[vlc] Re: proposal for a new macosx intf (again !!!!)

[Yoc]

I love the vlc interface. Please, don't change it !

Le jeudi, 13 fév 2003, à 18:41 Europe/Paris, Derk-Jan Hartman a écrit :

> Several ppl have stated there disliking against the current interface.
> 1. Not 'apple' enough
> 2. the play button is too large
> 3. too big
>
> personally i hate it that i cannot resize the playlist. I like to have  
> a lot of items in my playlist (series or music video's for instance).  
> In that case the current playlist is just too small.
> In the current design there is one big reason for this. We have a  
> small controller and drawers always need to be smaller then the window  
> they are attached to. If not this gives really weird effects when you  
> hide/show the drawer (the drawer is actually temp. visible before it  
> is shown because it is too big to fit behind your window)
>
> I have personally always enjoyed the iTunes intf.
> http://sidekick.student.utwente.nl/videolan/itunes.jpg
>
> My current design is still in Interface Builder, so think all the cool  
> pictures from iTunes over the buttons etc.
> This is my suggestion.
> http://sidekick.student.utwente.nl/videolan/newinterface.jpg
>
> It consists of two views. one small view with just controller options  
> and one large view with a visible playlist.
> both views will use the 'metal' look like iTunes. They will use  
> similar buttons.
> To stay a bit 'special' i think we should keep the current blue/gray  
> style of our current button-icons instead of the black from iTunes or  
> QT Player. i like the blue/gray. ;)
>
> I'll take the large view in my explanation, the small view is similar.
> The three round buttons are <<,  play and >>
> <<    - one click is previous playlistitem (previous chapter in a DVD)
>          - keeping pressed is rewind (implemented trough seek).
> play - a play/pause toggle. i choose against a seperate stop buttong  
> QT player doesn't need it either. why would we.
> >>    - one click is next playlistitem (next chapter in a DVD)
>          - keeping pressed is fastforward (implemented trough seek).
>
> The small horizontal slider is the volumeslider with small speaker  
> icons to both sides (just as it is now).
> I don't see any real need for any other buttons. (stop, faster,  
> slower, preferences) we can keep them in the menuitems. Especially in  
> the small view.
>
> The part on the right side of the buttons should contain a LCD screen  
> like image which contains the time and title information.
> It should be similar to the iTunes design or possibly the QT Player  
> design. We already have a similar position slider developed for this.  
> (jlj did this)
> The title information should scroll.
> The image to 'round off' the LCD should probably be a scaled vector  
> graphic like they use in QT player.
>
> Next up is the playlist view. i was thinking of adding row numbers and  
> implementing some way to show the currently playing item.
> Another possible addition might be the duration time. the row's will  
> have alternating colours of course. ;)
>
> At the bottom I would like to add some playlist specific functions.
> loop, repeat, shuffle and 'item info' spring to mind at the moment.
> The text field to the right should sum up the number of items in the  
> playlist and maybe later if possible the total playing time (not  
> possible atm i think).
> I have chosen not to provide an add/remove item button. I think drag  
> and drop and the menuitems take more then care of this.
>
> I can implement this new interface by myself. it's just that i need  
> someone to take care of the graphics, which i simply don't have the  
> talent for.
> Without someone who is going to take care of this, I'm not going to  
> spend any time on this, because it would simply be ugly.
>
> Is there anyone out there who would like to contribute on this design?
> Suggestions, comments are welcomed.
> Do you think this might be better then our current design?  
> (Beautifully designed by David Webber i might add ;)
> Flamewars will be /dev/null'ed
>
> Derk-Jan Hartman
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