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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Option rework (was: Re: my next crazy idea... rework the menusystem)Re: Option rework (was: Re: my next crazy idea... rework the menusystem)
From: Paul Louden <paulthenerd_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 11:20:01 -0500 I think most things you've mentioned as possibly going in a quick settings menu actually fit better in the Context Menu (and in fact several of them already are). On 8/23/06, Simon M. <simon.me_at_gmail.com> wrote: > > I agree with completely with XavierGr, rockbox menus are great as they > are and don't need a complete rework. > A few settings that you only set once (beep volume, anti skip buffer, > battery...) should be put further down,. Other options, that toggle > functions, for instance crossfade, eq, replaygain, _sleeptimer_, > tagcache, should be easy to reach. > But these are only minor optimisations, I don't feel the menus are > unorganized. > > As I am writing this, I have a new idea: > I think it would be nice to have shortcut menu where you can toggle > features of rockbox on and of: crossfeed, replaygain, crossfade, eq, > shuffle, repeat, party mode, file view, sleep timer (not a toggle but > i'd like it there)... In the best case scenario you would only need > the toggle menu regularily, once you have configured the other options > in general settings. > > In the menu root we would have something like: > ... > quick settings > general configuration > ... > > > This is not the same as the quickmenu that is already there, because > this could contain every setting that you use to "turn someting on". > Options in the this "quick settings" menu should still be duplicated > in the general settings menu, because most of us are trained to go > deep inside the menus automatically to set a regular used feature and > I would like to have structure where you can reach every setting that > is settable. > > having an "advanced" menu entry would complicate things, because I > know that I would search the wrong menu tree every time for things I > don't use often .It is likely that there are settings in the simple > menu that I never use. > > -- > Rincewind > Received on 2006-08-23 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |