coverflow for amarok 2

[Big O]

On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 4:31 PM, Daniel Winter <dw at danielwinter.de> wrote:

> Am Sonntag, 9. März 2008 21:01:39 schrieb Dan Leinir Turthra Jensen:
>
> >   While we are aware of CoverFlow, we are also aware of the inherent
> > uselessness of the concept... We do, however, recognise the potential
> > usefulness of eyecandy, and so we set out to figure out a way of making
> > CoverFlow itself useful. What we came up with was the CD Stack idea.
> Please
> > check out the KDE Summer of Code page[2] for more information on this :)
> >
> > [2] http://techbase.kde.org/Projects/Summer_of_Code/2008/Ideas#Amarok
>
> Hello,
>
> as others already said, both cover view concepts are somehow useless.
>
> Cover flow has the advantage that you can really see the covers. I don't
> can
> image that with that cd stack idea. Although i see the point that the cd
> stack better fits in amaroks vertical collection view.
>
> Well i really like the idee to use the cover images to navigate in my
> collection. It brings eyecandy and well i know my cds from the real world
> with covers bring move that feeling over to the virtual collection in
> amarok
> would be cool. But well i can not see a way to make it really usefull.
>
> Looking on the back of the cds like with the cd stack idea you don't see
> much
> of the covers. So you are not able to distinct the albums from each
> others.
>
> Maybe there is a way for a vertical cower flow. For example as you look
> from
> above on cds standing in a drawer. And well you then browse through it.
> But
> to make that look nice you need the backcovers of the cds. But well most
> people will not have backcover images of their cds. And amazon doesn't
> provide them either.
>
> DanielW
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I believe, good sirs, you are thinking about the CD stacks idea too
literally. Imagine, if you will, the CD stacks with front covers showing
being displayed at an angle. Also you would have a full view of one cover at
all times. Moving the mouse in direction 'x' causes the CD stack to 'roll'
through the deck in that direction, until the uppermost or lowermost CD is
arrived at. And this is but one possibility.
You folks are limiting your imaginations too much by real world concerns, it
doesn't need to function 100% like CD stack. It just needs to be similar
enough that people intuitively are able to understand what's going on.
I agree with daniel btw, when he says CoverFlow and CD stacks are equal in
their uselessness. Nevertheless the popularity of at least one of these
implementations can not be denied. As long as we give those who wish not to
have such 'frivolity' an alternative, complaints should be limited to the
vocal minority who, regardless of what we do will find something to whine
about; like run-on sentences for instance... And improperly used ellipses.

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