Improving Amarok Current Track Applet look

[Lee Olson]

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<http://socios.aditel.org/%7Ewviana/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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