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UX issues - menu selection?

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goatherder:

--- Quote from: blgentry on October 22, 2019, 02:34:15 pm ---Interestingly enough, I know someone who frequently demonstrates JRiver MC using a large (24" ?) external touch screen display.  He gets rave reviews from those that use it.  Maybe they are only doing the basics, like finding albums and artists and playing songs.  It seems to work quite well for that use.
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That's the other problem - it really doesn't. I have large touchscreens and also a Surface Studio, but basic fundamentals like the differentiation between touch and tap doesn't work.

e.g. the expectation is to be able to slide to scroll through the main library file list, which is now pretty much universal across actively developed, W10-aware Windows applications (and which MC doesn't recognise) vs actually having to locate the scroll control on MC's tiny scroll bar and slide that instead. That's just about doable on a 23" and up 1080P screen without notable effort, but on a Studio display or a smaller laptop - even a 15" - it requires some effort. It's that frustrating see-saw between "it's borderline doable" and "how do I sharpen my fingers?".

I guess that's what my main complaint boils down to: In what you describe and one could summarise as bodge-engineering MC to cater for other OS's, they've short-changed non-superannuated Windows users and as a side issue, offered a somewhat second-rate experience to Mac users. Having MC work on a Mac is something that I definitely didn't ask for, even though being able to use MC on a Mac is convenient on a rare occasion (though virtualising it wouldn't be a major issue), especially as it cripples my Windows experience.
 

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