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[Pike84]

Oh, but he'd have to either stretch the options window or create a whole new tab for the purpose.. What a bother !

[Tsorovan]

If I might come with a suggestion: Left-hand pane with either a tree control or buttons a la Firefox' options dialog (plain text would work too, as in Photoshop CS. See below.). Tabs on top is a dead concept of days yore. Or rather, they tend to get messy when they have to be multi-line. This, along with a more vertical design would increase legibility and intuitivity and easier to get away with a bigger dialog. Or something. The Find tracks dialog would preferably be its own, small dialog.

Some Photoshop CS dialog:

[Zarggg]

Bravo, Tsorovan! I didn't have the guts to suggest this before, but it's a damn good idea.

[Pike84]

Yeah, it could make things clearer. Though, won't make a cut in 3.0, I think.

[Tsorovan]

Of course not, that wasn't my intention.
This thread should be renamed Suggestions for Whatever Version Comes in the Future. I'm taking for granted Ian keeps a list of requested/possible improvements/suggestions and carries it over to the next version.

[Knurek]

I think we should make a 'Suggestions for 3.1' - it certainly ain't easy to browse the 17 pages of this one in search of something.

[Tsorovan]

Yes. Let me explain the problems.

A Suggestions for Version n+1 thread can't really be created until v3.0 has been released yes? Not without being a bit goofy. At the same time, suggestions that are more radical and/or require more time to implement, where should they go? And won't we be permitted to suggest things close to a release like this? Like some people thought that these suggestions of mine actually WERE for v3.0, which they weren't.... (the small cosmetic ones were, though) yeah, I'm rambling.

AFAICT, this thread dies as soon as v3.0 is released and what carries over? I'm sure Ian has some stuff in the back of his head or just a simple suggestions list somewhere, but...
So, people (me included) end up pasting the same old suggestions from older version threads in the new thread so then we'll have 17 pages anyway.

Best-case scenario would be if Ian had a sticky thread with Planned features/changes (with reasonable timeframe/version to implement. Doesn't have to be religiously followed; just as a little helper), features/changes under scrutiny and similar, but that does possibly require a bit of work on Ian's part and it's perfectly understandable if he doesn't have time to do that—or the will.

[raina]

Let me bounce my msg from the "New icon" thread because it really belongs here..

No matter which icon gets chosen it's impossible to please everyone. So.. I present that we'll have an option (in the [Playlist & Integration] tab) to change the default fileicon. Almost like WinAmp (atleast 2.x) but not in the sense of giving the users a limited built-in range of possibilities to choose from. Rather have a radiobutton selection ( ) Default (o) Custom and a button to [Browse] your HDs for a suitable icon for your XMPlayable files. That way one could make XMPlay appear the way one likes on one's system (providing one has the needed 5KiLL to change one's shortcut icons.)

Thanks for your patience.

[Tsorovan]

I concur. It's a very good idea.

[Brightguy]

I can't wait until 3.0!  I thought I'd slip in these comments right before the next release:

* The "Find tracks" playlist doesn't refresh itself when you remove a file or rearrange the playlist.

* I think I've mentioned this before, although I don't know if it is happening to anyone else.  If I maximise a window while XMPlay is first loading up, XMPlay gets hid behind that window, and wont appear when I first bring the focus to XMPlay.  (I have to give it the focus, deselect it, and then select it again to make the window appear.)  This started happening when the "Always on top" window problem was solved (in 2..

[Jace]

Yeah, have had the same thing every now and then.. It's a W98 thing I think, not XMP thing. =)

[Torkell]

Jacer, do you know that your reply is #250 in this thread?

It shows that XMPlay is increasing in popularity - more and more people are posting here. Certainly the "Suggestions" thread for the last version never hit 200, tho I think I managed to get post 100 in it (and at the time it was the largest thread).

Anyway, back to the whole thing of suggestions:

Tsorovan: what happened to the nice set of icons you created for different file types (all 16x16, in two versions for XP and nonXP)?

[Tsorovan]

BoggyB: I'm still using them... I should add some new filetypes though. I will do that some day soon and re-release them. Might even base them on the new XMPlay icon if it works well enough for it... or that might be too much work for ADD-riddled poor me.