2010/11/1 Thomas Pfeiffer <colo...@autistici.org>: > Ok, The Dialog can probably be improved but we still need to keep the focus on > the user's task. We don't want to imitate Picard since it is too complex to be > used in our case. Picard users use the application exactly for that purpose > and thus are willing to accept a learning curve to fully exploit MB's > potential. But tagging music is just a minor use case for Amarok, so we can't > expect users to try to figure out a complex UI. The user needs to be able to > complete her task quickly and intuitively, even if that means not using some > of MB's functions. > > Presenting several possible tag-sets for the user to choose from for each > track does seem sensible to me, though. > Here is what I'd suggest for that: > Using a tree might make sense, but not to present albums. Instead, display the > the tracks to be tagged in the first level, and for each track display > possible tag-sets in the second level. Using different colors for different > matching distances sounds like a very good idea here. The user can then select > the correct tag set for each track (if the correct one is among the > suggestions). > > As for whether to use MusicBrainz or MusicDNS: I don't know how long MusicDNS > search takes, but the ideal situation for the user would be: > Both services are used and the results from both services are presented with > each track. I don't even think their actual source has to be indicated since > the user just doesn't care where a result comes from as long as it is correct. > >> > What kind of "supplied by musicbrainz" metadata I should also show? >> >> Release date might be handy. Perhaps a clickable icon that opens the >> musicbrainz page for the track or release is also good. > > That Icon would be really nice. This would allow us to keep information > displayed in the dialog to a minimum without losing additional information MB > offers. > > > Regards, > Thomas
http://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/100127/ Some try to Implement described UI. -- Sergey _______________________________________________ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
