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Re: Sometimes less is more
by Mark Kretschmann on Sunday 13/Apr/2008, @14:13

I agree. We've noticed the same thing the other day.

As a first step, I've removed the bulky and redundant frame around the playlist today. SVN up and check it out :)

PS: We're open to further GUI improvement suggestions.

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Re: Sometimes less is more
by The James on Monday 14/Apr/2008, @09:53

Hate to be a bother, but can someone give us a screenshot?

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Re: Sometimes less is more
by Mark Kretschmann on Monday 14/Apr/2008, @11:02

Here's the latest version, with the playlist border already removed:

http://mark.kollide.net/snapshot63.png

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Re: Sometimes less is more
by The James on Monday 14/Apr/2008, @11:49

Thank-you very much.

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More suggestions re: color gradients, scrollbar
by vlad on Monday 14/Apr/2008, @17:44

On the attached screenshot I've highlighted more suggestions for improving the consistency of Amarok. Specifically, eliminating the subtle yet needless and ugly color gradients between different areas, eliminating the useless separator at the top of the Plasma panel, and eliminating the horizontal scrollbar when in fact nothing is overflowing to the right.

Also, I think there should be no space between the scrollbar and the box it controls. The Mac OS X style seems to get this right by not inserting a space:

http://amarok.kde.org/files/Image/AI/12/full/12-osx2.jpg

but the Oxygen style is sloppy and puts the space in.

amarok_2.png
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Re: More suggestions re: color gradients, scrollba
by Ian Monroe on Monday 14/Apr/2008, @21:56

Thanks for your suggestions. Some rare constructive criticism. :)

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Re: More suggestions re: color gradients, scrollba
by vlad on Tuesday 15/Apr/2008, @09:30

> Thanks for your suggestions. Some rare constructive criticism. :)

You're welcome, thanks for taking it into consideration :)

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Re: Sometimes less is more
by Leo S on Tuesday 15/Apr/2008, @07:35

Nice, I feel much calmer looking at that screenshot already.

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Re: Sometimes less is more
by blueget on Tuesday 15/Apr/2008, @08:04

Hmmm... Perhaps the different parts of the interface should not look like if they were "stamped in" (eingestanzt, you know what I mean) but merely stick out. I don't know if that's a theme-specific issue or a general design question.

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Re: Sometimes less is more
by Fri13 on Wednesday 16/Apr/2008, @05:50

Amarok2 Really looks great... even there are those few GUI design problems for those who likes 1.4.x series ;-)

Amarok2 looks more slick'n'slide than iTunes and WMP :-D

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