I was wondering if any suggestions for the Home menu of SC7 might be acceptable. I'm sorry if it's all been gone though before and is a done deal.
Generally i think that too much functionality is being added to the home page ansd that what was once a clear, simple and user friendly page is now becoming increasingly complicated and confused. The original clarity is being compromised. An original thrust of the SC7 skin seemed to be to create a simple and intuitive user interface whilst retaining the powerful functionality and configurability of the application. This was achieved by ensuring grouping "power-user" configuration options in menus that the less technically adept users might not ever need to access. I'm mainly speaking about the addition of the OPML browser amd the direct editing of Favorites. Both functions are too confusing and unwieldy for the home page, the OPML browser especially. What is an OPML? I know but would anyone who uses Windows in default mode (i.e. not showing file extensions)? Add to this the fact that you can't browse for them and I have no idea what sort of path to put in to locate them makes this function of dubious value for your average user on a Windows machine. I feel that this functionality, if included, needs a fair bit more thought, especially with respect to the "average" expected user. Editing of Favorites, whilst a necessity in my opinion does not sit well on the home page. You can't edit any other function on the home page like this so the edit icon on the Favorite title is unexpected and very easy to miss. Again, I think this editing functionlity is best kept in Extras. I edit other stuff of a very similar nature (like AlienBBC menus) from Extras and would expect to find the Favorites editing facility in the same place. In the name of simplicity and clarity (and for the expected new users) I feel that if there was to be any editing possible directly from the home page it ought to extend only as far as drag and drop of menu items, allowing the re-ordering of items. And, although I'd personally like this I'm not dead certain that it's a good idea generally and that perhaps it might be best if all editing of items on the home page was confined to Extras (perhaps in the same way as it is possible to configure the Remote menus, but with drag and drop of course). ------------------------------------------------- Two minor things: 1) Is drag and drop going to be implemented on the Remote menus? 2) I'd be happier if Favorites.opml got saved in my Preferences folder. Currently mine is being saved under my Cache.. so if I delete it I loose my Favorites (I know it "should" be saved in Playlists.. and I can't see why it hasn't, as my playlist folder is writeable, but this seems the wrong place too). MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter > Bryston 4B ST > PMC OB1s SB3 > NAIM NAC 102 + HICAP > NAIM NAP 180 > Shahinian Arcs http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37848 _______________________________________________ beta mailing list beta@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/beta
