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Originally Posted by DrO
rob: the reason for the up arrow was that without it with how the states are wanted to be shown (as i've detailed) you had zero indication of what state a file is in with regards to being or not being in the cloud unless you looked at the cloud icon menu, etc.
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by that logic, you have zero indication of what state something is in when it is uploaded, since it shows nothing in that column AFTER its uploaded. (meaning, under that column under local media in the nav tree). but that doesn't make sense either, since obviously being blank in that column IS AN INDICATION, its just a totally counter intuitive indication, the way its
currently implemented.
but that's not even the point. I am not trying to upset anyone or start an argument, I merely want the "powers that be" to hear me before committing to a terrible mistake in implementation.
do whatever you like, have any system of icons you want under "Cloud Sources" ...that's fine by me.
but please, PLEASE under "Local Media" do the sensible thing, and keep that column blank UNLESS something is uploaded to the cloud. putting an up arrow there not only clutters the screen for no reason, but as u have seen in just this thread, doesn't mean intuitively the same thing to everyone. its just a BAD IDEA. and then making it blank once something is uploaded, is even more senseless.
do blank, or a cloud icon. that makes sense. blank indicates the negative (no cloud relationship), and a cloud icon (or whatever u want) indicates the positive (uploaded or some other type of positive cloud relationship).
ps. in addition, u might have some kind of icon showing files that will not work on the cloud.
ROB:
it does sound like your winamp confused DBs, and storing the same pic multiple times in flies wastes space. I store it once per folder, (although I do include one backup in the folder too). besides, its the method native to winamp, ergo the cloud should support it, as google does.