hi,
here are 2 screenshots.
(http://abload.de/thumb/itunes-11-miniplayer-7gkyz.png) (http://abload.de/image.php?img=itunes-11-miniplayer-7gkyz.png)
(http://abload.de/thumb/miniplayergykbn.jpg) (http://abload.de/image.php?img=miniplayergykbn.jpg)
It will be good, if the artist and tracktitle will be always visible
could you post a screenshot as i dont have iTunes 11 and dont want to upgradeDon't you mean "downgrade"? :)
I prefer a fully bitmap skinnable miniplayer like i requested long time ago in a forgotten post
my current thinking is to at least have a "modern" layout option which will have the metro buttons and album picture, approx 40-50px in height.
As to whether to additionally support some sort of custom skinning so you can do anything you want, i'm just not sure if the effort to build that support justifies the amount of use it would get (i am only talking about customisation skins for the mini-player).
So far there doesnt seem to be a lot of interest based on the replies in this topic so at the moment i am leaning towards only doing an optional metro type mini-player
I downloaded the latest version from steven (in this thread), but still have the old mini player setup..?
When the current mini player is docked there's a lot of wasted space. In this concept i used that space to display upcoming songs.
(http://i.imgur.com/Q2YhAJj.png)
I've included the current mini player on the right for scale.
In this mockup the mouse pointer isn't over it, so only essential information is visible, upcoming songs are transparent to move the focus to the playing song.
With the pointer hovering over the player other buttons become visible, upcoming songs opaque. Hovering over a specific song reveals an 'x' icon over the album art to remove the song from the queue.
This could be the mini player in the floating state
(http://i.imgur.com/I6EpOvq.png)
and on mouseover
(http://i.imgur.com/P9PBGmp.png)
This concept still needs some work, i still need to figure out where to put things like rating and such, but first i want to know what you guys think about it.
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So far there doesnt seem to be a lot of interest based on the replies in this topic so at the moment i am leaning towards only doing an optional metro type mini-player
It would be neat if some sort of click toggled this mini view between two line (to show the image) and the original single line view... this would allow the existing tiny single line screen estate to be maintained while also reaping the rewards of this new larger view in development.Yeah the initial mockup is as far as i'm willing to go in height and generally i think we should strive for making the mini player smaller rather than bigger, unless there's a good reason.
I would love if the colors, trim & styles would change based on the actual album colors & genre.I'd rather keep it simple.
You have a fan here, your work never ceases to amaze me :)Thanks for the kind words but i'm only pushing pixels around, Steven does the the real work.
I would also like to weigh in that a revamp of the mini player is more than welcome. I have been finding myself really wanting to use it sometimes lately, but it just seems pretty plain compared to the rest of the achievements over the past year or so.Pretty plain is exactly what the mini player should be imo. No bells and whistles, only the essentials.
I am willing to spend some time enhancing the TheaterMode support if anyone wants to do custom mini-players that way - let me know what you need and i will see how much effort would be involved
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<root>
<settings enableScaling="false" />
<settings fixedWidth="444" fixedHeight="58" />
<element type="Block" x="0" y="0" width="444" height="60" bg="235,235,235"></element>
<element type="AlbumCover" x="0" y="0" width="58" height="58" brightness="1.0"></element>
<element type="Field" id="Title" x="62" y="3" width="105" font="Segoe UI" style="Regular" size="9" fg="0,0,0"></element>
<element type="Field" id="Artist" x="62" y="20" width="105" font="Segoe UI" style="Regular" size="9" fg="141,141,141"></element>
<element type="Field" x="63" y="36" width="110" >
<child id="RatingLove" visible="MusicBeeSetting" fg="176,176,176" size="12" ></child>
<child id="Rating" visible="MusicBeeSetting" fg="106,106,106" fg2="212,212,212" size="13" ></child>
</element>
<element type="ProgressBar" x="59" y="52" width="385" height="8" fg="235,196,0" bg="220,220,220" ></element>
<element type="PlayerBar" x="155" y="15" width="220" height="30" bg="235,235,235" fg="99,99,99" fg2="0,0,0" ></element>
<element type="ProgressPosition" x="392" y="3" width="50" align="right" font="Segoe UI" style="Regular" size="5" fg="141,141,141"></element>
<element type="SpectrumVisualiser" x="260" y="0" width="180" height="48" bdr="200,200,200" ></element>
</root>
one request i would have is to have the spectrum visualiser take its colour from the album cover.i have made a change but i dont think its very effective because it needs to incorporate the default colour so its visible in all cases - however it is a mild effect and might be ok for the mini-player. To be really effective i think the entire mini-player would need to change colour based on the album cover and i am not sure most people would want that in a mini-player ie. to me its something that should not be too distracting. Perhaps others have a different view on that
one request i would have is to have the spectrum visualiser take its colour from the album cover.i have made a change but i dont think its very effective because it needs to incorporate the default colour so its visible in all cases - however it is a mild effect and might be ok for the mini-player. To be really effective i think the entire mini-player would need to change colour based on the album cover and i am not sure most people would want that in a mini-player ie. to me its something that should not be too distracting. Perhaps others have a different view on that
Edit: Actually, never mind the love button. There's are so many problems with them that I don't think it's worth your time to keep tracking them down. Sorry.why doesnt it work? Trying now the only thing i find not working is the ban button. Is that what you mean?
Edit: Actually, never mind the love button. There's are so many problems with them that I don't think it's worth your time to keep tracking them down. Sorry.why doesnt it work? Trying now the only thing i find not working is the ban button. Is that what you mean?
in that case i posted an updated version after that comment so should already be working with the latest
the file format has no bearing what so-ever on whether a track can be loved or not, and trying now its working fine.
If you have a last.fm account, then the file must have an artist and title as a requirement to sync it with last.fm.
Also if the file has 0 duration, it would also not update.
So if none of those apply then it will remain a mystery as to why it doesnt work for you.
To be really effective i think the entire mini-player would need to change colour based on the album cover and i am not sure most people would want that in a mini-player ie. to me its something that should not be too distracting.