Re: Proto initial GNOME 2.6 new modules decision

[Rob Adams <readams readams net>]

I agree with Seth that rhythmbox is definitely a core application for
what a great many users will want to use their computers for (see the
emphasis Apple has placed on iTunes).  On the other hand, when someone
does something like double click an Ogg Vorbis file in nautilus, it
probably makes more sense to pop up a simple media player like Totem
rather than Rhythmbox, which is potentially somewhat scary, especially
when launching for the first time where it spends a long time cataloging
music.

-Rob

On Fri, 2004-01-23 at 13:28, Seth Nickell wrote:
> >   Rhythmbox
> 
> Totem is a movie player. Rhythmbox is a music player. Please don't
> confuse the underlying technological similarity to mean "they do the
> same thing". They don't. That totem can serve as a mediocre music player
> does not mean that we shouldn't include a good music player. I haven't
> heard of or seen any interfaces that result in something being both a
> good music player and a good movie player. The use cases between movie
> and music playing are substantially different and necessitate a
> different kind of interface.
> 
> In the immortal words of owen:
>    "You mean you don't sit down in front of the TV to listen to music?"
> 
> Rhythmbox is not "advanced" multimedia functionality. It is not a "music
> manager" (whatever that's supposed to mean, but RB is a music manager
> whatever that is... RB doesn't even have support for editing ID3 tags
> atm!), it is a music player suited to handling normal to large music
> collections. That is what the interface is designed around, and it does
> it well.
> 
> If we want "playing music" to be one of the tasks the GNOME desktop
> supports, we should include a music player. Rhythmbox is far and away
> the best music player interface available for GNOME in this designer's
> opinion. If we *don't* want "playing music" to be one of the tasks the
> desktop supports, we are crazy and way behind the times.
> 
> -Seth
> 
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