[Feedback] Some feedback on amarok

[bas at dds.nl]

Bas Janssen sent a message using the contact form at  
http://amarok.kde.org/en/contact.

Hi amarok squad,

First things first... Thanks for making the next best thing since sliced  
bread! Amarok is imho the best mp3 player around!

I have a few small issues/suggestions for amarok, and was wondering where to  
coin my 2 cents. This might not be the right place for feature requests.. If  
so, sorry, but the KDE bug site just seems too huge..

My wish list mainly concerns the file/collection browser:

  - implement a folder 'tree' view in the file browser. A lot of people use  
some kind of directory structure for their collection, could make browsing  
this structure  a bit easier and faster..

  - remember the scrolling location in the file browser; When pressing the  
back button in a subfolder, I come back to my (huge) main list of  
directories, but the focused and last 'visited' folder is on the *bottom* of  
the directory list, instead of the position where I was before I entered the  
directory in the first place. (this is my main annoyance in the amarok file  
browser)

  - key shortcut to go up/back one directory in the file manager (backspace  
key makes sense?)

  - column chooser (filename, length, id3 tags) in the collection/file  
browser. just like you can choose columns in the playlist pane.

  - tabbed browsing in files/playlists/collection..

  - (1.4.7 old bug?) in file browser 'detailed view', pressing CTRL and  
selecting a folder doesn't select/focus the folder but opens it..

And in common:

  - a bakup / restore function for the database. (no more messing around with  
mysqldump etc)

  - for gnome users; implementation for nautilus right click actions to play  
files or directories in amarok. (downloadable plugin, nautilus script via the  
amarok site?)

I did not test  the beta yet, so excuse me if some of these issues are  
covered already. I don't use KDE (sorry, gnome fanboy for years ;-) but  I'm  
really glad running amarok in gnome is possible without *any* problems!

One final question: Is it safe to compile and run amarok from source when  
running (apt version) of amarok on hardy with gnome? Or is there a chance  
that I'll ruin my existing amarok installation?

Really looking forward to 2.0!

Thanks again, Bas

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