Well as I said it's a rather minor point of consistency and not really that important now that the beta has saved filters but I still would like to respond to what you said.
There's not going to be another filter just to accommodate one media type.
It's not for just a single media type. It's for all media that is not online
Clearly, File path works very well for the majority of users whose media is online.
Well clearly it would work well for users whose media is online. Why wouldn't it? But of course we are talking about users whose media is not online, and I would guess this would be a majority, if not of current users, certainly of potential users.
Those with DVD collections can also use it simply by adding a value to the field.
Like I said the better "Kludge" is to simply add a saved filter for a non NULL Media label. It's cleaner. But then why have a kludge at all. The best solution would be to simply add an "owned" boolean along with seen and wish? This would cover all situations.
But media isn't always scanned, or may be to much trouble to scan
These fields can be filled in manually, and Media type through a multi edit, so this is not really an issue. but again the correct way is to add an owned boolean.
It's not a major issue, and there are work arounds, but if your argument is that the current system is the best of all worlds, or even adequate, for anyone who cares about software consistency and usability, that simply won't fly unchallenged.
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