On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 10:38 PM, Mark Kretschmann <kretschm...@kde.org> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Ralf Engels <ralf-eng...@gmx.de> wrote: >> And then we have the automatic playlist generator which in principle has >> the same functionality and a little bit different UI but still a similar >> amount of filters. >> >> So, dumb it down?
First of all, that isn't the choice. Let's keep in mind our vision for Amarok; helping people rediscover their music. Simple and powerful. > From a pure UI and usability perspective, having two different system > (APG and Dynamic) that do somewhat different things, but then again > not really, is not ideal. > > It's already hard to understand what "Advanced Playlist Generator" and > "Dynamic Playlists" are supposed to mean. I tried to explain this to a > work mate lately, she is an experienced software engineer. It sounded > like Spanish to her at first. Now imagine, trying to explain these > features to really new users, or maybe to your mom. Grrr, 'your mom.' How about we cut the stereotypes, and stick with "new users?" > Bottom line: If we don't want Amarok to be a complete nerd tool, it > might make sense to go back to our original goal with Amarok 2, which > was "making powerful features easy to use". We used to say: "Amarok 2 > should be able to pass the Mom-Test: If our Mom's can't use it, we did > not do it well enough." The choice is not between "uber-complicated and arcane" and "dumbed-down." The UI needs some work, and we should work towards the most elegant and powerful dynamic playlist UI we can devise. Valorie, a mom in Real Life -- http://linuxgrandma.blogspot.com Last.fm, Facebook, Twitter, Identica, LinkedIn, Delicious: valoriez _______________________________________________ Amarok-devel mailing list Amarok-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/amarok-devel
