Improving Amarok Current Track Applet look

[Seb Ruiz]

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!

For the playcount, rating and last played, I think it would be better
to show actual text (like we did in 1.4).
It difficult to understand what the numbers mean without context,
especially because they are all on the same line.

Can we do something which more akin to Amarok 1.4?


>
> - 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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