[Feedback] Amarok 2 GUI Feedback

Mon Dec 1 12:32:25 UTC 2008

The guy is seriously a douchebag. But I do however feel that the Amarok 1.4
looked much more organised and native compared to Amarok 2. 2 just looks out
of place. Anyhow, Amarok is a great player with amazing features and
usability.

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 4:30 PM, <amarok-request at kde.org> wrote:

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>   1. Re: [Feedback] Amarok 2 GUI Feedback (Tim Bocek)
>   2. Re: [Feedback] Amarok 2 GUI Feedback (Jeff Mitchell)
>   3. Re: [Feedback] Amarok 2 GUI Feedback (Jeff Mitchell)
>   4. Re: Scrobbling through proxy does still not work in RC 1 (JD)
>   5. Re: Scrobbling through proxy does still not work in RC 1
>      (Seb Ruiz)
>   6. Re: amarok 2.0 rc1 for windows (Myriam Schweingruber)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:52:36 -0700
> From: "Tim Bocek" <tim.bocek at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Feedback] Amarok 2 GUI Feedback
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> Cc: filippo333 at gmail.com
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> I think he means "I hate media players that don't look just like iTunes."
>
> Ever try Songbird? Runs on Linux, looks just like iTunes, you don't need to
> criticize media players for not being something they weren't meant to be,
> and everyone's happy.
>
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Leo Franchi <lfranchi at kde.org> wrote:
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> > On 30 Nov 2008, at 20:44, filippo333 at gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > Filippo sent a message using the contact form at
> > > http://amarok.kde.org/en/contact.
> > >
> > > At the moment I think the Amarok 2 UI looks way too amateur. If you
> > > want some
> > > advice I recommend getting inspiration form iTunes 8 or even Banshee.
> > > Honestly the UI is horrible, I would much prefer a cleaner and more
> > > iTunes
> > > type look than making a mess of the UI. I hope you don't take it the
> > > wrong
> > > way and I hope you use my feedback in order to improve Amarok 2.
> > > Thanks Fil.
> >
> > thank you for taking the time to needlessly criticize amarok without
> > providing any sort of constructive feedback at all.
> >
> > as soon as we leave our cave where we have studiously ignored banshee
> > and itunes for the last 2 years, we will notify you.
> >
> > have a nice day,
> > leo
> >
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:07:05 -0500
> From: Jeff Mitchell <kde-dev at emailgoeshere.com>
> Subject: Re: [Feedback] Amarok 2 GUI Feedback
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> filippo333 at gmail.com wrote:
> > Filippo sent a message using the contact form at
> > http://amarok.kde.org/en/contact.
> >
> > At the moment I think the Amarok 2 UI looks way too amateur. If you want
> some
> > advice I recommend getting inspiration form iTunes 8 or even Banshee.
> > Honestly the UI is horrible, I would much prefer a cleaner and more
> iTunes
> > type look than making a mess of the UI. I hope you don't take it the
> wrong
> > way and I hope you use my feedback in order to improve Amarok 2. Thanks
> Fil.
>
> You won't find much support among the developers.  Speaking personally,
> the iTunes UI is awful.  I've used it a number of times, and it's like
> pulling teeth each time.
>
> --Jeff
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:08:56 -0500
> From: Jeff Mitchell <kde-dev at emailgoeshere.com>
> Subject: Re: [Feedback] Amarok 2 GUI Feedback
> To: Amarok Mailing List <amarok at kde.org>
> Cc: filippo333 at gmail.com
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> Tim Bocek wrote:
> > I think he means "I hate media players that don't look just like iTunes."
> >
> > Ever try Songbird? Runs on Linux, looks just like iTunes, you don't need
> > to criticize media players for not being something they weren't meant to
> > be, and everyone's happy.
>
> Yeah, it's pretty amusing.  If people want iTunes they should just use
> iTunes.  If they want a clone of iTunes, there's plenty out there...
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 17:10:34 -0800
> From: JD <jd1008 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Scrobbling through proxy does still not work in RC 1
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> Pardon my lack of familiarity with all these advanced plugins -
> but what does the scrobbler plugin do?
>
> Cheers,
>
> JD
>
> Jan Holthuis wrote:
> > Hi!
> > Some time ago I reported, that Last.FM scrobbling through doesn't work (?
> http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/amarok/2008-October/006961.html).
> Unfortunately, it does still not work in Amarok 2 RC1 ?Narwhal?, which is a
> bit disappointing, because it's the only bug that prevents me from using
> Amarok2 every day. Is there any chance ?scrobbling through proxy? will make
> it into Amarok 2.0 Final?
> >
> > PS: Is it possible, that it's not amarok's fault, but related to bug
> #155707 (? http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155707) ?
> >
> > Thanks in Advance,
> > Jan Holthuis
> >
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> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:14:39 +1000
> From: "Seb Ruiz" <ruiz at kde.org>
> Subject: Re: Scrobbling through proxy does still not work in RC 1
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> 2008/12/1 JD <jd1008 at gmail.com>:
> > Pardon my lack of familiarity with all these advanced plugins -
> > but what does the scrobbler plugin do?
>
> http://www.last.fm/
>
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > JD
> >
> > Jan Holthuis wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> > Some time ago I reported, that Last.FM scrobbling through doesn't work (?
> > http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/amarok/2008-October/006961.html).
> > Unfortunately, it does still not work in Amarok 2 RC1 ?Narwhal?, which is
> a
> > bit disappointing, because it's the only bug that prevents me from using
> > Amarok2 every day. Is there any chance ?scrobbling through proxy? will
> make
> > it into Amarok 2.0 Final?
> >
> > PS: Is it possible, that it's not amarok's fault, but related to bug
> #155707
> > (? http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=155707) ?
> >
> > Thanks in Advance,
> > Jan Holthuis
> >
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> Message: 6
> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 09:04:51 +0100
> From: "Myriam Schweingruber" <myriam at getamarok.com>
> Subject: Re: amarok 2.0 rc1 for windows
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> Hi Jon,
>
> First of all, sorry for this late answer, but looks we were all far too
> busy.
>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 08:38, Jon Aquilina <eagles051387 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > is there an rc for windows yet and if yes where can i get it from?
>
> The current release for Windows is available through the
> KDE-on-Windows installer you can find here:
>
> http://winkde.org/pub/kde/ports/win32/installer/
>
> Keep in mind though that, as stated on our release note for RC [1],
> that the Windows and Mac OS versions are rather beta than RC, due to a
> few showstoppers we haven't resolved yet. We hope you enjoy it anyway
> :)
>
> Greets
>
> Myriam
>
> [1] http://amarok.kde.org/en/releases/2.0/rc/1
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