deleting files [was Re: introduction and questions]

[Be]

I understand your concerns about scope creep. I remember Amarok having a
feature to batch rename files based on tags in arbitrary user-defined
ways. This is a complex feature that should only need to be used rarely
(or when adding music to the collection if you really want). Although it
was convenient to have it in Amarok, I wouldn't mind having to use
another application to do that. I don't care if Elisa can let me drag
and drop music from one part of the filesystem to another or copy music
to my phone's microSD card. Those are not tasks I typically want to do
when I am listening to music. I am happy to do those in GNOME Files
rather than my music player application.

However, deleting files is different. When do I realize that I want to
delete music files? When I'm listening to them. Making me open a
separate application to do that is an annoying inconvenience. It is a
simple operation. It requires no options or configuration, only one
button or menu entry somewhere in the UI and a simple confirmation
dialog. Even if I was browsing my music collection in a file manager, I
would want to listen to files in a music player to confirm that I want
to delete them before deleting them in the file manager.

On 11/28/20 4:57 PM, Matthieu Gallien wrote:
> Hello Nate,
>
> On samedi 28 novembre 2020 23:41:20 CET Nate Graham wrote:
>> On 11/28/20 3:39 PM, Nate Graham wrote:
>>> Glad you're enjoying Elisa! And yes, I am fairly confident that we would
>>> consider a merge request to delete files. :)
>> LOL what a badly-timed reply; I see Matthieu's response now.
>>
>> Well, better luck next time. :)
> Sorry for the confusion. That was certainly not my intent.
>
> I am just being conservative with the scope by fear of having Elisa being less
> focused on playing music.
>
> As usual, I will try my best to be pragmatic also. That means that I am open
> to discussion and can change my mind.
>
>> Nate
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> Best regards
>
> --
> Matthieu
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