Elegance?!

[Lydia Pintscher]

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 21:14, Ralf Engels <ralf-engels at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> usually I think about elegant code.
> After all, if the code is easy to understand, well documented and
> without hidden traps then every change is fast and easy.
>
> But I guess you want to hear a little bit more about UI.

Both is fine. Elegance in this case applies to everything we do, be it
code, artwork, UI design, promo stuff, documentation, whatnot.

> For me the Amarok UI is quite cluttered with stuff that I rarely use.
>
> For example I use dynamic playlist all the time so the "Clear Playlist",
> "Save Playlist" and other buttons on the right bottom corner are
> useless.
> Also the search bar at the top of the playlist is useless.
>
> On the other hand having the different playlist options on the right
> side is not logical for me.
> A clear, logic and elegant setup would be to have the different
> collection views on the left side and everything playlist related on the
> right side.
>
>
> Also an unrelated, small and very elegant change in my opinion:
> Exchange the playlist column and the context information column.
> Why?
> It is very common to drag a song from your local collections into the
> playlist. Currently you have to drag from the very left to the very
> right.
> Also elegant for this new setup:
> The scope would get narrower from left to right:
> left: all your music
> center: the specific playlist
> right: a specific song

Thanks :)

> BR,
> Ralf
>
> I have some more proposals if you are really interested.

Please. Else I wouldn't have asked ;-)

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Lydia Pintscher
Amarok community manager
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