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That approach could have some random unintended consequences. I shuffle my playlist and listen to a few tracks. One comes on that I don't like or doesn't matc
by abruzzi 14y ago
That approach could have some random unintended consequences. I shuffle my playlist and listen to a few tracks. One comes on that I don't like or doesn't match my mood, so I peek at the playlist to find on that does match my mood and double click it to start it playing. Unbeknownst to me, iTunes triggers a reshuffle when I do that, and the very next track to play is the one I was trying to get away from.
The better solution (at least from my perspective) is to not pretend that shuffle is a setting, but an action. Simply have a button that says something like "Shuffle this Playlist" or more explicitly "Re-Shuffle this Playlist". Play, stop, forward, back all would work normally within the existing order (straight or shuffled), and if you wanted a new order, you click the "Re-Shuffle" button.
- pavel_lishin 14y ago> Unbeknownst to me, iTunes triggers a reshuffle when I do that, and the very next track to play is the one I was trying to get away from. What are the odds of this happening?
- ertdfgcb 14y agoPretty low if I'm listening to all my music at the same time, but what if I have a playlist of 10 songs?
- Mordio 14y ago> Pretty low if I'm listening to all my music at the same time, but what if I have a playlist of 10 songs? You wouldn't listen to a playlist of 10 songs when there are many of them in it you are not in the mood for?
- to3m 14y agoWell, you only need one for it to be annoying! Just about every album I have has one song that I will routinely skip over, because I don't like it much.
- joe_the_user 14y agoAnd further that could be guarded against fairly easily. Reshuffle would exclude the last ten songs from being the next ten songs, etc.