I think this would be fine *if* there was an alternative way to filter album/song views.
I would expect by default to click an artist name no matter where it is presented, and see a list of all work they have been involved with. I'd expect to see a list of all albums, and underneath each album all songs that the contributor had any contributing role on. Follow the "All Songs" link in album context to show all songs for an artist. However, it would be useful to have a way of filtering/grouping/sorting by contributor role. e.g. Group by Contributor Role, would first show all Albums by the contributor (Artist, Band/Orchestra and Album Artist roles), then albums that the contributor has had a guest appearance on (Track Artist), then albums that the contributor composed o conducted on. i.e. the list of albums would be clearly sectioned with headers to show "Main Albums", "Guest Albums" (eg. compilation appearances), "Composer", "Conductor". Filter by Contributor Role could be provided to allow the user to choose a single section to show only main albums by that contributor, only guest albums, only albums they composed, conducted, etc, or All (default). Show All Songs link would then present the list of songs descending from all of the albums displayed in the filtered list. Perhaps a checkbox to toggle the display of each contributing role of interest, and this could be remembered for subsequent visits to album context for a chosen contributor. To me, that would be a much more consistent UI. _______________________________________________ beta mailing list beta@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/beta
