by Barry4679 » Fri Jun 11, 2021 3:42 am
Summary:
- the Selection tab in the Preview panel is unreliable
- Column Filter selection can be hard to detect, a tweak would improve
- selection and focus is hard to detect in Material Design (dark) skin. a tweak would improve
This video demonstrates steps to some of the following issues:
- An album is selected ===> but the Selected tab of Preview panel is empty .. 0.00 -> 0.09 of above video clip
- Selected a different album ... the Selected tab is OK ==. the main panel footer flashes an update to show selection, but disappears ..0.09 -> 0.15
The footer shows selection stats, but goes missing when the user is navigating in a grid view ... ie. the album track is selected, the inline panel opens, and the footer disappears, making it look like there is no selection
- Switch to another view, selection has been emptied ===> but the Selected panel looks like something is selected
... 0.15 ->0.25
- Back to a Grid view, make a selection ===> Selected tab shows an unrelated, non-selected album 0.25 -> 0.42
- When navigating via the Column Filter it can be hard to see what is currently selected
- I still don't like what you have done to the Column Filter, when you have decided to make it compatible to ITunes, rather then MM4 ... I still don't understand that as it has somewhat broken the Column Filter for browsing, but here is a different suggestion to those I have made previously.
- MM has Column Header decorators in the list view (see arrow A in this image), could you also put decorators in the Header for the Column Filter (arrow B)? ... That would help.
- in the above image the display is also filtered by AlbumArtist, but it impossible to see that, because the Filter column has been scrolled
- could you put a decorator in the heading of every column that has an active filter on?
- this would show whether a column needs to reset due to your breaking iTunes change, and it would also remind the User that the display is still filtered by that column
- Hard to detect selection and focus in Material Design (dark) skin
- I prefer the Material Design (dark) skin, but find it hard to detect selection and focus, could the row colour be lighten a little?
- I can "see" shade difference in the Material Design (dark) skin, but is hard to be aware of it ... both being a bit lighter would be good, and a greater difference between them too?
- And I am still hoping for some action on this other breaking change from MM4
Summary:
[list]the Selection tab in the Preview panel is unreliable[/list]
[list]Column Filter selection can be hard to detect, a tweak would improve[/list]
[list]selection and focus is hard to detect in Material Design (dark) skin. a tweak would improve[/list]
[url=https://www.dropbox.com/s/zbaee62zahdb6lp/selection%20issues.mp4?dl=0]This video[/url] demonstrates steps to some of the following issues:
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[*] An album is selected ===> but the Selected tab of Preview panel is empty .. 0.00 -> 0.09 of above video clip
[*] Selected a different album ... the Selected tab is OK ==. the main panel footer flashes an update to show selection, but disappears ..0.09 -> 0.15
The footer shows selection stats, but goes missing when the user is navigating in a grid view ... ie. the album track is selected, the inline panel opens, and the footer disappears, making it look like there is no selection
[*] Switch to another view, selection has been emptied ===> but the Selected panel looks like something is selected
... 0.15 ->0.25
[*] Back to a Grid view, make a selection ===> Selected tab shows an unrelated, non-selected album 0.25 -> 0.42
[*] When navigating via the Column Filter it can be hard to see what is currently selected
[list]I still don't like what you have done to the Column Filter, when you have decided to make it compatible to ITunes, rather then MM4 ... I still don't understand that as it has somewhat broken the Column Filter for browsing, but here is a different suggestion to those [url=https://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=99003&p=481505&hilit=column+filter#p481505]I have made previously[/url].[/list]
[list]MM has Column Header decorators in the list view (see arrow A [url=https://www.dropbox.com/s/omt6s5d6pwxtfz3/Column%20Filter%20decorator%20please.png?dl=0]in this image[/url]), could you also put decorators in the Header for the Column Filter (arrow B)? ... That would help.[/list]
[list]in the above image the display is also filtered by AlbumArtist, but it impossible to see that, because the Filter column has been scrolled[/list]
[list]could you put a decorator in the heading of every column that has an active filter on?[/list]
[list]this would show whether a column needs to reset due to your breaking iTunes change, and it would also remind the User that the display is still filtered by that column[/list]
[*] Hard to detect selection and focus in Material Design (dark) skin
[list]I prefer the Material Design (dark) skin, but find it hard to detect selection and focus, could the row colour be lighten a little?[/list]
[list][url=https://www.dropbox.com/s/9ohfmu6vldbi00y/could%20you%20make%20the%20selected%20bar%20a%20bit%20lighter.png?dl=0]see how the other dark skin[/url] (Metro M. at the bottom) makes it easy to see each, and also (A) where focus is, and (B) what is selected?[/list]
[list]I can "see" shade difference in the Material Design (dark) skin, but is hard to be aware of it ... both being a bit lighter would be good, and a greater difference between them too? [/list]
[*] And I am still hoping for some action on this other breaking change from MM4
[list]you still have t[url=https://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=480980#p480980]his under consideration[/url]?[/list]
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