I have yet to experience a situation when any track(s) that are playing are not in the np list, but then I am also a user who only plays tracks which are in my library, I never use the my computer node. I also do not find the title misleading, now playing list is a list of songs scheduled to play, so where is the misnomer?? I am also not a user who uses this list for building playlists, it is for playing and editing of playing tracks. I am sure if you ran a poll you would find there are various reasons why users use it, and most are not for playing.chrisjj wrote:> i'm one that reads now playing list as meaning its the songs that are now playing
As an aside, let's remember that "Now Playing" is a total misnomer - it often contains tracks that are not playing and sometimes does not contain the track that is playing. It has been so long since we experienced users learned to ignore the meaning of the title that we tend to forget that it stumps just about every new user. This is part of the bumpy learning curve that sends so many users back to iTunes. I would like to see MM overcome this one day. But the %age of existing users that would agree on an alternative term is I think very low. Especially the obvious (and original) term: "playlist"
But I am also a user who does not care for the name of functions, it is the functionality that concerns me, and all programs offer a learning curve. As a user who has only used iTunes for purchasing songs, never the library I find it intimidating and primitive to use, but I could see how it would be intimidating switching to MM from iTunes. However that is the same for any program, anyone who switches programs expects and wants things to be similar to what they are used to, regardless of their reasons for switching.Nyn
