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Skip Next Song?
shoe:
I actually meant the Quick Menu, not the WPS Context Menu, sorry for the confusion there. That way to skip the next song, you would press a Long MENU, then SELECT.
Actually the "double click" idea is probably better, since the Quick Menu deals with settings, not actions.
GodEater:
--- Quote from: yegods on September 05, 2007, 07:27:16 PM ---
--- Quote ---I'll try to make a patch that uses SELECT from the WPS Context Menu (not used currently) to skip or remove the next track from the current playlist.
--- End quote ---
advocating my double-click patch... you could assign a double-click to the next track button to a "skip next track" feature.
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I thought your double click patch broke the skip to next album, "short click, long click" feature we already have ?
Wrathernaut:
I'm not sure about other players, but on the gigabeat, we have two volume controls, not including the remote. I'd willingly sacrifice the volume up or down on the main pad for this feature.
I clearly understand the point of avoiding feature bloat, but Shoe hit it dead on, that this would make the next song preview meaningful.
The reason I posted this here was to see if a feature like this existed, buried in there somewhere amongst Rockbox's many features.
When you keep the player in your car, you don't really spend a lot of time creating playlists for moods, and you're a little preoccupied.
Plus, two situations:
#1 - Song A is playing, you're not in the mood for B but are powerless to change it until A finishes. A finishes and you skip through B, C, D, E, F and G, until H gets up there, and is the right song for your mood, so you let it play.
#2 - Song A is playing, you are not in the mood for B, C, D, E, F or G, but during the 3-4 minutes you were checking the road, glancing at the player, and skipping each one. G came up and you let it stay in the next slot until it started.
#2 is clearly the winner. No mood-fulfilling music downtime, and you can pick when to be distracted by changing the song.
So maybe I will have to delve into the programming side of the Rockbox scene... But sometimes programmers aren't the best interface engineers, and vice versa. ???
Llorean:
So, you're suggesting we should add a feature that makes it more likely the user will look away from the road at his player, rather than depending on his ears?
Honestly, this is a minimal-use feature, and adds code complication and bloat to an already complex playback system. It's not a case of "interface engineering" it's a case of "There are disadvantages to adding any feature, and this one probably isn't worth the cost in added complexity."
yegods:
--- Quote ---I thought your double click patch broke the skip to next album, "short click, long click" feature we already have ?
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i fixed that. it doesn't interfere with that type of click detection anymore.
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