Re: [Banshee-List] UI Tweaking

[Alexander Kojevnikov <alexander kojevnikov com>]

2009/9/3 Jared Vann <jjvann sky com>:
> Hi guys,
> This is my first ever post in a mailing list so I hope I came to the right
> place.
> I have been using Banshee for a while now and being a bit of a perfectionist
> I can't help but notice all the screen space wasted in the Banshee design
> (see pic http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/2199/examplepvn.jpg).
> I have hardly any experience with programming so I don't know how to make
> these changes real but here is a quick mock
> up (http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/8857/redesign.jpg)of what I think
> could make a much better design, especially for netbooks with small screen
> resolutions.
> Please let me know whether this is good or bad and achievable or not and if
> so what I can do to get the changes made if any.
> Thanks
> Jared

That space is actually used when you play a song, see for example
http://bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=140060

Also, Aaron is working on an interface targeted specifically towards
netbooks, see http://abock.org/2009/07/14/exciting-updates-on-the-road-to-banshee-2-0