dagsverre
Sat Jun 07 08:20:43 PDT 2008
On 23 Apr, 03:20, "zachd [MSFT]"
<za...@nomailplz.online.microsoft.com> wrote:
> "Nick Hustak" <nhus...@tangentnospamtech.com> wrote in message
>
> news:12luv393hen5qqtcl1kv4o96p9bv1eb3a0@4ax.com...
>
> > Apparnetly hitting cancel when WMP attempts to sync is a no-no -
> > that's what stops whatever you are watching, pulls you out of skin
> > mode and throws you to the library.
> > It would appear the only way to stop WMP from syncing is to allow it
> > to initial add the device to sync and then hit the properites window
> > and tell it not to sync. =A0Standard programming - you don't lose your
> > state just because someone hit the cancel button on a dialog box.
>
> Unless you are changing states to handle some user-driven event, and a
> novice user might not otherwise understand what has happened to the
> just-inserted object.
>
> Power users make up a tiny tiny percentage of the market. =A0They're very
> important (perhaps more important?), but it's critical to ensure you handl=
e
> the mom-and-pop-at-the-computer case.
>
> > The arrogant assumption that you might want to sync every device much
> > less that you are using WMP for everything is poor.
>
> It's arguably not "arrogant" to have a device-aware application ask you wh=
at
> you want to do with a device you just inserted. Generalize the problem and=
> you may see this better.
>
> > =A0There should be
> > a global flag to say 'don't try to sync anything'.
>
> No, because then Joe Confusedbycomputers clicks that by accident and his n=
ew
> device is useless with the player and he gets to go call support or return=
> the device in question.
>
> > =A0This is also
> > pretty standard programming - you should never automatically do things
> > that can't be turned off unless it's something absolutely critical.
>
> Handling AutoPlay and eventing is definitely one of the more interesting
> challenges of the modern computing era, and there are a variety of valid
> approaches.
>
> Don't be blinded by the blinking lights in the player: the player needs to=
> be useful for the 90% of Windows users, so putting in power-user oriented
> features only works if they don't compromise common "basic user" scenarios=
> such as this, sorry. =3D\
>
> =A0-Zach
> --
> Speaking for myself only.
> See
http://zachd.com/pss/pss.htmlfor some helpful WMP info.
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights=
.
This problem affects me to.. its one of the reasons that makes me want
to switch mediaplayer..
I can't se the problem with adding a "global flag to say 'don't try to
sync anything'" under properties>devices..
I dont think "Joe Confusedbycomputers" will find it there.. and i dont
see why he should click it...