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Published: 2008-02-04 22:59:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 54018; Favourites: 110; Downloads: 6382
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Just hoped this might stimulate a bit of interest in the production of an all round good looking linux app. which could handle videos and a music library. I don't know if it's just me but linux really does seem to be lacking a decent looking media player; i'm not suggesting this is the solution, but i'm sure someone out there can improve on this and us users can start using a good application.I guess this project follows directly on from my Desktop Mockup, so please check that out too and as always criticism is much appreciated.
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Media player like this doesn't exist even in 2019. Β
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I really like it. It has an air of awesomeness in simplicity, and frankly sometimes less is more. Awesome work!
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Hi. I love this combo of wallpaper and theme. Could we know what (or have the link) you used ?
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After all these years, still no media player that looks this good.
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www.noobslab.com/2013/08/deepi⦠I think Deepin audio player looks pretty cool.
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Are you making some sort of sick joke here, because whatever that deepin audio player is, its completely hideous.
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Where can we use it? What is that? How can we get? or is it just a photoshop work?
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Where can I find the download for this? It's for Linux correct?
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And, what I mean is that you should talk to the Songbird team and help them along. They're trying to conquer iTunes (good luck) and they need alot of people to help. I am trying to learn how to program as a team. I've never programmed anything that I didn't think of myself and start on my own. It's proving difficult because I also have school work to worry about.
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Please go visit Songbird Media Player. It was an attempt to accomplish this idea. Unfortunately the project stopped officially supporting Linux, so now it's only Windows and Mac with nightly builds for Linux.
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you wouldnt still have the psd for this would you? it would make it easier than to reverse "engineer" the design as parts for the skin.
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i know this is a *little* late, but its actually stuck on an old hard drive that I cant get to.
tell you what - ill make a new updated version soon and you can have the psd for that. fair?
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where can i download this for win seven ?
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if this were true, i would be fucking happy!!
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Very nice, it looks very professional especially with the recommended artists thing with all different sizes. Very cool. I'd download it that's for sure.
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really nice, im happy that you are doing this, love the graphical environment, i dont know to much about this but in gnome is very limited to graphical stuff, even xfce, if you take a look to amarok maybe you can develop in kde environment, kde is very nice, take a look to the 4.2 kde environment, is very nice, you should go on to the art department at [link] take care, sorry about my english.
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Would never waste time with kde since it is so limited. The gtk environment like gnome and xfce has far more graphical room. I don't mean to be rude but don't suggest anything without proper understanding of the unix os.
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I definitely think Banshee should adopt a default skin like this. Of course, if you use Gnome a lot of it's based on porting your icons and buttons, but that doesn't mean it can't be done with an elegant, gradient, smooth backdrop to the xml like is presented here.
I'm not even sure if Banshee is skinnable, but I think we can both agree function with Linux apps is usually pretty incredible. However, that's part of what's holding Linux back- too many people are content with non-elaborate GUIs or even forgetting about interfaces and using the command line.
I'm definitely going to take this idea to some developers and see if we can integrate something like this.
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I'm a Linux/Windows programmer with years of experience, and I wouldn't mind giving this project a go. However, I've got very little graphical talent. Do you have the original files for your mockup? As in, the psd files perhaps?
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ill have a poke around, thanx for getting in touch, ill upload if i find it
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i think it's a great idea
but i would redesign it..sorry im a perfectionist i have to have things look stunning OR ELSE haha
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It's very similar to the YABS theme for Songbird. YABS theme is based on it??
[link]
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At first glance, the mockup looks great. But there are a couple of problems that need answering:
1. The progress slider is too small, even for regular sized songs of about 6 minutes. For songs longer than this (mixes of an hour), it is completely useless.
2. The 'hide' text in the statusbar, what is it supposed to do?
3. Why is the music library separated from the other sources? And why does it have the world 'library', wouldn't the videos also be a library?
4. What would the purpose of the 'Now playing' be?
5. If a plugin wants to add its own source to that list, like say, an FM Radio source, how would the design deal with the increased number of sources? Currently it looks like it doesn't have enough room for anything else, besides the given categories? Same for the space under the song list. How would another panel be handled in that small space? The playlist panel also doesn't answer how it would handle a larger list of playlists.
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that would be nice if i could have the svg of this so i may aply it to songbird. but i doubt i could make it look just like the picture.
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I like it... maybe you should share it with the Amarok people, it can sure fit this program properly. Only think I didn't like, because I consider it's a waste of space, its the "Recommended artists" and "Playlists" section. The "Albums by current artists", I think, should only show up when in Now Playing. You know, sort of reorganizing Amarok's "Conext > Music" with the album information, the "Albums by current artist", "Lirycs", and Artist information" to fit this desgn; it would be beautiful IMO.
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I'm really digging it
I thought this was for real at first, so I got my hopes up, but then I realized it was just a mock-up
Well, Great work!
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I don't really like how dark everything is, the windows seem to fade into the background. But other than that it is an excellent idea for a media player, and excellent taste in music. I mainly use KDE, but I am using GNOME right now until SuSE 11 comes out.
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Uh oh, we're back to the dark ages of cloning Windows apps 
The difference between the two is that in Windows users have a number of large loosely interconnected applications every one of which is a little operating system in itself 
*nix on the other hand is an environment where users are given a number of (pre-integrated) tools every one of which is a more or less self-contained limited-scope highly specialised piece of software. Those pieces are:
1) flexible
2) reusable
3) replaceable
..and they form a multilevel hierarchy as well. That's why console is still here and popular.
If you are to build a consistent *nix interface, you will need to take these into consideration. Trying to port Windows and Mac OS X concepts to *nix is like trying to build a pyramid on ice - it will not stand for long. With recent KDE developers' feats we can see how downfall of such efforts actually looks like.
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downfall?? KDE is awsome! By the way: If a program is good designed, than it can also be a Linux program. Linux is still going more populair. The same for KDE.
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"self-contained limited-scope highly specialised piece of software"
lol apart from emacs
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I'm pretty sure *nix systems were all about freedom of choice and not conventions. The idea of self contained limited-scope software, whilst it has its advantages, only proves to make the whole operating system feel disjointed and give a bad (or should I say less slick) user experience.
Since converting to using *nix based systems i must say one of my main issues is that my eyes have been sore for quite a while now. My suggestion was merely an idea on how to improve the look of something like amarok or banshee. I'm interested as to which KDE feats you are referring to, i was more than happy with programs like amarok which had a tonne of features under one roof.
Judging by the positive response from pretty much everyone else I get the impression this pyramid might just stay standing. #
Dont you think?
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Sorry to litter your page with comments, but I've got moar thoughts on the subject I want to share
In CLI a shell is the bounding element providing a framework where all the user programs/utilities can work. Shell dictates the possible ways of interaction, interfaces and formats of output for the rest of utilities. It is shell that allows the user to think he is 'talking to the OS' rather than talking to particular programs. It also acts as a file manager, because files are the center-of-the-universe thing in modern systems.
Can we have a GUI shell? Sure! Take a look at Apple's Finder - it allows users to think of Applications, Files, Devices and System Preferences as objects of the same type. It nicely integrates completely different functions applicable to respective objects into a single interface with defined understandable rules of interaction. It is not a true shell yet, because individual apps still act outside of its model of perception and outside of it visually, but it shows how a desktop shell differs from 'buncha integrated applications' model in a positive way.
Cheers
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>..I get the impression this pyramid might just stay standing. #
>Dont you think?
Well, I'm not an oracle (: We'll see.
The problem with sore eyes steams from the fact that *nices comparatively recently acquired GUIs, so they're still pretty raw. If you take a look at the CLI utilities (of which the system is primarily composed), you'll see they're well integrated and comfortable to use when you're familiar with them. Amongst GUIs only Gnome has been able to provide unique and fully-integrated desktop interface so far. KDE has its own niche, primarily former Windows users and those loving to tickle with settings a lot, but it also has some notable problems, namely poor component integration, messy layouts and lack of any general interface concept (besides 'moar useless features for everyone!' ).
By 'recent feats' I mean that KDE produced a sheer amount of new components in recent years, became the most technically bloated desktop and still didn't improved general user experience and productivity much.
Ok, more on sore eyes.. (:
Have you tried Gnome's bittorrent client? Nautilus CD burn? The're pretty simple and integrated into the desktop. Notice the difference between Nautilus burner and that of KDE (K3b)? In Gnome you don't have to know/see all the burning settings, you just drag your files into the burner virtual folder and click 'Write'. That's it, a transparently integrated useful function, a good illustration of how different little highly-specialized programs can merge into a lean and easy to use interface. Just how it happened with CLI tools. This approach can (and will) be used further in Gnome 3.0 and I can see that it leads to something you'd rather call a 'desktop shell' (see ToPaZ brainstorming area). So, can you develop a mediaplayer that users will not notice? Can you invent an interface that will integrate with the desktop (no matter, KDE, Gnome, whatever) so naturally that users will no longer recognize it as a separate entity, yet be just one of those highly-spec little replaceable tools? That's what I'm talking about when I say '*nix GUIs'.
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A short note to let you know that I featured your piece of art here [link] in the Designs & Interface Feature Newsletter. Thank you for sharing your great talent with us.
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Really nice, and like you, I think Linux needs a good looking application.
Just a remark about the RSS feed icon, I would change it into something more blue to be in agreement with the black and blue look
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same here. i love the layout and the concept. maybe i can implement this into foobar ...
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It kinda reminds me of SongBird [link]
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