suggestions to customize browsing

[simoncn]

(30-08-2012 20:35)winxi Wrote:  If somebody decides to add the whole container 'n albums' of the first level to the playlist (I personally would never do that), '>> Hide Contents' in the 3rd level will prevent duplicated items.

I would love an option to omit the 3rd level, but to keep '>> Show All' in the second level. Adding all items to the playlist without having duplicates could still be achieved by adding the '>> Show All' container to the playlist instead of 'n albums' in the first level. In fact, I would want to omit every level containing '>> Hide Contents' in any case.

'>> Hide Contents' is quite a special concept, and it may be confusing for the users. After all, it demonstrates that you really think thoroughly about what you are doing.

cheers, winxi

A user should never choose 'Hide Contents'. It needs to be there to support automated browsing by control points when adding a complete container and all its subcontainers to the playlist. This is very common, and it's important for MinimServer to support it correctly. For example, someone might search by artist and then add all albums by that artist to the playlist, possibly with random play or shuffle. Without the 'Hide Contents' choice in the 3rd level menu, the 1st level 'Play all' selection wouldn't work as the user expects. There are many other similar examples.

I could rename 'Hide Contents' to 'Do not select!' or '**!!??##', but I suspect this would lead to even greater confusion.