I have now a Boom on my own again, that's great.
Having learnt to appreciate SaverSwitcher on my SB3 (alternating analog
VU and now playing.) 
I want to use it on the Boom to alternate Date and Now Playing. I have
a tendency to let the alarms play for too long, so a regular reminder
of the current time will help.

I also want to use the knob for volume at all times, and I can get this
from ContextMenu. I like very much the ability to navigate, do a long
press on the knob, see what's playing and rotate for volume, then press
again and get back to my original position in the navigation history.
The Boom has a small screen, I prefer saving potentially long treks
(wait for scrolling to kick-in to see the full item name) in the menu
hierarchy. 

There is an issue when using both, though:
- SaverSwitcher offers Jump to Now Playing. So when it kicks in, I
lose my position in the menu hierarchy when I press the knob a second
time to get out of Grandma mode.
- I hacked the plugin to allow "screensaver", which was aliased to
"playlist". In this case, I do not lose my position in the menu when I
come out of Grandma mode. But I need to press the knob as many times as
SaverSwitcher did alternate between Date and Now Playing.

Another minor issue is that entering Grandma mode now displays either
"now playing" or the current date, an info that has little relation
with music volume.

I like the idea of alternating Date and Now playing on the Boom. Is it
possible to do this in conjunction with Grandma mode ?
(I'm asking because I know anything is possible, here... I love very
much my setup as it is, anyway.)


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