Don't be such a stick in the mud, Doug.

I like this idea a lot. How does it know whether you're just advancing or skipping to the next track? It doesn't, and it shouldn't need to. It could just pop into Now and Next whenever you hit Next or Previous track, and sit in Now and Next for a short (perhaps configurable) amount of time before switching back to your chosen Info mode. I think all the business about calculating your "track advance speed" is unnecessary... When I skip a track, I'm "skipping through the tracks", I don't see a distinction...

What would make it neat if you could configure it to only do this when in Shuffle mode, since that's when it's most useful (if not in shuffle, you probably know what the next track is.)