Poll: Which sort order for classical album titles (e.g. Mozart - Piano Concerto No.n
Purely alphabetic characters
Alphabetic characters + embedded numbers
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How would you like your Classical Albums sorted for display?
14-01-2014, 20:58
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RE: How would you like your Classical Albums sorted for display?
I would not
- introduce myself to the forums by reporting a 'fundamental error' which 'can be fixed with a single logical instruction'.
- start polls on various forums with manipulative questions.

I think that everyone sees your point. Other users have already made good points and comments on this topic and Simon, the developer of MinimServer, has clearly stated that he thinks about how the situation can be improved and that there have to be considered several implications with this approach. I, for myself, could imagine an additional tag option which applies this special sort order. But after all I think that pure alphabetical sorting should still be the default option.
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Apologies if I caused any offence - typed communication cannot convey the nuance of verbal communication. I should have added a caveat along the lines "I've met this sorting issue before in a very different context and had to program a solution to give the desired numerical sort." In that context the pure alphabetical sort did produce a fundamental error.
As regards putting a poll on Computer Audio I did so as I was aware that there were folk there well experienced in the tagging problems with classical music. I certainly don't think the question posed was manipulative - just direct.
As an aside I have been having what I hope is interpreted as a strongly supportive email conversation with Simon - he is doing us all a valuable service.

David

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