Re: swap right/play for single item?

>  >
>>  The second issue is: when you tell it to play a song, should it then
>>  just stop?  Or should it continue on?  I think that the current
>>  solution is probably counter-intuitive, that if you chose an
>>  individual song to play then you should just play that song and not
>>  all the other songs "around" it.  If you want to play the whole
>>  album, then press left to display the album and then press play to
>>  play the album.
>
>Should we just have an explicit "play once/repeat forever" toggle
>for this?  Seems to be standard with most other MP3 players.

Yes.  How about the ENTER button?

>  >
>>  So, my answer, I guess is:  Unless we see that new users (and there
>>  will be lots of them, right?) find the current solution confusing, we
>  > should try to re-train the few, smart and brave existing users to use
>  > what's best for the majority in the long run.
>
>Having worked with helping a new user understand the interface, I
>can offer one anecdotal data point:  using "right == play" is
>confusing.

I think that's the consensus, so far.


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