tag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:/discussions/suggestions/3214-active-play-list-changes-when-dragging-song-into-another-list-in-latest-5510beaTunes: Discussion 2018-01-19T13:03:38Ztag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/444923582018-01-12T07:06:41Z2018-01-12T07:06:41ZActive play list changes when dragging song into another list in latest 5.5.1.0<div><p>Hey Ryan,</p>
<p>which version did you update from? The dragging behavior hasn't changed in quite a while.</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/444923582018-01-12T07:37:22Z2018-01-12T07:37:22ZActive play list changes when dragging song into another list in latest 5.5.1.0<div><p>I can't remember the version . but I always update when a new version is<br>
available. Is there a way I can find this out?</p>
<p>* *</p>
<hr></div>ryantag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/444923582018-01-12T07:39:46Z2018-01-12T07:39:46ZActive play list changes when dragging song into another list in latest 5.5.1.0<div><p>The last version before 5.1 was 5.0.6.<br>
You could find out by checking in your <code>system-error.log</code> file in the beaTunes log file directory.</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/444923582018-01-12T08:08:38Z2018-01-12T08:08:38ZActive play list changes when dragging song into another list in latest 5.5.1.0<div><h2><a name="ok-cool-located-the-log-file-what-am-i-looking-for-" class="anchor" href="#ok-cool-located-the-log-file-what-am-i-looking-for-"></a>Ok cool .. located the log file .. What am I looking for?</h2></div>ryantag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/444923582018-01-12T08:41:50Z2018-01-12T08:41:50ZActive play list changes when dragging song into another list in latest 5.5.1.0<div><p>Starting beaTunes 5.0.6, built December 7, 2017 1:32:31 AM AEDT</p>
<p>Starting beaTunes 5.1.0, built January 11, 2018 1:44:46 AM AEDT</p>
<p>*Looks like these are the two entries in my log that indicate the version number<br>
*</p>
<hr></div>ryantag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/444923582018-01-12T09:58:44Z2018-01-12T09:58:44ZActive play list changes when dragging song into another list in latest 5.5.1.0<div><p>Then nothing has changed.<br>
Perhaps you're using the app slightly differently?</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/444923582018-01-12T16:55:50Z2018-01-12T16:55:50ZActive play list changes when dragging song into another list in latest 5.5.1.0<div><p>No I’m not using it any differently. Can this feature be added to preferences to disable it?</p></div>ryantag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/444923582018-01-12T19:15:16Z2018-01-12T19:15:16ZActive play list changes when dragging song into another list in latest 5.5.1.0<div><p>Hey Ryan,</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Can this feature be added to preferences to disable it?</p>
</blockquote>
<p>No and please let me explain why.</p>
<p>I can see why you'd want a different behavior. It's appealing. And perhaps I find the time at some point to make it happen, but an additional switch in the preferences would clutter the already complicated UI even more, which I find very undesirable. So either it will be changed at some point or it will stay the same, but there won't be another checkbox in the preferences for this.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>iTunes works this way so it makes no sense that beaTunes is different in this respect.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>iTunes is an application developed by billion dollar company. beaTunes is not iTunes. beaTunes is not a media sales vehicle, beaTunes does not serve the purpose of installing software on iOS devices, beaTunes is not a movie player etc. There are so many ways beaTunes is different from iTunes. Arguing that iTunes has this and that will never be a good reason for me to implement anything.</p>
<p>Only if the feature is actually really desirable (and as I said above, I kind of tend to agree with you on your wish), there is a chance it will be implemented. Whether iTunes works the same way is very secondary to me.</p>
<p>Back to the problem at hand: If you'd like to avoid selecting the target playlist, you can also use <em>Add to Playlist</em> from the context menu. Admittedly, not the same, perhaps not as comfortable as dragging, but perhaps it's useful for you.</p>
<p>Cheers!</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/444923582018-01-12T21:10:20Z2018-01-12T21:10:20ZActive play list changes when dragging song into another list in latest 5.5.1.0<div><p>Thanks for the explanatory. I'm not suggesting that you make beaTunes<br>
like iTune. iTunes is mostly crap., that's why I use and recommend<br>
beaTunes. But I'm curious as to what led to the decision to change<br>
beaTunes interface from what arguably is the norm UI for explorer<br>
interfaces. Eg. Windows Explorer, OS X finder, Traktor, Rekordbox, Media<br>
Monkey, countless IDEs etc. etc.</p>
<p>As you can see from my screen shot below, using the context menu is<br>
hardly a scalable solution. If I don't surf the menu slowly and<br>
accurately I need to start again. and I have a 34" monitor! Attempting<br>
this on my laptop covers the entire screen with context menus</p>
<hr></div>ryantag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/444923582018-01-17T09:01:02Z2018-01-17T09:01:02ZActive play list changes when dragging song into another list in latest 5.5.1.0<div><blockquote>
<p>But I'm curious as to what led to the decision to change beaTunes interface from what arguably is the norm UI for explorer<br>
interfaces. Eg. Windows Explorer, OS X finder, Traktor, Rekordbox, Media<br>
Monkey, countless IDEs etc. etc.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The thing is, it hasn't changed. There was no design decision.</p>
<p>BUT: I agree with you about the way it should be. With a bit of luck, I can post a dev snapshot by tomorrow, that has the desired behavior.</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/444923582018-01-17T23:27:57Z2018-01-17T23:27:57ZActive play list changes when dragging song into another list in latest 5.5.1.0<div><p>Yeah not sure what happened there .. I usually keep beaTunes up to</p>
<h2><a name="date-anyway-thanks-for-considering-my-opinion-" class="anchor" href="#date-anyway-thanks-for-considering-my-opinion-"></a>date. Anyway, thanks for considering my opinion</h2></div>ryantag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/444923582018-01-18T12:35:45Z2018-01-18T12:35:45ZActive play list changes when dragging song into another list in latest 5.5.1.0<div><p>If you're interested in trying out the dev snapshot, it's at <a href="https://www.beatunes.com/download/beaTunes-5-1-1-SNAPSHOT-x64.exe">https://www.beatunes.com/download/beaTunes-5-1-1-SNAPSHOT-x64.exe</a> Please make sure beaTunes itself <strong>is not</strong> running when running the installer.</p>
<p>Does the snapshot fix the issue/work as expected?</p>
<p>Cheers,</p>
<p>-hendrik</p></div>hendriktag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/444923582018-01-19T06:47:25Z2018-01-19T06:47:25ZActive play list changes when dragging song into another list in latest 5.5.1.0<div><p>That's done it! .. thanks for doing it so quickly :)</p></div>ryantag:help.beatunes.com,2009-07-24:Comment/444923582018-01-19T13:03:38Z2018-01-19T13:03:38ZActive play list changes when dragging song into another list in latest 5.5.1.0<div><p>Well — you had a point and it turned out to be easy to change. :-)</p></div>hendrik