Amarok's UI Game part 2

Tomasz Dudzik madsheytan at gmail.com
Sun Oct 24 11:55:41 CEST 2010


I readed your replays and sometimes i agree and sometimes not. The first thing 
is the tabbar on the bottom. As i mentioned in  the README file, these tabs are 
there because i'm personally use them. This is simply optional as the Amarok's 
UI offers that possibility. :) Next thing are monochromatic icons. I can't 
agree that an KDE app should use KDE default icons. Well, for things like the 
main toolbar (play/stop buttons etc) this is ok. But for others like the 
playlist or media browser toolbar this can be changed to default icons. Of 
course you always can make them KDE theme dependent. How? Simple. By default 
use the monochromatic icons that are provided for plasmoids configuration. You 
use plasma in Amarok, right? :) And if those changes with plasma theme, they 
change in Amarok, too, but they always stay monochromatic. Next thing is "two 
colors mono icons". Well, i agree. I even want to include this in a mockup. 
Normal icon - gray, pressed -blue (kde colors dependent).  The media browser 
search filed can be moved to the top. This was a experiment from my side :D Now 
lets go back to the media browser toolbar. I think this is made good in my 
mockups. Which ever menu you choose "Media Collections, Internet, Podcasts 
etc" the menu will change button to those releted to current menu. That way, 
it all stay in the same place what improves usability and will look cool :D Of 
course with monochromatic icons. But there's a path that shows where you 
currently are. And this one, like in the mocks should stay in the header. ;)

And remember, the tabs on the bottom are just simply mine setup :D

I'm glad that you like my work and hope you will use some ideas to include 
them to Amarok. :)

Cheers, Tomasz.


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