GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 311669
Put track list inside a GtkExpander
Last modified: 2005-08-08 13:36:57 UTC
Now that SJ is also a CD player, its main window needs a more compact layout to stay opened on the desktop for long times without being of too much annoyance for other wondows. I have put the track list inside an expander, so the user can make the window smaller with just one click. See also comment #11 on Ross' blog [1] [1] http://www.burtonini.com/blog//computers/sound-juicer/sj-2.11.90?showcomments=yes
Created attachment 49815 [details] [review] put track list inside an expander
Why isn't minimising the window an acceptable solution when you don't want the window to take up lots of space?
Keeping the window opened with a few informations about the cd currently being played (maybe also the current track), time elapsed, time remainig and so on, gives the user a visual feedback of what the application is doing (other than the obvious audio feedback :). For this scope the full size window is probably overdimensioned, and a smaller one maybe is better.
As I see it: * the user knows what CD is being played * if the user wants to know the track name they can look at the window title in the window list * time elapsed is a always changing number so to monitor that will require a large amount of time spent looking at the window, so the size is irrelevant * there is no need for visual feedback that the CD is playing I'm not against adding features but I am against adding features I don't see a need for.
My last attempt to try convincing you :). There is also another usefulness having the window on the desktop. Some users start/stop playing quite often, for example if you are allowed to listen music at work. A phone call, a collegue who has to speak with you, a meeting... Keeping a non invasive, small, window on the desktop prevents you maximizing/minimizing SJ only for start and stop playing.
Time to write a DBus plugin for remote control and make an applet to control SJ?
I'm refusing to do this, closing.