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List:       amarok
Subject:    Re: Usability suggestion
From:       Wang Jun <wangjun () gdc-tech ! com>
Date:       2007-10-23 5:36:44
Message-ID: 471D886C.9030009 () gdc-tech ! com
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Ya, I totally agree with you,
I have made that mistakes often...
It is a great software.

W.J
Kevin L. McDonald wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I'm a Kubuntu user who is a big fan of Amarok.  My wife and
>mostly-non-Linux user sat at my PC today to launch some music.  She
>ended up creating quite a playlist.  Suddenly, I was in the kitchen and
>heard her say something unprintable.  When I asked her what had
>happened, she had thankfully already resolved her issue (being an adept
>Windows and "software in general" user), but I wanted to point out her
>mistake to you because I feel it could be an overlooked usability issue.
>
>After spending a long time on her playlist, she had clicked "Play," then
>gone to "Playlist" in the menubar and attempted to click "Shuffle."
>Well, she slipped to the menu item above shuffle, which is "Clear" and
>watched her playlist disappear.  (That's when the unprintable word
>manifested.)  She realized her mistake and spotted "Undo" in the menu,
>and all was well, but:
>
>1) Had she not been used to seeing "undo," she would have "lost" her
>playlist.
>
>2) "Clear" is not exactly a great feature to put right next to
>"Shuffle."
>
>I just thought I'd point this out.  Perhaps some separation between the
>"Clear" function and other functions might be wise, or an "Are you
>sure?" dialog.
>
>Thanks for an awesome product!
>
>--Kevin L. McDonald
>
>
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