Elegance -- some suggestions for amarok first run

[Frank Steinmetzger]

Am Donnerstag, 29. Juli 2010 schrieb Marcel Hilzinger:
> Hi folks,
> I'm new on the list.
> 
> I'm using Amarok a lot for tests and on a daily base. Here some suggestions
> to make amarok even rock more. If this kind of feedback is useful, I have
> some more ideas :-)

What I don’t really consider “elegant” is the loud music I’m greeted with upon 
first start. I was just using a new account to test the kwallet problem, and 
then I was BOOMed at by this audibly compressed music. I’m not saying the 
music itself is bad, but due to it being so highly compressed, it conveys a 
rather unnatural atmosphere, opposed to what (I reckon) is its intention.


At first start, I only see the settings dialogue without the main window, 
which has two implications:
- I don’t necessarily associate the music with Amarok
- I have no intuitive way of stopping the music (short of decreasing or muting
  the main volume).

The effect it might have on a first-time user:
- the music distracts from the settings dialogue, which is unknown to the
  user, but definitely needs to be looked at in detail
- the user may even close the dialogue immediately just to see what happened
  and to stop it

My reaction when I first heard the music was to look at my browser windows if 
some flash has gotten through my ad blocker. As mentioned, I am not 
categorically against the music, but I would prefer the Amarok 1 way: have a 
default playlist loaded with the jingle, ready for playback whenever I’m ready 
to.
-- 
Gruß | Greetings | Qapla'
UNIX is not user-unfriendly.
It just expects the user to be a little more computer-friendly.
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