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Subject: questions about amarok2 (1.8 tech preview)
From: "Sara Vasquez" <tikal26 () gmail ! com>
Date: 2008-01-22 1:13:11
Message-ID: 76f8d4f60801211713x25387fdag31ca5efcccdca4c1 () mail ! gmail ! com
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NOoooo!!! :)) I know we are not reporting bugs for Amarok pre-alpha, but
this are some queestions about the overall look of Amarok and maybe some wa=
y
=B4average=B4 users might help.

1. Overall look- I know that with Qt4.4 things will change, but I was
wondering if you will have movable dockers. I saw in the Google presentatio=
n
someone else aske this. They currently exits on most Kde 4 apps liek
Dolphin, Kword, Krita. I think koffice calls themdockers and dolphin
dockers. For examplein Dolphin you can click f11 and it brings the
information panel. next tot eh close or x there is a diamon shape button
that when click it detaches the panel and it can be place on the right ,
left or bottom. The same thing happens on krtia or Kword where I can take a
panel or docker on their view menu and place it wherever I want. Also by
placing more dockers or panles on the same spot I get  taba at the bottom.
So if you make make use of this in amarok2 it would be possible to allow
dockers for each of the 3 panels that are there now and allow the user to
place them in different areas. It woul make it possible ot hide a panel and
only use two panels for those that dont want the context view. If you reall=
y
take it far you could create dockers for collections, playlist,files,
internet, device sand allow the users to costumize the UI to whatever they
wanted. It also keeps a consiste look and =B4ability=B4 across KDE.

2. The context view- I really like the idea of having plasma and it opens a
wolrd of possibilities. I am wondering if you have thought about letting
things like cover blign become plasmoids. As far as I undertand plasma at
some point in time should let user create plasmoid using things like Ruby,
Python and things like Javascript. I don=B4t know if it spossible, but I ca=
n
create a cover like in my webpages using java script or evne better there
are tons of bsd or gpl cover flow type things all over the internet using
javascript (prototype,sciptalicius, mootols,etc) I don;t know how feasible
it would be to create a javascript plasmoid and connecte it to the
collection to create a cover bling plasmoid that could use drag and drop to
the currently playing or playlit pane. I think that this would create the
possibility of creating a last fm plasmoid, or other services. I don;t know
if this is feaseble or the direction you are taking, but it is just a
thought since Leo metione that he had no clear idea yet what the context
view shoudl be about. this will also allow non-coders to cotribute; jsut
image how many versions and variation of cover bling we could create if thi=
s
was possible. I don;t know if we can create plasmoid using jave script, if
we do I soulc work on one just to show U all what I men.

Overall I like wher eyou guys are going and would like toe xpress my thansk
tot eh whole team that has given us a great player and its making it just
rock with the 2.0 player.
 I am not subscribed to the list, so make sure you cc me  if you have any
comments.

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NOoooo!!! :)) I know we are not reporting bugs for Amarok pre-alpha, but this are \
some queestions about the overall look of Amarok and maybe some way ´average´ users \
might help. 1. Overall look- I know that with Qt4.4 things will change, but I \
was wondering if you will have movable dockers. I saw in the Google presentation \
someone else aske this. They currently exits on most Kde 4 apps liek Dolphin, Kword, \
Krita. I think koffice calls themdockers and dolphin dockers. For examplein Dolphin \
you can click f11 and it brings the information panel. next tot eh close or x there \
is a diamon shape button that when click it detaches the panel and it can be place on \
the right , left or bottom. The same thing happens on krtia or Kword where I can take \
a panel or docker on their view menu and place it wherever I want. Also by placing \
more dockers or panles on the same spot I get&nbsp; taba at the bottom. So if you \
make make use of this in amarok2 it would be possible to allow dockers for each of \
the 3 panels that are there now and allow the user to place them in different areas. \
It woul make it possible ot hide a panel and only use two panels for those that dont \
want the context view. If you really take it far you could create dockers for \
collections, playlist,files, internet, device sand allow the users to costumize the \
UI to whatever they wanted. It also keeps a consiste look and ´ability´ across KDE. \
 2. The context view- I really like the idea of having plasma and it opens a \
wolrd of possibilities. I am wondering if you have thought about letting things like \
cover blign become plasmoids. As far as I undertand plasma at some point in time \
should let user create plasmoid using things like Ruby, Python and things like \
Javascript. I don´t know if it spossible, but I can create a cover like in my \
webpages using java script or evne better there are tons of bsd or gpl cover flow \
type things all over the internet using javascript (prototype,sciptalicius, \
mootols,etc) I don;t know how feasible it would be to create a javascript plasmoid \
and connecte it to the collection to create a cover bling plasmoid that could use \
drag and drop to the currently playing or playlit pane. I think that this would \
create the possibility of creating a last fm plasmoid, or other services. I don;t \
know if this is feaseble or the direction you are taking, but it is just a thought \
since Leo metione that he had no clear idea yet what the context view shoudl be \
about. this will also allow non-coders to cotribute; jsut image how many versions and \
variation of cover bling we could create if this was possible. I don;t know if we can \
create plasmoid using jave script, if we do I soulc work on one just to show U all \
what I men. Overall I like wher eyou guys are going and would like toe xpress \
my thansk tot eh whole team that has given us a great player and its making it just \
rock with the 2.0 player. &nbsp;I am not subscribed to the list, so make sure you \
cc me&nbsp; if you have any comments.

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