PictureFlow shortcut in Main Menu

[MajiKool Dragonâ„¢]

grouping of like items.

[JdGordon]

this is a stupid argument that will never get anywhere... The entire menu system is arbitrary and really the only way to do it properly is to make it customizable (which I might add is very technically doable.

I find the argument against it (support nightmare) to be selfish and condecsending to the people who would use it. I also think the argument that its a slippery slope to full button/everything customization is 100% accurate but completely acceptable (I mean whats so bad about having that customisation ability?)

[MajiKool Dragonâ„¢]

thank you for that. 

maybe now a customizable main menu will get somewhere.

[JdGordon]

you didnt read it wont get anywhere because the majority of devs dont want it, and I have no intention of wasting my time on it (even if its something I would like) because I cant be bothered with the headache that comes with trying to get unwanted features in

[Llorean]

grouping of like items.

Why should like items be grouped? That removes the organization of "most used near the top" and replaces it with a non-functional organization. It's not like the list is too long to find things in.

I find the argument against it (support nightmare) to be selfish and condecsending to the people who would use it.

And of course it's not selfish or condescending at all to claim the people who'd have to support it shouldn't be allowed to voice their opinions on the matter. The people who would use it could always roll custom builds so that they know they're not receiving support here - hey, everyone wins with that.

[Riven]

We already have a shortcuts "feature", in a sense. Why not have a "Shortcuts" option in the main menu that takes the user to a list of shortcuts. These could be links to other menus, links to folders, or what not. Everything under "Shortcuts" is essentially a custom menu (mostly constructed by use of shortcut files, and possible folders of shortcut files to represent nested menus) but no customization outside of that?

Exactly. How can this simple feature of putting the shortcuts.link (and it alone!) to the main menu cause any "support nightmares" whatsoever? The feature HAS already been there, but it's less accesible.

There are two simple things to be done - adding the Shortcuts list to the main menu and making each shortcut run the selected option straight away (not directing to the file location, which forces the user to double click).

I understand the objections to the ability of removing main menu items (although I can't imagine how the option of changing their order would cause any troubles), but this has nothing to do with menu customization...

To the powers that be - please consider this.

Rockbox is awesome as it is and this is one of the last things I can come up with as for the improvement of the GUI. Last but not least.