Re: FS#9873 - Utilise buttons for playlisting

[Jonathan Gordon]

2009/3/6 Paul Louden <paulthen...@gmail.com>:
> Jonathan Gordon wrote:
>>
>> Technical reasons why my objection stands:
>> 1) the button isnt fully utilised, in the menu it does nothing.
>>
>
> And this can be fixed before the patch goes in. Nobody's saying it should go
> in without being fixed to do something everywhere (or at least, nobody
> should be0, we're just discussing whether "Insert" is appropriate for the
> filetree.
>>
>> 2) even in the browsers its not fully used. what happens when its
>> pressed on a .txt or .mpg?
>>
>
> What happens when "Play" is pressed when there's no resume data? When "Stop"
> is pressed when music is already stopped? What good to the "Insert" options
> do on filetypes that aren't music in the menu either? There are plenty of
> cases where buttons have jobs that don't do anything half, or any, of the
> time. Should we make "Stop" do something different if the music is already
> stopped?
>
>
pressing play will say "nothing to resume"... and its impossible to
get the insert options unless it actually is insertable.