Usability: Where to start?

[Leo Franchi]

On 19 Feb 2009, at 07:06, Mark Kretschmann wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Celeste Lyn Paul <celeste at kde.org>  
> wrote:
>> Thank you for the invitation to participate in Amarok! I hope we  
>> can work
>> together and make Amarok rock even more.
>>
>> Normally I would start things with a UI review, but Mark mentioned  
>> he didn't
>> want anything too formal. Are there any particular areas you were  
>> concerned
>> about and want me to look at first?
>
> Personally I'm unhappy with some aspects of the "Playlists" browser
> (sidebar; we call them browsers). Some things that I find confusing
> about it:
>
> *
> Why are Podcasts in the "Playlists" browser? To me they seem more like
> Internet services. The last place I'd look is probably in that
> browser. I've heard about similar confusion from other users too.
>
> *
> Every newly created playlist in the "My Playlists" section gets the
> same name "new playlist". The least we could do is automatically
> number them "New Playlist 1", "New Playlist 2", etc. Or we could ask
> for a name immediately, via dialog box.


This is a bug, not a design decision. Remember that the playlist  
browser just got a huge overhaul by Bart in the last few weeks, so  
give him some time to clean it up.

leo

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