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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Random vs shuffle
From:       Rinse de Vries <rinsedevries () kde ! nl>
Date:       2004-09-06 12:19:08
Message-ID: 200409061419.08621.rinsedevries () kde ! nl
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Op maandag 6 september 2004 13:14, schreef Adriaan de Groot:
> On Monday 06 September 2004 13:04, Rinse de Vries wrote:
> > Hi,
> > kdemultimedia uses both 'random' and 'shuffle' for (allmost) the same
> > function.
>
> Random is subtly different from shuffle, though. Take a (sorted) deck of
> cards for an example.

[..]
>
> Applied to playlists, shuffle means you'll hear every song once before a
> repeat happens; with random you may hear a particular song several times
> before ever hearing "Banger Hart" by Rob de Nijs even once.
>
>
>
> As for consistency in the apps, heck, that would require asking the
> application authors how they do it :)

OK :)

I''ll contact the autors.

Thanks

Regards, Rinse
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