Sorry, my advice was for Nicki.

Didn't stick. Slid right off.

OK, it was just a request from a tester and a suggestion by me. Not a big deal to me.

The current "add" interface does a nice job of validating that the file exists, and that it has a file extension that indicates it's an "Audio file" and therefore should be playable by MA3.

Yep, it's no big deal at all.

I didn't see anything in the beginning of this thread that is still outstanding, so it looks like after testing this one is ready to go. I think these new features should go down really well with customers. Personally I love anything that adds more options and things to play with.

Again, if someone wants to build their own playlist, they can edit the file.

Winamp uses the PLS format which allows people to add hundreds of songs by editing the file.

I was never suggesting Jim invest any development effort in it.

The playlist system in iTunes makes me want to scream because there is no external file to edit. You must use iTunes. And you can't build Playlists on the iPhone/iPod (something you've been able to do on Creative Labs mp3 players for 8 years now).

I can do playlists on my 4G iPod (that's quite an old one). Just hold the button down to add the selected item (song/album) to an on-the-fly playlist. Never tried making a playlist on my iPhone, I'm guessing it doesn't?

You can enqueue songs. But can you create a playlist, name it, and save it for later, all within your iPod/iPhone?

On the 4G iPod it does make and save the playlists, but you can't rename them (AFAIK) on the iPod. They are just called "On-The-Go N" where N is an incrementing number. They are saved and copied to iTunes tho. My iPhone has inherited 15 of them.

http://www.everymac.com/systems/appl...od_4thgen.html
Not at all the same as the next iPhone that was lost/stolen recently.

Alright, how about changing the copyright from 2009 to 2010 in the about?
That should be one of those "Simple additions" you were hoping for! ;)

Hey - there's a good simple suggestion!

O, O -

I got one. In the line for "Right Arrow", fix the "Scrool scene to" part to read "Scrool scene to right"


http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/4903/ma3kbkeys.th.jpg

Wow - good catch. The word was actually there, it was just too far right to show up. I shudder to think what will happen with the "Big Fonts" people.

Just checked that changing the Font size to 150% and it didn't make any difference to MA3's "about" screen, so it appears that will be a non-issue, at least with Win 7.

Whilst you're there, how about if M = Music On/Off, then have N = Next music. - Pachelbel's Canon isn't a song! - And none of mine are 'songs'. ;)
[Thinks] ... Why over there do they call everything a "song"?...[/Thinks].... :erm: ;)

ps, Thanks for fixing ALT-F4.

Well... "Next Music" doesn't really quite work, grammatically. It would have to be "Next Piece of Music" or something similar.

Tune? ..... But Music sounds better. - Grammatically? America? - I thought we were divided by a common language! :)

"Audio On/Off"

"Next Audio Selection"

???

Are you making this the "official" copy before all the placeholders are working in the clock and logo settings box?

No. I'm almost done with those.

Next Music Track or just Next Track
Previous Music Track or just Prev Track

OK, Next music track.

:)

Well, earlier I suggested the above,

but "Audio On/Off" wouldn't be right since the Bubble audio could still be on.

"Playlist On/Off" seems better, to me.


Also, sorry to be such a stickler, but "Next Music Track" wouldn't technically be accurate if the playlist consists of non-music sounds such as sounds of a rainforest, or jungle, or river bank, etc. (Yes, I'll admit it, I actually have these. Now you know who bought those CDs.) :)

Perhaps, a more accurate "Next Playlist Selection" would be more all encompassing and would appear consistant with "Playlist On/Off", too.

Also, then, in the "Program Settings" menu, change the "Music" check box/volume adjustment to "Playlist".

Oops - also in the "Music Playlist" screen, change "Music Volume" to "Playlist Volume. Maybe also call the screen the "Audio Playlist" instead of "Music Playlist"?

Geez, then you'd also have to change the button on the "Marine Aquarium Settings" main screen to "Audio Playlist", too.



Just throwing out suggestions. Please don't throw anything back at me.

:eek:

If you'll notice, v11f has it as "Next music track", and thus it will remain for all eternity. Or at least until you can convince Steve Jobs to rename iTunes because it covers not just tunes, but books-on-cd, lectures, apps, etc.

Moving on...:)

Well, that's better than having something thrown back at me.

:)

*makes note that Jim probably isn't the other person who bought those Rainforest/Jungle/Ocean relaxation CDs*

The only other thing I would request Jim is that when you create the files for download I wish you would keep the same name for them. :)

I just open the zip and extract the file to system32 for installation, which works fine if they all have the same name, even my desktop shortcut for manual starting works every time, if not I end up with different copies in the same folder.

When I compile it as a Beta (which I finally remembered to do with this version), the filename comes out as MA3Beta.scr.

Simple - but perhaps too late for this version?

CTRL-R should reset default sleep setting.

OK.

Or just a button that resets everything to their default settings.

In the "About" panel, it says that CTRL-R is "Reset all to default settings".

However, I think doing that (strictly) might not be what most people want. For instance, I wouldn't want CTRL-R to change my music, or clock, or number or type of fish, or colors, or ..... (and it doesn't do that).

It does reset several things, though (e.g., most or all of the things in the Program Settings panel).

But it's a good question. What should "all" mean, in "reset all"?

Currently, it means:

MouseExit = FALSE;
AlwaysTop = FALSE;
TitleBar = TRUE;
ShowCrystal = TRUE;
Autopan = TRUE;
PanSpeed = 0.3;
SavedPanSpeed = 0.3f;
CurrentBGSet = 0;
TopColor = default color;
BottomColor = default color;
BubbleSound =FALSE;
Music =TRUE;
Volume =1500;
MusicVolume =1500;
MouseInWindow =FALSE;
CurrentFishSet = 0;
NumFishSets = 1;
CycleFishSets = FALSE;
Drawbubbles = TRUE;
EyePt = 3.6, 1.01, -20.0;
CurrentLogo =0;
Sleeptime = 10;

Thanks for the information.

It looks like CTRL-R will reset everything in Program Settings, and Colors; Sleep; and:

Turn off all fish (I didn't remember that as the default).

But it doesn't change Display mode, Music Playlist, and Clock/Logo. [Perhaps it should reset display mode?]

And it doesn't change things that are "temporary" (Wireframe mode, etc.)

Did I get that right?

Question: I thought I had noticed that it also resets the digital clock/calendar color? Perhaps not? Perhaps it should?

Also, what is EyePt? How is that changed, otherwise?

The Eye Point is the camera position. It's something that's recorded, so if the user were to mess with those numbers in the Registry, the view could get very ugly. CTRL-R would reset it to a proper position, which would be saved the next time the program exits.

I'll look into all that other stuff when I get a chance.

That's why we're here - to identify the stuff.

[i.e., cause more work for you]

;)

L should be "Next Clock/Logo" or "Next in Logo List".

Changed to Next in logo list.

Not to put any pressure on you Jim... :) but will Beta 11F not expire soon?

Jim said 30 days, Henemly said June 22, 2010.

https://www.feldoncentral.com/forums...?t=5322&page=5

I'm very close to getting 11g out the door. Should have been tonight, but my wife just informed me that the shower faucet is leaking, so I'll be spending the afternoon on that.