Bespin, was: Bespin on k-c-d

[Kevin Funk]

Monday 05 October 2009, Dan Meltzer:
> On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Thomas Lübking <thomas.luebking at web.de> 
wrote:
> > Hi everyone,
> > I'd like to take this over here then, as it's merely unrelated to k-c-d.
> >
> >
> > Ok, as the window layout is already configurable, the remaining item
> > (regarding bespins runtime patches) are the genreal UI desktop
> > integration and especially the MainToolbar.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > 1st off as a technical detail, i want to point out that there is a way to
> > use the style for custom widgets / elements and KStyle has convenience
> > functions for this.
> > So it is possible to rely on the widget style to paint things and use a
> > custom fallback in case the style doesn't support this element.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > 2nd:
> > what bothered me (and apparently others) most was the alien look (the
> > amarok svn skin)
> > This might be the default way on windows and a do understand the branding
> > aspect in this, but it makes things unconsistent.
> > If one wants to go with skinning, that's ok, but it should be complete,
> > i.e. cover the entire application and dedicated customizable, as this is
> > the main point about skinning.
> >
> > 3rd: i attached a screenshot of what amarok currently lools on my
> > desktop, as i will likely refer to this now and in the future, so you
> > maybe should have seen it.
> > I modified the svg skin, paint a gradient on the background of the main
> > toolbar, forced native slider painting and replaced the volume slider
> > with a dial.
> > The dash on the right side toggles the minimode (i.e. hides the data
> > section, shrinks the window horizontally and verticall and tunrs into a
> > "+")
> 
> It sounds to me like you need to write yourself an audio player, this
> is one hell of a bastardization that is going to confuse the hell out
> of anyone that ends up with it (and anyone that tries to support
> it)...
> 

Thomas,
I like your design skills but not the way you're realizing them. I agree with 
what Dan said, it's just wrong to hack the whole UI to fit your needs (at 
runtime!).
Join our development group and provide mockups or general ideas / patches to 
improve our layout and/or interface design.
You already submitted a patch to our ML, so why don't you go this way?

-- 
Kevin Funk