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[Sansa Clip+] A better shortcut to return to WPS
JdGordon:
it is all targets.
mfe555:
So I would like to make the following proposal. As this is not limited to Sansa and is no longer only about "a shortcut to WPS", I will post it in a thread of its own after the moderators’ feedback:
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Better handling of "home" in the menu (making it easier to go to the WPS)
Currently pressing "home" in the menu executes "GO_TO_PREVIOUS" which takes you back to where you have just been. If you have been browsing the menu, it toggles between the two recent menu levels which is probably not the most useful function.
Some users would like to have a shortcut for going to the WPS. This has been discussed for Sansa Clip where it is quite annoying that, after activating the file list by pressing "select", the only way of returning to the WPS without interrupting the song being played is to go to the menu and select "Now playing". In the Sansa OF, pressing "home" twice takes you to the WPS. This could be achieved in rockbox as well by changing the function of "home" in the menu.
My proposal:
Pressing "home" in the menu changes to
* the WPS
* radio mode
* recording modedepending on which of these was active before entering the menu, or before entering the file list and then changing to the menu.
From the file list, pressing "home" twice would now take you first to the menu, then to the WPS.
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Before opening a new thread I would like to know if my description, especially of "GO_TO_PREVIOUS", is correct and whether “Feature Ideas†is the right place for it. Other feedback is appreciated as well.
JdGordon:
you're missing the fundamental point though that the menu button *by design* takes you back to where you were. This is what we want.
Yes the clip+ is badly short on keys but we wont be changing the ui for every target because of it.
Llorean:
--- Quote --- the only way of returning to the WPS without interrupting the song being played is to go to the menu and select "Now playing".
--- End quote ---
This is completely incorrect. There's also already a simple two-button combo on the Clip+ that returns you to the WPS and resumes playback if stopped.
Also, on nearly every other player there is a single-button way to return to the WPS. This is mainly a problem with a very small subset of players (in fact it may only be the Clip and Clip+) because they require the use of the Play/Pause button as a navigation button in lists. On players where the Play/Pause button is free in the lists, it functions as a single-button resume playback.
mfe555:
--- Quote from: JdGordon on September 18, 2011, 09:29:20 AM ---the menu button *by design* takes you back to where you were. This is what we want.
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Yes, this makes sense. It's what I want as well. The question is about taking you back to where you were when: back to where you were a second ago (there you can go again easily using the normal menu navigation) - or back to where you were before entering the menu.
Post Merge: September 18, 2011, 11:06:36 AM
--- Quote from: Llorean on September 18, 2011, 10:56:53 AM ---Also, on nearly every other player there is a single-button way to return to the WPS. This is mainly a problem with a very small subset of players (in fact it may only be the Clip and Clip+) because they require the use of the Play/Pause button as a navigation button in lists. On players where the Play/Pause button is free in the lists, it functions as a single-button resume playback.
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I see. I will no longer propose to change this in general, but for the Clip series it would be really nice.
I know that mimicking the OF behaviour is not the concept of rockbox, but in this case I think many users would appreciate to have the similar behaviour.
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