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shoe:
What is the point of being able to display the next track on the WPS?  The only reason I can think of, is that if you don't want to hear the next song, you can get ready to skip it when it comes on.  It seems like being able to see the next song isn't very useful without this new proposed feature, yet to display the next track info also adds code complication and bloat, but it was considered important enough to keep in the code.  Why not this change too?

Llorean:
Well, for one thing there's several other ways to change what you will here next (insert/queue next, play next to replace it entirely, skipping it by hand as the song ends, removing it from the playlist...) so I would challenge your statement that it's "not very useful" without this rather minimal addition.

As well, not all code bloat is equal. The WPS system is extensible, and viewing upcoming music is different from changing it. So you're basing your statement on somewhat fallacious arguments: That both are equally bloaty.

nls:
I think that an interface that binds 4 different actions to the same button is sort of confusing.
With the double click you would have:

Short click: skip to next track
Held down: seek
Short click, short click: remove next track from playlist
Short click, long click: skip to next directory (if applicable)

IMO that is too many.

yegods:

--- Quote ---Short click: skip to next track
Held down: seek
Short click, short click: remove next track from playlist
Short click, long click: skip to next directory (if applicable)

IMO that is too many.
--- End quote ---

you may be right.  but you could also argue that three actions is too many also.  or even two.  it all depends on the comfort level of the person using the interface with multiple different button presses.  if this were to go into the rockbox product software, i would say it should be at least be user configurable.

Llorean:
Rockbox is NOT a product. We state this frequently in these boards.

And the controls are intentionally not configurable, for a variety of reasons. If you disagree with this, you can come to the IRC channel and debate with the many people who feel they shouldn't be.

Two controls (tap vs hold) is almost certainly acceptable in most cases. I do feel that the existing short-long one causes some user difficulty (skipping a song, and then seeking in the next song for example, especially problematic with audiobooks: "Oh, this was the chapter before, I'm halfway through the NEXT one...") but adding two different double click actions (especially if someone's simply trying to skip two track) brings the controls from "a bit difficult" well into "unwieldy for casual users."

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