Barry4679 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 11, 2021 9:56 pm
rusty wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:35 pm
1) The formatting of the 'Playing' list was changed so that more information could fit more compactly and so that they don't need to be adjusted continually based on the type of content playing.
If there is any benefit from the change, it does come at the expense of being able to intuitively sort or interact with the active list queue by any chosen tag.
That seems like a net loss to me.
The frustration is amplified by the fact that the Playing panel does have a context menu control labelled "layout" ... but that control does not allow alteration of the layout, because MM5 has lost this facility.
Lowlander wrote: ↑Wed Feb 10, 2021 6:17 pm
1) The Playing window doesn't have Columns, thus no column headers. Instead, you can use the Playing node in the Media Tree and you'll have the normal column layout.
The repositioning of this functionality, to a node off the Media Tree, effectively hides it for new or casual users.
I can understand the OP's frustration.
Suggestion: Replace the "Layout" option in the Playing panel's context menu, with a "Playing Details" control that opens the Media Tree's Playing node.
This will aid discovery for new or casual users IMO.
But it still feels like a kludge to overcome removal of the facility from where it was previously ... and where it seems to belong intuitively.
rusty wrote: ↑Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:35 pm
If there are fields that you'd like to see, go to Options > Player > Playback rules and set the display format based on content type. e.g.
for Music: $if(<Artist>,<Artist> - ,)<Title>
for Classical: $if(<Composer>,<Composer> - ,$if(<Artist>,<Artist> - ,))<Title>
Which panels should be affected by this option setting? It only seems to affect the Player panel ... ie. the single track that is displayed in the bottom panel.
The Op is asking about the the Playing panel which is normally displayed on the rhs.
Thank You! I am not here to whine. I am a longtime user and not an idiot. Less functionality is WORSE. My problem is a i am not by nature a kind and friendly sheeple and am trying to effect positive change to these poor changes. Not here to make friends but to solve real problems. There are different views. Coders and designers often go astray. I am a USER. I bought Gold Lifetime because i have loved this app for years but there have been problems. I just want to see some logic behind these changes FOR USERS not developers! I don't care about their plans to conquer the world like other Software folks...i want a STABLE library/layer that works, that collates data efficiently and works quickly. I don't like being here. I don't hang out on forums for entertainment.
[quote=Barry4679 post_id=478262 time=1613098607 user_id=28275]
[quote=rusty post_id=478136 time=1612910152 user_id=182]
1) The formatting of the 'Playing' list was changed so that more information could fit more compactly and so that they don't need to be adjusted continually based on the type of content playing.
[/quote]
If there is any benefit from the change, it does come at the expense of being able to intuitively sort or interact with the active list queue by any chosen tag.
That seems like a net loss to me.
The frustration is amplified by the fact that the Playing panel does have a context menu control labelled "layout" ... but that control does not allow alteration of the layout, because MM5 has lost this facility.
[quote=Lowlander post_id=478196 time=1612999072 user_id=262]
1) The Playing window doesn't have Columns, thus no column headers. Instead, you can use the Playing node in the Media Tree and you'll have the normal column layout.
[/quote]
The repositioning of this functionality, to a node off the Media Tree, effectively hides it for new or casual users.
I can understand the OP's frustration.
[b]Suggestion:[/b] Replace the "Layout" option in the Playing panel's context menu, with a "Playing Details" control that opens the Media Tree's Playing node.
This will aid discovery for new or casual users IMO.
But it still feels like a kludge to overcome removal of the facility from where it was previously ... and where it seems to belong intuitively.
[quote=rusty post_id=478136 time=1612910152 user_id=182]
If there are fields that you'd like to see, go to Options > Player > Playback rules and set the display format based on content type. e.g.
for Music: $if(<Artist>,<Artist> - ,)<Title>
for Classical: $if(<Composer>,<Composer> - ,$if(<Artist>,<Artist> - ,))<Title>
[/quote]
Which panels should be affected by this option setting? It only seems to affect the Player panel ... ie. the single track that is displayed in the bottom panel.
The Op is asking about the the Playing panel which is normally displayed on the rhs.
[/quote]
Thank You! I am not here to whine. I am a longtime user and not an idiot. Less functionality is WORSE. My problem is a i am not by nature a kind and friendly sheeple and am trying to effect positive change to these poor changes. Not here to make friends but to solve real problems. There are different views. Coders and designers often go astray. I am a USER. I bought Gold Lifetime because i have loved this app for years but there have been problems. I just want to see some logic behind these changes FOR USERS not developers! I don't care about their plans to conquer the world like other Software folks...i want a STABLE library/layer that works, that collates data efficiently and works quickly. I don't like being here. I don't hang out on forums for entertainment.
