythmbox-devel mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel
