Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Option for double height/larger clock during playback

2009-12-15 Thread joltdude
Thanks erland for the plugins.. but 0x has a good point, if anything an option built in for a choice of UIs would be nice and still keep with the general theme of the device. -- joltdude joltdude's Profile: http://forums.s

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Option for double height/larger clock during playback

2009-12-14 Thread 0xdeadbeef
I might throw in this again: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=69867 Yet we all know this is not going to happen in the next months if at all and messing around with a buggy API and lua interpreter doesn't seem very inviting. Not to speak of the open license questions. -- 0xdeadbe

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Option for double height/larger clock during playback

2009-12-14 Thread erland
jdoering;495596 Wrote: > > I'll have to check out Erland's plugin. Although if the only option is > to switch between two screens I'm not sure it directly addresses the > original suggestion. > Use "Information Screen" plugin + applet if you like to switch between screens. Use "Custom Clock" a

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Option for double height/larger clock during playback

2009-12-14 Thread jdoering
I agree that a lot of things seem to take plugins. But look at the flip-side. For a lot of consumer devices you just plain can't customize them beyond trivial UI changes. I think open source and highly pluggable solutions spoil us because we realize that almosth anything is possible but that Logit

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Option for double height/larger clock during playback

2009-12-09 Thread joltdude
Set the screensaver, but theres no reason not to delegate a bit more screen real estate to the bottom status bar at least double the current height... since the song name is large enough (larger there would be nice but not necessary)... To do any slight modifications always seems to take a third

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Option for double height/larger clock during playback

2009-12-08 Thread aubuti
Or if you want both album art and time, see Erland's "Information Screen" applet, which allows you to switch between the two at timed intervals. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67422 -- aubuti aubuti's Profi

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Option for double height/larger clock during playback

2009-12-08 Thread Tony T
joltdude;493656 Wrote: > It would be nice if there was an option to set a larger, double height > clock/icon bar while a stream or file is playing, perhaps with a > translucent background to extend the cover art area... > > That clock is REALLY small... > It wouldnt be too difficult to enlarge

[SlimDevices: Radio] Option for double height/larger clock during playback

2009-12-08 Thread joltdude
It would be nice if there was an option to set a larger, double height clock/icon bar while a stream or file is playing, perhaps with a translucent background to extend the cover art area... That clock is REALLY small... It wouldnt be too difficult to enlarge it without screwing up the layout...