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30th Apr 2017, 1:26 PM
	Magic Marmalade If you're not lost... It's not an adventure! Member since Jun 2014 3773 Points Moderator	By way of feedback for OC, as regards the changes to data entry: A couple things I've noticed (not really bugs, but more inconveniences and discrepancies)... Firstly, is that the drop down boxes in "add missing info" for the different performers only produce existing options when you begin typing for the default field you are typing in, even if you change the field.... that is, if I begin typing: "Moz.." in the "composers" field, at the top, then Mozart will appear as an option. ...But, if I have already used that field for another composer, and use the next field down for the next composer featured on the album, I have to change the field type from "Orchestra / Ensemble" to: "composer", and then start typing the composer's name. Which, if I do, and so start typing "Moz...", then no composer's name will appear as an option, and even if there is a close approximation, will present "orchestra / Ensemble" options instead, consistent with my typing: "Mo...." (may present something like: "Mozambique Philharmonic" say... even though I've changed the field type. This makes things difficult, for the reason that there are often many different names to be added for each field on each album - 2 or 3 or more composers, orchestras etc. And if any of these are difficult spellings from a "standard" spelling, or is a difficult name in any other way, you either have to try and remember how to spell it, or copy the name from somewhere else in the entry, and paste it in the box after, but if you have several like this at once (Czech names are a nightmare for me :), you can only copy one at a time. Secondly, there's the issue of "soloists" and what I wonder is a separate consideration of "performers" or other personnel (instrumentalists) on the album, whoa re not strictly speaking "soloists" (sometimes both of these categories may appear on an album at once: two or three named soloists, and orchestra, then: others, or other performers... say: "Triangle, played by: Billy Tinkle", "wooden block played by Michael Mahogany", or something like that. Lastly, composers, conductors, or soloist's name's which have variable accepted spellings, either for regional renderings of that name, some with accents, or some without, will produce different lists of works by that (those) artists when you click their names (Thaikovsky / Tchaikowsky etc. ...Even Grieg, has apparently accepted spellings: Grieg / Greig... both of these will produce different sets of results.