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Windows Forum / Windows Media / Player / February 2008Scrolling to the end of a long list of albums
Would whoever is in charge of the people who work on Media Player please instigate a rule that all developers *must* have at least 1,000 albums in their library and that they can only ever play/test the *last* dozen or so? That should get the problem fixed in a hurry. If you need some rubbish to fill up the first 988 albums, I'll send you my collection. :-)  SignatureSteve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk Starting from the top, click an album, hit the End key on your keyboard, scroll back up as far as you need too. Helpful? > Would whoever is in charge of the people who work on Media Player please > instigate a rule that all developers *must* have at least 1,000 albums [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > That should get the problem fixed in a hurry. If you need some rubbish > to fill up the first 988 albums, I'll send you my collection. :-) > Starting from the top, click an album, hit the End key on your keyboard, > scroll back up as far as you need too. > > Helpful? Yes, until I have > 2000 albums, and want the one in the middle. My keyboard hasn't got a "Middle" key :-) I'll be listening to Zbigniew Preisner and Yellow Submarine more though. Thanks. SignatureSteve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk BTW: You do know that you can drag that little scroll box to any spot you like, right? Half way down, 2/3, 3/5, 5/7, etc. ;) >> Starting from the top, click an album, hit the End key on your >> keyboard, scroll back up as far as you need too. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I'll be listening to Zbigniew Preisner and Yellow Submarine more though. > Thanks. > BTW: You do know that you can drag that little scroll box to any spot > you like, right? Half way down, 2/3, 3/5, 5/7, etc. ;) Yes, but I'm waiting for my 900GHz Pentium 10 with 50Gb/s disks before I use that much. SignatureSteve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk >Would whoever is in charge of the people who work on Media Player please >instigate a rule that all developers *must* have at least 1,000 albums >in their library and that they can only ever play/test the *last* dozen >or so? Steve - I don't get it - you've been using WMP for a couple of years now I guess, and I think we covered this already : If you have a vague idea of the sort of album or it's name, type those in the search box to narrow down the list. By the time you're 3 letters in on a library of 38000 tracks (like mine) the selections are reduced to about 10-20 albums or tracks. Can't say fairer than 3 letters compared to a visual drag/scroll ? Cheers - Neil ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs Neil, While I have to admit that WMp11 search box is fantastic (very efficient, very fast), I can see value in providing an option to browse by initial letter. This way one could easily jump to "J" for example without actually filtering out the entire rest of the album list from view. $0.02 Beans >> Would whoever is in charge of the people who work on Media Player please >> instigate a rule that all developers *must* have at least 1,000 albums [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008 > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs > Steve - I don't get it - you've been using WMP for a couple of years > now I guess, and I think we covered this already : If you have a vague > idea of the sort of album or it's name, type those in the search box > to narrow down the list. I'd never noticed the "Search" box on the "Albums" page. Time for new spectacles. Thanks. SignatureSteve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk >> Steve - I don't get it - you've been using WMP for a couple of years >> now I guess, and I think we covered this already : If you have a vague [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >I'd never noticed the "Search" box on the "Albums" page. Time for new >spectacles. Thanks. OK so now you've found it, the equally elusive WMP help has loads of options to filter the list in very specific ways - Jake Ludlington lists specific useful examples on his site : http://www.jakeludington.com/windows_media/20060517_windows_media_player_11_libr ary_search_tips.html It's practically necessary for this to exist given the large libraries many people now maintain on their hundreds-of-gigs disks. HTH Cheers - Neil ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs |
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