[UI] Current state of the lyrics applet

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On So, 2010-10-03 at 14:27 +0200, Martin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> > I'm not sure if it's something that has to be changed in the applet or
> > in the ultimate lyrics script but there is currently an issue when using
> > ultimate lyrics:
> > Often the lyrics site with the highest priority doesn't have the lyrics
> > for a song.
> That sounds like an issue with the ultimate lyrics script. Maybe the site has 
> changed (and the script has not been adopted to those changes yet)?
> 
Ok, you can safely ignore it then ;)

> > Therefore I want to fetch the lyrics from the next site, so I click
> > re-fetch. Every time I have to confirm because I might have changed the
> > lyrics. This is really annoying because I often have to cycle through
> > sites to get the lyrics but have to confirm every time.
> > I should only have to confirm if I actually have edited the lyrics.
> Technically that's possible, but I'm not sure if the extra code is worth it.
> 
If the issue is only relevant because of problems in ultimate lyrics,
it's probably better to get the author to fix the script instead of
investing time to find a workaround in the applet. But if other lyrics
scripts have the same problem, it might still be worth the time.

> > Another issue I experienced is that sometimes I get HTML code printed in
> > the applet instead of rendered. Again, I don't know if that's an
> > ultimate lyrics problem.
> That also sounds like an ultimate lyrics issue. The site has probably changed.
> 
Ok. Ignore.

> > It works ;)
> > The colors finally work even in dark color schemes
> ACK for that. I'm using a dark color scheme myself - and it's been VERY hard 
> to read until some time ago (when the dark color schemes were not working).
> 
> > The ability to edit lyrics is generally pretty neat (though I personally
> > don't use it)
> > The ability to use any script to populate the applet should definitely
> > be kept as well.
> That's not part of the lyrics applet (it's part of the script engine) - thus a 
> rewrite of the lyrics applet shouldn't touch this one.
> 
> > Now seeing this I'm asking myself if it wouldn't mean less problems to
> > just open a dialog when lyrics are edited? Or maybe even just open the
> > edit tags dialog and switch to the lyrics tab? I know it's less nice
> > because the inline editing feel gets lost, but it might mean a lot less
> > trouble and would still provide a nice shortcut when the user notices
> > that the lyrics currently associated with the song are incorrect.
> It probably was a good idea to add the "[UI]" tag to the subject :)
> What do the usability experts say about this?
> 
It definitely was a good idea to add the tag. The tag was what triggered
my interest in it in the first place.
Well I can tell you what one usability expert - the one who posted the
suggestion - would say about it ;) But I'm eager to hear what the others
have to say since it's certainly discussable. 

> Regards,
> Martin

Regards,
Thomas