Since Ubuntu, the most popular distribution, is evaluating these days which music player to include by default in Natty between Banshee and Rhythmbox, and the current poll on www.omgubuntu.co.uk is showing a really divided opinion of the user base, it should be the best time to make a little sprint on improving the visual impact of my favorite and default gnome player:

MERGE THE TRACK PROGRESSION BAR WITH THE TITLE TRACK BAR

never ever tried Rhythmbox on a netbook? the progression bar and the title track bar are tacking A LOT of space. Simply by merging the two bars in one will improve quite a lot the space constraints.
Let's show to everyone that the Rhythmbox project is alive and active, facing the problems reported by everyday users who want to see little things getting better for everyone, for the whole linux ecosystem.