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The current user interface has become so cluttered that nothing is intuitive,
Rather than making the user manual even longer to explain everything clearly, I recommend a radical simplification of the user interface so that it is far easier to just playback songs via track, album, genre, or other simple tag. Place all other functions behind the appropriate menu that a user can avoid to just play songs.
A typical user interface test is to hand a device to a profient tech user who is unfamiliar with your device, and see if they can figure out how to do simple things without reading a manual. I love the intent and performance of rockbox, but the current user interface fails this basic test.
If Rockbox is content with the current number of users and new users are not a priority, then there is no need to do this, but this would be vey helpful in attracting new users.
thanks for considering this.
I'm curious what things aren't behind menus that are making it have overwhelmingly too many options. If you start the player, you'll find the choice to browse the file browser or database, either of which leads to your songs. You'll also find options to get to the menus where the settings are. Isn't this having the remainder of options behind appropriate menus?It's not like the player starts into a huge list of every possible setting.
The *only* thing I think is worth talking about is renaming the "database" menu item so techno-drongos undestand what it is
My preference for it, if it were to be renamed, is "Library" since that's in line with some other programs, and also doesn't limit it by using the terms 'music' or 'audio' so it shouldn't need to be renamed if video or other media gets included in the future.
It may not be for you, but for a lot of our users used to other systems it probably is.
_If_ we rename the Database to Library people will also expect to see videos in there, and other file types that are handled by viewer plugins. Until the Database can also index those files calling it "Library" seems wrong (and misleading) to me.
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