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  • Type: Task
  • Status: Open
  • Priority: Major
  • Resolution: Unresolved
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I'm not 100% clear on what needs to happen here. Clicking on an album already brings up the list of songs for that album, but maybe that part is not as clear as would be nice? Do we also want this to be searchable?

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Al Ribisi added a comment - 12/Dec/09 12:47 PM
re: the collected works: could we set up one of those "tag" boxes, that has various tags, various sizes and presents the user with quick, spontaneous tags to click on?
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Al Ribisi added a comment - 12/Dec/09 12:47 PM re: the collected works: could we set up one of those "tag" boxes, that has various tags, various sizes and presents the user with quick, spontaneous tags to click on?
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Al Ribisi added a comment - 12/Dec/09 12:52 PM
RE: your comment - "On the tag boxes, my only worry is that it might be more confusing than the current layout. I guess I'd like to get a better handle on
what exactly the problem is we're trying to solve."

I'm trying to avoid another meeting with the 3 of us -- just to save time and money. I think the problem we're trying to solve is: Does the user even know what he wants to look for. By setting up a tag box, could we give the user search choices that he could easily make. Sort of like, "Oh, that's what I wanted to see, and I didn't even realize it."

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Al Ribisi added a comment - 12/Dec/09 12:52 PM RE: your comment - "On the tag boxes, my only worry is that it might be more confusing than the current layout. I guess I'd like to get a better handle on what exactly the problem is we're trying to solve." I'm trying to avoid another meeting with the 3 of us -- just to save time and money. I think the problem we're trying to solve is: Does the user even know what he wants to look for. By setting up a tag box, could we give the user search choices that he could easily make. Sort of like, "Oh, that's what I wanted to see, and I didn't even realize it."
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Adam Fisk added a comment - 12/Dec/09 12:53 PM
We could Al, yeah. My only concern is keeping the interface as simple as possible for the user. What's the problem with the current interface exactly? The only things that pop out to me are:

1) It's not as obvious as it could be that clicking on an album brings up the list of songs
2) You can't see the list of songs without clicking on an album

It overall seems like it works pretty darn well though.
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Adam Fisk added a comment - 12/Dec/09 12:53 PM We could Al, yeah. My only concern is keeping the interface as simple as possible for the user. What's the problem with the current interface exactly? The only things that pop out to me are: 1) It's not as obvious as it could be that clicking on an album brings up the list of songs 2) You can't see the list of songs without clicking on an album It overall seems like it works pretty darn well though.
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Adam Fisk added a comment - 12/Dec/09 12:54 PM
OK -- didn't see your comment before my last. We could certainly do a tag cloud. Where would you see that living on the page?
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Adam Fisk added a comment - 12/Dec/09 12:54 PM OK -- didn't see your comment before my last. We could certainly do a tag cloud. Where would you see that living on the page?
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Adam Fisk added a comment - 12/Dec/09 12:55 PM
The other issue, though, is what would be the words in the cloud? Names of songs possibly, with more frequently played songs appearing larger?
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Adam Fisk added a comment - 12/Dec/09 12:55 PM The other issue, though, is what would be the words in the cloud? Names of songs possibly, with more frequently played songs appearing larger?

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  • Created:
    12/Dec/09 11:35 AM
    Updated:
    12/Dec/09 12:55 PM