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dkstott,

Hopefully lowlander's comment clarified the situation for you. i.e. as in the past MMA has:
- a 'Play shuffled' function that adds whatever is in the view or whatever is selected to the queue in random order and plays it. The only difference in the latest build is that the button was changed to a 'floating action button'
- a 'Shuffle mode' that can be enabled in the 'Playing' view, that causes tracks in the queue to be selected randomly for playback

To add to this, we hope in the future to rationalize this somewhat duplicative functionality as the differences between the two methods of shuffling are kind of confusing. The first such implementation will be in MMW 5.1.

-Rusty

regarding the floating button:
does it have only this one function?
Does long-pressing do something different than single tap?

I never play my music Shuffled. Ever.
Can you add displaying it optional?

For those like me, the shuffle button is a great function.

With nearly 16000 tracks I use it very often. Not for listening to a whole album (like new albums or 'classic' music of Mike Oldfield).

But on holiday I can use it like a radio station and can surprise myself with good music.

The only problem with the button is the limit of function and/or customising (like positioning).

I agree that it'd be a good idea to either allow the button to be customized or hidden

The challenge is that there are a limited number of slots in the top action bar so if we remove the floating 'play shuffled' button entirely, it either won't fit in the action bar or some other command would have to be eliminated.

-Rusty

I would be happy with a simple on/off toggle in Options>UI, this way no room is take up in the action bar etc.

MMA 2.0.0.1099

Hey,
If I want to continue listening an audiobook, I open the Audiobookview, select the author and book. Then I have to scroll down the list to the position where I stopped last time.

The new floating shufflebutton seems quite useless to me in the audiobook view. Why would somebody shuffle an audiobook?

So I'd like to request to change the floating shufflebutton to a floating play from current position button only in the audiobook view.

Hi,

Re. the shuffle FAB appearing for audiobooks/podcasts, I've added issue: https://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=20185

Thank you!

-Rusty