by Barry4679 » Thu Oct 01, 2020 2:54 am
Lowlander wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 11:23 am
You're actually right
<ignoring the fact that you sound surprised>
Lowlander wrote: ↑Wed Sep 30, 2020 11:23 am
it doesn't actually work as an Album with files from different Genre's or Date's is only displayed under one Genre or Date when sorting on that column.
I hadn't noticed that since all my album track tags are consistent.
I don't see the issue you mentioned yesterday as being a real problem; ie. an album being fragmented if it is sorted by a "track" tag which varies within the album. We are used to to this issue because it happens, in both MM4 & MM5, in the List (by Album) view. ... We know that if we ask a stupid question, we get a stupid answer.
I don't understand why Big Brother has optimised away the sort of album thumbs flexibility, but not in the Tracks(by Album) View, if that was the issue.
My problem issue is that the current generation of MM designers are album-blind, as is evidenced by several losses for album listeners in the MM5 re-write. ... also evidenced by MiPi's answer to the OP's question. ... I presume that they would not have done these UI optimisations I they understood better the requirements from a album-listener's POV.
If they think that the majority of MM customers are going get whip lash or something from retaining, or extending, album-centric facilities, they could condition them by a toggle at the library or collection level ... ie. TrackFocused=Y|N
btw, thanks for participating in this conversation.
[quote=Lowlander post_id=473167 time=1601483036 user_id=262]
You're actually right
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<ignoring the fact that you sound surprised> :)
[quote=Lowlander post_id=473167 time=1601483036 user_id=262]
it doesn't actually work as an Album with files from different Genre's or Date's is only displayed under one Genre or Date when sorting on that column.
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I hadn't noticed that since all my album track tags are consistent.
I don't see the issue you mentioned yesterday as being a real problem; ie. an album being fragmented if it is sorted by a "track" tag which varies within the album. We are used to to this issue because it happens, in both MM4 & MM5, in the List (by Album) view. ... We know that if we ask a stupid question, we get a stupid answer.
I don't understand why Big Brother has optimised away the sort of album thumbs flexibility, but not in the Tracks(by Album) View, if that was the issue.
My problem issue is that the current generation of MM designers are album-blind, as is evidenced by several losses for album listeners in the MM5 re-write. ... also evidenced by MiPi's answer to the OP's question. ... I presume that they would not have done these UI optimisations I they understood better the requirements from a album-listener's POV.
If they think that the majority of MM customers are going get whip lash or something from retaining, or extending, album-centric facilities, they could condition them by a toggle at the library or collection level ... ie. TrackFocused=Y|N
btw, thanks for participating in this conversation.