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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 134935] New: Usability WISH: filter out incomplete albums from
From:       jarlath <jarlathreidy () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-10-01 3:01:59
Message-ID: 20061001050156.134935.jarlathreidy () gmail ! com
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           Summary: Usability WISH: filter out incomplete albums from
                    collection view
           Product: amarok
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: amarok-bugs-dist kde org
        ReportedBy: jarlathreidy gmail com


Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.5.2)
Installed from:    Ubuntu Packages
OS:                Linux

This is a usability wish. I have a lot of mp3s on my system that are not accompanied \
by the rest of their respective album tracks. I have maybe 30 - 40 complete albums, \
and about 350 further of these lone mp3's.

The problem is that my collection, as viewed in the browser is massive, and when I, \
or others spend time going through this long list - it's annoying to find that the \
album you have finally chosen only has one or two songs. (Usually the case)

I would like to see a feature where I can select to only see complete albums in the \
collection browser. 

I can think of a few ways of implementing this. Amarok needs to know which albums are \
complete. Two ways I can think of right off are:

1) using an online service with consistant web page formatting to determine via an \
algorithm how many tracks are in the album, and verifying the album in the collection \
against this data. This might prove to be flaky and unpredictable / inaccurate.

2) The user could CTRL + click all albums in the collection and then use a context \
menu to mark these as complete albums.

There are potential problems with #2. If an album that wasn't selected had it's \
'isCompleteAlbum' tag previously set to true, should amarok negate this / leave it \
unchanged / or ask the user?

This extra view I'm interested in could be added to the Group By button. I know it \
would make my collection far more managable and I'm sure others are in the same \
situation. I just hope I've explained it clearly enough.

To summarize, what I've mentioned here are three things:
1) a problem situation (collection representation clutter)
2) a solution as I see it (filtration of incomplete albums)
3) possible ways of implementing this.

I think 1 and maybe 2 are solid. 3 needs development.


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