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Title: Display album art of the playing track
Post by: Mr. Pacman on 2008-04-08 23:35:46
Nice update! Any chance to see an improvement for the album art element in this beta? (to show the now playing cover) It's more important than new visualizations IMO...but maybe its more difficult for you to implement from an other side of view..

Thank you anyway!
Title: Display album art of the playing track
Post by: Lyx on 2008-04-09 00:20:19
Nice update! Any chance to see an improvement for the album art element in this beta? (to show the now playing cover) It's more important than new visualizations IMO...but maybe its more difficult for you to implement from an other side of view

I'm not sure - is this really a meaningful solution to the actual problem (which is displaying info about the currently playing track/album)? Next up people will ask for doing the same with the file information element - and soon it will be visually confusing if an element shows info about the selected track or playing track. Wouldn't in the long run it be a better solution to have general "now playing info"-element, where you can choose via contextmenu what info to display (incl. albumart) and which will then automatically nicely layout and display the requested info for the playing track?
Title: Display album art of the playing track
Post by: q-stankovic on 2008-04-09 16:31:11
Next up people will ask for doing the same with the file information element...


I considered that as good idea as it seems to be the most simple idea to switch between two modes (available by context menu)

and soon it will be visually confusing if an element shows info about the selected track or playing track.


Never came to my mind but,yes, that is true.

Wouldn't in the long run it be a better solution to have general "now playing info"-element, where you can choose via contextmenu what info to display (incl. albumart) and which will then automatically nicely layout and display the requested info for the playing track?


Good idea - the things would be kept clean: one ui element where coverart, album information, tags, playback time info and so on. And if someone still likes to use selection properties and album art viewer for now playing track he can doebleclick statusbar.
Title: Display album art of the playing track
Post by: shakey_snake on 2008-04-09 20:46:30
Wouldn't in the long run it be a better solution to have general "now playing info"-element, where you can choose via contextmenu what info to display (incl. albumart) and which will then automatically nicely layout and display the requested info for the playing track?

You're making me foam at the mouth (is that weird? )
Title: Display album art of the playing track
Post by: Byron86 on 2008-04-10 15:15:48
I like it the way it is right now.
Title: Display album art of the playing track
Post by: raintheory on 2008-04-10 22:39:56
You're making me foam at the mouth (is that weird? )

Depends...    you don't have rabies do you?