Collection View/Playlist Ideas

[Jeff Mitchell]

Mark Kretschmann wrote:
> On Friday 11 May 2007, Maximilian Kossick wrote:
>   
>> On Friday 11 May 2007, Ian Monroe wrote:
>>     
>>>> 2) (Part 1) Collection Grouping
>>>> http://www.jefferai.com/amarok/collectionviewpics/collmenus1.png
>>>>         
>>> These buttons actually have the functionality of tabs, so they
>>> probably should just be tabs at the top. We could probably get it down
>>> to like three tabs.
>>>       
>> I don't think using tabs is a good idea. Making the buttons toggle
>> collection types on/off in the same view makes more sense than using tabs
>> imo. All collections will have a QueryMaker implementation and it will be
>> possible to filter them. And I don't want to switch tabs to check if there
>> are any songs by Artist X on my harddisk, my ipod, or on a DAAP share that
>> Amarok is connected to.
>>
>> But I agree that we could reduce the categories.
>>     
>
> However, one thing I'd really like to get rid of is multiple rows of 
> toolbars/buttons. In Amarok 1.4 we have 3 (!) rows above the actual 
> Collectionbrowser view, and I think that looks very cluttered.
>
>   
Agreed with both Mark and Max.  I don't think tabs are the way to go, 
especially because they can end up separating collections that users 
want together.  What did you guys think of the drop-down box/checkbox idea?

--Jeff