Future UI Discussion

[Lee Olson]

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Big O <illogical1 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On Dec 13, 2008, at 11:45 AM, Casey Link wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Big O <illogical1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Dec 13, 2008, at 11:14 AM, Casey Link wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 7:27 AM, Lee Olson <leetolson at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> Dan,
> >>>>
> >>>> Is this getting closer to what you had in mind?
> >>>>
> >>>> - Lee
> >>>
> >>> Woo! Three mockups since I went to bed! Lee you rock.
> >>>
> >>> Some thoughts.
> >>>
> >>> * Current track info in the toolbar
> >>> => Could you add the album cover? I think the user shouldn't have to
> >>> browse/scroll to the NP applet to figure out what is playing.
> >> Why?
> >
> > long version: I think the NP should be re-factored into an applet that
> > provides supplemental infos about the current track. The problem is,
> > if a user has some favorite applets (lyrics, albums, and wikipedia)
> > there is no room for the NP applet, and hence he cannot see what is
> > playing! So I wanted to move the essential info into the toolbar.
>
> > However, after talking with leinir, we decided the art is already
> > displayed in a couple places (playlist, CV), so the art shouldn't be
> > in the toolbar.
> :) This is what I pointed out in my original (and it seems Dan did in
> his actual post) but I thought it would just be simpler to ask why and
> have you see it yourself. I guess leinir beat your brain to it though
> :-)
> >
> >
> > short version: decided not to, so nevermind :P
> >
> > Though, I still think the np info in the toolbar looks bland.
> Agreed.  I don't believe more album art is a proper solution though.


Perhaps displaying the track rating under the info in the toolbar would help
brighten it up, but even that would be redundant when using the "current
track info" widget.

- Lee


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