: New Layout

[David R. Litwin]

On 19/06/06, Jan Callewaert <jan.callewaert at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Op maandag 19 juni 2006 20:43, schreef Matze:
>
> > OPTIMAL imho would be a three pane Layout just as in Outlook 2003 and
> > newer. Suggestion: ________
> >
> > | x  | y | z |
> >
> > -------------
> >
> > x would show Collection, Playlists or Files
> > y for the Info Page with Lyrics and WikiPart
> > z showing the running playlist.
>
> That would be the previous layout with an extra pane. One thing that
> disturbed
> me personally was that the playlist didn't have enough width to display
> all
> the information I want to see about the songs. That's what they are trying
> to
> deal with IMHO. With your design, you would take even more space away for
> the
> playlist, which is worse than the old design. I agree the current design
> still needs (a lot of) improvement, but I hope that the extra space for
> the
> playlist is kept.


Having lurked much on this list, I would like to come out of the
shadows again briefly to opine. In lieu of having all of this debate,
as some really like the new interface whilst others, including myself,
dislike it, have an option, as you do for the icon-scheme, for going
back to the original layout. This would give back the familiar, more
usefull and more aethetically pleasing
Amarok we know and love to those who think this
so. Simultaneously, the ones who appreciate the newer version can see the
developer's work in progress and enjoy the new look. Eventually, when
the new look has been perfected, use the new look as
standard or remove the option all-together and have the new look as
the only look. Therefore, all are happy and the developers continue to
get feedback. Just like the
icon-set. I understand this would bloat some what the source code: If
one is getting it from svn, I doubt any one will care much. From a
binary or source-code-only... well, they'll have to put up with a
slightly bigger file. Seems to me it isn't horribly un-feasible. And,
it would certainly make many happy.
Some one has already suggested this, methinks. I wish to second the notion.

Cheers.

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