Re: swap right/play for single item?

dean blackketter <dean-qV/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.music.equipment.slimp3.dev
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>

> 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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