GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 572651
"Party mode" ununderstandable and undocumented
Last modified: 2018-05-24 14:11:33 UTC
Originally reported on Ubuntu Launchpad, report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rhythmbox/+bug/329389 The manual does not explain what "party mode" is. The status bar help text is not helpful at all; when you hover the cursor over the Party Mode menu entry, it laconically says "Change the status of the party mode". (Is that even English?) I was scared that it would ruin all my playlists and send my email address to the spammers, but I tried it anyway. It seems to toggle a full-screen view. Then why is it not called "Full Screen"? Does it do something more? The top Google hit http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=694932 seems inconclusive to me. Does Party mode involve changes in how the play queue can be manipulated and/or how the computer can be used? Minimal fix: * Describe Party Mode in the on-line help Bonus points: * Improve the Status bar help text
Created attachment 163068 [details] [review] Patch to fix this This patch was uploaded to this bug being tracked in Launchpad. I thought I'd send it up here to see if it could be accepted in GNOME instead of keeping it applied downstream.
I would like to patch this by removing party Mode entirely and just calling it full screen mode or just full screen. This has already partially been implemented in wily(15.10) but not entirely. When not in full screen, the option is called Full Screen, but when in Full Screen, the option is called Party Mode.
I apologize for the double comment. Also why can't I assign myself to this bug?
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