[Bug 476909] [NEW] exail has no intuitive way to clear the playlist or get a new one

[ex-oficio]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: exaile

XXXXXX at orion:~$ apt-cache policy exaile
exaile:
  Installed: 0.3.0.1-0ubuntu6

since upgrading to ubuntu karmic the clear playlist button has gone. so
now you either have to go into the menus with the mouse (very
inconvenient) or issue a keystoke crtl+l to clear the playlist.

since there is no button to add a new tab, that route is no less
inconvenient, requiring the same action as to clear the existing list.

in fact having to start a new tab means more eventual clicks to close
old ones, since i don't believe most people want multiple tabs, just a
playlist to add/remove songs from.

i discovered today that if, like me, you just want one list you can just
click the X on the only open playlist which automatically re-opens
empty. this is the desired functionality, but it was not at all obvious
or intuitive. please don't deprive me of that as well. As it stands i
can clear the list with one click albeit in a rather clunky way, and
anything else is unneccesary hassle. i agree that the tabbed, multiple
playlist option is nice, and it's good that it's there, but it shouldn't
be foisted upon people who just want to listen to a list of tunes now
and again. there was a clear playlist buttin in the last version and it
was good.

i switched to exaile because the others were either shoddy or over
complicated or couterintuitive or all three (e.g. amarok). while i would
still choose exaile over everything else, the current state of the
application is a bit tatty what with the old notification leftovers
still there but not functional, and the above-mentioned displeasing
playlist issue.

of course i am more than happy to bear with the developers while things
are sorted out, but i question whether the current code was in a fit
state for release. no offence intended.

good day.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Nov  6 20:48:23 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: exaile 0.3.0.1-0ubuntu6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: exaile
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic x86_64

** Affects: exaile (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug

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