coverflow for amarok 2
Gregory Meyer
greg at gkmeyer.com
Mon Mar 10 10:52:39 UTC 2008
> I think the developers are missing the point of a "coverflow" type of
> application.
>
> The usefulness (and why people love the i-* interface) is that it allows
> your human visual processing find what you are looking for infinitely
> faster than using a text based system.
>
> I suggest that the developers go find someone with itunes, an iphone or
> ipod and do some benchmarking tests and see how much faster it is to
> visually search for a specific album, than scrolling thru a text
> list.(especially with a large 20Gb + collection)
>
> the stack or tower idea is ok, but it needs to address the speed issue
> of searching. or don't bother, because amarok is already a great
> application. I can't wait for a 2.0 to be released, hope it happens soon.
>
I don't really get why we should make amarok into itunes. If I wanted
iTunes I would use it. Just my 2 eurocents (cause they're worth more)
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