od Rob_S » čtv dub 07, 2022 12:12 pm
"By Design" seems to be a very unsatisfactory explanation for something so obscure. As a user, I would never guess this is what would happen until I see or someone points out that it is not working as expected.
If it is a feature, it should be clear somehow when I perform the function - ie the command should read "Randomize remainder of now playing" so I know what will happen.
The effect is even weirder if the "now playing" was in shuffle mode.
I also think this option should be available for user crested playlists themselves. I was just looking and can't find anywhere, so pls let me know if I am missing something!! However, for Playlists, randomize should do the entire list including the first track, regardless of where the selection is. It seems most unlikely to me that anyone would want to randomize only part of a playlist, and if they did, it might just as easily want to be the top half.
For now playing, I can see a use case for the current effect, so there should be two options for this.
- "Randomize entire list."
- "Randomize from current track down" or "Randomize remainder of now playing"
ps Further to randomizing the playlist itself, why I would want that??? Well, I would like to be able to play one of my playlists in random order, and then maybe play something else, and then maybe come back to that same playlist, and start over roughly where I was, without hearing all the stuff again I already heard.
So this ties in with my request for a marker of where I was at. Or the option to save a queue with state of play independent of the original playlist.
"By Design" seems to be a very unsatisfactory explanation for something so obscure. As a user, I would never guess this is what would happen until I see or someone points out that it is not working as expected.
If it is a feature, it should be clear somehow when I perform the function - ie the command should read "Randomize remainder of now playing" so I know what will happen.
The effect is even weirder if the "now playing" was in shuffle mode.
I also think this option should be available for user crested playlists themselves. I was just looking and can't find anywhere, so pls let me know if I am missing something!! However, for Playlists, randomize should do the entire list including the first track, regardless of where the selection is. It seems most unlikely to me that anyone would want to randomize only part of a playlist, and if they did, it might just as easily want to be the top half.
For now playing, I can see a use case for the current effect, so there should be two options for this.
- "Randomize entire list."
- "Randomize from current track down" or "Randomize remainder of now playing"
ps Further to randomizing the playlist itself, why I would want that??? Well, I would like to be able to play one of my playlists in random order, and then maybe play something else, and then maybe come back to that same playlist, and start over roughly where I was, without hearing all the stuff again I already heard.
So this ties in with my request for a marker of where I was at. Or the option to save a queue with state of play independent of the original playlist.