On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 21:48, Ian Santopietro
<isantop@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If I'm dragging an MP3 file (or set of MP3 files) into, e.g. Totem, what exactly can I do with them? Regardless of where I drop them on the window, it will play them, which only differs from "Open" in labeling. Why should the launcher icon be any different?
First of all, the launcher icon should indicate what it intends to do with the object i'm about to drop onto it. At the moment it doesn't even indicate that it's a player, theres only the visual metaphor that stands for "movie scene". So how does the user know what dropping the object onto the icon will do?
It is not correct, that dropping a file anywhere in the Totem window will have the same effect. If you drop a file onto Totem's playlist show/hide button, it is appended to the current playlist without interrupting the current song. For rhythmbox and banshee-like apps i can imagine some other "applications" too, e.g. add to library, play after current, add to playlist or edit properties.