Post by marc3 on Mar 17, 2013 13:24:50 GMT -5
Thanks for all the updates/improvements since I last posted - been watching with interest. Since then I have been noting down some of my ideas for further improvements/feature requests - so here they are - all at once. Apologies if there are any repetitions of other posts - its getting harder to keep up with all the features the app has to offer!
#1: Add More Actionable Gestures/Media Button Slots
As the list of possible assignable actions gets ever longer I have quickly run out of slots in the Customize Gestures preference section (and similarly for the Media Buttons). Would it therefore be possible to expand the number of gestures from the current seven by adding more, for example swipe diagonally left/right, 'L' shapes, triple click, etc.?
For the Media Buttons could more slots be added there too - e.g. double-clicking/long pressing the next, previous buttons, etc.?
If it would be problematical to add many more actionable gestures could the actions possibly become available as additional Menu Options in the Now Playing preferences instead (or even in addition!)?
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#2: Add Action 'Play Random (From Queue)'
Thank you for implementing the 'Play Random (From Collection)' action I requested earlier. Works great in the car. To develop this idea further would it be possible to add a new action 'Play Random (From Queue)' to complement the existing 'Play Random' action? This would give users direct on-demand access to play a random track from the current queue, rather than just the whole collection.
So, if for instance, a Smart Playlist is active in the Queue, users can stay within that list but still have the option to randomly select tracks from it on-demand, providing a further powerful option to users.
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#3: 'Play Random (From Collection)' Action Queues Rest Of Album Option
When activating the current 'Play Random (From Collection)' action would it make sense to give the option to queue the rest of the album at the same time? (In other words add an option similar to that in the 'Song Actions' preferences 'Queue Album On Song Play Action'.)
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#4: Play Next/Previous Album Within A Queue Option
If one is playing through a long queue of albums would it be possible to allow the user to skip to the next/previous album in the queue only as opposed to the whole collection. I'm not sure if this is possible at the moment.
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#5: Items Added To Queue/Playlists Retain Preferred Sort Order
I have set up the 'Artist Album Sort Order' to be 'Year Asc' in my preferences - so when I list all my albums by artist Pink Floyd for instance they will appear as required in date order. But when I opt to add all the Pink Floyd albums to the Queue Tab this sort order is lost and the list of albums reverts to default alphabetical order.
This just one example - a similar thing happens in other situations - e.g. when adding items to playlists - the user preference is overridden and sorting again reverts to default alphabetical order.
Would it not be possible to retain the preferred ordering when adding items to the Queue, playlists, etc.? (Presumably the arrangement of existing items in the queue/playlist should be left unaltered.)
#1: Add More Actionable Gestures/Media Button Slots
As the list of possible assignable actions gets ever longer I have quickly run out of slots in the Customize Gestures preference section (and similarly for the Media Buttons). Would it therefore be possible to expand the number of gestures from the current seven by adding more, for example swipe diagonally left/right, 'L' shapes, triple click, etc.?
For the Media Buttons could more slots be added there too - e.g. double-clicking/long pressing the next, previous buttons, etc.?
If it would be problematical to add many more actionable gestures could the actions possibly become available as additional Menu Options in the Now Playing preferences instead (or even in addition!)?
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#2: Add Action 'Play Random (From Queue)'
Thank you for implementing the 'Play Random (From Collection)' action I requested earlier. Works great in the car. To develop this idea further would it be possible to add a new action 'Play Random (From Queue)' to complement the existing 'Play Random' action? This would give users direct on-demand access to play a random track from the current queue, rather than just the whole collection.
So, if for instance, a Smart Playlist is active in the Queue, users can stay within that list but still have the option to randomly select tracks from it on-demand, providing a further powerful option to users.
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#3: 'Play Random (From Collection)' Action Queues Rest Of Album Option
When activating the current 'Play Random (From Collection)' action would it make sense to give the option to queue the rest of the album at the same time? (In other words add an option similar to that in the 'Song Actions' preferences 'Queue Album On Song Play Action'.)
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#4: Play Next/Previous Album Within A Queue Option
If one is playing through a long queue of albums would it be possible to allow the user to skip to the next/previous album in the queue only as opposed to the whole collection. I'm not sure if this is possible at the moment.
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#5: Items Added To Queue/Playlists Retain Preferred Sort Order
I have set up the 'Artist Album Sort Order' to be 'Year Asc' in my preferences - so when I list all my albums by artist Pink Floyd for instance they will appear as required in date order. But when I opt to add all the Pink Floyd albums to the Queue Tab this sort order is lost and the list of albums reverts to default alphabetical order.
This just one example - a similar thing happens in other situations - e.g. when adding items to playlists - the user preference is overridden and sorting again reverts to default alphabetical order.
Would it not be possible to retain the preferred ordering when adding items to the Queue, playlists, etc.? (Presumably the arrangement of existing items in the queue/playlist should be left unaltered.)
