Simple feature for interface

[jondmml]

Ok I want to bring up this idea for a feature that may improve the usability of the Zune. When I am listening to a song that I found by searching through the song list, I sometimes want to listen to the album or more songs by that artist. To do this, I have to return to go up a number of levels, change to artist or album search and refind the artist or album. I believe that there shoudl be an easier way to do this and I suggest the following:

Once a song is found and middle clicked on, information about the song pops up. One should be able to move left and right which will in essence switch to album or artist of that song. Currently, left and right moves to the next and previous alphabetical song. This is pretty useless since one can always go up one level, find the next or previous song, then click on it.

What do Zune users think of this feature? If my wording is difficult to understand I will rewrite it. Maybe someone has a better idea to fix this annoying issue?

[JeremyMiller]

I think you're the only person that searches through the song list, Ever.

Maybe you should just listen to 'artists' or 'albums' rather than looking for one or two songs.

That's what all real people do...

[jondmml]

Haha... My memory sometimes fails me and I only remember the song name... I still think it would be quite useful and the small change would improve overall user experience

[Method of Mac]

It saves battery to use the shuffle feature, so I usually do. Also, the less button clicks the better, this also saves battery because the screen will shut off sooner due to inactivity (or the timer)

I often have my music on shuffle and a song will come on I like and I am thinking, whoa, I want to hear this entire album. Going back two levels and searching down a list, then finding the album, then hitting play all is a pain in the ass. I agree.

I think it would be a lot easier to just have a similar option when you hit the middle button while playing a certain song. It would probably be a real easy fix for MS, it would save battery, and it would be more user friendly. Win-Win as they say.

[sugrhigh]

Originally Posted by JeremyMiller

I think you're the only person that searches through the song list, Ever.

Maybe you should just listen to 'artists' or 'albums' rather than looking for one or two songs.

That's what all real people do...

I pick songs too... except for working out and whatnot i have a playlist...