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returning to "now playing" screen

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oayz:
Yes, Sansa is terrible in this regard - there is no single button possability to directly go to WPS. I think long LEFT would work here - this shouldn't intrefere with other players.

Having said this I do not understand why there is so much opposition to have timeout return to WPS. It's not about "my device does it" or "no it doesn't not". It's about "does it make sense" or "why would I rather prefer to stay in menu mode". Considering WPS is by far most useful mode of operation timeout does make sense IMHO.

Llorean:
First off, having "left" stop somewhere that's NOT the WPS is very helpful to blind users. If it didn't stop somewhere in the menu system, you could very easily accidentally "left" until you're rewinding or skipping to the previous task.

As for "not timing out", it's not an issue of "why would I prefer to stay in menu mode" it's "why would I want my MP3 player to do things when I'm not pressing buttons?" If it doesn't timeout, you know that whatever screen you left it on is what screen you'll return to. this is handy, again, if you're navigating blindly (either because you are blind, or because you just can't look right now) and something makes you stop for a few seconds/minutes. It's good to know that when you return, you don't have to know exactly how long you were gone to know what screen it will be in.

Is it really such an imposition to get back to the WPS?

pixelma:
Yes, it's quite inconvenient to have to resume through the menu instead of a single button press, especially when you are used to it from using other targets.

piggy/oayz:
Using "Left" and this only in the main menu is, as Llorean pointed out, very inconsistent and won't be a "one button resume" too unless you are already in the main menu. Besides, "Long Left/Right" is already taken for the forced horizontal scrolling (which makes sense).

If you take a look at the set of patches for the c200 keymap in the tracker task linked to earlier, you will find one patch which puts "Resume" on "Volume Up" and "Stop" on "Volume Down" which would work everywhere as on other targets - you will loose the ability to directly adjust volume in menu or browser but I think those where the only buttons to make at least some sense to put these functions on, otherwise a short press of "Rec" is still unused but it somehow feels awkward to use for this. I intend to commit bits of these patches soon (resume, virtual keyboard (without the "Page Flip" though but with additionally to the button changes enabled "Line Edit Mode" and one thing that's not in there but for consistency with other targets - WPS context menu on "Long Select"), will add a comment there soonish. I'd be happy if any of you could give a try and comment.

LinusN:
I wouldn't mind having such an option in Rockbox (go to the WPS after a timeout, if music is playing). I wouldn't use it myself, but it is an often requested feature, and I don't think it would be that hard to implement.

Just my .02

yapper:
Or something similar to the Start Screen choices - after timeout, go to X (WPS, Main Menu, etc)?

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