The keyboard controls for playback are listed as:
play x
pause c
stop v
previous z
next b
There are severe difficulties in using this "UI". It doesn't
seem to support average QWERTY keyboard layout in coherent manner.
Let me share the experiences:
Press "z" for previous and "b" for next.
Really, "b" for next?
Hm, what "c" has to do with word "pause"?
Considering the shuffle command, which is bound to"S" key; can hardly
be one that is used often that would entitle it to reserve "S"
keybinding more than e.g. "stop" command.
SUGGESTION
For ease of use from keyboard consider either method (a) or (b). The
current one is not something that can be remembered how the shortcuts
are suppoed to be bound.
(A) Use mnemonics:
(p)lay
p(a)ause
(s)top
(p)revious OR better (b)ackward as in Editors
(n)next OR better (f)orward as in Editors
This requires remapping all current bindings that are occupied by
P, A, S, [P,N | B, F]. But the result is usable mnemonic UI.
(B) Arrange keys according to easy access to keyboard layout (Vi-style).
skip backward
| skip forward
| | play
| | |
Top row : a s d
Bottom row: z x c
| | |
| | pause
back forward
Problem with this is, although potentially extremely convenient, that
this would work only in QWERTY, not DVORAK. The solution is to
offer similar for left-corner keys for DVORAK and make the feature
configurable.
(C) Let user define keybindings through configuration file
This would be ultimate solution to accomodate all users.