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new tag on the tracker... FS#9477

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JdGordon:
I had a bit of fun with the %mv tag so I thought I'd go one better and let you setup proper view modes (like what the sansa OF does)

the basic jist of it is %?mo<one|two|three> will display one untill browse is pressed, then two, then three when browse is pressed again, then back to one.

go nuts and put up some nice WPS' so we have examples when/if its commited

JdGordon:
really? no comments? not even the themers want this!?

audio-i:
I would have liked to actually use this before my comment, but since I'll probably only be able to try it until next weekend or so, I just wanted to say that it looks like this is THE wps feature... seriously! If I'm getting it right, combining conditional viewports, it will allow to make themes so flexible, that with just one click you'll be able to actually make the whole wps change, something like the "hold conditional" trick, but more powerful, because you keep the freedom of being able to use all the buttons normally.

This opens new possibilities for creativity, but just to mention a simple idea that comes to mind quickly, I'd really like to make a personal wps that would have an "ultra clean" look, without losing access to very complete - and nicely displayed (graphically) - information.  So the main view mode would just have huge album art, perhaps a discrete progress bar, title and artist names in big fonts (I'd also use the %mv volume tag there!); in a second view mode I'd display graphically things like repeat and shuffle modes, battery, next song info, even song rating, replaygain or crossfade mode... Now, some things mentioned for the second view mode are quite important, a "must" for many people, so why leaving them out of the first view mode... but hey, after all, they'll be just one click away!  ;)

JdGordon:
yeah, seems its just you and I that like the idea though....
The idea of the wps being able to steal a button is not sitting well with pretty much everyone, so 1 proposal is to have a setting which would disable the tag by default, people wanting to use the tag would need to enable the setting manually. So i'll do this at the end of the week and see if there is any support, otherwise it will stay on the tracker for eternity :p

yapper:
Couldn't it 'share' the button (long Select on my iPod) currently used to access the screen that shows Repeat/Shuffle/File settings?

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