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Instant Delete

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Grafthos:
Hello,


I am a loyal Rockbox follower.  I have been quietly using Rockbox since it's inception and I would like to start off by saying that you people who work hard for this free service don't get enough credit.

So thank you.   My hat's off to you.  You will receive a sizeable donation within the week via your donate button.


I would like to make a very serious request.  I have pondered for a while now on whether to register to ask or not and I have finally made up my mind to give it a try.


I am here to request the instant delete feature as well because I have been spending a LOT of time previewing songs for deletion.  I typically only keep 1 or 2 songs out of every 100 or more that I delete.  What's left over in the memory card is what goes into my perma-keep folder.  I'm not one to throw entire albums into my player and I suspect neither are a lot of other users.

I am a busy man and spend considerable time on the road.  Furthermore, when I am Rockbox-ing at work, I do not wish to insult my co-workers by always going for my Player to delete and skip to the next song so I'm at a loss on this deal.

Rather than hinder work, my mp3 player stays in my desk.  I would rather quietly reach into my pocket and snag the "record" (delete & next track) button without distracting anyone.

I feel that a small plug-in that can use the record button on many players as a delete-and-advance-to-the-next-track "button" would be a life changing feature for me and would make my life a WHOLE lot easier.

I also feel that many others feel the same way because when we sample a large selection of mp3s many of us want to preview them and sort first.  This would make it possible to use while driving because you won't have to glance down at the screen while on the road.

I also feel that the record button would make an excelent choice because hardly anyone uses the record feature anyway.  And with a plug-in they can choose to use this on their own.  The record button is very small and hard to press so it would limit accidental presses, but again, the choice would be up to the user.

My co-workers will also thank you if you decide to implement this feature.

I sincerely hope so.


Thank you from myself and my team and congratulations on a job well done, guys.

Feel free to contact me on my personal email.


Thanks!

MatthewP:
I also think this is a really useful feature.

Chronon:
It seems that the plugin can set a button to set or unset a flag.  At the end of each track read the state of the flag and delete the track or don't, as the case may be.  Mapping available buttons to playback functions might be nice too.  Then you could flag and then skip track to quickly get rid of an unwanted track.

Grafthos:
I delete the vast majority of songs from my player.  I believe I am speaking for a small group of similar users who like to organize and sort a lot.

I am patiently awaiting a reply from the devs or moderators to see what they have to say.

While I am here I will also paroose over to the bugfix section to do my duty and report a bug.

Again, job well done guys.  I would not be opposed to placing a large magnetic logo on my new truck if it would help from a business standpoint.

again, feel free to contact me via my personal email.

saratoga:
I think you can already do this on most players by setting delete as your hot key function, at least on the sansa e200.

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