vAmp Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I would like to see lists as lists. Text only. Without those silly stamp-sized album pics. If I have a list of album songs, I see 13 times the album pic in a row. Super infomative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clever_man Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 @vAmp, it is just your opinion. List can contains any useful information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeybutt Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 well, while I'm not that bothered with the small album thumbnails on compact layout, what kind of "useful information" can an album art display anyway? Unless you're seeing the albums sections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 I do agree that a simple small-text-only list format would be a useful option. For example, I have quite a few theme park background music tracks in one folder, none of which have any associated artwork or ID3 tags, but they do tend to have fairly long and descriptive titles that I need to see in full as the first few words are often similar (e.g. I have a lot named using the format "Walt Disney World - Magic Kingdom - <Land_name> - <Attraction_name>.mp3" where the first 50+ characters might be the same for multiple files, and only the last couple of words of the actual attraction name will be different. At the moment, they all look the same if i view them in Poweramp). I think I may be close to unique in this usage of course, but others might have similar needs. Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vAmp Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 In Poweramp v2 I had very compact (text only) lists - of artists (bands, groups, singer whatever) for instance. Every name in a line, one line directly beneath the former. In a few seconds I could scroll with my right thumb through an alphabetical list of 400 names. Now - because of the mini album cover - every name has a distance of exactly 2,5 cm from the next. Where before I could see 30 to 40 names on the screen at once I now detect only 5. I am focused on the names of the group in this case. If I am seeking an album I'd like to see the cover. This is something else. So please: give as options! Let the users choose, if s/he wants names (only text) or album covers (picture plus album title). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clever_man Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 @vAmp, were you try list options for set List - compat view? 2.5 cm is very big AA. Or you can use pinch-to-zoom for resize list and grid size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vAmp Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 My "list" in landscape modus. I see black By the way: it is not the last album (cover) by an artist, that is shown. It is the oldest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vAmp Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 That's the next screen I see after I tapped on "Alberta Cross". Completely ludicrous. In Poweramp v2 I had all the album covers by "Alberta Cross" side by side and could choose which one I want to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 28 minutes ago, vAmp said: That's the next screen I see after I tapped on "Alberta Cross". Completely ludicrous. Then change the view style, there at least six or seven to choose from. Tablet viewing is not especially optimised for large screens yet by the way, it really just treats the screen as a scaled up phone. Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vAmp Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 14 minutes ago, andrewilley said: Then change the view style, there at least six or seven to choose from. Tablet viewing is not especially optimised for large screens yet by the way, it really just treats the screen as a scaled up phone. Andre It is not a tablet, it's a mobile phone from Samsung. To the 2nd screen: I tried all the options (at least I think so). A hint would be appriciated. What I want is: select "Artist" and see a list of his / her albums (neatly sorted from old to recent) then tap on a specific album (cover) and this should be played from 1st song to the last. Too much requested? I think no. I had it once. With a great app called "Poweramp". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clever_man Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 @vAmp, this is 3rd party skin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vAmp Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 Yes. but that doesn't make any difference to the list issues I am discussing. The skin is "skin minimalist dark" by Andrew G. (thanks!) I like "square corners" and "Seekbar" instead of "Waveseek" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewilley Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 I probably should have said landscape or tablet mode, sorry. PA definitely works better on a taller portrait screen. I too wish that the header artwork was smaller, to me it seems far too big and serves no useful purpose (especially in landscape). Andre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vAmp Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 Would be my wish too. Or to be able to get rid of album covers completely in lists. Like in PA v2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vAmp Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 That's what I call a list! Now I am happy - and back to PA v2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplio Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 18 hours ago, vAmp said: That's what I call a list! Now I am happy - and back to PA v2 Much easier on my eyes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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