Bug 15181 – Don't hide menu when player is turned off

Bug 15181 - Don't hide menu when player is turned off

Summary:

Don't hide menu when player is turned off

Status:	NEW

Product:	SB Desktop
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	UI
Version:	7.4.x
Platform:	Macintosh MacOS X 10.6

Importance:	-- minor (vote)
Target Milestone:	Future
Assigned To:	Unassigned bug - please assign me!

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Reported:	2009-11-23 14:33 UTC by gmxj007
Modified:	2009-11-25 15:19 UTC (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Description gmxj007 2009-11-23 14:33:40 UTC

The newer versions of SqueezePlay (7.4.2 onwards) has a major design flaw. When you turn off your player the menu becomes hidden! This is fine if you have only one player, but definitely not if you have more, which I'm sure is the case for a lot of folks.

Say I want to start playing on a second player. SqueezePlay forces me to turn on the current player first and then switch to the second player. But wait, the first player is on and unexpectedly blasting music in the other room (I have my SqueezeBox set to resume play upon power on)!

It would be better to always leave the menu on and have the Power button change graphic to indicate on/off.  Also, it would be nice to switch players by just clicking on the player name on top (drop down list?).