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More => Old Versions => Media Center 12 (Development Ended) => Topic started by: Matt on August 20, 2007, 10:15:49 am

Title: POLL: Stop Button?
Post by: Matt on August 20, 2007, 10:15:49 am
It's been the source of some internal debate.  What do you think?
Title: Re: Stop Button
Post by: JimH on August 20, 2007, 10:16:53 am
One word: Stop.

Edit: It's 2-0 in favor of a stop button.  Poll's closing now.
Title: Re: Stop Button
Post by: ThoBar on August 20, 2007, 10:18:45 am
What he ^ said.
Title: Re: Stop Button
Post by: gappie on August 20, 2007, 10:38:02 am
i have the stopbutton always enabled. so yeah, fine with me.
Title: Re: Stop Button
Post by: robydago on August 20, 2007, 10:39:47 am
yep, stop on by default
but since the code is there, I think you should leave the option to hide it
Title: Re: POLL: Stop Button?
Post by: leezer3 on August 20, 2007, 10:53:58 am
I really don't care  ;)
Whether its on or off makes no real difference, one more mouse click isn't going to kill me,
The only thing in favour of having it is that newbies may find it a little confusing (For about five minutes though!)

-Leezer-
Title: Re: POLL: Stop Button?
Post by: Alex B on August 20, 2007, 11:01:46 am
Wasn't this issue already discussed about a year ago and a good solution provided? (the option)

... or are you debating which state should be on by default?
Title: Re: POLL: Stop Button?
Post by: JimH on August 20, 2007, 11:05:31 am
... or are you debating which state should be on by default?
Correct.
Title: Re: POLL: Stop Button?
Post by: Higginz on August 20, 2007, 11:11:48 am
I was fumbeling in the dark when I first got my MC. I clicked on Pause to stop the playing. I was desperately seeking a stop button!. Then I learned that I could use Ctrl+s to make it stop. Then after some days I saw the option to have the stop button enabled (showing).  ;)
Title: Re: POLL: Stop Button?
Post by: hit_ny on August 20, 2007, 11:22:16 am
I always enable the stop button.

Removing it...is minimalist design taken too far, only to be used as a last resort when there is no physical space left.

Maybe i'm from the generation that grew up always having it, so not a fan of overloading functions on buttons.
Title: Re: POLL: Stop Button?
Post by: jkrzok on August 20, 2007, 11:41:37 am
Double clicking the play button hardly seems intuitive to me. And stop isn't the same as pause and not seeing a stop button may be frustrating to a newbie. So I say keep it on by default while having an option to make it disappear. Newbies won't be frustrated and power users won't be daunted by finding the option to turn it off.
Title: Re: POLL: Stop Button?
Post by: hit_ny on August 20, 2007, 11:45:57 am
exactly, it should be enabled by default rather than the opposite state of affairs currently.
Title: Re: POLL: Stop Button?
Post by: Mr ChriZ on August 20, 2007, 11:48:49 am
Maybe skinning should allow for better positioning of the stop button,
for example allowing the control buttons over top of each other, instead of just in a line.

I'd like a stop button, but at the same time, it's too ugly for me.

You could make it a right click option on the controls, is another idea...
Title: Re: POLL: Stop Button?
Post by: graham131 on August 20, 2007, 04:19:04 pm
Keep the stop!!!!!!!!

It got my vote

Graham
Title: Re: POLL: Stop Button?
Post by: KingSparta on August 20, 2007, 04:50:36 pm
Quote
Poll's closing now.

So the poll was open for 1 Min And 4 Seconds?

Do The First Two And Only Two Voters (And I am Guessing Was Matt And Jim) get a T-Shirt With A Stop Button In It?

Apparently You Failed To Close The Poll And The Stop Button People Are Winning.

(And Don't Go Editing The Poling Numbers)

Maybe:

Config:

Stop\Pause State:

[X] Stop
[_] Pause
Title: Re: POLL: Stop Button?
Post by: eba on August 20, 2007, 05:24:50 pm
I like and always use the stop button, although I don't like the default size of it on Noire.
Mildly better than the original big size of it... but before the small version came out, I resized it myself to be half way between:
(http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2730/stopav8.jpg)

Unfortunately I've recently put in a new hard disk and haven't yet found my more recent skin with it, so I've got the old super blue one in this shot...and something's changed with how it works so I've not yet been able to work out how to redo it.
Nonetheless...I think it looks a lot better at that size.  Anyone agree?
Title: Re: POLL: Stop Button?
Post by: Norman24 on August 21, 2007, 04:08:31 am
Keep the stop!!!!!!!!

It got my vote

Graham

DITTOS.... ;D
Title: Re: POLL: Stop Button?
Post by: johnnyboy on August 21, 2007, 05:21:20 am
Keep it - my car stereo has gone super minimalistic to try be all slick and I personally hate the fact it's lost most the buttons - just makes it feel instead of slick, like a kids toy.