dsdreamer wrote: > @Triode, > > I really like the HD Grid skin for browsing my album library, and I can > get used to some of the setting menus being a grid instead of a linear > list, but I really dislike the current playlist being a grid. The > playlist is one place where a -list- is really called for in my opinion > because, well, it literally is a sequential list, unlike the album view > where, even though the items may be arranged alphabetically, I am really > searching -visually- for the cover art corresponding to an album I want > to hear. > > However, when in the playlist screen, I often want to quickly assess > where I am in the sequence of tracks, but with the current scheme, I > have to mentally translate a matrix address into a linear offset > ((current_row-1) * 6 +position_in_current_row). This arguably > constitutes "cognitive overload" as UI designers like to say, and at any > rate doesn't feel natural. Furthermore, when playing full albums, the > current playlist is typically filled with 12 to 18 repetitions of the > same album artwork, but the distinguishing details of each track are in > a small font that simply can't be read at a typical listening distance. > Hence, this concept doesn't really work practically as a 10 foot (3m) > interface, which I think is desirable since all the other screens do. > > I do like jivelite, and think the HD grid skin has a lot of merit. I > just wish I could have the old, list-style playlist screen back again, > combined with the benefits of selecting albums by artwork from a grid as > you currently have it.
Will look at this - grid view development really paused while I worked on squeezelite and waiting for feedback. Are there other screens which linear view makes more sense? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98156 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list unix@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
