I don't believe it ever worked in any of the places you've listed it as "not working".
That may well be true. Anyway, the way things are structured now, this is a little more problematic than before. Before the change, turning the player on I got to the file browser, where the quick menu works. Now, I'm in the main menu where it doesn't work. Ok, I probably was misled by the "playlist" entry in the main menu. The better way to my playlists seems to be via the "files" entry (file browser) That way, I can change my shuffle setting via the quick menu as usual. And it's just one click more than before.
I love to have the files and database on top level. It was quite a bit of clicking before to change from one mode to the other. So I am happy with the new structure over all, it's just hard to get used to it after years of using the old interface. I keep pressing the A-B button to get to the settings, finding myself in the main menu. Which is the new way to get to the settings anyway
Just a little more clicking. I guess we'd need more buttons on our DAPs, I can't figure out an over all superior solution. It seems it is not possible to have short ways to all three, settings menu, quick menu and switching from files to database and back.
As for the playlist vs files entry on top, I'd certainly prefer 1.) files 2.) database 3) bookmarks because I rarely use the bookmark stuff. All I really need is the resume function, but others will differ for sure. I'm quite sure I never used the more advanced bookmark function besides resume. Then again, it won't be too hard for me to scroll down one line to get to the files.
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