Amarok does have a small player window. Click on Settings > Show Player Window.
It can even compact down farther and it has a button to hide and show the main playlist window from the player window. Personally, I've become accustomed to using Amarok in the tray and using media keys on my keyboard to control it. If I remember correctly, there is also a kicker applet (if, in fact, you are using KDE) which puts buttons on your task bar to control Amarok, BMP, XMMS, etc. Maybe worth looking into. -Erik > Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 11:02:37 -0400 > From: Paul Donohue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Old man looks for mp3 playing software > > > Thanks for the tip -- It looks like (by design) an iTunes replacement, > > which is good to know about but I kindof liked the 10 pixel button > > setup of xmms. Also, apparently the version of rhythmbox installed on > > I too like the 10-pixel button setup of xmms. Perhaps I just haven't looked > hard enough for the right configuration options, but all of the > non-xmms-derivative players that I've tried don't seem to have (or have a > very crappy) compact mode. All I really want is 5 buttons, a song title, the > ability to change the volume with my mouse scroll wheel, and a fast way to > bring up the big user interface. This can be done in 10 vertical pixels, so > I'd like it to be. I don't particularly care if the big user interface is > ugly ... I wonder why more players don't support a skin-able compact mode > even if they don't support a skin-able big user interface. > > So, I've been using audacious recently. Does anyone know of any > non-xmms-derived players that do have a decent compact mode? I like the > added capabilities of many of the other players I've seen. I just wish they > didn't take up so much of my screen real estate all the time.
