On Tuesday 27 January 2009 21:40:29 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On Tuesday 27 January 2009 18:35:07 Damian wrote: > > > I almost forgot - trying to emerge amarok2.0.1.1 is almost guaranteed > > > to fail due to the amarok devs have no clue as to how mysql is built, > > > plus other errors: > > > > Indeed. I think it's time for me to drop one more kde app. > > > > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238487 > > > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=250870 > > I'm sorely tempted to do the same. amarok-2.0.1.1 does eventually compile > if you: > > build mysql or mysql-community with USE="embedded -minimal" > then > build amarok > > But it just feels ... clunky. The big content panel in the middle is > awkward: > > There's no way I can find to tell amarok which applet you want to go where, > with multiple panes in use the animation effect to switch from one to the > other is non-intuitive. Eventually by zooming the whole thing out you can > see it's 4 panes arranged 2x2 and the animation simulates moving from one > to another. But it doesn't *tell* you it's laid out like that so the random > motion looks weird. The "last played" display switches back and forth > between a "name with cover art" format and a long black oval just like the > applet selector. Um, which is it supposed to be? > > And many many other quirks, too many to mention. As a player, it plays OK - > sound does come out of the speakers. But players are commodity apps these > days. Dump one, use another, easy peasy.
I have (aka anli) claimed here :-) - http://amarok.kde.org/forum/index.php/topic,15777.0.html
