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Better rating user interface
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 1:18 pm
by rk
I would very much appreciate if the rating would take place like in iTunes or Musicmatch: Simply click into a bar of stars instead of opening up a value list.
Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2005 2:51 pm
by Bex
Right click on the song->My Rating-> And there you have it!
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:46 am
by rk
Hi Bex,
of course it is possible this way, also directly in the list if you have the column 'rating' visible, but it is always 2-3 clicks and/or mouse moves! With some delay before opening up those additional windows!
Compare this to the possibility of having a rating column in the list where you can set the rating with one well-directed click!
This rating thing is actually the only things where it was hard for me to give up iTunes!
Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 3:06 am
by demm
if it would work like rk described it, it would be more user friendly.
would be a nice feature, but not top-priority.
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:12 am
by Guest
i searched forum for this post

anyhow this would be a great feature to an excellent product
windows media player and jriver are some examples where you just hover over the rating stars and they highlight.. then it only takes a single click to rate
cheers for the best mp3 program ive found
im spreading the word

Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2005 11:56 am
by Balinsky
If you add the categorize toolbar (view - toolbars - cateorize) rating songs becomes much easier, just highlight and choose.
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 5:18 am
by rk
But that toolbar does not work in the playlist mode (where you just have the playlist in MM).
Furthermore it still is 2 clicks more work than the "hover" solution (select song, open popup, select rating vs. just select rating).
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:01 am
by Guest
just wondering what you guys think is the best method for star-rating. b/c it does get tedious to wait for that pulldown menu to appear. Do you know if the new beta will have a feature like a hover and click star-rating?
Thanks
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 2:02 pm
by Guest
What about being able to click right into the rating-column?

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 10:33 pm
by julzcompufreek
Here is just my opinion and I'm not meaning to have a go at or offend anyone.
Isn't it a little lazy if its too hard to do 2 or 3 clicks or mouse movements. I personally think its just as easy right clicking on the song, going to ratings and selecting the amount of stars.
I'm sure the dev team have higher priorities.
But thats just my opinion and again, I'm not meaning to have a go at or offend anyone.
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2005 11:56 pm
by bezukof
Its not laziness that makes people want this feature its efficiency.
If you think about it, a single aimed click like the interface being suggested is probably five times faster than the current rating scheme. This isn't a big deal when your talking about fractions of a second, but if you have a hundred songs that would take say five minutes to rate it would now only take one. If you had a thousand songs the improvement is even more dramatic.
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 4:18 pm
by mjs93
Would love this too.
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 4:23 pm
by Teknojnky
me three
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:30 pm
by Lowlander
It should be faster the rating drop down display then it currently is.
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 6:41 pm
by Teknojnky
it would be fastest without any drop down /grin
I think this is how windows media player does it (without a drop down just click a star directly)