I've posted a PR for some new LateNight display options. I'm definitely running up against the limits of the skinning engine so I can't do a lot more than this. But it makes it possible to specifically select the big waveforms if you want them. It also makes it possible to turn off the EQs to save some vertical space without eliminating the whole mixer.
On Fri, 2015-06-05 at 05:16 +0000, re-cy...@hushmail.com wrote: > Owen, > > That mockup was poorly thought out re: mixer, sorry. I never use 4 > decks :/ > > If you aren't sick of my backseat driving yet, I just had another > slightly radical idea - make LateNight's library "toggle only", so > that the "big library" button becomes the only way to see it. This > wouldn't inhibit my personal use style, and it would free the > entire screen for controls. > > Possibly a complimentary idea is to let the search field remain in > the main window, and have "big library" open with the results, > either as you type or after hitting enter. > > Just for fun I've attached the Gimp .xcf layers I used for the > mockup, which can be used in a paper-doll fashion. > > ~RAWRR > > > On Thu, 04 Jun 2015 19:01:55 +0000 "Owen Williams" > <owilli...@mixxx.org> wrote: > >I think we should come up with some sort of standard effect rack > >template that all the skins can share (and theme as necessary) but > >I'm > >not sure we can do that in time for release. > > > >There is currently not enough room for big waveforms and the mixer > >and > >also 4 decks. At low resolutions, it's already impossible to show > >every > >UI element, and the skin system is not flexible enough to allow > >for > >every possible combination of elements. So the design is a best- > >effort > >at letting people choose a good layout. Ultimately if there's a > >skin > >design you want that isn't possible, it may be necessary to create > >a new > >skin for it. For a while I was maintaining LateNight-Wide, which > >had > >all four decks horizontally and the waveforms at the top, spanning > >the > >width of the screen. Maybe it's time to resurrect that. > > > >On Thu, 2015-06-04 at 18:40 +0000, re-cy...@hushmail.com wrote: > >> Owen, > >> > >> I've been using the LateNight resizeable skin and I have a > >couple > >> of issues: > >> > >> Can we get a thing where the effects bank can optionally get > >> minimized, possibly back to the simplistic dials existing > >> previously? I'm running out of real estate on all of my screens, > >I > >> don't currently have any hi-res ones. > >> > >> Related, I kind of hate being forced to choose waveforms vs. > >mixer, > >> and the loss of big waveforms in that skin to begin with. It > >seems > >> to me the reason they got 86'd was the effects bank mentioned > >above. > >> > >> Didn't file a bug because this is just my experience/preference, > >> but thought you'd want feedback. > >> > >> ~RAWRR > >> > >> > >> On Thu, 04 Jun 2015 17:53:57 +0000 "Owen Williams" > >> <owilli...@mixxx.org> wrote: > >> >On Tue, 2015-06-02 at 15:29 -0400, RJ Ryan wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> * skin polish (Jus has an active Deere branch) > >> >> > >> >> The skins are in kind of bad shape at the moment. They really > >> >need > >> >> polish to bring them to design bar that we set pretty high > >with > >> >> 1.11.0. > >> > > >> > > >> >You mention skins are in a bad shape -- can you file bugs for > >> >issues you > >> >know about? I've been fixing the LateNight bugs as they are > >> >reported > >> >and I think things are in a pretty good state there. > >> > > >> >We really need to get the Deere stuff merged in, though. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >---------------------------------------------------------------- > >--- > >> >----------- > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >Get Mixxx, the #1 Free MP3 DJ Mixing software Today > >> >http://mixxx.org > >> > > >> > > >> >Mixxx-devel mailing list > >> >Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > >> >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Get Mixxx, the #1 Free MP3 DJ Mixing software Today http://mixxx.org Mixxx-devel mailing list Mixxx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mixxx-devel
