I do like the "Merge Toolbar and Timeline" idea. Keep it up!
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Ronan Jouchet <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/22/2012 01:33 PM, Sean McNamara wrote: > >> 1. Need to know size of library before I attempt to transfer songs >> to an mp3 player (or mobile device with limited space), so I can >> figure out if I need to recompress songs to a lower bitrate or remove >> songs entirely, etc 2. Number of songs is a useful metric for me as a >> DJ because it helps me communicate with other DJs how diverse my >> collection is. Sure I could write a shell script to gather the same >> info, but _why_ should I have to when this excellent functionality is >> already there? >> > Thanks for those! Did not think about them. > > On the other hand, if you remove the status bar but maintain the >> information that is displayed in it somewhere else in the Rhythmbox >> UI, that's fine with me. I guess I should clarify my viewpoint: I >> don't care that the information *is in the status bar*; I care that >> it is easily accessible *somewhere within Rhythmbox*. If you want to >> >> remove the status bar but maintain the information (in the same >> textual format it's in now) elsewhere, I'd almost agree with that >> without even looking at the new location where you're going to place >> it. I've come to rely on Rhythmbox for this information, and I'd >> really like to see a shift in GNOME, away from the philosophy of >> flat-out culling features for the sake of simplicity, and toward >> cleverly obscuring or hiding the least-used features so that power >> users accustomed to complexity (*raises hand*) can still use rich >> feature sets, while non-power-users won't be overwhelmed by the >> default behavior. >> > Took note of this and incorporated it (and more) into the wiki: > https://live.gnome.org/**Rhythmbox/**UserInterfaceReworkProposals#** > Disable_Statusbar_by_default<https://live.gnome.org/Rhythmbox/UserInterfaceReworkProposals#Disable_Statusbar_by_default> > > ---- > > > On 01/22/2012 05:03 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna wrote: > >> Thank you for doing this. It's a very nice detailed analysis and I >> appreciate it. >> > Thanks! > > > A couple of things: 1) It would be best to get Jonathan's take on >> the UI. Without the maintainer involved it will be hard to get a lot >> of the changes. I would prefer to see understand where RB is going >> to go from his perspective as is proper. He may or may not have a >> roadmap on the UI. >> > I'd be glad to discuss this with Jonathan and collaborate to incorporate > his plans. Also, I'll hang out on #rhythmbox, feel free to ping me. > > > 2) Secondly, UI design should go through #gnome-design on IRC if we >> want to make it into a proper GNOME 3 app that fits with the GNOME 3 >> design. >> > I'm pinging #gnome-design about this proposal right now. > > > Also check the > http://live.gnome.org/Design/**Apps/Music<http://live.gnome.org/Design/Apps/Music>which > has >> some designs already on a music player. >> > I'm not sure it's a good idea to include the "polish" changes I'm > proposing in the long-term roadmap of the Music app. Music looks > exciting as hell, but it's a looong way. I'd rather see the small > changes discussed here implemented in the current RB, one incremental > change at a time. This is why I separated my proposals in the wiki, so > that they can be filed as individual bugs, and worked on individually. > > ---- > > > On 01/22/2012 07:29 PM, Michael Gratton wrote: > >> 3. Determining the play length of an album/playlist. I am rather >> old-school in that I prefer to listen to whole albums or EPs, in >> their entirety. I never listen to individual tracks. Knowing how long >> a disc will play for can therefore be a useful aid in selecting what >> to listen to[1]. >> Since a collection of music on a disc isn't a concrete concept in RB, >> it doesn't do things like display or allow one to sort on disc >> length. The status bar is currently the only way to determine that. I >> believe this also applies to play lists, and hence is important in >> constructing them. >> Of course, if RB would display album length elsewhere, say in the >> browser, I'd be happy for the status bar to go away. >> > OK, took note of this too in the wiki. Thanks. > > ---- > > > On 01/23/2012 10:32 AM, Olaf Hering wrote: > >> Convert an audio CD to FLAC format. There is now this rather >> uninformative progress bar instead of what was shown in 0.13.3. >> Showing whats really going on like '#4/#13 (42%)' would be really >> helpful. >> > Indeed, thanks for the use case. Regarding the functional regression > ("RB 2.95 no longer reports detailed progression of extractions", I > encourage you to file a bug.) > > ---- > > So let's see what's the take of #gnome-design team, and I hope Jonathan > will jump in when he has a moment. > > Thanks everybody for the feedback! > > Ronan > > ______________________________**_________________ > rhythmbox-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/**listinfo/rhythmbox-devel<http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/rhythmbox-devel> >
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