Pause button is unnecessary and detrimental

• Apr 1, 2009 - 05:58
Type
Graphical (UI)
Severity
S4 - Minor
Status
closed
Project
  1. Open a score such as the demo
  2. Press play
  3. Press pause

Notice that the score cannot be fully edited in pause mode. This can cause confusion and sometimes lead to unnessary actions (such as quitting MuseScore or reloading the score).

Here are two suggestions for fixing this:

Suggestion 1: Remove the pause icon from the toolbar since the play button already offers the same functionality. Consider morphing the two buttons into one similar to many media players.

Suggestion 2: Allow note entry when playback is pause.

See this thread on the forum for the initial discussion: http://musescore.org/en/node/1438#comment-2772


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