So I'm part of this experimental internet radio station project where the listeners have complete control over the que of upcoming music (it's in beta, so don't ask me for the URL). Yesterday, there was a conversation on the station chat regarding the fact that someone kept putting silly songs at the top of the que in the middle of someone else's serious album. I thought it would be funny to go to the "300 Sound Effects" album in the library and que some goofy 10-second sound of ducks quacking or something.

So I find the album in the library and click on it, expecting to get a listing of the tracks, but nothing happens. So I click on it again. I wasn't really paying attention because I was following the chat. But then I look over and realize that I just clicked on "Play Album" twice. 600 sound effects tracked queued up in about five seconds.

They had to go into the database to remove them all manually. OOPS.

The following is the conversation that ensued (my comments in italics):

GAH i fucked up. umm... i accidentally queued up the entire 300 sound effects album... twice. eh... is there an easy way to kill all of that. (sorry)

mysql.

dude. talk about pilot error :)

yeha wow. i wasn't paying attention and thought i was clicking on the album title.

whoa
i just tuned in
what did i miss?

me being an idiot... check the que. heh

yeah, i saw the q and then asked questions.
nice job. :)

we used to have a confirmation when queueing albums. maybe we should
bring that back.

so i'm officially a tool. can someone help me out here? or do i have to hit
remove 600 times?

I'll fix it in the db. Hold on.

I can do nasty things with mysql, but am not 100%
comfortable with the db.

thanks. and sorry again

Ok, geoff can deal.

If I can find/remember the password :)

you did it twice? muahahaha!

yeah i know. wow am i embarrassed.

heh, no worries. it'll get fixed.
i just think it's funny, yo.

maybe a special que functions page is in order, for bulk deletion, etc?

a clear queue button with Mouser written on it in big
friendly letters.

Didn't we add "dequeue album" already?

absolutely. if there is a dequeue album button, it should absolutely
be renamed after mouser.

or maybe if you deque a whole album it should bring up a picture of my head
and play a sample from Napolean Dynamite saying, "Friggin Idiot!!"

a demouse button?

unless you are already all set to delete stuff, I can manage it.

there is currently no dequeue album stuff. it wouldn't be that hard, though.

there ya go.

[hides in corner]

dude, no problem :)

mouser: when I first saw it, I thought you had done it on purpose

mouser: no worries. it has happened before. actually, the worst was
when I added a 'play' button to contributors in the search page, and
people weren't sure what it would acutally do.

hah no. sadly, i thought i would be clever and sneak in a goofy sound
effect at the top, after john's comment.

hee hee.

re a special queue function page: that is actually on the list. the
'queue' button at the top will one day bring up a spiffy queue editor.

i suggest a hall of fame on that page for people who have accidentally enqueued the most crap.

I'd include purposefully too.