Comments on: iPod Shuffle Kerfuffle http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/26/ipod-shuffle-kerfuffle/ The official AllPeers blog Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:03:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Matt http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/26/ipod-shuffle-kerfuffle/#comment-100113 Matt Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:20:59 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/26/ipod-shuffle-kerfuffle/#comment-100113 Yeah, Ben, I suppose I can't argue with that. Peter - good point about the use case when listening to music. Not so sure about the timer though: I would imagine it's different to measure how long since the user pressed a button as opposed to the example you mention which is really how long are we into this track (i.e. info that any music player is going to have). I had another idea which would be to have a quick double click on Previous go to the beginning of the track. Yeah, Ben, I suppose I can’t argue with that.

Peter - good point about the use case when listening to music. Not so sure about the timer though: I would imagine it’s different to measure how long since the user pressed a button as opposed to the example you mention which is really how long are we into this track (i.e. info that any music player is going to have). I had another idea which would be to have a quick double click on Previous go to the beginning of the track.

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]]> By: Peter Kretzman http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/26/ipod-shuffle-kerfuffle/#comment-99927 Peter Kretzman Sun, 26 Aug 2007 22:16:15 +0000 http://www.allpeers.com/blog/2007/08/26/ipod-shuffle-kerfuffle/#comment-99927 Hey, Matt, Agreed on your dilemma, although it strikes me as a podcast-centric issue. I listen primarily to music, and use the Previous button a LOT to get back to the beginning of the current track, usually to play it again as it's fading out (yes, this is a personality flaw). Hence I like your second idea better, and it strikes me that it wouldn't be all that hard for Apple to implement. They already have a timer of sorts, in that Previous only exhibits that behavior (beginning of the current track) if you're past the first few seconds of the track, otherwise taking you to, well, the PREVIOUS track :) Great post. Hey, Matt,
Agreed on your dilemma, although it strikes me as a podcast-centric issue. I listen primarily to music, and use the Previous button a LOT to get back to the beginning of the current track, usually to play it again as it’s fading out (yes, this is a personality flaw). Hence I like your second idea better, and it strikes me that it wouldn’t be all that hard for Apple to implement. They already have a timer of sorts, in that Previous only exhibits that behavior (beginning of the current track) if you’re past the first few seconds of the track, otherwise taking you to, well, the PREVIOUS track :)
Great post.

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