Improving Amarok Current Track Applet look

[Nikolaj Hald Nielsen]

wow, looks nice!

Mix number 1 and 3 and we have a winner I think! :-)

- Nikolaj

2009/3/26 Lee Olson <leetolson at gmail.com>:
> Attached is a mockup which builds upon William's idea. I've added 3
> variations of the applet to the mockup so specific details can be discussed.
> Please let me know if you would like to see something in particular. Thanks!
>
> - Lee
>
> 2009/2/17 Leo Franchi <lfranchi at kde.org>
>>
>> On 17 Feb 2009, at 13:14, William Viana wrote:
>>
>> Hey guys,
>>
>> I've been thinking of ways of improving Current Track visual look because,
>> IMHO our current one could be much better. I was thinking about a relayout
>> of the current one and small changes so it would look minimalistic and more
>> elegant. Due to my lack of skills with inkscape this is the best I could
>> get:
>>
>> http://socios.aditel.org/~wviana/amarok/currenttrack_mockup.png
>>
>> So, I was wondering if you could add a little bit of your talent and
>> skills to improve that mockup or even come with a totally different one if
>> you wish. The only constraint is that we are probably going to be in a
>> freeze in about 2 or 3 weeks and it would be better that we implement it
>> before the freeze.
>>
>> I like the mockup :) the size of the track is a bit large and glaring, but
>> i really like the status bar on bottom over what we have now.l
>> the space under the albumcover seems to be wasted, however. maybe we could
>> use it better?
>>
>>
>> We have also introduced a new feature in the Current Track applet to show
>> both the last played tracks and the favorite ones. For that we used a tab
>> bar and the problem is that its default look doesn't seem to fit. Here is
>> how it looks:
>>
>> On Linux using the default plasma theme:
>> http://mark.kollide.net/amarok2_plasma_tabbar.png
>>
>> On Mac OS X:
>> http://pwsp.cleinias.com/amarok.tabbar.applet.png
>>
>> The options would be to change the tab bar aspect by changing its
>> stylesheet or using another more appropriate widget for hiding information.
>>
>> I'm looking forward to your suggestions (both artists and usability
>> experts).
>> --
>>     -William-
>>
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