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Bug 594807 - Genre should not be Enabled by Default or Moved
Genre should not be Enabled by Default or Moved
Status: RESOLVED OBSOLETE
Product: rhythmbox
Classification: Other
Component: User Interface
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: RhythmBox Maintainers
RhythmBox Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-09-10 20:47 UTC by Rich
Modified: 2018-05-24 14:42 UTC
See Also:
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Description Rich 2009-09-10 20:47:22 UTC 
The 'Genre' column is largely useless by default, and seems to be placed in a nonsensical place.

Title - Genre - Artist - Album doesn't make any sense. Title - Artist - Album does. If you still want Genre, make it Title - Artist - Album - Genre, like iTunes. Otherwise, it is confusing for new users.

Here is it not making sense (the default):
http://imgur.com/T3q56.png

Here is what it looks like without genre column:
http://imgur.com/r9Nvi.png

Here is a more sensible alternative (but will be a slightly harder patch):
http://imgur.com/eTXnS.png

I think #2 is the simplest and easiest solution right now.

Downstream bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hundredpapercuts/+bug/421326

Thoughts?
Comment 1 Jonathan Matthew 2009-09-10 23:28:02 UTC 
What doesn't make sense about the genre column in that screenshot?  Why do you think the current column order is confusing?  Things that you seem to think are self evident actually aren't.
Comment 2 Rich 2009-11-28 18:41:23 UTC 
It's because the genre information doesn't directly pertain to the song. 

It's an issue of order of importance. Title-Artist-Album-Genre is descending in terms of importance. Title-Genre-Artist-Album doesn't have any order - it is nonsensical.
Comment 3 Rich 2010-01-17 21:11:15 UTC 
Bump!

Any thoughts?
Comment 4 Rich 2010-01-21 00:30:40 UTC 
I'm persistent.
Comment 5 Rich 2010-01-27 06:15:33 UTC 
Hello?
Comment 6 Rich 2010-01-31 08:01:15 UTC 
Also, I'd just like to point out that even on your own screenshots page, the genre column has been disabled.

http://projects.gnome.org/rhythmbox/screenshots.html

Please make this the default behavior!
Comment 7 GNOME Infrastructure Team 2018-05-24 14:42:25 UTC 
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