On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 11:55 -0400, John (J5) Palmieri wrote: > On Mon, 2005-09-12 at 17:20 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote: > > Hi there. My first post to this list; Reinout van Schouwen suggested it > > as the best place for this idea. > > > > Most GNOME media player applications stick an icon in the notification > > area. Rhythmbox, Muine, etc - they all have their own code to stick an > > icon in there for controlling the player. This is unnecessary > > duplication of effort. It's also bad interface design; the notification > > area is meant for notification, not app interaction, and usually these > > icons cannot be turned off. I had an idea to fix all these problems. > > Why would you be running more than one of these at a time? Most of the time, you wouldn't - where is this relevant, though? I didn't say anything about running multiple players at once in my original email. It's certainly useful if you just use different players at different times - for the user the interface is more consistent and controllable, and for the developers, it removes unnecessary duplication of effort. -- adamw
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