UI: How to make MusicBrainz dialog shine, or noob needs help.

[Sergey Ivanov]

2010/11/1 Thomas Pfeiffer <colomar at autistici.org>:
> Ok, The Dialog can probably be improved but we still need to keep the focus on
> the user's task. We don't want to imitate Picard since it is too complex to be
> used in our case. Picard users use the application exactly for that purpose
> and thus are willing to accept a learning curve to fully exploit MB's
> potential. But tagging music is just a minor use case for Amarok, so we can't
> expect users to try to figure out a complex UI. The user needs to be able to
> complete her task quickly and intuitively, even if that means not using some
> of MB's functions.
>
> Presenting several possible tag-sets for the user to choose from for each
> track does seem sensible to me, though.
> Here is what I'd suggest for that:
> Using a tree might make sense, but not to present albums. Instead, display the
> the tracks to be tagged in the first level, and for each track display
> possible tag-sets in the second level. Using different colors for different
> matching distances sounds like a very good idea here. The user can then select
> the correct tag set for each track (if the correct one is among the
> suggestions).
>
> As for whether to use MusicBrainz or MusicDNS: I don't know how long MusicDNS
> search takes, but the ideal situation for the user would be:
> Both services are used and the results from both services are presented with
> each track. I don't even think their actual source has to be indicated since
> the user just doesn't care where a result comes from as long as it is correct.
>
>> > What kind of "supplied by musicbrainz" metadata I should also show?
>>
>> Release date might be handy. Perhaps a clickable icon that opens the
>> musicbrainz page for the track or release is also good.
>
> That Icon would be really nice. This would allow us to keep information
> displayed in the dialog to a minimum without losing additional information MB
> offers.
>
>
> Regards,
> Thomas

http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/100127/
Some try to Implement described UI.
-- 
Sergey