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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: menu reorganising discussionRe: menu reorganising discussion
From: Jonathan Gordon <jdgordy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 11:39:13 +1100 Marcs layout is good but I don't think goes far enough to fix the problems. 2008/10/30 pondlife <pondlife_at_ntlworld.com>: > OK - some input: - all IMHO: so without that disclaimer you usually talk in your dishonest opinion? :D > > 3) Maybe I'm misunderstanding rows 8-21 but why have the sound settings > moved under "playlist"? I don't understand why bass and eq should be in > different menus, for example. (Also, I believe that on some targets they > affect radio output too, not playlist related.) Those are settings which change the sound that is playing *now* (not always true, but generally.. i.e if your listening to the fm then most are ignored anyway, but in all honesty, fm is a minor function). crossfeed, eq, replaygain (and dithering maybe if i knew what it was) should not be here (because these shold be settings which change based on your headphones, not the current track.. apparently though users do change these often though!?). crossfade though should be here because I could see that some people would enable it for cd/random only and some would only use it the other way, or sometimes based on what playlist they have loaded. I think the biggest problem with this block is "playlist" in the top level is a bad word for it. > > 4) I don't know if you are really planning it, but it's confusing to have an > entity/submenu available in multiple places. (I'm looking at your "possibly > partial EQ menu" here.) Please don't add extra "enable" options away from > the rest of a feature's config. I brought this up very breifly in IRC. I think that the settings which would have a enable setting and thing which are setup once but then you might want to dis/enable it quickly later. I don't like duplicating settings but if people start wondering why the changes dont take effect then maybe the only option is to duplicate the enable option? (of course, if we train users to use these settings properly then there is no need for the enable option in playlist/sound settings anyway). The other option here is customizable quickscreen which I think lets us simplify things more without removing ease from users. > > 5) We already have four ways to see the time - the status bar, the info > screen, the clock plugin, setting the time. Of these, only the info screen > currently talks, but I don't see any need for a fifth time/date screen. > and Nils said, the time/date would be removed from "rockbox info". Some people don't wear watches so they might rely on the DAP to know the time. The status bar is 1) way to small to be used as a quick glance, and 2) isnt always enabled. The clock plugin is buried inside 3 menu layers and then in a list with a dozen other demos. The time/date screen fixes both these problems and makes a vbery central place for all settings/oiptions/stuff related to the time. (also it looks nice, and talks) > > 7) Bear in mind that the WPS context menu has been through some trauma to > make various settings quickly accessible, currently by inclusion of the > "Sound Settings" and "Playback Settings" menus, so play with the contents of > those at your peril ;) Yes, the context menus will need looking at also, but I think both of those could be removed becasue the usuaful options are in the main menu anyway (in the playlist item) > > 8) Don't put crossfeed and crossfade alongside each other, if you can avoid > it - this has confused people in the past, IIRC. which is which ? :D Agreed, but depends on the outcome of point 3 though. Jonathan Received on 2008-10-30 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |