Why?
No soup (read t-shirt) for you.
I made my version a couple of days ago, but forgot to post it.
Clicking an album thumbnail would show the details view of the album contents.
I prefer the album thumbnails view over the library browser because the views are configurable.
(http://kotisivu.mtv3.fi/alexb/pix/jamiroquai.jpg)
In this view the thumbnail size is 160x160 and I use this "Pick files to show" rule:
[Media Type]=[Audio] -[Image File]=[] -[CUE track]=[Y (source)] [Lonely]=[].
My 2 cents...
Media Library and Library Browser essentially do the same thing, so to merge them is a good idea for the sake of simplicity. I reckon most people predominently use one or the other - I use Media Library because it's customisable, though I prefer Library Browser because it looks nicer.
Rather than try to merge them, I think it would be better to have just one - the operation of which is determined through options; i.e. you choose to have Media Library work like it does now or how Library Browser does. "Library Browser view mode" would reflect how Media Library is set up (the View Schemes), making it customisable which would cause it to show exactly what Theatre View does.
So, to summarise:
- You set up your View Schemes
- You can then view them in "Media Library" or "Library Browser / Theatre View" mode.
- Nice and simple!
Ed.
Is there a way to go back if I hate it?Backup the Mediacenter.exe file from your 11.1.73 install and then copy this file to the install directory. Copy the backup back if you aren't 100% completely satisfied.
Is there a way to go back if I hate it?
Maybe a picture of what you are thinking?
There's a first cut here:
ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/tmp/MC_LibraryConcept.zip
Let us know what you think, but please don't report bugs yet. Look at any Media Library view to see the changes. (Library Browser would be removed since it's included in Media Library)
Thanks for any feedback.
Will somebody please post a screenshot so those of us (me) who are afraid to try new things can at least feel involved?
ALSO: re/DAT and others who are running out of top-to-bottom room--me too! Let's start splitting things sidw-to-side! Aspect ratios are getting WIDER!
There's a first cut here:
ftp://ftp.jriver.com/pub/downloads/music/tmp/MC_LibraryConcept.zip
Select Rock and Musical in the genre view, Hit Albums to see all albums in the Rock and Musical genres combined.
What I do not understand is why you repeat the selections on every icon. Don't see any reason for that except that you do not have to move the mouse to the top. This to me looks a little cumbersome and disturbs the harmony of having just icons with a title.
By the way, MyDocuments is still there. Didn't you say you dropped it?
What I do not understand is why you repeat the selections on every icon. Don't see any reason for that except that you do not have to move the mouse to the top. This to me looks a little cumbersome and disturbs the harmony of having just icons with a title.
When I am in album view then click on files for an album I sure enough go to those files.
But there is no easy way to return to the same place in the album browser after looking at files.
2) Add a drop down box next to the buttons that allows you to select saved view schemes
Try "back." It works everywhere in the program. (use backspace or mouse button)Which mouse button is 'Back'?
Let me point out a few of the changes:Can someone confirm whether this allows filters to be used like step 4 with viewschemes ?
- Library Browser fields mimic the view schemes, making them fully customizable unlike before.
It looks nicer with less text, but in internal usability testing we watched people get confused when filtering happened automatically after making a selection.
Also, how easy and fast something is to use is correlated to how much mouse movement is needed. (this was what bothered me when the links weren't there)
Which mouse button is 'Back'?You can add a back button to the top or button.
Right or left click does nothing.
You can add a back button to the top or button.Some don't. ;)
Some mice have a back button.
Switching back and forth from mouse to keyboard is so 1980s.
Maybe something is wrong for me, but navigation is a mess.
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I read that highlighting panes would be multi-directional. How is this possible when you can only select one pane at a time from a drop down list?
Also, I really have to say, that I like seeing the list (or in my case the album thumbnails) down under my panes (or library tiles in this case).
Another version just went up. It uses the "bread crumbs" idea posted by BennyD.
Let us know what you think.
I agree, now you have to have use two mouse clicks instead of one....so 80's ;)
PLEASE consider ALEX B's proposal (and mine) to integrate a file pane beneath the album thumbanil view; this is essential and honestly so intuitive I still can't fathom why we haven't seen its implementation.
Try a view scheme like "Genre / Artist / Album" where the links at the bottom of the tile are usable. We're still thinking about how to handle very large view schemes.
I would definitely hope that there will be the choice to have your library start up in either graphical or file mode. Seems that would be the wisest move, seeing as the percentage of users using Media Library and Library Browser is almost split right down the middle.
[Media Type]=[Audio] -[Image File]=[] -[CUE track]=[Y (source)] [Lonely]=[] ~sort=[Album Artist (auto)],[Album]So is using a mouse from 1980 ;)
Some suggestions / ideas after trying out the last version:
2) Single-clicking on a picture should drop one level deeper
3) Double-clicking on a picture should start playing music, video or a slide-show depending on media type
4) Clicking on the title line should open a) kind of a smart tag with all the selections or b) drop one level deeper
6) What about file counting like Outlook instead of a separate line: instead of 34 files, just Title(34)
9) Definitely don't like the fact that when clicking on the picture and clicking on the title nothing happens.
Thanks JRiver. Looking forward to trying the new build!