Re: [slim] The Play button

This is a very interesting thread. The first post said that holding the play button cleared the playlist. And subsequent ones confirmed: Press *PLAY* to clear the Now Playing list and start playing the track/album you selected. This doesn't happen with my remote. If I'm playing from a

Re: [slim] The Play button

This is a very interesting thread. The first post said that holding the play button cleared the playlist. And subsequent ones confirmed: Press *PLAY* to clear the Now Playing list and start playing the track/album you selected. This doesn't happen with my remote! If I'm playing from a

Re: [slim] The Play button

Lefatshe;278568 Wrote: What I can't seem to find in the manual, or this thread, is how to clear the playlist with my remote. If you are looking at the Now playing screen, press Left so that you see the Now Playing home menu item. Press ADD. -kdf -- kdf

Re: [slim] The Play button

NWP;270179 Wrote: No, the add button adds a song to the end of a playlist. I am saying that the obvious intuitive function for the play button would be to add the song immediately after the current position in the playlist and begin to play it. Uh, the obvious intuitive function isn't

Re: [slim] The Play button

kolding;278580 Wrote: Uh, the obvious intuitive function isn't the same for everybody, apparently. For me, the obvious intuitive function is to start playing what you told it to play, not to do strange manipulations of a playlist. But that's just me. I think play should play. Agreed.

Re: [slim] The Play button

Thanks kdf and sean for acknowledging the learning curve for playlist = Now Playing, and therefore...as long as the screen is not NOW PLAYING then the ADD button can put albums and albums in genres to the end of the playlist, or be immediately shuffled into the mix, for an evening of fun!

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JimC;270196 Wrote: Obvious because...? Intuitive because...? The iPod, which is probably the best known digital music access interface in the world, doesn't work that way. Nor does iTunes, the most used music manager in the world. My car stereo, my CD player, my tape deck, my turntable,

Re: [slim] The Play button

JimC;270196 Wrote: From my personal point-of-view, I'd prefer to see Play/Pause function overloaded on a single button (because that how it's done on a huge number of devices), use ADD to put music in the Now Playing list, and have a Clear Now Playing list menu item. Of course, that will

Re: [slim] The Play button

NWP wrote: Why does the play button clear my playlist? If I wanted to clear my playlist I'd clear it myself. Why doesn't it just add the song after the current song in the playlist and play it? Wouldn't that make more sense? So what do I do if I want to play a song right now? Regards,

Re: [slim] The Play button

Hold down Add to add the songs as the next in the playlist. Then press forward. -- GoodVibrations GoodVibrations's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15333 View this thread:

Re: [slim] The Play button

Peter;270019 Wrote: NWP wrote: Why does the play button clear my playlist? If I wanted to clear my playlist I'd clear it myself. Why doesn't it just add the song after the current song in the playlist and play it? Wouldn't that make more sense? So what do I do if I want to

Re: [slim] The Play button

JimC;270154 Wrote: Read the manual? Shouldn't that be RTFM? - but then I guess you would have to lock the thread :-) -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk Patrick Dixon's Profile:

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Patrick Dixon;270158 Wrote: Shouldn't that be RTFM? - but then I guess you would have to lock the thread :-) Unless, of course, the F is for free. -- jeffmeh jeffmeh's Profile:

Re: [slim] The Play button

Michael Herger;269997 Wrote: Because that's what the Add button is for. No, the add button adds a song to the end of a playlist. I am saying that the obvious intuitive function for the play button would be to add the song immediately after the current position and begin to play it.

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NWP wrote: Michael Herger;269997 Wrote: Because that's what the Add button is for. No, the add button adds a song to the end of a playlist. I am saying that the obvious intuitive function for the play button would be to add the song immediately after the current position and

Re: [slim] The Play button

OK, so its add-and-hold to add after the next item, but the functionality is still there, Read some recent threads about party mode in which a similar request is discussed. There is a very simple change you can make to the key-mapping file if you feel so inclined. -- ceejay

Re: [slim] The Play button

NWP wrote: you could you possible release some sort of option patch that would the rest of us non-purists to have some reasonable functionality? Here we go again: non-purists, reasonable functionality and all just because people disagree with you... You can change the IR Default.map so

Re: [slim] The Play button

NWP;270179 Wrote: I am saying that the obvious intuitive function for the play button would be to add the song immediately after the current position in the playlist and begin to play it. Your obvious intuition must work differently than most. There's the 'party mode' idea, currently being

Re: [slim] The Play button

On 16-Feb-08, at 1:19 PM, NWP wrote: Working As Designed is really only a good response when ..it does. It's a simple fact. Design is a design and stating this is simply a fact, nothing more. The good new is, if you feel you need it to work differently, you are completely able to make it

Re: [slim] The Play button

Patrick Dixon;270158 Wrote: Shouldn't that be RTFM? - but then I guess you would have to lock the thread :-) Why on earth would saying Read The -Fine- Manual be a problem? -= Jim -- JimC well, she wasn't all of that, but she sure was some of that. -- BKlaas' college buddy

Re: [slim] The Play button

JJZolx;270186 Wrote: There's the 'party mode' idea, currently being debated in another thread and for the last several years. Essentially a concept that would lock the interface into working like that of a jukebox. It would keep anyone selecting songs from clearing the playlist. New

Re: [slim] The Play button

I am saying that the obvious intuitive function for the play button would be to add the song immediately after the current position in the playlist and begin to play it. Obvious because...? Intuitive because...? The iPod, which is probably the best known digital music access interface in

Re: [slim] The Play button

On 16-Feb-08, at 2:17 PM, NWP wrote: kdf;270188 Wrote: The good new is, if you feel you need it to work differently, you are completely able to make it happen. Create a copy of Default.map, calling it custom.map. Thank you for this. Will this work for the Slimserver web interface, or

Re: [slim] The Play button

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:17:27 -0800, NWP [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The method would still be the play button. The play button would play your choice immediately without the often unintended oh while I'm at it, I'm going to clear your entire playlist for you too effect. You want it to interrupt

Re: [slim] The Play button

Why does the play button clear my playlist? If I wanted to clear my playlist I'd clear it myself. Why doesn't it just add the song after the current song in the playlist and play it? Because that's what the Add button is for. Michael ___ discuss

[slim] The Play button

Why does the play button clear my playlist? If I wanted to clear my playlist I'd clear it myself. Why doesn't it just add the song after the current song in the playlist and play it? Wouldn't that make more sense? -- NWP